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2.3d International Decorative Arts This collection documents in particular the development and evolution of British, European and Asian decorative arts through ceramics, textiles and costumes of significant aesthetic value. Consideration will be given to the work of international practitioners post-1945 where their work has had a critical and identified influence and/or impact on the development of Tasmanian and/or national craft and design. 2.4 Tasmanian History Collection This collection documents the material cultural heritage of the Tasmanian community with particular reference to threatened ways of life and the northern region of the State. 2.5 Comparative Cultural Collection This collection consists of cultural material from communities and societies from beyond Tasmania and provides a resource for the Museum’s education and exhibition programs. 2.6 Community History Collection The Community History collections document the cultural heritage of the Tasmanian community and reflect the island’s diverse and changing ways of life with particular reference to the northern region of the State. 2.6a Photographs This collection is a comprehensive visual record of Tasmania from the 1840s and includes all photographic formats from daguerreotypes onwards. A small component of film and video supports the visual record. 2.6b Manuscripts This collection has two principal components: manuscripts collected as single items and collections of textual records created or acquired by an individual, family or organization. It also includes a comprehensive collection of 20th century Tasmanian ephemera. 2.6c Oral History This unique collection consists of recorded interviews, which document the achievements of Tasmanians in the 20th century, and beyond. It also includes a small component of recorded music. 2.7 Architectural and Engineering Drawings Collection This collection documents the built and engineering heritage of Tasmania through drawings and specifications. 2.8 Rare Book Collection This collection includes books with specific historical or cultural value, books of aesthetic importance or with a significant provenance Appendix 3 Major Acquisitions for 2008–09 Purchases History Pharmacist’s sample box from Benneworth’s Pharmacy Natural Sciences Fossil femur from dinosaur Maiasaura from The Stone Company, Boulder, Colorado, USA Visual Arts and Design Unknown maker, Tasmania Sofa, c. 1830 Blackwood, Acacia melanoxylon Purchased through the Launceston Museum & Art Gallery Foundation with the assistance of Mr John Hawkins and Mr John Millwood Robyn McKinnon Mr Glover’s Antipodean Garden, 2007 acrylic on canvas Purchased through the Launceston Museum & Art Gallery Foundation with the assistance of the Friends of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Tom Roberts Ulverstone Beach c. 1928–30 oil on canvas on board Purchased through the Launceston Museum & Art Gallery Foundation Edith Holmes Mother and child oil on canvas on board Purchased through the Launceston Museum & Art Gallery Foundation Edith Holmes Blue Lagoon, Red Ochre Beach, Frederick Henry Bay, Tasmania oil on board Purchased through the Launceston Museum & Art Gallery Foundation GG Rossiter Tamar River from Rosevears Tasmania - Sunrise oil on board Purchased through the Launceston Museum & Art Gallery Foundation Ricky Maynard The Healing Garden, Wybalenna, Flinders Island, Tasmania from the series Portrait of a Distant Land, 2005 silver gelatin photograph Purchased through the Launceston Museum & Art Gallery Foundation, 2008 Ricky Maynard Death in Exile from the series Portrait of a Distant Land, 2005 silver gelatin photograph Purchased through the Launceston Museum & Art Gallery Foundation, 2008 Ricky Maynard Vansittart Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania from the series Portrait of a Distant Land, 2005 silver gelatin photograph Purchased through the Launceston Museum & Art Gallery Foundation, 2008 Ricky Maynard Coming Home from the series Portrait of a Distant Land, 2005 silver gelatin photograph Purchased through the Launceston Museum & Art Gallery Foundation, 2008 Donations History Miss Leonie Ransom Collection of material relating to Mary and Edith Ransom, including Edith Ransom’s MBE, Mary Ransom’s OAM, and the suitcase she used as a nurse at Flinders Island Mr AJ Perkins Collection of signwriters’ brushes used at the Inveresk Railyards 23
Mrs Helen Wing Plywood caravan used in the 1930s for holidays in northern Tasmania Mr Tony Styles 1948 Tasman Shields Trophy for best and fairest awarded to footballer Harry Styles. ISPT Industrial Superannuation Property Trust Lamplighter’s ladder from the Launceston Gasworks c. 1860–96 Mineral Resources Tasmania Two ore carts Mr Rick Von Stieglitz Turret lathe Launceston Benevolent Society Inc. Launceston Benevolent Society Seal & Lever Press, post 1894 Dr John Ball ‘No Pulp Mill’ sign used in protest Launceston Art Society Additions to existing CHS Series (CHS 106) Tasdance Additions to existing CHS Series (CHS 18) Library Dept. of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra Book—Australian convict sites: World Heritage nomination Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts,Canberra, ACT, 2008 George H Bryan Book—A guide for dogmen and crane chasers, New South Wales. [NSW Dept. of Labour and Industry], [Sydney], 1973 Philip McElwee Book—A locomotive handbook: for the guidance and instruction of drivers, firemen and cleaners Transport Department Tasmania, Railway Branch, Tasmania Philip McElwee Book—Tasmanian Government Railways: rolling stock 3’6” gauge [Tasmanian Government Railways] Philip McElwee Book—Tasrails 70’s, Tasmania. Transport Commission Marketing Productions, Bondi Junction, NSW, 1971 Philip McElwee Book—Working time table for passenger, mixed and goods trains and motors over all lines, for the guidance and exclusive use of officers and employees, ANR, Tasmanian Region Australian National Railways, [Launceston, Tas.], [1978] Philip McElwee Book—Instructions to running-gear repairers etc., Tasmania. Government Railways John Vail, Government Printer Tasmania, [1928] Philip McElwee Pamphlet—Centenary celebrations February 7th to 14th, 1971: first train, Launceston and Western Railway Company, February 10th, 1871, TGR Tasmanian Government Railways, [Tasmania], [1971] Philip McElwee Pamphlet—What the railways are doing! TGR Transport Commission, Hobart, [1954?] Philip McElwee Pamphlet—Travel by Tasman Limited: Tasmania’s luxury train, Transport Commission [Tasmanian Government Railways], [Hobart] Philip McElwee Pamphlet—Tasmanian Government Railways Philip McElwee Pamphlet—Tasmanian railway lines: historical data Ivan Heazlewood Book—Sesquicentenary of the Wesleyan Chapel – Whitemoor, 1857-2007, Ivan C. Heazlewood Ivan C Heazlewood [Whitemore, Tas.], 2007 Dept. of Premier and Cabinet, Hobart Book—Garnaut Climate Change Review draft report: June 2008, Ross Garnaut Dr BA Meidell Book—Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Mangfotingar.Myriapoda [Encyclopedia of the Swedish flora and fauna: Nordic Myriapods], G Andersson, BA Meidell, U Scheller, J-A Winqvist, et al. ArtDatabanken, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden, 2005 John Neale Book—Old Launceston, John Neale Stenlake Publishing, Ayrshire, UK, 2001 Quintus Publishing Book—Reading Robinson: companion essays to Friendly Mission, Anna Johnston & Mitchell Rolls (eds) Quintus Publishing, Hobart, 2008 Ross Smith Pamphlet—Giant military wallchart Your Family Tree, [UK], [2008] Mike Nash Book—Investigation of a survivors camp from the Sydney Cove shipwreck, Mike Nash Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, 2004 Mike Nash DVD—H.M. Sydney Cove [footage of 1991, 1992 and 1993 site excavations] Parks & Wildlife Service, Tasmania, [Hobart] Mike Nash Book— [Sydney Cove shipwreck – published and unpublished reports and documents] [Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts], [Hobart], [2008] Mike Nash Book—The Sydney Cove shipwreck survivors camp, Mike Nash Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, 2006 Mike Nash Book—The history and archaeology of the Sydney Cove shipwreck (1797): a resource for future site work, Shirley Strachan Dept of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National, Canberra, 1986 John McPhee Book—”Personal recollections” of the Right Reverend Robert William Willson, D.D. (First Bishop of Hobart Town) with a portrait of His Lordship and an introduction on the state of religion in Tasmania, prior to the year 1844, Thomas Kelsh Davies Bros, Hobart, 1882 Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program 24
Page 1 and 2: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Galle
Page 3 and 4: About the Queen Victoria Museum and
Page 5 and 6: Museum Highlights Activities • Af
Page 7 and 8: The Collections The Museum serves a
Page 9 and 10: Collection Conservation The Museum
Page 11 and 12: Education The Museum’s Education
Page 13 and 14: Exhibitions Exhibitions, both Museu
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Page 21 and 22: Museum Statistics 2007-2008 2008-20
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