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SUMMARY:"Our History: Hill End Gold" Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Set in 1872\, the novel follows Alfie Wilson\, whose life is turned upside down when his pa sells the family farm and moves the family to Hill End. With dreams of striking it rich\, Alfie and his pa are swept up in gold fever\, convinced that a golden future is just within reach. But as they soon discover\, fortunes in Hill End can disappear as quickly as they are made. \nLife in the mining town proves to be harsh and\, at times\, dangerous. Despite the challenges\, Alfie remains determined that he and his pa will overcome every hardship to achieve their dream. Along the way\, he begins to question what truly matters\, asking whether there are things in life more precious than gold. \nOur History: Hill End Gold is the third instalment in the Our History series\, set against the vivid backdrop of one of Australia’s most famous gold rush towns. Written by acclaimed Australian author Sue Whiting\, it offers a compelling blend of adventure\, resilience\, and historical insight that would resonate strongly with audiences of all ages. \nThe event will include a reading\, author talk\, Q&A. \nOur History: Hill End Gold ISBN 9781761601491
URL:https://holtermann.museum/event/our-history-hill-end-gold-book-launch/
LOCATION:Gulgong Holtermann Museum Theatrette\, 123-125 Mayne St\, Gulgong\, NSW\, 2850\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Clay Gulgong 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Gulgong Holtermann Museum will be making use of the gallery spaces this year to exhibit works. Registered attendees can use their lanyard to enter the Museum. \nArtists participating are Janet DeBoos (AUS)\, Hervé Rousseau (France)\, Cj Jilek (USA)\, Ruby Pilven (AUS)\, Monika Patuszynska (Poland)\, Yoshima Futamura (Japan/France)\, Yannick Fourbet (France/NZ)\, Eiair (Thailand)\, Eric Landon (USA/Denmark)\, Anne Mette Hjortshøj (Denmark)\, Stephen Bird (AUS)\, Yuliya Makliuk (Ukraine)\, Dale Miles (AUS)\, Jorgen Haarstad (Norway)\, and Andile & Nkuthazo Dyalvane\, (South Africa) and our First Nations African guests Nkosenathi Koela\, Cebolenkosi Zuma and Sisonke Papu.
URL:https://holtermann.museum/event/clay-gulgong-2026/
LOCATION:Gulgong Holtermann Museum\, 123-125 Mayne St\, Gulgong\, NSW\, 2852\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Unearthed – The Women of the Gulgong Goldfields 1872
DESCRIPTION:WE WERE THERE\nHEAR OUR STORY\nGET A GLIMPSE OF WHO WE WERE AND WHAT WE ACHIEVED \nThis multisensory exhibition tells the story of the women of the Gulgong Goldfields. \nComposite handmade prints\, 3D installations and film combine to bring these women to the forefront and tell their story. They are given a voice\, and you have the unique opportunity to discover who they really were\, the hardships they endured and the resilience and courage they showed. \nAbout the Exhibition\nGulgong has been a favourite haunt of Therese for some time now as she explores the history\, the stories of the past and the natural environment. To deepen her connection\, she became a long-distance member of the Gulgong Arts Society and entered the annual show many times over the years. She has been regularly involved with the Henry Lawson June Long weekend\, often donning heritage dress and walking the streets and joining in the parade with others in historic costume. \nTherese has developed a close association with the Gulgong Holtermann Museum since one of her pieces – ‘Early Gulgong’ – was purchased and used by the Museum to raise money for the museum. ‘Early Gulgong’ has continued to be popular with visitors who are able to purchase it in various merchandise forms which they take home as a souvenir of Gulgong and the Holtermann Museum\, and as sample of Therese’s work. \nThrough her connection Therese has developed an ongoing interest in the women of the goldfields and this fuelled her desire to unearth them through her art. \nHer newest body of work – “Unearthed – The Women of the Gulgong Goldfields 1872” – introduces audiences of 2026 to the incredible women who made their homes\, and lived part of their lives\, here on the Gulgong goldfields. Through her art\, she tells their stories in prints\, 3D installations and film. Finally\, after over 150 years\, these women are given a voice as the audience encounters the endurance\, courage and resilience of women in this harsh and unforgiving environment. \nArtist Bio\nTherese Gabriel Wilkins is an award-winning artist\, print maker and sculptor who explores the many and varied aspects of our world as she encounters them on her art journey. Her inspiration comes from people\, places\, stories\, history\, fauna and flora\, and everyday objects. \nFrom her childhood Therese loved art. She grew up surrounded by art from the many works evident in her family home to the pieces created lovingly in every spare moment of her childhood. Therese was destined to spend her days as an artist and sharing her art with the wider world. \nTherese often weaves narratives through her art\, focussing upon bringing the hidden to light\, bringing the past alive and stories to life. She loves to look at the endangered or extinct and bring them into the here and now.
URL:https://holtermann.museum/event/unearthed-the-women-of-the-gulgong-goldfields-1872/
LOCATION:Gulgong Holtermann Museum Theatrette\, 123-125 Mayne St\, Gulgong\, NSW\, 2850\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Multi Media
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SUMMARY:John Grech - 'Views of the Central West 1872:1988'
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our extraordinary exhibition by John Grech\, an internationally acclaimed cultural historian. \nThe exhibition showcases ‘rephotographs’ – photographs of recreated scenes from the iconic Holtermann Collection of photographs of 1872. The photographs by John Grech are contemporary views of some of the sites in the Central West of New South Wales photographed by Beaufoy Merlin and Charles Bayliss of the American and Australasian Photographic Company during the 1872-1873 goldrush. \nArtist Bio\nJohn Grech is an artist\, writer and academic with a BA and Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts (Sydney College of the Arts\, University of Sydney) and an MA and PhD in Cultural Studies (Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Technology\, Sydney). \nJohn works in visual and time-based media interfacing gallery exhibitions and installations with performance\, sound\, music\, audio features and documentaries\, and writing. Thematically\, his interests have focused on cities and communities\, contemporary life\, globalisation\, gender\, art\, film\, documentary\, culture\, history\, and heritage. His writing covers a range of genres from fiction and ficto-critical essays to life writing as well as critical-analytical scholarly theoretical publications. \nHis artistic projects have been exhibited and/or displayed in national and international contexts in Australia\, Europe (Malta\, Holland\, Germany\, Greece) as well as in Japan\, the USA\, and Canada. This has taken place in national and regional art museums\, commercial galleries\, and curated exhibitions. He has also produced projects for public broadcast\, (Australian Broadcasting Corporation\, PBS Malta)\, media organisations (Mediamatic\, Amsterdam)\, institutions Midwestern Modern Languages Association Conference)\, and websites. \nThe Holtermann Rephotographs\n“The Holtermann Collection is a wonderfully unique photographic collection which represents just some of the work of Beaufoy Merlin\, Charles Bayliss\, and Otto Holtermann. The Collection is especially significant to Gulgong because it provides a comprehensive photographic record of the town that “mushroomed out of the ground” in just over twelve months. This type of record simply has no precedence anywhere in the world. \nWhen I finally visited Gulgong in 1985\, I was instantly captivated by the town’s ability to rekindle a sense of those early photographs. From that point on it was only a simple logical extension to decide to visit those early photographic sites and to rephotograph them. The result\, this collection\, has created a dialogue between two points in time\, between two cultural realities\, and between two groups of people. \nThis project looks more closely at the Human elements. By concentrating on an environment that is almost totally of human invention\, it is possible to begin to distinguish between the things that humans do to survive and the cultural artifacts they create to achieve this and the human being. This awareness is given further context by the occasional reappearance of the natural world which hints at both our ability to rearrange it as well as its ability to resist those efforts and serves to remind us that we must still relate to a world that is at once responsive to our will yet still uncontrolled and indeterminate.” \n 
URL:https://holtermann.museum/event/john-grech/
LOCATION:Gulgong Holtermann Museum Theatrette\, 123-125 Mayne St\, Gulgong\, NSW\, 2850\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Photography
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SUMMARY:Adrian Cooke
DESCRIPTION:Adrian Cooke is an Australian photographer who explores image through the wet plate process. In today’s digital world he specialises in using the wet plate collodion process developed in the 1850’s to bring to life world around us. Each image is hand crafted producing an original direct-positive image on a sheet of glass or aluminium plate. The resulting images are unique and portray a timeless beauty and character not seen in today’s digital world. \nUsing equipment and techniques developed in the 1850’s the photographic plates are individually coated and sensitised in the darkroom. They are then exposed and developed while wet; hence the term ‘wet plate process’. Once fixed\, washed and dried they are coated in a gum sandarac varnish which protects and preserves for generations. \nAdrian’s latest exhibition focuses upon the beauty of nature and the exploration of miniature and unique natural items.
URL:https://holtermann.museum/event/adrian-cooke/
LOCATION:Gulgong Holtermann Museum Theatrette\, 123-125 Mayne St\, Gulgong\, NSW\, 2850\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Photography
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