Now in South Australia, I have just returned from a 2-day trip to Australia’s ‘Little Cornwall”, the triangle of Moonta, Kapunda and Burra. Moonta and Burra have just been awarded ‘National Listing’ status, the next stage to being granted World Heritage Status, which could link them with the World Heritage Sites of Cornish Mining. Read more
Today I had a fabulous tour of one of the highlights of the old Victorian Goldfields, ‘Eureka Reef’, with archaeologist David Bannear. The old mineworkings are spread over a wide area, amongst tranquil eucalyptus forest. David describes this as a ‘profound landscape’, profound for its historical, industrial, social, geological significance. Its also a battleground between Read more
Spent today with Visual Arts Course Staff Dr Vincent Alessi and Dr Ry Hasking at La Trobe University Bendigo Campus.
In Bendigo today-Founded by Cornish miners and a major centre in the Goldfields of Victoria. Toured the aftermath landscapes with Leanne and Rob Lloyd, and a special tour of the Victoria Hill sites with local expert George Ellis-also responsible for creating public access to these old sites. The remnants of gold mining Read more
Second day in Melbourne today. Visited ACCA in the old docklands, seeing the exhibition, ‘Greater Together’, about collaborative art practice. Image below is ‘Letters to the Land’, Bik Van Der Pol. Off to the old goldfields of Victoria tomorrow !!!
