001455908 000__ 03686nam\a22004573i\4500 001455908 001__ 1455908 001455908 003__ MiAaPQ 001455908 005__ 20230330003301.0 001455908 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001455908 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001455908 008__ 230328s2019\\\\xx\\\\\\o\\\\\|||\0\eng\d 001455908 020__ $$a9781922454706 001455908 020__ $$z9781925801330 001455908 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC6524343 001455908 035__ $$a(Au-PeEL)EBL6524343 001455908 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1243553304 001455908 040__ $$aMiAaPQ$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cMiAaPQ$$dMiAaPQ 001455908 050_4 $$aN3911.V53 001455908 0820_ $$a708.9945 001455908 1001_ $$aEdgar, Don. 001455908 24510 $$aArt for the Country :$$bThe Story of Victoria's Regional Art Galleries. 001455908 250__ $$a1st ed. 001455908 264_1 $$aMelbourne :$$bAustralian Scholarly Publishing Pty, Limited,$$c2019. 001455908 264_4 $$c©2019. 001455908 300__ $$a1 online resource (498 pages). 001455908 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001455908 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001455908 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001455908 5050_ $$aIntro -- Contents -- PREFACE A Personal Discoveryof Art in the Country -- INTRODUCTION Times When the Arts Could Thrive -- CHAPTER 1 An Extraordinary Man -Ballarat Art Gallery, 1884 -- CHAPTER 2 Old Timers Wanting More - Bendigo Art Gallery, 1887 -- CHAPTER 3 Not the Archibald - Warrnambool Art Galleryand Museum, 1886/7 -- CHAPTER 4 Trying to Keep Up - Geelong Art Gallery, 1896 -- CHAPTER 5 Comfortable Castlemaine,1913/1931 -- CHAPTER 6 A Small Civic Start - Shepparton, 1936 -- CHAPTER 7 Some Early (Halting) Moves to Support theProvincial Galleries -- CHAPTER 8 Mildura - Intrigue,Community Conflictand Individual Drive -- CHAPTER 9 Getting the Galleries Together - A 'Reluctant' National Gallery -- CHAPTER 10 Hamilton - Squatter Legacies - Upstaging the Others?, 1961 -- CHAPTER 11 Benalla - Patronage in a Community Divided -- CHAPTER 12 Centralism and the Struggle for Control -- CHAPTER 13 Smaller Towns Seeking a Place at the Table -- CHAPTER 14 Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement, 1965 - What Qualifies as a Gallery? -- CHAPTER 15 Regionalism as a Guiding Concept -- CHAPTER 16 A New Constitution (RGAV), 1970 -- CHAPTER 17 Ambitious but Ambivalent- Westbrook and the NGV -- CHAPTER 18 Suburban Rivalry - McClelland Gallery, 1961 and Mornington Peninsula Gallery, 1969 -- CHAPTER 19 Gippsland Competitors - Sale, 1965 and Morwell, 1971 -- CHAPTER 20 It's Too Much Work - The Battle for an Executive Officer -- CHAPTER 21 Warrnambool -Cleaning with Ajax -- CHAPTER 22 Bendigo - Shaken, Not Stirred -- CHAPTER 23 Ballarat - Flagging Its Wares -- CHAPTER 24 Geelong - One Directionor Multiple Directors? -- CHAPTER 25 Hamilton - Political Favoritism and the Sandby Collection -- CHAPTER 26 The Smaller Galleries Hit Their Straps -- CHAPTER 27 Mildura Arts Centre, 1966 - Boot Him Out! -- CHAPTER 28 Geelong Arts Centre - Infighting in an Ugly Town. 001455908 5058_ $$aCHAPTER 29 New Beginnings, or the Beginning of the End? -- CHAPTER 30 The Galleries Today - Public Response and the Future -- Notes -- APPENDIX Public Galleries Under the PGAV in 2018 -- List of Illustrations -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index. 001455908 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001455908 588__ $$aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. 001455908 650_0 $$aArt museums. 001455908 650_0 $$aAustralia. 001455908 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001455908 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aEdgar, Don$$tArt for the Country$$dMelbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty, Limited,c2019$$z9781925801330 001455908 852__ $$bebk 001455908 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete $$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6524343$$zOnline Access 001455908 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1455908$$pGLOBAL_SET 001455908 980__ $$aBIB 001455908 980__ $$aEBOOK 001455908 982__ $$aEbook 001455908 983__ $$aOnline