Artist Spaces Of The Victorian Goldfields

Artist Spaces of the Victorian Goldfields features the stories of 12 creative people, the beautiful places where they live and work, and how they came to be in one of Australia's most unique landscapes.This 126-page full-colour perfect-bound book also features hundreds of photographs highlighting the inspiring homes and studios of the artists. From a former railway carriage in the forest, to an 1850s church in Australia's first notable town. You'll see the concrete bunker-style studio of one of Australia's best-loved artists, and a classic Victorian cottage that's filled to the brim with paintings. Not to mention a chook shed-cum-studio, an eclectic she-shed and the humble fibro home of one of Australia's newest Aboriginal artists.The goldfields are located in central Victoria, in the south-east of Australia. It's an area characterised by four distinct seasons, historic towns and cities and unique natural landscapes. The particular box-ironbark forests here are not found anywhere else in the world.From the mid-1850s the world's richest goldfields lured people the globe over. Many and varied nationalities came to shed the skin of former lives and live as equals among mud and canvas huts, if only until riches were found. And once they were, much wealth was pumped back into the grand cities and tiny towns here, leaving a legacy of great architecture. Of foresight and creativity. Today the region supports a flourishing creative culture of great galleries, theatres and festivals. In the forests, evidence of both Indigenous occupation and gold mining, can still be found.The book has been written by journalist Lauren Mitchell, who is the fifth generation of her family to live on the goldfields. Her ancestors came from Cornwell in the late 1800s. Photographers Amy Doak and Brendan McCarthy have spent years documenting and sharing stories from this region. Amy founded the much-loved Bendigo Magazine in 2005. Artist Spaces of the Victorian Goldfields is published by Of The World Books, which produce a range of titles to celebrate homes, family and food around the world.

Author: Lauren Mitchell

Publisher: Of The World Publishing

Publication Date: Jul 01, 2016

Number of Pages: 128 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Architecture

ISBN-10: 099441269X

ISBN-13: 9780994412690