Natural Visions Slideshow
In this slideshow (accompanied by the music of Erik Satie’s Gymnopédie No.1 from 1888), I’ll introduce you to the following photographers:
1. Morton Allport (1830-1878) – One of Tasmania’s earliest photographers.
researchdata.edu.au/morton-allport-photographic-collectio...
2. John Watt Beattie (1859-1930) – whom we met yesterday.
3. Florentine (Florence) Perrin (1884-1952) - Bushwalker, Mountaineer, Botanist, Painter, Photographer
“Florence Perrin was born in Launceston in 1884. She was a keen bushwalker and mountaineer, being the first woman to climb many of the peaks in the Cradle Mountain — Lake St. Clair region. From 1914 to 1917 she climbed Mt Pelion, Mt Achilles, Mt Thetis, Perrin’s Bluff and Mt Ossa. Perrin’s Bluff was named after her.
Florence was almost certainly the first woman in Northern Tasmania to take up snow skiing, being a founding member of the Northern Tasmanian Alpine Club.
Florence’s interests were wide ranging. She was:
A founding member of the Country Women’s Association in Tasmania, donating the land at Low Head for the CWA holiday home. She worked tirelessly for the CWA for many years.
An active member of the Launceston Horticultural Society. Florence’s interest in botany enabled her to collect almost all of the ninety-plus orchids native to Tasmania
Co-author with A. Lucas of Seaweeds of South Australia, which is recognised as a standard work.
Florence was a keen painter, using the medium of water colours to paint all the flowers she collected. Her other interests included rug-making, cooking, cabinet-making and photography. During both world wars Florence worked for the Red Cross and for the Comforts Fund in Launceston.” www.communities.tas.gov.au/csr/information_and_resources/...
4. Frederick Smithies (1885-1979) - Adventurous bushwalker and skier, a fearless climber and fine amateur photographer. Some of his photographs (as you can see on this slide) are spectacular for the risks taken setting them up. www.utas.edu.au/tasmanian-companion/biogs/E000926b.htm
5. H.J. King (1892-1973) – whom we met yesterday.
6. Olegas Truchanas (1923-1972)
7. Peter Dombrovskis (1945-1996) – whom we’ll meet tomorrow.
Natural Visions Slideshow
In this slideshow (accompanied by the music of Erik Satie’s Gymnopédie No.1 from 1888), I’ll introduce you to the following photographers:
1. Morton Allport (1830-1878) – One of Tasmania’s earliest photographers.
researchdata.edu.au/morton-allport-photographic-collectio...
2. John Watt Beattie (1859-1930) – whom we met yesterday.
3. Florentine (Florence) Perrin (1884-1952) - Bushwalker, Mountaineer, Botanist, Painter, Photographer
“Florence Perrin was born in Launceston in 1884. She was a keen bushwalker and mountaineer, being the first woman to climb many of the peaks in the Cradle Mountain — Lake St. Clair region. From 1914 to 1917 she climbed Mt Pelion, Mt Achilles, Mt Thetis, Perrin’s Bluff and Mt Ossa. Perrin’s Bluff was named after her.
Florence was almost certainly the first woman in Northern Tasmania to take up snow skiing, being a founding member of the Northern Tasmanian Alpine Club.
Florence’s interests were wide ranging. She was:
A founding member of the Country Women’s Association in Tasmania, donating the land at Low Head for the CWA holiday home. She worked tirelessly for the CWA for many years.
An active member of the Launceston Horticultural Society. Florence’s interest in botany enabled her to collect almost all of the ninety-plus orchids native to Tasmania
Co-author with A. Lucas of Seaweeds of South Australia, which is recognised as a standard work.
Florence was a keen painter, using the medium of water colours to paint all the flowers she collected. Her other interests included rug-making, cooking, cabinet-making and photography. During both world wars Florence worked for the Red Cross and for the Comforts Fund in Launceston.” www.communities.tas.gov.au/csr/information_and_resources/...
4. Frederick Smithies (1885-1979) - Adventurous bushwalker and skier, a fearless climber and fine amateur photographer. Some of his photographs (as you can see on this slide) are spectacular for the risks taken setting them up. www.utas.edu.au/tasmanian-companion/biogs/E000926b.htm
5. H.J. King (1892-1973) – whom we met yesterday.
6. Olegas Truchanas (1923-1972)
7. Peter Dombrovskis (1945-1996) – whom we’ll meet tomorrow.