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History of the First Bushmen's Club in the Australian Colonies established at Adelaide South Australia. Compiled from various sources and furnishing in detail its origin and progress up to the present year 1872; also miscellaneous readings letters etc.

1872réf. 80725Adelaide: 'published by Superintendent of Club' 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide 'published by Superintendent of Club' 1872. Octavo viii 9-408 pages the last 8 being advertisements plus 2 frontispiece lithographs 'Present Bushmen's Home' and 'Proposed Bushmen's Home'. Original flush-cut dark green cloth with the short title in gilt on the front cover; cloth lightly marked and rubbed at the extremities with slight wear in a couple of places; spine a little sunned; inner hinges cracked but firm; endpapers a little marked with some scuffing and silverfish damage to the front flyleaf; small stain to the bottom edge bleeding very slightly into some bottom margins; very occasional foxing; three smallish areas on pages 167-70 lost to silverfish with two patches affecting some 25 words of text now supplied on an insert; a very good copy. A note dated January 1879 in pencil on the flyleaf gives some details of the anonymous author a cousin of the somewhat more famous Victor. Ferguson 10643 recording only 'blue morocco cloth boards'. 'By 1866 a ravaging northern drought accelerated the need to succour bush workers who were often victims of their own excesses and were preyed upon between jobs. Hugo pressed for a "bushmen's home" like a seamen's home as a quiet sober refuge. Opposition came from those who saw it as a squatters' movement but his canvassing bushmen's subscriptions and philanthropic support enabled the home to open in Whitmore Square Adelaide in May 1870' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. Provenance: P. Curzon Clement with his armorial bookplate on the pastedown. Peake 'Australian Personal Bookplates' 983 recording John Shirlow as the artist. 'published by Superintendent of Club' hardcover

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CURTIS, Robert Emerson (1898-1996)Biblio.com

Entrance to Chateau Tanunda 1940

réf. 127208Fine. An original pencil drawing mounted and matted visible image size 290 × 190 mm initialled dated and captioned in pencil along the bottom edge. Both the drawing and mat are in fine condition. 'Château Tanunda birthplace of the Barossa was established in 1890 and is the site of some of the Valley's first vines planted as well as its first winery. The majestic bluestone winery and vineyards is a living testament to the colourful history and pioneering spirit of Australia's most famous wine region. Château Tanunda's origins go back to the decimation of Europe's vineyards by the phylloxera plague. Sensing opportunity the founder's grand vision was to build a Château dedicated to crafting fine quality wines. Château Tanunda would become for a while the largest winery in the Southern Hemisphere. European immigrants had been planting vines in the Barossa since the 1840s so the region was a natural choice. The resulting wines made from grapes produced by 560 local growers . were shipped to a wine starved Europe. Château Tanunda's success was the Barossa's success. For years it was the heart of Barossa winemaking. A veritable "Ivy League" of Australian winemakers worked or studied at the facility including Prof. Soebels Australia's first qualified oenologist; Bill Seppelt; Grant Burge; Geoff Merrill and others. In 1994 in recognition of its rich history Château Tanunda was placed on the Register of State Heritage Places - but by then its glory days were a memory. Abandoned by its then-owner Australian wine giant Southcorp the property was a shell of its former grandeur'. John Geber and his family purchased the property in 1998 and 'The rebirth of Château Tanunda is one of the most remarkable stories of the Australian wine industry' Huon Hooke quoted on the company's website. This drawing dates from its glory days . Robert Emerson Curtis 1898-1996 English-born Australian artist architectural draftsman camouflage officer and official war artist emigrated to Queensland in 1914. In 1922 he 'travelled to the USA with his great friend the pioneer filmmaker Charles Chauvel. There he developed what was to become a lifelong interest in industrial modernism and on returning to Sydney in 1928 he set about documenting the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He painted murals and did industrial illustration in 1932-38 including the series "Australia at Work" which was syndicated in Australian newspapers. During WWII Curtis recorded working life in the Commonwealth Munition factories 1939-41 worked as Camouflage Officer in Australia and with the RAAF in New Guinea 1941-43 until he was finally appointed an official war artist to record the nation's industrial war-time production 1943-45. More than 200 works are in the Australian War Memorial AWM collection' Design & Art Australia Online. unknown

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