Eltham Cemetery - Artistic Recollections Booklet

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AND ROSELLA
SPIDER ORCHID
In 1951 internationally famous artist and three
times Archibald Prize winner, Clifton Pugh
established Dunmoochin, which was one of the
first artistic communes in Australia. Affiliated
artists include Rick Amor, John Perceval, Fred
Williams, Mirka Mora, Charles Blackman and
Barry Humphries.
After his death in 1990, Clifton’s properties
and extensive arts collection were donated to
the Dunmoochin Foundation, which continues
to provide artists, musicians, writers and
researchers with residential studios nestled
within this unique bushland. Imagery within
this panel shows the iconic Victorian doorframe
archway with lead-light of intricate design
procured from a demolished Melbourne
mansion and a section of an exterior mural that
Clifton Pugh painted on the wall of the Long
Gallery. Along with Dunmoochin, the nearby
Black Dam has also been heritage listed due
to its historical significance as the subject of
artistic studies by generations of artists who
have lived at and visited Dunmoochin over time.
The rosella spider orchid or Caladenia rosella
is a threatened orchid that was once scattered
throughout central Victoria, although currently
the rosella spider orchid is only known from
four populations containing less than 150 plants.
The entire known population occurs within the
Shire of Nillumbik in only four locations including
Cottles Bridge (Dunmoochin), Research, Eltham
and Christmas Hills.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Dunmoochin Iconic Doorway
Photographer Andrew Costigan
Mural by Clifton Pugh on
the Long Gallery
Photographer Kerry Cross
Rosella Spider Orchids
Photographers Lisa Nolan
and Jeannette Davison
The Black Dam
Photographer Nerina Lascelles
INFORMATION
Marshall, Marguerite.
Nillumbik Now andThen (2008)
Dunmoochin
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