BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute - ECPv6.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 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:20241025T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241025T203000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130752 CREATED:20241006T222136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T221156Z UID:59326-1729884600-1729888200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour 1 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/minervas-secrets-night-tours-oct-25/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Night Tours,Tours,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/received_908662326866361-e1708918930337.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241023T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241023T203000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130752 CREATED:20240815T030646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T012400Z UID:58375-1729710000-1729715400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | 3 Ways to Improve Your Life 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-23-october-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/Three-Ways-to-Improve-1080p-square-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241023T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241023T183000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130752 CREATED:20240703T005239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211930Z UID:56852-1729704600-1729708200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation. 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/twilight-talks-life-so-full-of-promise/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Festival,Fundraiser,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/square-promo-life-so-full-of-promise.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241021T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241021T150000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130752 CREATED:20240806T032513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T031057Z UID:58083-1729515600-1729522800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Chris Hammer 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/chris-hammer/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/chris-hammer-square-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241016T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241016T203000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130752 CREATED:20240815T030430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T030536Z UID:58373-1729105200-1729110600@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-16-october/ 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241016T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241016T183000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130752 CREATED:20240702T082713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211936Z UID:56817-1729099800-1729103400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Lights Everlasting: Australia's commemorative stained glass\, Boer War to Vietnam 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/twilight-talks-lights-everlasting/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Festival,Fundraiser,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/square-promo-lights-everlasting.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241013T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241013T161500 DTSTAMP:20260514T130752 CREATED:20240731T050302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T030800Z UID:57865-1728829800-1728836100@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Classical & French Duo-Recital | Susan Pierotti & Brian Chapman 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/duo-recital/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classical Music,Live Music,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/duo-recital-promo-square.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241010T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241010T210000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 CREATED:20240130T010440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T143028Z UID:50632-1728588600-1728594000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society | L’Ombra di Caravaggio (Caravaggio’s Shadow) 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-caravaggios-shadow/ 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/CaravaggioA_s_Shadow-945307708-large-e1706576973473.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241009T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241009T203000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 CREATED:20240815T030113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T030400Z UID:58369-1728500400-1728505800@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-9-october-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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241009T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241009T183000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 CREATED:20240703T001031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211933Z UID:56840-1728495000-1728498600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Discovering the lost men of Fromelles & Ballarat Connections 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/twilight-talks-lights-fromelles-ballarat-connections/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Festival,Fundraiser,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/square-promo-the-lost-men-of-fromelles.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241005T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241005T201500 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 CREATED:20240908T234149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T063643Z UID:58576-1728154800-1728159300@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Calum Graham: Phoenix Rising 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/calum-graham-phoenix-rising/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/square-promo-calum-graham.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Concerts Australia":MAILTO:michael@concertsaustralia.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241004T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241004T153000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 CREATED:20240702T054436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240710T061305Z UID:56811-1728052200-1728055800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the BMI | Victorian Seniors Festival | Tour 3 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/day-tour-seniors-festival-3/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Festival,Fundraiser,Tours,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/new-tour-brochure-image-pink-e1719898410896.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241004T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241004T133000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 CREATED:20240702T054418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240710T061440Z UID:56810-1728045000-1728048600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the BMI | Victorian Seniors Festival | Tour 2 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/day-tour-seniors-festival-2/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Festival,Fundraiser,Tours,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/new-tour-brochure-image-pink-e1719898410896.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241004T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241004T113000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 CREATED:20240702T030331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T082955Z UID:56794-1728037800-1728041400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the BMI | Victorian Seniors Festival | Tour 1 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/day-tour-seniors-festival-1/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Festival,Fundraiser,Tours,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/new-tour-brochure-image-pink-e1719898410896.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241003T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241031T223000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 CREATED:20240121T232505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T015100Z UID:50315-1727976600-1730413800@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-oct-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:20241002T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241002T203000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 CREATED:20240815T030133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T030305Z UID:58370-1727895600-1727901000@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-2-october-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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241002T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241002T200000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 CREATED:20240429T054926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T053348Z UID:54318-1727892000-1727899200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Author Talk with Fiona McIntosh | More tickets released for this event. 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/fiona-mcintosh/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Library,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/promo-square-fiona-mcintosh.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240925T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240925T203000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240920T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240920T153000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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:20240920T123000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240920T153000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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:20240919T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T200000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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:20240919T153000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T170000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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:20240919T153000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T170000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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:20240919T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T123000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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:20240919T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240919T123000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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:20240918T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T203000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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:20240918T153000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T170000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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:20240918T153000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T170000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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:20240918T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T123000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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:20240918T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240918T123000 DTSTAMP:20260514T130753 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 END:VCALENDAR