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Shearing the Rams is an 1890 painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts.It depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a timber shearing shed.Distinctly Australian in character, the painting is a celebration of pastoral life and work, especially "strong, masculine labour", and recognises the role that the wool industry played in the development of the country.
The Geelong Gallery, formerly known as Geelong Art Gallery, is a major regional gallery in the city of Geelong in Victoria, Australia.The gallery forms Geelong's Cultural Precinct, along with the adjacent Geelong Library and Heritage Centre (Geelong Regional Library and Geelong Heritage Centre), Geelong Arts Centre, and the Geelong Courthouse (housing Back to Back Theatre and Platform Arts).
Paintings in the Geelong Gallery (2 P) This page was last edited on 26 August 2024, at 00:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Geelong West contains a number of heritage listed sites, including: 22 Pakington Street, Harp Inn [5] 95 Pakington Street, Donaghy's Rope Walk [6] 233 Pakington Street, Reformed Church of Geelong [7] 9 Gertrude Street, Residence [8] 202 Aberdeen Street, Shearers Arms Hotel [9] 127 Elizabeth Street, St Elmo [10]
The city of Geelong is closely associated with the wool industry. For many years the city was known as the 'wool centre of the world'. Sheep farming began here in 1835 and numerous Woolstores were opened from the second half of the century onward. Today, Geelong stands as an emerging health, education and advanced manufacturing hub.
See Market Square, Geelong for the history of the site before the centre. The 1980s saw the first of many urban renewal proposals floated for the central Geelong area. The Geelong Regional Commission on 6 November 1981 released a plan that would see a massive shopping centre extend from Little Malop Street through to the waterfront. [1]
This list of museums in Victoria, Australia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Geelong Club: 74 Brougham Street 1888–89 [22] Geelong Customs House: 57 Brougham Street 1855–56 [23] Geelong railway station: 1 Railway Terrace 1877 [24] Geelong Synagogue: 74–78 McKillop Street 1861 [25] Geelong Telegraph Station: 83A Ryrie Street 1857–58 [26] Geelong City Hall: 30 Gheringhap Street 1855 [27] Geelong Wool Exchange ...