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LAWSON MENZIES
LAWSON~MENZIES Established in 1884, Lawsons Auctioneers were recently taken over by the Menzies Group of Companies, headed by entrepreneur and successful business man Mr Rod Menzies. Lawson~Menzies already have established auction rooms in the City and at Annandale and have recently opened an auction room in Auburn. Lawson~Menzies is one of the few auction houses in the country that can offer clients a complete service from a rare Meissen vase to a microwave. Lawson-Menzies has conducted some of the more important auctions in NSW. Many significant collections of paintings, period furniture, porcelain, jewellery, silver and books from notable estates have been catalogued by Lawson-Menzies for public sale. Of particular note are those of eminent artists and collectors such as Arthur Streeton, Elioth Gruner and Lister Lister, as well as the original paintings from the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia.
THE MACLAREN ROBERTS GALLERIES
116 Prince Albert Street , Mosman
The Maclaren Roberts Galleries, a new fine art gallery in Mosman that already previewed its extensive collection of international works, was officially launched on Wednesday 12 September. This new art gallery carries one of the most exciting and diverse range of works from around the world ever seen in Australia. International artists such as blind painter Lisa Fittipaldi from America and Israeli finger painter David Schluss, will sit alongside some of Australia's better known artists such as Norman Lindsay, John Coburn and David Boyd. The gallery will provide an ever changing and exciting collection of work that is both different and very collectable. Gallery directors Courtenay Maclaren-Roberts and Ian Maclaren have thoughtfully used their diverse careers to create a gallery featuring some truly exciting artists representing a range of cultures and ethnic backgrounds. Courtenay provides a young and fresh point of view, drawing from his legal background to see the possibilities in the development of young international and Australian artists. Ian, on the other hand, provides a wealth of experience and knowledge stemming from his constant travelling of the world..
SALLY GRAY
Corporate promotion for this highly regarded and established curator of fine art.
NSW HERITAGE OFFICE
The State Heritage Inventory
For the first time in Australia a State Government made publicly available a comprehensive computer database of all protected heritage items. The Inventory has been developed by the NSW Heritage Office as its top priority since its establishment in July 1996. The introduction of this comprehensive inventory, which will be able to be accessed through the Heritage Office Internet home page, is a major step forward in fulfilling the Heritage Office's role in helping the community to conserve its heritage. The State Heritage Inventory was launched by the Hon. Craig Knowles MP, Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning and Minister for Housing, the Hon. John Aquilina MP, Minister for Education and Training and Minister Assisting the Premier on Youth Affairs, and Hazel Hawke, Chair, The Heritage Council of NSW. In attendance was Rosalind Strong, Director of the Heritage Office.
RIGHT FROM THE START - THE EARLY POLAROIDS OF ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
An exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's early polaroids and other acclaimed prints at the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. Many of these works have never before been seen in Australia before. Right from the Start: The Early Polaroids of Robert Mapplethorpe, curated by the Director of the Andy Warhol Museum, Thomas Sokolowski, featured over 60 works and promised to give a fresh insight into Mapplethorpe's earlier work.
EAGLEHAWKE GALLERIES
Launch of new central Sydney based Gallery.
COVER UP
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
A National Library of Australia Travelling Exhibition
Cover Up celebrates the look and style of the Australian magazine cover between the wars. This stunning exhibition, featured original art work by well-known artists like Margaret Preston, Thea Proctor, Lloyd Rees, Douglas Annand, Norman Lindsay and May Gibbs. Cover Up was about jazz age Australia and the modernisation process it underwent between the wars. This was a time when the borders between graphic propaganda, offering new models of consumer identification, and 'high art' were breaking down; when the artists were exploiting fashionable and democratic art genres for consumer society; printmaking, illustration, advertising art and magazine cover art. It heralded the development of an impressive graphic tradition in Australia.
THE RUBBERY YEARS
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
A National Museum of Australia Travelling Exhibition
Peter Nicholson's Rubbery Figures first became popular in the 1980s. It was the decade when greed was good, entrepreneurs had big yachts, breweries, and media moguls and their wives had big hair. When the property market boomed and bad taste was in fashion, Joh was Premier and Bob Hawke was the King of Charisma. Perfect material for a political satirist – this was the exhibition we had to have. Rubbery Figures provided an opportunity to view and explore Nicholson's perspective and inspirations on art, politicians, economics and world affairs.
CAZNEAUZ – THE FORGOTTEN GENIUS
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
In 1909 Harold Cazneaux held the first individual photographic exhibition in Australia. This was to herald a career that spanned the first half of the twentieth century and establish Cazneaux as one of Australia's great photographers. The exhibition will feature over eighty Cazneaux photographs drawn from the collection of the National Library of Australia and the personal archive of the Cazneaux family, many works have not been seen publicly before. A leader in the Australian Pictorial Movement, Cazneaux championed the notion of the photographer as an artist. Although he abhorred the work of traditional studios, Cazneaux spent twenty years working for the very traditional Freeman studios in Sydney. His creative and sensitive nature was constantly at odds with the painted backdrops, fake furniture and stilted figures that were all part of the mummery of photographic portraiture of the time.
GOLD FEVER
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Gold Fever!, a joint project between the National Library of Australia and Sovereign Hill, brought together the Library's unique collection with original material from one of Australia's leading historical tourist attractions. The exhibition used a wide range of images, objects, rare documents and soundscapes to guide the visitor through a wonderful journey of Australian history between 1851 and 1855 including the famous Eureka Rebellion. Detailed watercolours by the great artist S.T. Gill, large watercolours and pencil drawings by Henry Winkles and fine works by John Gilfillan, David Tulloch and Thomas Balcombe bring to life the colourful gold rush days. The great Gold Fields Petition of 1853, signed by thousands of diggers was also on display for the first time outside Victoria.
THE DOMESTIC REVOLUTION
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The drudgery of the labour-intensive 19th century kitchen caused a feminist revolt that still boils. The Domestic Revolution suggests why, with a full scale reconstruction of an early kitchen. Then after looking at the Formica fantasies of the ultra-efficient kitchens of the 1950's, the exhibition concluded with a 21st century Hyper-kitchen developed by Melbourne futurist architect and designer Michael Trudgeon. Kitchen equipment, the gadget fetish, Australian bush slang for cooks and cook's helpers (slushies and greasies), the relationship between Modern Design and Madness, and the origins of the humble billycan are just a few of the topics explored by curator Michael Bogle in The Domestic Revolution.
WOOL IN THE AUSTRALIAN IMAGINATION
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Wool In The Australian Imagination was the first exhibition to explore great and historic Australian woollen moments – through song, painting, politics, poetry, food, those memorable woollen bathing costumes and the national symbols we all recall, like the two dollar note and the Golden Fleece petrol logo. Wool In The Australian Imagination featured significant examples of sheep and wool in fine art, weaving and tapestry, science, and fashion, plus pieces from museums, galleries, private collections and artists throughout Australia.
MOET & CHANDON
Bruce Pollack Publicity publicised Australia’s most prestigious touring fine art exhibition and award at State art galleries.
SECRETS FROM SIBERIA
Centrepoint Convention & Exhibition Centre
Direct from Siberia and never seen before in Australia Secrets of Siberia is a rare and unique exhibition over a million years in the making. With a massive 700 items on display, 150 that have never been exhibited anywhere in the world. Secrets of Siberia is an exhibition that is so diverse that it ranges from ancient animals that once roamed Asia Minor hundreds of thousands of years ago to examples of Buddhist deities of the 8th century AD, unearthed just 20 years ago.
ELIZABETH BAY HOUSE
Seminar
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Elizabeth and Dean Lahikainen, internationally recognised as two of America's leading scholars of furniture, decorative arts, furnishings and interiors, were brought to Australia for the first time by the Historic Houses Trust. Elizabeth and Dean work on the cutting edge of restoration and conservation practice at the Museum of American Textile History and at the Peabody and Essex Museum, both in Massachusetts. This seminar was a rare opportunity for practitioners to hear two of America's leading authorities on historic interiors. Dean Lahikainen, Curator of Essex collections, presented an in-depth examination of one of the museum's most recent projects, the restoration of the 1804 Gardener Pingree House in Salem, Massachusetts. Expert upholstery conservator Elizabeth Lahikainen presented a detailed view of 19th century floorcovering and textiles, focusing on bed and window hangings and upholstery.
A FAIR TO REMEMBER!
Australia 's oldest building celebrates 200 years
Elizabeth Farm
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Elizabeth Farm, the oldest known European building in Australia, launched an exciting program of events for its bicentennial year with a Colonial Fair. Elizabeth Farm was built in 1793 – five years after European settlement of the colony of New South Wales. The colony's first fair was held some twenty years later, in Parramatta in March 1813. Like a traditional English marketplace, the fair served as a place to buy and sell animals and produce. The first home of John and Elizabeth Macarthur, Elizabeth Farm stands on one of the earliest land grants, dated 25 February 1793 - a parcel of 100 acres set by the river a short distance from Parramatta Town. Now preserved as a house museum, Elizabeth Farm was the centre of much of the agricultural, social and political activity of the early colony. It was here that the first plough was used; Macarthur experimented in merino wool; and NSW Corps officers hatched their plots against the early governors.
A JOURNEY BACK IN TIME!
Three Events at the Justice and Police and Museum
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales was offered the chance to experience a journey back to the 1920's and 1930's with three entertaining events - WALKING THE RAZOR'S EDGE, CHARLESTON CLUB and FELONIOUS FLICKS. The Justice and Police Museum offered a unique walking tour of Sydney's waterfront that will evoke the life and crimes of the Depression days. A brief tour of the Museum included a look at the new exhibition – "Grog, Gangs and Gambling: Crime Between the Wars" and the Pyjama Girl Murder.
BAA BAA
Wool Weekend at Elizabeth Farm
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
This demonstration was held at Historic Elizabeth Farm, the home of John and Elizabeth Macarthur and Australia's oldest colonial dwelling. The first sheep came to Australia with the First Fleet in 1788. These had hairy fleeces and were suitable for food, not wool production. In 1797, some Spanish Merinos from South Africa, with heavy fleeces of very fine wool, were sold to John Macarthur, which he crossbred with his existing sheep. The activities for the week end included: sheep shearing demonstrations and sheep dog trials, merino sheep descended from Macarthur's original flock, demonstrations by the Hand Spinners, demonstrations of knitting, young lambs which could be bottle-fed by children.
CAMELLIA CONNECTION
Elizabeth Farm
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
This superb colonial camellia exhibition featured a comprehensive floral display which gave the history and development of the camellia, including the original Macarthur camellias. Vases and pots brimming with flowers carpeted the Farm in a blaze of colour, and in the courtyard cuttings and plants were on sale to the public. For the enthusiastic gardener, camellia experts were on hand throughout the weekend to advise visitors on how to make their camellias thrive in the privacy of their own backyard. The CAMELLIA CONNECTION was organised in conjunction with the Australian Camellia Research Society (NSW Foundation Branch).
CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT
Elizabeth Farm and Vaucluse House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Both houses delivered a night of traditional and Australian Christmas Carols under the stars. At Elizabeth Farm, Australia's oldest colonial building, the evening included a performance by the talented Taverner Consort of Voices chamber choir who were directed by Susan Briedis. Father Christmas also appeared in a horse and buggy to delight the children. Admission to the property was by donation and refreshments, carol sheets and candles were on sale. The gates opened at 6pm and the music commenced 7.30pm. Vaucluse House (home of the Wentworth family and Australia's first house museum) was packed with families enjoying the carols in the idyllic gardens. Carol sheets, candles and gas balloons were on sale with the proceeds going towards the restoration of the House. Admission was free and families were encouraged to bring a hamper and rug. Gates opened from 6.00pm and singing commenced at 7.30pm.
First Nations Film Festival
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
From the television studios of the Northern Territory, to a film about Malcolm X and English Black Power through to a biting portrayal of Columbus from Peru, came the First Nations Film Festival which raised the flag for the world's indigenous film makers as well as promoting the unique work of Aboriginal Australian film makers. Marking the International Year of the World's Indigenous People the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales hosted a the three day First Nations festival at Hyde Park Barracks. First Nations Film Festival was held in conjunction with Poignant Regalia, an exhibition of 19th Century Aboriginal images and breastplates which was a strong indictment on White Australians imposing their values on Australian Aborigines. Ms Frances Peters, from the ABC TV program Blackout, assembled 25 films and videos for the festival, many of which have not been seen before in Australia.
GARDENESQUE
An Outdoor Festival of the History of Gardening
Vaucluse House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Gardenesque at Vaucluse House celebrated the history of gardening in Australia with a special outdoor festival in one of Sydney's great nineteenth century gardens. Gardenesque lead visitors through the evolution of gardening taste in this country from early attempts to recreate the European landscape with imported plants, through to bush regeneration schemes of today. Special exhibitions were mounted by the Historic Houses Trust presenting historic gardening material from different eras from the 1850s to 1920s. For the first time, there was information on developing water features within the garden. Garden history specialists offered short illustrated talks throughout the day and they provided individual consultations and advice to visitors. The Historic Houses Trust gardeners were also on hand to diagnose plant and garden problems and suggest remedies.
HERBS AND SPICES
Vaucluse House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Herbs and Spices gave tribute to the humble herb which has found its way into our kitchens, sickrooms and gardens over the centuries. Although widely used in the 19th century, herbs were out of vogue for much of the 20th century and are only now regaining their popularity. Thyme, fennel, marigold and hyssop were once grown in the garden at Vaucluse House.
HOW DID YOUR GARDEN GROW
Workshop on the History and Restoration of Gardens
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Dr James Broadbent, the Trust's inspired garden authority and architectural historian, and landscape architect Michael Lehany lead a select group through the seminar on 19th and early 20th century garden. The workshop covered everything from planning and design of gardens, plant types to garden ornament, furniture and buildings.
IN THE WAKE OF THE LADY MILTON
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The Lady Milton was just one of numerous vessels which brought Irish orphans and other female immigrants from famine-wracked Eire and workhouses elsewhere in Britain to new prospects in Australia. Many of these young women were greeted by the Immigration Agent who escorted them to Hyde Park Barracks – the former convict work depot that had been recycled into a hostel in 1848. Leading into International Women's Day, the Hyde Park Barracks Museum has arranged In The Wake Of The Lady Milton, a pilgrimage to the Quarantine Station and shipboard lecture by Dr Richard Reid who holds a particular fascination for the 19th Century female immigrants.
JAZZ IN THE GARDEN
Elizabeth Farm and Vaucluse House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The outdoor extravaganza, set in the glorious 1830s garden, featured the best of new talent and old swingers combined in a full evening's entertainment. This year's Jazz in the Garden programme included performances by; Australian jazz veterans The Geoff Bull Olympia Jazz Band; The Nolan-Rivers Jazz Ensemble, with special guest vocalist Cheryl Black; Hornithology, a 17-piece big band hailed as Sydney's rising young jazz stars. The twilight concert, organised by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales gave Sydneysiders the opportunity to swing in the grounds of Australia's oldest colonial building, once the home of John and Elizabeth Macarthur.
MACQUARIE
By Alex Buzo
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Australian playwright Alex Buzo directed this production of his acclaimed drama Macquarie in the historic courtyard of Hyde Park Barracks. Presented by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Maquarie was set in the early years of the colony of New South Wales and features Barry Langrishe as Governor Macquarie, Roy Billing as Samuel Marsden and Elaine Hudson as Elizabeth Macquarie. Hyde Park Barracks was an appropriate setting for Buzo's Macquarie. The Barracks is one of convict architect Francis Greenway's best known achievements and Governor Macquarie was his strongest supporter. The story behind the commissioning of the Barracks was re-told in this production.
ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
From the pioneering years of white settlement to the present, from the crowded centres of capital cities to the wheel ruts of country dirt roads, On The Street Where You Live reflected on the all-pervading presence and cultural importance of our highways and byways. This National Library of Australia touring exhibition features the great streets, and many not-so-great, that live on in our art and literature. It highlighted just part of the Library's rich collection, chronicling the movement and bustle of Australia's streets.
RUFFIANS RUSTIC REPAST
Hyde Park Barracks and Vaucluse House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The Historic Houses Trust of NSW offered an innovative and exciting glimpse of convicts life in Sydney with RUFFIANS RUSTIC REPAST – featuring a tour of Vaucluse House, a dinner of damper and beer, and a night of convict's comfort at The Hyde Park Barracks.
SOMETHING SCOTTISH: A CALEDONIAN GATHERING
Elizabeth Bay House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
SOMETHING SCOTTISH: A CALEDONIAN GATHERING was presented by The Historic Houses Trust of News South Wales to celebrate the ancestry of one of our early statesmen. Elizabeth Bay House was built (1835-9) for Alexander Macleay, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales. Macleay was Scottish; his family from Wick in the far north of Scotland. During Macleay's residency, Elizabeth Bay House became renowned as a scientific and arts focus in the colony.
SUSANNAH PLACE
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Relaunch of Susannah Place, The Rocks.
Susannah Place , a joint project by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales and the Sydney Cove Authority. This is small terrace of four brick houses and a corner grocery shop, built in 1844. The small terrace row, with each house containing three floors and generally two rooms per floor, was built for Irish immigrants Edward and Mary Riley. The Rileys occupied one of the terraces with their niece Susannah, renting the other three for £26 per year to working class tenants - artisans and labourers. The modest scale of the interiors, rear yards and washing facilities well illustrate the restrictions of 19th century inner city life.
SYDNEY STYLE: MARION HALL BEST, INTERIOR DESIGNER
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Hailed as the High Priestess of the Avante-Garde, Marion Hall Best is widely regarded as Australia's most significant and influential interior designer who used dynamic fresh colours and contemporary design to blast the 'eternal beige' of the 1930's out of Australian living rooms. To acknowledge Marion Hall Best's 40 year reign from the thirties to the seventies the Historic Houses Trust took the bold step of staging the exhibition Sydney Style which was one of the first museum exhibitions in Australia to review an interior designer's work.
THE AUSTRALIAN SCARF
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The Australian Scarf Exhibition at the Greenway Gallery, Hyde Park Barracks, was an exhibition about Australia. It was a journey through our social history - it was about the fabric of our society. People discovered that, far from being just an ornament or protection, the scarf is a time capsule of the contemporary art, craft, politics, design and fashion of its time.
The Convict Body
Hyde Park Barracks Museum
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
A painting workshop for beginners and those keen to try a different, sensory approach for picturemaking. Artist Robyn Cohen lead an imaginative investigation of the convict dormitories at Hyde Park Barracks to identify with the first male occupants. The participants in this convivial, exploratory workshop developed fluency with various painting techniques in producing their unique images of past lives.
THE TROUBLE WITH JEFFREY
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
An evening of murder, calamity & misfortune or the daily work of the Coroner.
"The Trouble with Jeffrey" aimed to explore our attitudes to death, examining the work of the coroner in light of a number of sensational murders, disappearances and disasters. Presenting material from selected inquests Jeffrey Dalton of the State Coroner's Court examined theories and prevailing speculation surrounding such incidents as the timeless Bogle and Chandler deaths, the Family Court Bombings and the notorious disappearance of Juanita Nielson.
TRANSPORT THROUGH TIME
Elizabeth Farm
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Elizabeth Farm, the oldest European building in Australia, celebrated its 200th year. Built by John and Elizabeth Macarthur in 1793, the Farm hosted a unique and exciting weekend called Transport Through Time. The emphasis was on the early history of the river, road and rail in the west.
WHAT WAS IN THAT TUCKER BAG?
COLONIAL FOOD AND DRINK
Elizabeth Farm
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Colonial Food and Drink was a day of entertainment, demonstrations and displays, with stew bubbling on the fuel stove and bread rising in the dough tin. A range of herbs was on show, with a display of perserves and vinegars in the butler's pantry. Cooperage, cow milking and butter-churning were demonstrated in the grounds. A full table setting of Spode china and fine cutlery featured in the dining room – the first room to be built at Elizabeth Farm. The cellar was the venue for beer and wine tastings. Hungry modern Australians had the chance to buy old fashioned cordials, boiled sweets. toffee apples, dampers, soups, herbs, herb vinegars, jams and mustards, or simply relaxed over a Devonshire Tea. Elizabeth Farm stands on one of the earliest land grants, dated 25 February 1793 – a parcel of 100 acres set by the river a short distance from Parramatta Town. An archaeological display of 19th Century domestic ware, dug from the Parramatta area, was also on show at Colonial Food and Drink.
19th CENTURY PICNICS
Vaucluse House and Elizabeth Farm
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The Historic Houses Trust presented two delightful 19th century picnics to help Sydney while away the summer. The first was an Australia Day Picnic. Indulged in a carefully researched nineteenth century picnic in the magnificent grounds of Wentworth's Vaucluse Estate. This delicious outdoor fare included cold dishes and puddings prepared by one of Sydney's best caterers and wine from regional vineyards. Celebrate our national day to the sound of Australiana song and clinking wine glasses. This historic gourmet experience followed by an authentic Colonial Picnic held at Elizabeth Farm on Sunday 9 February. Participants savoured a menu of Summer Salad, Roast Lamb, Aberdeen Sausage, Veal and Ham Pie with Chutney, Damper and Rich Plum Pudding with Brandy Butter, while they were entertained with bush ballads.
AUDLEY GREEN and JOHN WION
Concert at Elizabeth Bay House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Consummate classical musicians Audley Green and John Wion performed their harpsichord/flute recitals at Elizabeth Bay House. Internationally acclaimed Audley Green performed on the French harpsichord Richard Schaumloeffel created for Lady Trout several years ago. She has been hailed for her "technical virtuosity, strong personality and consumate sense of style" (The Hartford Courant, Conneticut). John Wion has been principal flautist with the New York City Opera since 1965 and is also chair of the winds at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. These special Chamber Music concerts, organised by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, featured virtuoso performances in the intimate setting of the domed saloon at Elizabeth Bay House.
AUSTRALIAN ICONS
By Peter Luck
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Publicity for the exhibition AUSTRALIAN ICONS, a unique new exhibition and book, was filled with icons, such as Phar Lap's Heart and Dame Edna's glasses, which have carved a special niche in the hearts and minds of all Australians. Renowned broadcaster Peter Luck drew together 100 of our most "sacred" objects. This major exhibition, held at Hyde Park Barracks drew together for the first and only time this selection of the historic, the humble, the poignant and the bizarre from national and private collections. Peter Luck is himself something of an Australian icon. The keeper of our folklore who has spent his life helping us remember through his television documentaries and radio programmes.
BARRACKS, MOBS AND PINNERS
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
From the staid muslin caps of colonial madwomen to fashionable fripperies for the likes of Joan Collins, award-winning milliner Lance Tyrrell is regarded as an international authority on the history of hat-making. Australian-born Tyrrell held a workshop, entitled Barracks Mobs and Pinners, at Hyde Park Barracks on Thursday 5 November 1992. He analysed and demonstrated the manufacture of headwear worn by the Barracks female immigrants and asylum women in the period 1848 – 1886. Remnants of original inmates' hats were found preserved in rat nests in the Barracks when the building was refurbished. Tyrrell, whose clients include film and rock stars and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is currently preparing a book on the history of millinery from prehistoric times to the present.
COP CAPERS
Justice and Police Museum
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Cop Capers was a fun-filled, step back into time as children become police constables of the 1890's performing duty in the rough and tumble of old quayside Sydney. Children made and wore part of an old-style police uniform, before being mustered together to hear the duties of the day. As new recruits, they trained and performed the tasks that were needed to run a busy city police station of the last century. An experience of fact and fun, held within the historic police station and court of the Justice and Police Museum, Phillip Street, Circular Quay.
DRESSING UP
Elizabeth Bay House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The title conjures up images of children rummaging through boxes of old clothes or the labour intensive assembly of a 'to die for' ensemble for a glamorous night out. The exhibition, in fact, focused on the meagre, but some time bizarre, contents of the wardrobe that survived from past residents of the properties managed by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. 'Dressing Up' Remnants of the passed' was less a costume history display than a list of a reasons for valuing dress as an index to human nature and the social interactions of previous generations – the people and fashions that have passed through a place, much as we do today.
GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS at the HYDE PARK BARRACKS
A Friday 13th Sleep-In
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Hyde Park Barracks Museum contains a dark and mysterious past. The Barracks have rarely been occupied at night during this century. And yet one exception, The Irish Gold & Silver Exhibition held at the Barracks in 1989, produced a flurry of ghost sightings from the normally cynical and unruffled security attendants. Curator Lynn Collins was keen to unlock the secrets of these spirits and welcome any stout hearts, and/or cynics, to spend the night at the Barracks to make contact with the ghost. Participants slept in the flax hammocks based very closely on the originals which would have hung in dormitories in all rooms of the barracks at the time of the convicts. They were greeted the following morning with a convict breakfast of bread and meat.
GHOSTS
A Month Of Frightful Delight at Vaucluse House
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
A month of entertainment from the other side included a weekend of ghosts stories for children echoing through the haunted halls, a candlelit reading of Ibsen's spooky story, GHOSTS, by The Renaissance Theatre Company for grown up ghoulies and a photographic exhibition of spectres by Heidrun Lohr. Since time immemorial, mankind has been obsessed with the shady visions and fleeting glimpses of the after life. Is it a need for immortality or an intangible reality. GHOSTS at Vaucluse House offered the full spectrum or spectre of man's imaginings of spooks. GHOSTS by Hendrik Ibsen, written 1882, caused a scandal from it's first production and continues to shock with one of the most hair-raising final acts in the history of theatre. GHOSTS was read on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 July by The Renaissance Theatre Company in the eerie drawing room with only candles to stave off the night.
HERITAGE WEEK at the HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST
Convicts, conservation and clothes
Hyde Park Barracks:- Macquarie St, Sydney
Justice and Police Museum:- Phillip St, Sydney
Susannah Place :- Gloucester St, The Rocks
Elizabeth Bay House:- Onslow Ave, Elizabeth Bay
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales presented a potpourri of activities that recapture the Sydney of days gone by during Heritage Week (Sunday 26 April - Sunday 3 May). Hyde Park Barracks gave a special chance to delve into your own convict past - the Hyde Park Barracks had compiled a convict data base of over 7,000 convicts who were stationed at Hyde Park Barracks. Discuss your geneology with the Trust's historian to discover whether your forbears were convicts at the Barracks. To help you imagine austere life in the Hyde Park Barracks during each of its convict, female colonial immigration and the legal phases, there were a series of free lectures each weekday at 1pm. These included The Convict Body (Mon 27/4) Rum and Ragout Hyde Park Barrracks occupants and their diet (Tues 28/4), Frocks and Smocks - aspects of the women's immigration phase at the Barracks (Wed 29/4), Culture and Conservation - the Archaelogy at the Barracks (Thurs 30/4), Barracks Benches the legal history of the Barracks (Fri 31/4). The Age of Macquarie exhibition illuminated life in the colony from 1810-1822. Coinciding with this major exhibition, the Hyde Park Barracks held an Arts and Society one day seminar on Saturday 2 May. Authors of the recently published book, The Age of Macquarie, recounted Macquarie's Sydney. Bookings were essential on 692 8366 and admission to the seminar was $40.
HOW DID YOUR GARDEN GROW
Workshop on the History and Restoration of Gardens
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Dr James Broadbent, the Trust's inspired garden authority and architectural historian, and landscape architect Michael Lehany lead a select group through the seminar on 19th and early 20th century garden. The workshop covered everything from planning and design of gardens, plant types to garden ornament, furniture and buildings.
RUTH NYE IN CONCERT
Elizabeth Bay House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Internationally renowned classical musician Ruth Nye performed her only Sydney piano recitals at Elizabeth Bay House. An expatriate Australian, Ruth Nye (nee Ruth Farren-Price) is best remembered in Australia for her ABC television music programmes in the 1960s. Her consummate performances and explanations of the works of the great composers won the hearts of viewers around the country.
SEEING SEIDLER TOUR
Harry Seidler - The Man & His Work
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
SEEING SEIDLER was an unprecedented tour into the mind and designs of one of the world's most controversial contemporary architects – Harry Seidler. The Tour charted the prolific career of Harry Seidler by exploring four quintessential Seidler designs - Rose Seidler House (1949/50), Harry & Penelope Seidler's own residence (1967), The Hannes House (1985) and the Milsons Point penthouse adjoining the office of Seidler and Associates (1988). Rose Seidler House was commissioned by Harry's mother and heralded his dramatic debut on the Australian architecture scene. The modernist style house was such a departure from traditional Australian suburban architecture of the 50's that it attracted considerable media attention and public scrutiny. Winner of the Sulman Award, Rose Seidler House is acclaimed as one of the world's purest examples of modernism - paving the way for domestic design today.
SINFONYE
Medieval Music at Elizabeth Bay House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Internationally acclaimed group, SINFONYE, evoked the spirit of medieval Europe with their concert "That Eve Bitterlich Us Brew" - the first performance in the Historic Houses Trust of NSW's popular Hausconcert series. SINFONYE has "fairly exploded on the Early Music scene like a time bomb" (Early Music). Featuring the rich voice of Vivien Ellis, Director Stevie Wishart on hurdy gurdy and medieval fiddle and Jim Denley on percussion, this Australian group recreated the music composed, inspired or sung by women in medieval Europe.
TAKING TEA
An Exhibition at Elizabeth Bay House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
This exhibition explored the history and ritual of 'taking tea' from the rudimentary approach of the 1860's to the present day examples of art in a pot. On display were a wide range of tea utensils and paraphernalia and a series of lectures were presented during the period of the exhibition. For many, tea is not just a satisfaction of a thirst but an entire ritual. The history of these rituals can be marked by the diversity of the paraphernalia; for example the English love of sugar spawned a sugar bowl larger than a pot and their preference for hot or cold cream saw the invention of a pot that could provide either on demand.
THE AGE OF MACQUARIE
1810 -1822
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The Age of Macquarie was evoked in a major exhibition of $5 million of rare colonial memorabilia to unfold at the Hyde Park Barrracks. The exhibition coincided with the launch of The Age of Macquarie, an historical publication edited by Dr James Broadbent and Joy Hughes In little over a decade as Governor, Macquarie dramatically fostered a civilised society out of a unsavoury and disorderly penal colony. Whether his quest was motivated by ego or a farsighted policy of public benevolence, Macquarie's legacy of buildings and colonial reform set the tone for a golden age of arts and economic and georgraphic expansion – the first signs of the maturing of the Australian colonies.
THE AUSTRALIAN BUNGALOW
Elizabeth Farm
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Led by eminent architectural historian, Bob Irving, this morning study examined closely Elizabeth Farm, which contained part of the oldest known European dwelling in Australia. Experiment Farm Cottage, which stands on the first land grant and Hambledon Cottage, built in 1824 as part of the original Macarthur estate. Discover the architectural similarities and differences between these three unique properties at a leisurely pace.
THE PICK OF THE BUNCH
A Seminar In Floral Decoration At Vaucluse House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Susan Avery, one of Australia's most renowned floral decorators, presented a three hour seminar for the general public on contemporary floral decoration at Vaucluse House. Canadian, Susan Avery trained extensively overseas before setting up her own shop in Sydney's eastern suburbs seven years ago. A specialist in the field of natural flower arranging, she uses both glasshouse and garden flowers in her work. Susan works in conjunction with interior designers combining furniture and soft furnishing with floral decorations. Her work is constantly on display at the Regent Hotel and she has done extensive floral work for magazines including Vogue.
THE PRINTED PAGE
Elizabeth Farm
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The pages of history turned at Elizabeth Farm in The Printed Page, an exhibition and sale of paper and book arts. The exhibition gave today's paperback-reading public a chance to see how books were once made, with displays of antique books and prints and demonstrations of papermaking, bookbinding and calligraphy.
THE VILLAS OF WOOLLOOMOOLOO
A Walking Tour
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The Villas of Woolloomooloo Hill was a walk back in time through the history of Elizabeth Bay, Potts Point and Woolloomooloo. Setting off from Elizabeth Bay House, the two-and-a-half hour tour focused on landmark mansions and villas of the area, revealing the layers of time past and an intriguing condensed history of Sydney's inner-city urban growth.
THE WORSHIP OF BACCHUS
Wine in Colonial NSW
Elizabeth Bay House
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The Worship Of Bacchus examined the role of wine in colonial society, from the practices of cellaring to the rituals of serving. Within weeks of the First Fleet's landing in the new colony, Governor Arthur Phillip planted Sydney's first grape vines. From these humble beginnings, Phillip believed the colony would produce wines of distinction, sought "with avidity" and becoming "an indispensable part of European tables".
WOMEN IN THE BARRACKS & LAST RITES
How We Keep Them, Then And Now.
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
WOMEN IN THE BARRACKS proved to be a very popular display which covered the various stages of the HYDE PARK BARRACK's history of housing women, from its early days as a work depot for unaccompanied migrant women to its more lurid past as a home for senile and destitute women. LAST RITES offered visitors the chance to see eerie reconstructions of the costumes and preoccupations of 19th century women and to take part in an illustrated lecture on WOMEN IN THE BARRACKS during the period 1848-1886.
HYDE PARK BARRACKS
On behalf of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW the launch of the restored Barracks and the launch of the exhibition programme.
MANACLES COME OFF
The Justice and Police Museum
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
The Justice & Police Museum, a landmark in Australia's judicial history was officially opened on Sunday 28 April at 3pm by The Hon Peter Collins, Minister for the Arts and The Hon John Dowd, Attorney General of New South Wales. The official opening marked the beginning of Law Week which saw school groups enjoying the many intriguing facets of the Museum. During Law Week different schools performed The Trial Of Ned Kelly with Magistrate John Bailey and NSW Police Officers participating in the trial to add authenticity to the proceedings. The Museum will house collections on the legal system, the police, crime and criminal life in Sydney including details and artefacts from some of Sydney's most bizarre crimes. The collection includes the deathmask from the Pyjama Girl Murder, a preserved Pekinese Dog from the Graeme Thorne Abduction and, two carved heads and hats from The Case Of The Governor Brothers. The Justice and Police Museum is designed to operate as an interactive educational tool on the judicial and legal system for schools and groups.
WOMEN'S WORK
A DISPLAY OF 19TH CENTURY WORK BOXES
Vaucluse House
Hyde Park Barracks
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
WOMEN'S WORK was a display of Workboxes of the 19th century. Workboxes were a vital asset in any woman's life in the 19th century and their importance is reflected in the intricate and personal design of the boxes. Female servants of the era required a work box which contained the necessary implements of her trade – needle, spools, scissors and thimbles. Needlework in polite society was considered an accomplishment designed to enhance a young lady's marriage potential.
THE HOLDSWORTH GALLERIES
Australia 's largest fine art gallery. This group of four Galleries was represented for five continuous years from 1985 with three new exhibitions each month.
GLEN ROWAN GALLERY
Exhibition launch.
NSW GOVERNMENT HOUSE
On behalf of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW the first opening to the public of this building with major publicity concerning the property.
THE PAINTERS GALLERY
Various exhibitions.
DAVID PERK EXHIBITION
An exhibition of works by this famed Australian artist at Juniper Hall.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
On behalf of the NSW Government the announcement of the museum and the hand over of the building.
"OPERATION NEWSREEL"
On behalf of Mr Rupert Murdoch, News Limited, and the National Film and Sound Archive a media conference and publicity campaign to highlight a gift to R J Hawke, the Prime Minister, for all Australians in the form of a $3m donation by Mr Rupert Murdoch, Twentieth Century Fox and Greater Union Films, to be devoted to the preservation of Australia's newsreel heritage.
ROSE SEIDLER HOUSE
On behalf of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW the launch and opening of this important heritage property.
THE PAINTERS GALLERY
Various exhibitions including Lin Onus and Alasdair McGregor.
ANTIQUE ENGLISH SILVER COLLECTION
A touring selling exhibition – John Bourdon-Smith, Antique Dealers of London.
Holdsworth Galleries
MAGNIFICO
A touring exhibition of craft works from Italy.
ANTIQUE ENGLISH SILVER COLLECTION
A touring selling exhibition - John Bourdon-Smith, Antique Dealers of London.
Holdswoth Galleries
CRAFT EXPO
Sydney and Melbourne - a major public event showing the works of Australia's leading crafts people - Crafts Council of Australia.
DESIGN EXHIBITION
A major national touring exhibition - Design Board, Australia Council.
GLASS ENGRAVING '87
An exhibition at the Sydney Opera House by international glass engravers.
REINIS ZUSTERS
An exhibition of works at the Penrith Art Gallery.
Holdsworth Galleries
ANTIQUE ENGLISH SILVER COLLECTION
A touring selling exhibition - John Bourdon-Smith, Antique Dealers of London.
Holdsworth Galleries
ASCRAFT NATIONAL TEXTILE DESIGN AWARDS
Crafts Council of Australia.
CRAFT EXPO SYDNEY
A major public event showing the works of Australia's leading crafts people - Crafts Council of Australia.
MASTER CRAFTSMEN OF INDIA
Crafts Council of Australia
A touring exhibition.
HISTORIC HOUSES OF NSW
Events included the launch of five of the Trusts prestigious new museums including Hyde Park Barracks and Rose Seidler House, concerts, book launches and many educational activities. The strategies employed for these events included maximum publicity in the international and Australian travel, heritage, architecture, social and news media - significantly raising the profile of the Trust in the process. This exposure was utilised to create a comprehensive public profile of these museums.
THE HOLDSWORTH GALLERIES
Australia 's largest fine art gallery. This group of four Galleries was represented for five continuous years with three new exhbibitions each month.
ART OF MAN GALLERY
Series of fine art exhibitions.
AUSGOLD JOJOBA OIL
Product launch.
CAVANOUGH DISTRIBUTION
A range of ceramic dolls.
CRAFTS COUNCIL OF NSW
Two years of on-going exhibitions including THE EVOLUTION OF STYLE, CHRISTMAS COLLECTIONS and ICON. THE CRAFTS COUNCIL OF NSW – two years on-going publicity for many exhibitions, individual craft artists, and the Crafts Council Shop.
INTERNATIONAL AUSGLASS CONFERENCE
A conference with international delegates of glass artists.
JANET MANSFIELD
Potter.
NERANDA
Launch of antique shop.
STURT LIMITED
Mittagong Craft Workshops.
GLASS ARTISTS GALLERY
Australia 's only gallery showing the work of fine glass artists.
LIZ JENEID
STEPPIN' OUT HANDMADE SHOES
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