I can't believe it's a tapestry
About 35 years ago, two friends were so impressed with a travelling exhibition of tapestries by French artists they decided to do all they could to keep local artists producing tapestries in Australia instead of moving overseas.
The two friends were Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and Lady Delacombe, the wife of the then Governor of Victoria Sir Rohan Delacombe.
They approached the then Premier Rupert Hamer and the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, now known as the Australian Tapestry Workshop, was born.
In its history Director Antonia Syme estimates over 600 tapestries have been created with fifteen currently on display at Arts Space Wodonga till January 7th.
Ms Syme encourages art lovers to see the free exhibit with the tapestries on show "vibrant" and "enthusiastic".
"It's a broad range of works produced over the years and the aim is to show how talented our weavers are.
Dame Elizabeth Murdoch - News
The two friends were Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and Lady Delacombe, the wife of the then Governor of Victoria Sir Rohan Delacombe. They approached the then Premier Rupert Hamer and the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, now known as the Australian Tapestry
The report, by Dame Elizabeth Filkin, a former senior civil servant, does not single out The News of the World for particular censure. Instead, it paints a picture of an all-too-cozy and virtually unregulated relationship between the British news media
Dame Elizabeth was asked to write this report last July by the then Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, after it had become clear that some officers in his force had enjoyed unhealthily close – in some cases probably criminal
The first of these, Dame Elizabeth Filkin's investigation into the relationship between the police and the media, reports on Wednesday and the Leveson inquiry resumes next week with newspaper editors and proprietors expected to be among the first
*Shine TV boss Elisabeth Murdoch's decision to give the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV festival in August will spark lots intrigue, if only because she is the daughter of News Corp boss Rupert. She was due to speak at an event at Edinburgh last
A Past Visit With Dame Elisabeth Murdoch - The Martha Stewart Blog
A few weeks ago, I was listening to National Public Radio, when I heard an interview with David Leser , who wrote a story called “The Anguish of Murdoch’s Mom” for the Daily Beast. I am referring to Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch’s mother. As you probably have heard, Rupert Murdoch has been under fire for his tabloid, News of the World phone-hacking scandal. It seems that more than four decades ago, Dame Elisabeth, who is now 102-years old, warned Rupert not to buy that publication and he did not take her advice.
I have fond memories of meeting Dame Elisabeth in March of 2000, when I traveled to Australia to meet with members of the Murdoch publishing group. She heard that I would be in Melbourne and extended an invitation to my travelling companions and me to visit her Cruden Farm, the 153-acre Murdoch family estate. Dame Elisabeth was a very gracious hostess and she motored us around her impressive gardens on an electric garden buggy. Knowing that we had a plane to catch later that afternoon, she hurried us along saying, “No time – let’s move on.” She then scooted us inside and fed us a fresh and delicious lunch with produce from her gardens. The photos for this blog were taken with a film camera, because that’s what everyone used in 2000. I found the pictures in my photo archive room and had them digitized. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I did recalling this visit with a most amazing and highly revered Dame Elisabeth Murdoch.
What a wonderful place. Everything is georgous...the outside and the inside.
Do you have any more pictues of Dame Elizabeth's place?
I have always wanted to go to the Outback in Australia, but this place is pretty neat, too.
Martha, why don't you go back and visit with her now, before it is too late, and take hundreds of pictures. It would be a great trip and a wonderful show for TV, a great article for the magazine and a great Blog.
Gloria G!