Boroondara General Cemetery Kew

Boroondara General Cemetery is located in Kew, Victoria. The cemetery is known for the range of important Australia's buried there as well as the artistic quality of its memorials - some of which have been included on the Victorian Heritage Register.

Sturt Street Gardens - Ballarat

The Sturt Street Gardens are located in Ballarat, Victoria (Australia). The gardens area a central median of the main thoroughfare of Ballarat, Sturt Street. The gardens run for 13 blocks and contain significant statues, bandstands, memorials and trees.

I used to work opposite the gardens and enjoyed taking images on a different angle than the norm.

Memorials and Monuments
* Arch of Victory 1920
* Gordon Memorial 1969, Sculptor: Raymond B. Ewers
* Cenotaph 1949, Architect: John P. Shimmin
* Eternal Flame 1995, Sculptor: Peter Blizzard
* Korean, Borneo, Malayan, Vietnam War Memorial 2000
* William Dunstan Victoria Cross Memorial 2000
* King George V Monument 1938, Sculptor: Victor Greenhalgh
* Phoenix Foundry Plaque
* Queen Victoria Memorial Fountain 1902
* Boer War Memorial 1906, Sculptor: James White
* Burke & Wills Fountain 1867
* SS Titanic Memorial Bandstand 1915, Architect: G.W. Clegg
* Pioneer Miners Monument 1951
* James Galloway Monument 1880

Statues and Fountains
* Peterson Fountain 1923
* Mother Earth 1952 Sculptor: George H. Allen
* Peter Lalor 1893 Sculptor: Nelson McLean
* Sir Albert Coates 2000 Sculptor: Louis Laumen
* King George V Monument 1938 Sculptor: Victor Greenhalgh
* Ruth 1899 Sculptor: Charles F. Summers
* Hebe 1899 Sculptor: B. Raggi
* Thomas Moore 1889 Sculptor: George Grant
* Queen Victoria Memorial Fountain 1902
* Queen Victoria 1900 Sculptor Sir Edgar Bertram MacKennal
* Robert Burns 1867 Sculptor: John Udny
* Point to Sky 2002 Sculptor: Akio Makigawa
* Perseus 1943

Whale Boats racing and fire

Sunday 22 February 2010 was an interesting day in Warrnambool. The Australian National Whale Boat Championships were held on the Hopkins River and a fire started at the Criterion Hotel in Kepler Street.

Photographing Australia's Heritage

For the past few years I have been working on documenting Australia's towns to create a visual resource for the future. I often rely on the work of John T Collins or the Rose and Valentine post card series for images of our past. I look to update the photographic recording of Australian places and events and upload a selection to the National Library of Australia's Pictureaustralia project.

This image was taken on Saturday 20 February at Locarno Spring in the Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve Hepburn Springs.