Pioneer Women's Memorial fountain in Kings Park
The iconic nine foot bronze sculpture by Margaret Priest, located in the Pioneer Women's Memorial fountain in Kings Park, has been restored to its former glory so it can sparkle once again.
Pioneers' Garden Cupid's Fountain Botanical Gardens Sydney
Pioneers' Garden with Cupid's Fountain in the Botanical Gardens, Sydney NSW Australia. The Memorial Garden commemorates the men and women pioneers of Australia. The garden was officially opened on the 3rd February 1938.
As part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Australia in 1938, this garden was built on the site of the central dome of the Garden Palace built for the International Exhibition of 1879. The massive Palace, opened in 1879, was completely destroyed by fire in 1882.
The memorial garden surrounds a fountain, above which stands a figure of Cupid, sculptured by the Paul Montford. who was responsible for the figure work on the Melbourne War Memorial.
Chelsea Flower Show & Melbourne
A trip to south west London should be on the agenda in the next few weeks for those want to experience the nature of Australia. The Australian Garden presented by the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, will be displaying unique and endangered plant species native to Australia at the Chelsea Flower Show (24-28 May)
However, for those garden lovers venturing further afield to Australia itself, there is a great chance to see what inspired this exhibit. The Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne is one of Victoria's most precious areas of native bushland. It offers nature-lovers the chance to explore 363 hectares of untouched heathlands, wetlands and woodlands. These expansive natural gardens are also home to thriving bird and animal life, including several rare endangered species.
In fact, Victoria is renowned for the hundreds of parks and gardens around Melbourne and throughout the state:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
Make the most of this inner-city treasure, home to over 12,000 different species of plants and a sanctuary for native wildlife.
Fitzroy Gardens
Visit the Scarred Tree, an ancient relic of the Wurundjeri people, the original inhabitants of Melbourne. Get a glimpse of Victoria's colonial history at Cook's Cottage, which was transported from the Yorkshire village where Captain James Cook, one of the first Europeans to chart Australia's coast, was born.
Carlton Gardens
Experience Australia's foremost example of classical garden design, exemplifying the Victorian ideals of order, grace and symmetry
King's Domain
Discover these serene parklands that house two moving memorials -- The Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden and the Shrine of Remembrance
Alexandra Gardens
Enjoy ornamental gardens with palms and shrub borders then hire a bike or have a barbecue on the banks of the Yarra River.
Robyn and Mario's big day at the Kings Domain and Encore St Kilda
Robyn and Mario's wedding at the Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden in Melbourne's Kings Domain, followed by a reception at Encore in St Kilda.
The Waifs & Kasey Chambers
It’ll be the feelgood show of the summer when two of Australia’s most beloved musical treasures, The Waifs and Kasey Chambers, team up for an incredibly special show under the stars at Pioneer Women’s Memorial, Kings Park & Botanic Garden, on Saturday, February 3, 2018.
Joined by special guest Lior and Stella Donnelly, this is a show you don't want to miss!
Saturday 3 February, 2018.
Pioneer Women’s Memorial, Kings Park & Botanic Garden.
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Kings Park, Western Australia
Adi and I at the Pioneer Women's Memorial in Kings Park
RED clip filming day.avi
Ludlow has created a giant red 'paper' crane in mine craft to publicize a film clip making day in Melbourne, for the song RED, sung by Pete Murray, Lyrics: Caroline Clifford, Music: Emma O'Brien
This song captures Caroline's fighting spirit as she faced her leukaemia, her lyrics are straight from the heart. Pete Murray has recorded the song with voice and guitar sung straight from his heart as he knew Caroline through Emma and the music therapy program at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. Before Caroline died Pete promised he would record and release her song one day. One Day is now here!
For the music video clip we want to capture her spirit
We want at least 350 people to turn up to the Royal Botanical Gardens - at the Pioneers Women's Memorial Garden to join in making RED PAPER CRANES. Please bring along plain red paper, double sided red, standard origami size or squares cut from a Standard A4, we will also supply some, and there will be people on hand to teach you. You can practice between now and then on various You Tube' How to make paper crane' videos. And bring along any red ones you make. We have a Facebook page Pete's Promise, visit it for updates and to show your support for the filming day. Bring everyone you know.
You can RSVP to Pete's Promise on Facebook or email mtprmh@gmail.com. Or just turn up !
The more the merrier
Unveiling in Melbourne, 4 June 2017, at St Francis' Church of statue of Fr Patrick Geoghegan.
Ceremony of unveiling and blessing of a statue of pioneer Melbourne priest Fr Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan. The occasional address was given by Rev Dr Matthew Beckmann OFM. The unveiling was conducted by Very Rev Phillip Miscamble OFM Provincial and Rev Graeme Duro SSS. The sculptor was Mr Darien Pullen. Attending the ceremony was also the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Very Rev Philip Frier, who joined Melbourne Auxiliary Bishop Peter Elliott. Bishop Elliott gave the Blessing.
Mairangi Bay Park Women's
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba GBE, born Helen Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century. She was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She took the pseudonym Melba from Melbourne, her home town.
Melba studied singing in Melbourne and made a modest success in performances there. After a brief and unsuccessful marriage, she moved to Europe in search of a singing career. Failing to find engagements in London in 1886, she studied in Paris and soon made a great success there and in Brussels. Returning to London she quickly established herself as the leading lyric soprano at Covent Garden from 1888. She soon achieved further success in Paris and elsewhere in Europe, and later at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, debuting there in 1893. Her repertoire was small; in her whole career she sang no more than 25 roles and was closely identified with only ten. She was known for her performances in French and Italian opera, but sang little German opera.
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If Walls Could Talk Stories from the Royal Exhibition Building
The world's oldest remaining Great Hall has seen a thing or two in its 138 years. Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building and its grounds – the leafy Carlton Gardens – have hosted international exhibitions and federal parliamentarians to hot-rod shows and quilting conventions.
But it’s the building’s more intimate moments and lesser-known stories that have piqued Michelle Stevenson's interest. She is Senior Curator of Politics & Society at Museums Victoria and has unearthed some tall tales (and true!) from beneath the building’s soaring dome that just may take your breath away. What better way to spend World Heritage Day than discovering the secret life of a national icon?
Speaker
Michelle Stevenson is Senior Curator of Politics & Society at Museums Victoria. She loves history and heritage, and enjoys uncovering and sharing the secret life of things. She is passionate about working creatively and collaboratively to connect objects and stories with the community in engaging and entertaining ways.
Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman Receives Trainor Award
Georgetown's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) presented Wendy Sherman, undersecretary of state for political affairs, with this year's prestigious Trainor Award for Distinction in the Conduct of Diplomacy.
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Alice Springs
Alice Springs (Arrernte: Mparntwe) is the third largest town in the Northern Territory, Australia. Popularly known as the Alice or simply Alice, Alice Springs is situated in the geographic centre of Australia near the southern border of the Northern Territory.
The site is known as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for thousands of years. Alice in the English language was named by surveyor W. W. Mills after Lady Alice Todd (née Alice Gillam Bell), wife of Sir Charles Todd. Alice Springs has a population of 28,605, which makes up 12.2 percent of the territory's population. Alice Springs is nearly equidistant from Adelaide, South Australia and Darwin.
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Western Australian Botanic Garden & Perth Skyline (4K)
This video is about my visit to WA Botanic Garden in Nov 2018. We joined the free guided walk there. There are WA's unique native flora and plants from the Kimberley to the great southern. The view of Perth Skyline from the botanic garden is amazing! It is a must-visit if you are visiting Perth.
The Girl Who Talked To The Stars - The Incredible Journey
In this episode, we are following the footsteps of Bett-Bett, a well-known Australian little black princess of the Never-Never. It's a story we should all hear, as it reminds us of some of the darker days of our history as a nation, but more importantly of the power of kindness and love to transform a person's life. Come with us on a journey into the Never-Never and discover Bett-Bett's faith!
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Rachel Dorothy Tanur Lecture: Jan Gehl, Livable Cities for the 21st Century
4/12/16
In an important paradigm shift around 1960, urban planning was undertaken at a very large scale in response to the challenges of rapidly growing cities. At the same time, traffic planning began to dominate planning at eye level, to address the rapid influx of cars into cities. The concern for the people using cities that had been maintained over centuries of tradition and experience was completely left behind. The idea of cities for people was overlooked and forgotten.
In his lecture, Jan Gehl will summarize this history, which is laid out in his book Cities for People (Island Press, 2010), and go on to explain why looking after people is crucial for the quality of cities in the 21st century; how it can be accomplished; and how it is actually done now in many projects and cities. He will show how, after decades of neglect, cities for people is once again a central theme in architecture, urban design, and city planning; and how the transformations carried out by Gehl Architects in Copenhagen, Melbourne, Sydney, New York, Moscow, and other cities exemplify this new people oriented direction in planning.
Jan Gehl began his practice in the early 1960s with a period of research on public space, supported by a grant from his university, which resulted in the book Life Between Buildings (1971). Focusing on the spaces between buildings, he developed an approach to urban design and planning, based on observation of life in public spaces, in particular the assessment and measurement of usage patterns and quality of life.
Gehl is founder and senior advisor of the urban design consultancy Gehl Architects, with expertise in architecture, urban design, and city planning. With members who have backgrounds in architecture, urban design, sociology, anthropology, and cultural theory, the firm has made a name for itself with a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to urban planning that entails not only the application of urban design theory and ideology but also the use of data and analytical strategy. It has undertaken major improvement projects for cities, including Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Riga, Edinburgh, Perth (WA), Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Amman, Oman, Cape Town, London, New York and Moscow.
Parallel to his firm’s work, Jan Gehl has authored and coauthored various publications—including New City Life (2006), Cities for People (2010), and How to Study Public Life (2013)—in which he has further developed and shared his techniques of observation and analysis. He has taught at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen where, in 1998, he founded the Center for Public Space Research; he has also taught at universities in Edinburgh, Vilnius, Oslo, Toronto, Calgary, Melbourne, Perth, Berkeley, San José, Guadalajara, and Capetown.
Among many honors, Gehl has been awarded the International Union of Architects' Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize for Exemplary Contributions to Town Planning, as well as honorary doctoral degrees from Universities in Edinburgh and Toronto. He is an honorary fellow of architectural institutes in Denmark, England (RIBA), USA, Canada, and Scotland, as well as the planning Institutes in Australia and Ireland. His work has been the subject of exhibitions at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (2012) and the Venice Architectural Biennale in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
“First life, then spaces, then buildings – the other way around never works.” ~Jan Gehl
Bruce Springsteen - Red Headed Woman [Washington September 3, 1999]
MCI Center, Washington, DC September 3, 1999
Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar)
Roy Bittan (piano, keyboards, accordion)
Clarence Clemons (tenor and baritone saxophones, backing vocals, percussion)
Danny Federici (organ, accordion, keyboards)
Nils Lofgren (guitar, slide guitar, accordion, backing vocals)
Patti Scialfa (backing vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion)
Garry Tallent (bass)
Steven Van Zandt (guitar, mandolin, backing vocals)
Max Weinberg (drums)
With Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Jackson Browne, and Cousin Frank Bruno, Jr.
Maude ‘Lores’ Bonney Google Doodle
Maude ‘Lores’ Bonney or
Maude Rose Lores Bonney was born on 20th November 1897. She was an Australian aviator and the first woman to fly solo from Australia to England.
Her born name was Maude Rose Rubens, in Pretoria, South Africa, she adopted the name Lores later in preference to her given names.
Her family moved first to England, then to Australia. After education first in Melbourne, and then at a finishing school in Germany, she met and married Harry Barrington Bonney, a leather goods manufacturer in 1917 and moved to Queensland.
In 1928 she met Bert Hinkler, Harry Bonney's first cousin once removed and a Queensland aviator who had set a solo England–Australia record in his Avro Avian biplane.
His exploits fired her imagination and her first flight in his Avian confirmed her determination to learn to fly. She took her first lessons secretly, but when she told her husband, he bought her the de Havilland DH.60 Gypsy Moth with which she began a lot of record-breaking flights
Lores Bonney died at her home at Miami on Queensland's Gold Coast on 24 February 1994, aged 97.
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President Trump Host a State Dinner with the Prime Minister of Australia
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