Australian Traveller
A short break in Victoria s hidden Goldfields towns 28 June 2021 . BY Imogen Eveson
A rich art, music and epicurean culture adds another layer of interest to the compelling old Goldfields towns of Castlemaine, Maldon and their surrounds.
On a sunny Sunday evening in early autumn it’s hard to imagine many places I’d rather be than at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine. There’s a band playing in its rambling back garden (home to Love Shack Brewing Co.), casting all-round good vibes to a laid-back audience of friends and young families.
The Art Deco facade at the Theatre Royal
Within the striking, metal screened, square exterior of the new Monash University Chancellery building designed by ARM Architecture, two central elliptical voids can be found. These rise up breathtakingly to the sky and bring light into the middle of the building.
The stepped plywood balustrades that surround this void draw your eye up to the ceiling to take in the beautiful Australian motif, a Lino-cut by renowned artist Margaret Preston of Tea Tree and Hakea Petiolaris.
Robert Nestic, Director and Senior Engineer from TGA Engineers explained how he came to work on this significant piece of architecture and how Australian-made plywood became one of the heroes.
Gwoja Tjungurrayi features on our $2 coin and was the first living Australian to feature on a postage stamp. It turns out he made his stamp debut much earlier.
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âThere is enormous appetiteâ: art market revels as more records fall
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By anyoneâs measure, last week was exceptional for Australiaâs secondary art market, with $25.8 million in sales, 16 artist records set and a new high for an internet bid.
Not only was a new record set for Arthur Streeton for his romantic vision of Venice,
The Grand Canal, which hammered $2.5 million at Deutscher and Hackett in Melbourne, but the painting sold to an internet bidder, establishing yet another record. Deutscher and Hackett charges a 25 per cent buyerâs premium, including GST, on the hammer, which gave the Streeton a total price of $3.068 million.