BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20230401T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20230930T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20240406T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20241005T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240819T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240819T213000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240716T061946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T063056Z UID:57341-1724088600-1724103000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Royal South Street Society | Herald Sun Aria Semi-Final DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/herald-sun-aria-semi-final/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Important Dates,Royal South Street Society ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Herald-Sun-Aria-Dinner-and-Show-Package-Flyer-2024-Instagram-Post.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240820T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240820T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240430T023540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T051523Z UID:54352-1724176800-1724184000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Anna Romer DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/anna-romer/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/square-promo-anna-romer-v-4.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240821T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240821T203000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240520T011628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T015106Z UID:55299-1724266800-1724272200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Happiness\, Success & the Law of Karma DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-21-aug-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ecfp-square.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240823T200000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240823T211000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240715T235352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T071352Z UID:57285-1724443200-1724447400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:A Body at Work - FAQT DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/a-body-at-work-faqt/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/A-Body-at_Work_HiRes_Landscape_Darren_Gill_2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240824T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240824T140000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240708T000737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T071405Z UID:57052-1724497200-1724508000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Maud Davey - Master Class - FAQT DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/maud-davey-master-class-faqt/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MAUD-DAVEY.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240824T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240824T173000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240708T001221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T071402Z UID:57059-1724509800-1724520600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Moira Finucaine - Master Class - FAQT DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/moira-finucaine-faqt/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MOIRA-FINUCANE-1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240824T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240824T204000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240708T001243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T071359Z UID:57060-1724527800-1724532000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Numa & Karl: Extraordinary Man That He Was - FAQT DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/numa-karl-faqt/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Add-a-heading-6.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240825T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240825T132000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240708T003208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T071357Z UID:57081-1724587200-1724592000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Chasing Dick: A Love Story - FAQT DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/chasing-dick-faqt/ LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Add-a-heading-11.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240825T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240825T160000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240708T004759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T071355Z UID:57089-1724596200-1724601600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Play Reading | Queer Canon - FAQT DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/queer-canon-faqt/ LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/john.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240828T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240828T203000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240520T011854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T015103Z UID:55301-1724871600-1724877000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Embracing Change & Finding Purpose DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-28-aug-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ecfp-square.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240904T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240904T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240429T042735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T023004Z UID:54292-1725472800-1725480000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with J.P. Pomare DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/j-p-pomare/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/josh-pomare-square-promo-v2-final.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240904T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240904T203000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240520T012206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T015100Z UID:55303-1725476400-1725481800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Embracing Change & Finding Purpose DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-4-sep-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ecfp-square.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240905T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240926T223000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240520T015730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T015919Z UID:55311-1725557400-1727389800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Chess Club DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/ballarat-chess-club-sep-24/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Chess Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ballarat-chess-club-square-with-boarder.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240908T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240908T160000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240325T021720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T142905Z UID:52724-1725805800-1725811200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Teeny Tiny Stevies - Twice the Love Tour\, Ballarat DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/teeny-tiny-stevies/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Comedy,Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/teeny-tiny-stevies-e1711333465682.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240910T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240910T190000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240709T063001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T022557Z UID:57127-1725991200-1725994800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:The Great Aussie Road Trip: Heather Ewart in Conversation | NOW SOLD OUT. DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/great-aussie-road-trip-heather-ewart/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Festival,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Library,Members,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/heather-square-promo-final.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240911T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240911T203000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240520T012535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T015057Z UID:55305-1726081200-1726086600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Embracing Change & Finding Purpose DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-11-sep-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ecfp-square.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240912T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240912T210000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240130T005136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T143031Z UID:50621-1726169400-1726174800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society | Stop Making Sense DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bfs-stop-making-sense/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Film Society,Externally Produced Event,Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/stop-making-sense-2-e1706576214232.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T123000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240804T231543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T040008Z UID:57916-1726657200-1726662600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:AMaGA National Conference | Concurrent Session: Innovation; rethinking museums DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/amaga-concurrent-sessions-innovation/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:AMaGA National Conference,Important Dates ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/amaga-2024-e1721197223454.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T123000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240805T022050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240805T022416Z UID:58035-1726657200-1726662600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:AMaGA National Conference | Concurrent Session: (un)Common Ground DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/concurrent-session-un-common-ground/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:AMaGA National Conference,Important Dates ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/amaga-2024-e1721197223454.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T153000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240804T235106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T040001Z UID:57939-1726673400-1726678800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:AMaGA National Conference | Concurrent Session: Challenging inequity from within DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/amaga-concurrent-sessions-enequity/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:AMaGA National Conference,Important Dates ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/amaga-2024-e1721197223454.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T153000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240805T015320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T035956Z UID:58013-1726673400-1726678800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:AMaGA National Conference | Concurrent Session: Coexistence through touring DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/amaga-national-converence-concurrent-session-coexistence-touring/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:AMaGA National Conference,Important Dates ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/amaga-2024-e1721197223454.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T203000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240520T012804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T015054Z UID:55307-1726686000-1726691400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Embracing Change & Finding Purpose DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-18-sep-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ecfp-square.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T123000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240804T235505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T035958Z UID:57946-1726743600-1726749000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:AMaGA National Conference | Concurrent Session: Gatekeeping DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/amaga-concurrent-sessions-gatekeeping/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:AMaGA National Conference,Important Dates ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/amaga-2024-e1721197223454.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T123000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240805T023039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240805T023211Z UID:58038-1726743600-1726749000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:AMaGA National Conference | Concurrent Session: Caring for collections DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/concurrent-session-caring-for-collections/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:AMaGA National Conference,Important Dates ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/amaga-2024-e1721197223454.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T153000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240804T234629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T040006Z UID:57932-1726759800-1726765200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:AMaGA National Conference | Concurrent Session: Activism and climate DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/amaga-concurrent-sessions-activism-climate/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:AMaGA National Conference,Important Dates ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/amaga-2024-e1721197223454.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T153000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240805T023259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240805T023456Z UID:58041-1726759800-1726765200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:AMaGA National Conference | Concurrent Session: Education and Public Programs DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/amaga-education-public-programs/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:AMaGA National Conference,Important Dates ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/amaga-2024-e1721197223454.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240701T013506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T082242Z UID:56747-1726768800-1726776000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with T.L.W. Robb | From The Top: From Ballarat to Baghdad DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tlw-rob-in-conversation/ LOCATION:Hugh Williamson Foyer\, Level 1 CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/tlw-robb-promo-square.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240920T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240920T153000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240805T010545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240805T021822Z UID:58003-1726835400-1726846200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:AMaGA National Conference | Concurrent Session: Education & Exhibitions National Networks DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/amaga-concurrent-sessions-education-exhibitions/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:AMaGA National Conference,Important Dates ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/amaga-2024-e1721197223454.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240920T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240920T153000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240805T023753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240805T024641Z UID:58046-1726835400-1726846200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:AMaGA National Conference | Concurrent Session: Emerging Professionals National Network DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/amaga-emerging-professionals-national-network/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:AMaGA National Conference,Important Dates ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/amaga-2024-e1721197223454.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240925T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240925T203000 DTSTAMP:20260416T045336 CREATED:20240815T020700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T022551Z UID:58359-1727290800-1727296200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Living Meaningfully\, Dying Joyfully DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 30\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n5:30 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n6:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Bar open at 5pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Life of Walter Withers \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Until now there has been no family history of Walter Withers (1854-1914)\, a notable but underestimated Australian landscape artist of the Heidelberg school. For nearly 200 years his Birmingham ancestors had worked as tailors\, sometimes also butchers. During the Georgian period and then into Victorian England\, Birmingham changed and the Withers family with it. Tobacco and twine took over from butchery and tailoring which made it possible for Walter’s father\, Edwin Withers to become a wealthy businessman and gentleman. How Edwin Withers acquired his wealth\, why he changed his family’s business\, and what caused his dislike of his son’s choice of career are questions asked in this book. How Walter acquired his aptitude for painting\, why he chose to become an artist and what made him decide upon Australia for his career are answered in this volume. The importance of Walter Withers lies in the fact that he was the first to paint Australia in Australia’s own colours. He explored Victoria from the Bellarine to Creswick and from Ballarat to Cowes. His influence upon the next generation is found in the work of the Lindsay brothers; and it was he who welcomed the first women\, Jane Seymour whom he taught and then Clara Southern\, into the Buonarotti club and the Victorian Artists Society. The value of my approach and methodology opens the way to further research which might similarly explore the motivations of other artists within the social contexts of their lives and origins. No Place Quite Like It (October 2023) includes a Foreword by Andrew Mackenzie OAM (art historian) and Eileen Mackley AM (President\, Victorian Artists Society). Extensive images\, maps\, charts and family trees\, provide a visual porthole through which an insight is made into the lives and times of Walter Withers and his wife Fanny Flinn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Walter Herbert Withers\, 22 October 1854\, Handsworth\, Staffordshire UK\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tranquil Winter\, 1895 by Walter Withers | oil on canvas\, 76.0 × 122.7 cm. | National Gallery of Victoria.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker: David Rathgen\, Author \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen is a retired Anglican clergyman now living at Phillip Island\, Victoria\, Australia with his wife and two adult children. Born in New Zealand he has served the Anglican church in New Zealand\, Africa\, Australia\, England and Europe. He has a Master of Social Science degree from the Australian Catholic University. His interest in genealogy arose from a 40-year search for his grandfather which eventually found him in a list of ship’s cargo dumped on the wharf at Lyttelton along with other members of the crew. The last sight of his grandfather was on a police ‘Wanted’ list at Reefton\, New Zealand. Over the past 20 years David has supplied numerous family histories and family trees for many people asking “How far back does my family go?” “Who was my grandfather?” He is a past president and current volunteer at the Phillip Island and District Genealogical Society \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Rathgen\, 2023\, family collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n \n This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and Bookings \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n More Twilight Talks\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-25-september-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lmd-square.webp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR