ORIGINAL SETTLERS HOUSE- 1960s Front Porch
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Monday, May 05, 2008
Morris Dancing Melbourne
The Britannia Morris Men of melbourne and friends from Tasmania at the Kelleybrook winery in the yarra valley with lots of good cider flowing!
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Saturday, October 06, 2007
MIldura Architecture
Photos of the Chaffey brothers house probably in some Californian Style, and Modernist Architecture of Mildura Base Hospital by a prominent architect which was there in 2006 but seems to have been demolished. Other amazing architure in Mildura and a modernist Art Deco pub on the Calder Highway en route to Mildura. Also Wentworth goal, inside and out, Eaglehawk Early Colonial architucture - photographs here
And my favouite uncle, Harwood with his Cricket team at Mildura befoe the Second World War.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Dutch Festival at Tesselars Tulip farm Melbourne
See Antique Festival Organ playing at Tulip Festival Silvan Movie with sound from my great Pansonic Lumix
FZ 20 digital camera.
HERE
This was an amazing musical instrument where drums and organ and other sounds were made by automatons or clockwork. The tunes were popular European ones from about the early 1900s I think? I stand to be corrected there... here
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Architecture in Pennsylvania Loyd Wright house -Duncan House
The Duncan House by Frank Lloyd Wright has been moved from Lisle, Illinois to an area close to Fallingwater,Western Pennsylvania near to Kentuck Knob ?? see CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/09/24/three.wright.houses.ap/index.html
"Western Pennsylvania's Frank Lloyd Wright trinity"
Monday, September 24, 2007
Dutch clog dancers Tesselars Tulip farm Melbourne
Tesselars Tulip Festival Clog Dancers "The Tukkers" of Melbourne. Really great fun folk dancers with good music. More information can be had on their web site /www.cns.com.au/dutchfolkdancing/. The womens' cap may have the brim up or down for Sunday best!
Below see - The antique Festival Organ. These were used to provide music before DVDs and CDs! Click on space below the photo of it to hear some music and see it working.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Cairo Fitzroy flats Art Deco - central coutryard lawn and trees 1935 - 1936
The front doors all faced onto the central garden area and small yellow doors were for the deliveries of daily fresh milk.Also home deliveries were made by the butcher and baker and greengrocer and probabley there was a place for the daily mail.These were built just after the Great Depression.
Art Deco Architecture Albert Park, by Frederick Romberg and Mary Shaw 1939 - 1942 South Melbourne
These apartment blocks were built 1930s on Queens Road, Albert park, or South Melbourne, apartments - architects were Frederick Romberg and Mary Shaw 1939 - 1942.
MacRobertsons Girls' High School 1933-1934 Albert Park Melbourne
Architects were Seabrook and Fildes 1933- 1934. Australias best example of well preserved Modernist architecture -or Art Deco architecture. Horizontal effect is heightened by deeper mortar on the horizonal joins between the bricks. [ more pictures coming]
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