In 1907 an exhibition of Women's Work was held at the Exhibition Building in Melbourne. It went for five weeks, had 16 thousand displays and was visited by over 250 thousand people.
The spirit of federation, which came into force on 1 January 1901, is evident in the work produced by the women, which displays sentiment for Australian flora and fauna. Occurring a year prior to non-Indigenous Victorian women achieving suffrage, the exhibition also celebrated women's political citizenship.
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Validating Women's Work in a New Nation
A film by Malcolm McKinnon
2008
Created for Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum as part of the Exhibition of Women's Work with support from the Centenary of Women's Suffrage grants program.
Featuring (in order of appearance): Dr Jane Carey, Lauretta Zilles, and Kirsten McKay.
"Golden Wattle" by Adelaide Primrose performed by Castlemaine Singers, conducted by Michael Bottomley.
Archival material and artworks reproduced with kind permission of Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum, Buda Historic Home & Garden, National Gallery of Victoria, State Library of Victoria, and Museum Victoria.
Filesize: 25.4 MB
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Arts Victoria
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Copyright
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Society and Malcolm McKinnon, 2008.
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