Herald 20221101

GOOMBUNGEE
Jacaranda Day
A Moment in Time comes to
Jacaranda Day
Goombungee Art and Cultural
Enterprise in conjunction with
the Rosalie Shire Historical Society
celebrates master model
maker Rob Prentice’s new exhibition
A Moment in Time at
the Museum in Goombungee
during this week’s Jacaranda
Day celebrations.
Mr Prentice’s exhibition in its
new space at the museum sits
well amongst historical vehicles
and artefacts from the district.
Back in sixth class at school,
Mr Prentice made his first model
using rudimentary tools and
went on to win first prize for a
model of a coach.
Also in his younger days he
worked a farm with his father
in NSW before leaving at 25 to
start his own building company.
He was self-taught: the first
building he built was a woolshed
for his father.
Mr Prentice and his lovely
wife Lin planned a hobby for
their retirement that resulted in
their one-twelfth scale models
of early Australian life being
sought after all over the world.
They spent more than 20
years travelling around Australia
researching and measuring wagons
and horses.
Some pieces in the exhibition,
like the wheat harvester, have
never been modeled by any other
model maker.
When Mrs Prentice passed
away and with the onset of the
Corona virus, Mr Prentice was
challenged by his friend to complete
the unfinished works and
exhibit his private collection.
This is the first time that several
new pieces of his private
collection will be exhibited.
Mr Prentice said preparing for
the exhibition gave him a reason
to be in his shed, to finish some
of the unfinished pieces started
long ago and a way of filling his
days during the lockdowns.
A Moment in Time gives a
snap shot of early Australian
rural life in one-twelfth scale, to
relive the romance of Cobb and
Co. coach travel, horse drawn
vehicles and Sunday tennis and
more.
Each intricate piece is an authentic
to scale model of the
original; each part is masterfully
reproduced in wood, metal,
leather, resin, cloth and cane.
There are more than 20 fully
harnessed horses in the collection
and more than 30 period
dressed figures.
Mr Prentice is well known
in the Highfields district for his
community involvement and
contribution.
He is a former Highfields Australia
Day Citizen of the Year
and a proud Lions Club member.
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Other hardy plants
Fact sheets and advice
Rob and Lin won many accolades
for their work including
the major win in the Mary Durack
Outback Craft awards and a
highly commended in the same
awards the following year.
EADIES IRIS AND DAYLILY GARDEN
33 Hartwig St, Goombungee ~ Ph 4696 5044
Town Centre comes to
life with uniquely skirted trees
FESTIVITIES BEGIN AT 8am
Museum Open & Food Available til 2pm
ABOVE: Rob Prentice’s intricate work will be on display at the Rosalie Shire Historical Society Museum in Goombungee on Saturday and Sunday.
INSET: Artist Rob Prentice.
This exhibition, a must-see
display, will be open from 8am
for Jacaranda Day this Saturday
and again on Sunday at the
Rosalie Shire Historical Society
museum.
GOOMBUNGEE ARTS & CULTURAL
ENTERPRISE INC.
Jacaranda
CELEBRATING
designed by,
Day
Sat, November 5
9am-3.30pm
GALLERY GCC FEATURED ARTIST
Isaya Sikwatta
Not New Op Shop
Steam engines & machinery
Landcare - Regional winners 2022
photographic competition
54 Mocatta St
Goombungee Q 5354
OPEN FOR
JACARANDA
DAY
BACK TO BASICS
OPEN GARDENS • WALKING TOURS • PLANTING,
PROPAGATING TALKS • HOME-GROWN &
HOMEMADE MARKETS • LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Interactive ITTY BITTY ANIMAL NURSERY
CHILDREN’S SAND PIT • CLEO THE CLOWN
Rosalie Shire Historical Society Inc.
PRESENTS
FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE & BBQ
6PM EDDIE THE EAGLE
RODEO
at showgrounds
3pm - late
School Band • Maclagan Squeezebox Music • Fire & Rescue Display
Drop in and visit local businesses and organisations
November 5 from 8am until 2pm
Events & times
Museum Opening
Rob Prentice A Moment in Time Exhibition
Lasso Your Own Hay-Bale with Australia’s greatest
horseman, Mark Buttsworth
Chalk Artist Alex Stalling - living public art display.
Help Alex paint the town.
Little Folks Group face-painting, jumping castle and little
folks snacks,
Rosalie Gallery Community Exhibition
What I Love About Goombungee featuring the work of local
artists across multiple mediums
Jacaranda Tree Hanging Community Exhibition
- What I Care for in Goombungee
Steaming on the Downs - a standing display of workmg
steam engines and machinery
Mixed Art Exhibition - The Exogenesis Revelations
by local artist Isaya Sikwatta curated by GACE
The Oakey Art Group Everything Old is New Again
Gomoren and Doctor’s Creek Electronic Display
Focus on Farms Photographic winning entries
St Matthews Lutheran Church - self-guided tours and
Thai food stall
St Colman’s Catholic Church - self-guided tours
Darling Downs Trike Tours - tickets at the trike
Aspire Dance Academy - Ballet on the Green
Ringing of the Bell - by Mayor Paul Antonio
100 Years of the CWA in Song - half-hour
one person show celebrating the local CWA
Pub Songs and Pioneer Poetry - half-hour one person show
celebrating the Pioneer Arms Hotel
THE VINTAGE PARADE- a cavalcade of vintage vehicles,
machinery and community groups
8.00am - ongoing
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8.00am & 12 noon
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School Choir singing at 12.30 in the Town Hall
Contact:– President: Denise Iseppi ph. 0419 736 493
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