The Culture Victoria Project was funded by Arts Victoria and aimed to capture the local history of Wangaratta through a series of short films and photographic images.
Those stories include:
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Wangaratta Textile TownFour short films were made about textile manufacture in Wangaratta through Bruck Textile Mill and Australian Country Spinners. Click here to view the films on the Culture Victoria website |
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Marianne Gibson’s Crazy Patchwork QuiltA short film and photographic documentation of Wangaratta Historical Society’s incredibly significant “Marianne Gibson Quilt” (pictured above right) completed by local woman Marianne Gibson in 1891. Click here to view the film & images on the Culture Victoria website |
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Wangaratta Textile Project BlogTwo textile artists (north east Susan Mathews and Melbourne-based Andrea Komninos) visited Wangaratta’s Bruck Textiles and Australian Country Spinners. They then created new textile works in response and ‘blogged’ about their explorations. |
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Pangerang Country with Freddie DowlingPangerang Elder Freddie Dowling shares stories of Pangerang culture and places through imagery, text, and a video. Click here to view the images, video and stories on the Culture Victoria website |
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Ned KellyKey sites in Glenrowan connected to the infamous Last Stand of the Kelly Gang, guided by respected lifetime local resident Linton Briggs. Click here to view the images, video and stories on the Culture Victoria website |
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The Culture Victoria project was completed on June 30, 2011.
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Project Partners:
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