From the Archives

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1904

First Annual Exhibition
Goulburn Evening Penny Post, Saturday 19 November 1904, page 3

"First Annual Exhibition, November 22-26, 3-5.30pm daily. Thirty pictures by Sydney artists, thirty pictures by local artists. Publicly opened by the Mayor (W. R. Costley Esq.) London Bank Chambers, Auburn St."
Source:www.trove.nla.gov.au
Image source: Ziegler, O.I. 1946. Goulburn - Queen City of South.

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1904

First Meeting place of Art Society of Goulburn
Goulburn Herald Friday 3 June 1904, p2 | Photo: Pinterest by Sammy Leigh Interior Design

"A meeting of persons favourable to the formation of an art society in Goulburn was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. The mayor presided and there were present about 20 persons. The chairman, after explaining the objects of the meeting, called on Archdeacon Bartlett to move the first resolution. Archdeacon Bartlett said he came there to see whether he could do anything in the way of a Phillistine, and he hoped they would not consider it cheek on his part as he could not paint a haystack to save his life. But he could tell a good picture from a bad one, and he hoped he would be excused for what he was going to say now regarding the pictures he had seen in Goulburn..."
Full text at www.trove.nla.gov.au

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1897

First Art Classes in Islington House
Photo from Photograph Town and Country Journal, 1899 courtesy of Goulburn Historic Society

"First organised art classes in Goulburn were commenced above Foxall's Music Warehouse in Auburn St, opposite Belmore Park in 1897 - the beginnings of forming our Art Society in Goulburn." Newsletter April 2019