Possum skin cloak
Possum skin cloaks were mostly used as a form of clothing by Aborigines in the south east of Australia. They were not only used to keep one warm and dry but they also provided a useful canvas to...
View ArticleCorryong's Prisoner Of War rug
A small country community on the Victoria/NSW border needs help to keep a precious piece of war memorabilia from leaving town. The Upper Murray Historical Society has set up a building fund hoping to...
View ArticleA new dress
This collection of family dresses not only highlights changes in fashion over time but it also symbolises family history.
View ArticlePotter skills to pay the bills
Yackandandah potter John Dermer says there is more to pottery than five minutes and a piece of mud.
View ArticleGold Cup Glamour
Tips for hats and fascintors to catch the judge's eye at the Albury Gold Cup.
View ArticleFirst exhibit for convict potter
An archaeological dig in Sydney has given insight into the types of domestic pottery that was being produced out of Australia in the 1820's. Items found in the 2007 dig can now be seen in the...
View ArticleDelightfully Deco opens this weekend
The Albury Delightfully Deco exhibit officially opens Friday night. Items can be seen in both the Library Museum and the Art Gallery. The exhibit features many iconic pieces that were loaned from local...
View ArticleGraffiti artists knit Wangaratta's city centre
Armed with wool and wit, textile graffiti artists have created a warm and fuzzy city centre for Wangaratta's Stitched Up Textile Festival.
View ArticleCWA gets crafty
Some of the best talent is on display in Tallangatta today and tomorrow for the CWA Creative Arts State Exhibition. From needlework to knitting, floral art, cakes and slices, they all deserve to win.
View ArticleHow to make a book
Find out why these local handmade books should be judged by their covers.
View ArticleHow to make a pot
"Every now and then one pot comes out of the kiln and you go 'wow' and it's that moment when all the broken pots and failed pots, all those things are forgotten when that magic little pot comes out."
View ArticleHats off
If you have been enjoying the resurgence of 1950s and 1960s fashion, you may want to visit the Albury Library Museum.
View ArticleA love affair I'll never quite get over
A nude on horseback, a sculpture made from bovine vertebrae and a silver-coated frog... just a couple of the gems at Wangaratta's Exit 11 exhibition.
View ArticleI can't believe it's a tapestry
Though they may look like paintings from a distance, on closer inspection you will find these artworks are indeed tapestries. The pieces can be currently see in Wodonga, they are from the Australian...
View ArticleDisused luxury in alpine forest: Mt Buffalo Chalet
Lying vacant deep inside a National Park, the future of Mount Buffalo Chalet may soon be finally decided
View ArticleDisney figurines in Australia
It was quite a coup in the 1950s when Sydney-based Modern Ceramic Products (MCP) was awarded the license to produce Walt Disney character figurines in Australia.
View ArticleFrock Stars
As models strut their stuff confidently down the runway during Fashion Week say in New York, Paris, Milan or Sydney, things might seem cool, calm and collected from an audience point of view, but can...
View ArticleWorking alongside Jorn Utzon
Yackandandah-based Bill Wheatland will feature in a major online documentary celebrating the iconic Sydney Opera House.
View ArticleColder weather creates perfect conditions for the knitted beard competition
Beards might go in and out if fashion, but in Ned Kelly country, around Beechworth in central Victoria, it seems they've never been so popular. A competition called Ned's Needles is now open to find...
View ArticlePopstar goes Gaga over hat from Deniliquin
Pop superstar Lady Gaga's wardrobe now includes a hat from Deniliquin.
View ArticleThe knitted beard winner is...
Now that's a beard. A knitted beard that features a crocheted possum sticking its head out of a tuft of purple curls has been awarded the coveted Best in Show trophy at the inaugural 2012 Ned's Needles...
View ArticleStanley honours Black Saturday firefighters
Stanley pays tribute to its Black Saturday firefighters.
View ArticleByer's legacy, not just recorders
After Max Byer retired from the recording manufacturing industry in the late 1950s he moved to southern New South Wales where he used his skills to design and build a Motel. The Motel recently accepted...
View ArticleRare exhibit of bark paintings not to be missed
Albury City Exhibitions Coordinator Jules Boag says the current collection of Aboriginal art work on display at the Albury Gallery is some of the rarest bark paintings in existence. Ancestral Power and...
View ArticleAmid depression doom, Australiana art ware shone
During Australia's Great Depression in the 1930s, you wouldn't think there would be a lot of spare change for people to spend money on decorative pottery art ware. But surprisingly "Australiana" items...
View ArticleGallery expansion gets approval
Albury City Council says it will move quickly after it voted in favour of redeveloping the Regional Art Gallery.
View ArticlePart of the landscape: Albury War Memorial
The War Memorial in Albury in southern New South Wales is known for its art deco design and it thought to be one of the first monuments in Australia it be lit by floodlights.Known to locals as the...
View ArticleDelight for the eyes
It's always interesting to see what designs local artists come up with for the annual Wearable Art Awards in Wodonga.
View ArticleTime to Woolly-Up Wodonga
As the temperatures drop you may be thinking about expanding your winter woollies collection. If you are feeling an extra scarf, beanie, jumper or wall hanging is in order you may want to consider...
View ArticleWodonga metal sculptor takes on mentoring role
Lessons in metal sculpting are helping troubled Wodonga children.
View ArticleYackandandah postcards
Annie Brown is a Monash University Journalism student who has spent the past two weeks on a work placement with ABC Goulburn Murray (ABC GM). Annie put together a feature on her home town of...
View ArticleGrooming the old-fashioned way
Some of the hair-care instruments at a new exhibition in Beechworth look more like weapons of torture than grooming items.
View ArticleBuried treasure under the sly grog shop at Murrendale Park
Driving over the hills behind Buchan and down the windy dirt road that leads to Murrendale Park homestead, it's easy to imagine what travellers on the Cobb and Co. coach would have seen in the late...
View ArticleHolbrook attempts world's biggest yarn bomb
Holbrook will be attempting what is possibly the world's biggest yarnbomb this week when they wrap a 90-metre submarine in bright yellow material.
View ArticleMen knit to commemorate Anzacs
A group of men are knitting squares to contribute to a wall hanging for the Anzac Centenary in 2015.
View ArticleHigh Fashion in 1960's regional Australia celebrated
Don't think because you lived in a regional area in the 1960's that you missed out on access to the high fashion of the era.
View ArticleNeighbourhood rallies to save Mount Buffalo Chalet in Victoria
A group of north-east Victoria residents are putting a proposal before the Victorian government to help save Australia's largest timber building- the Mount Buffalo Chalet.
View ArticleCommunity rallies to save the heritage-listed Mount Buffalo Chalet
A group of north-east Victorian residents has created a grass roots campaign to help save Australia's largest timber building.
View ArticleBeef Australia 2018: Hats on show at Australia's biggest beef industry event
A look under the brims at Australia's biggest beef industry event, Beef Australia 2018, reveals there are many things to consider when choosing a hat.
View ArticleWedding dresses of the century captured in photographs by Wal Richards
An amateur photographer who spent 50 years cycling around Maryborough in Victoria taking photos of strangers' weddings left behind an archive of thousands of photos showing the evolution of the wedding...
View ArticleAll-electric commercial passenger planes could take off in as little as four...
A Gold Coast aviation technology company believes the first commercial all-electric-powered plane could be just four years away.
View ArticleMake-up classes held for teenage girls as they feel pressure of social media,...
Make-up course organiser Larissa Jones says parents can't ignore the pressure their children feel to wear make-up and it is better to coach them and let them talk about their insecurities.
View ArticleAustralian potter, John Dermer, honoured by National Gallery of Victoria
"One of Australia's great living potters" whose work is displayed around the world in homes, galleries and private collections is honoured with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.
View ArticleVictorian High Country's iconic Mount Buffalo Chalet still waiting for...
Australia's largest timber building, the Mount Buffalo Chalet, will stay mothballed through another Australian winter without undergoing any development works.
View ArticleAustralia's haberdashery shops are hanging on by a thread but are they...
The humble haberdashery shop was once a mainstay of many a town centre, but is browsing the colourful bits and bobs in these stores in danger of becoming a thing of the past?
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