GOULBURN CAMERA CLUB
FORMED 1905
Friday 23rd June 1905 Page 2 - Goulburn Herald (NSW)
A preliminary meeting to arrange for the formation of a Photographic Camera Club in Goulburn was held at the Rozelle Studio last evening. Dr Handcock occupied the chair and it was decided to hold the first general meeting on Wednesday next, for the adoption of rules, election of officers.
Thursday 29th June 1905 Page 2 - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (Goulburn, NSW)
Friday 30th June 1905 Page 2 - Goulburn Herald (Goulburn, NSW)
The first general meeting of the Goulburn Camera Club was held at the Rozelle Studio on Wednesday evening last, when 26 members were enrolled.
The officers for the ensuing term were elected as follows: President, Dr. Handcock; Vice-Presidents, Messrs A.E. Powell and D. Low; Hon.Secretary, Mr. T. Williams; Hon.Treasurer, Mr. S. Middleton; Committee, Messrs. A Turner, Dick, A. Ingleton, S. Laws and Weilisch.
Rules and other matters were then discussed and it was decided to hold a competition during next month for trophy presented by a member for the best photograph of "winter morning scene".
Monday 17th July 1905 Page 2 - Goulburn Herald (Goulburn, NSW)
At the Goulburn Camera Club a demonstration of photographic work will be given in the Mechanics Hall next Friday night by an expert from Messrs. Baker and Rouse's establishment. Members of the Camera Club will be admitted free, while 6d. will be charged for non-members.
Saturday 22nd July 1905 Page 2 - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (Goulburn, NSW)
A full rally of members of the Goulburn Camera Club and also many outsiders, Dr Handcock in the chair, attended at the Mechanics Hall on Friday evening to witness a demonstration given by Messrs. Baker and Rouse's expert, Mr. A. Rankin. The demonstration proved interesting beyond expectations. Mr. Rankin first demonstrated the new Kodak daylight developing machine, putting through local views in the machine in the brilliantly lighted room. The results were perfect, thereby proving that the old, stuffy dark room is obsolete. He then followed up the theme of daylight photography, making prints in the same bright light on the "pearl gaslight" paper, which resembled beautiful engravings. He concluded his demonstration by putting through a number of Sem P.O.P. prints, first placing them in a recently invented preparation - pretone - which entirely does away with all washing as under the old style. The whole process occupied not more than 15 minutes. When working on the old method this process would take hours and needed the greatest care to prevent imperfections, which were entirely absent in this new style of working. A hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Rankin for his able demonstration was proposed by Dr Handcook and carried with acclamation. A vote of thanks was also tendered to Messrs. Baker and Rouse for the presentation of a number of books to the club.
Monday 24th July 1905 Page 2 - Goulburn Herald (NSW)
At the Goulburn Camera Club a demonstration of photographic work was given by Mr. A. Rankin (Messrs Baker and Rouse's expert) on the stage of the Goulburn Mechanics Hall on Friday night. Dr Handcock presided and about twenty five members and friends were present. The demonstration was exceptionally interesting and all were greatly pleased. Mr. Rankin first showed the capabilities of the new Kodak daylight developing machine by putting through a number of local views in a brightly lighted room. The results were highly satisfactory and proved that the stuffy dark-room is no longer a necessity. Beautiful prints from pearl gaslight paper were then placed in a new preparation called pretone, which entirely does away with all washing under the old system. The process occupied only about fifteen minutes as against hours formerly, besides turning out better pictures. On the motion of Dr Handcock, seconded by Mr. T. Williams, votes of thanks were accorded to Mr. Rankin and to Messrs Baker and Rouse for publications and assistance to the Club.
Friday 18th August 1905 Page 5 - Goulburn Herald (NSW)
Saturday 19th August 1905 Page 2 - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (Goulburn, NSW)
The usual monthly meeting of the Goulburn Camera Club was held last evening. The president occupied the chair and there was a fair number of members present. The prize for the monthly competition was awarded to Mr. J.J. Nicholl for his excellent photo, of the Soldiers Memorial. The standard of the photos exhibited was very high. The trimming and mounting competition was awarded to Mr. A. Ingleton. The president Dr Handcock, donated two prizes for competition for next meeting - 1. Best Animal Study; 2. Best Landscape or Street Scene (single buildings not eligible).
Saturday 23rd September 1905 Page 2 - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (Goulburn, NSW)
Monday 25th September 1905 Page 2 - Goulburn Herald (NSW)
The usual monthly meeting of the Goulburn Camera Club was held at the secretary's residence on Thursday evening, when there was a good attendance of members. Mr. Dick gave a demonstration of printing and development in gaslight on arolyte gaslight paper. Mr. Dick handled his subject very satisfactorily, producing exceptionally good photos from all classes of negatives. The entries for the president's prize competition were greater than for any previous one and the same high standard of work as heretofore was shown, making the judging of the photos a difficult matter. The landscape competition was carried off by Mr. Stevens and the best animal study by Mr. J. Turner. The competition for next meeting is a flower study for a prize donated by Mr. J. Turner.
Saturday 26th April 1913 Page 4 - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (Goulburn, NSW)
A movement is on foot to revive the Goulburn Camera Club, an institution which has been lying dormant for some years. Goulburn is one of the few large centers in New South Wales which lacks a club carried on for the benefit of amateur photographers and it is thought that the number of those who use the camera is large enough to justify the proposed club. A meeting will be held at the Masonic Hall on Thursday evening next, when a good roll up of amateurs is hoped for.
Saturday 3rd May 1913 Page 4 - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW)
A meeting having for its object resuscitation of the Goulburn Camera Club was held at the Masonic Hall on Thursday night. The attendance was moderate, but enthusiasm prevailed and the long dormant institution was galvanized into life and successfully started on its new career. Mr. G. Findlay was elected to the chair and moved, "That a club be formed to be called the Goulburn Camera Club, having for its object the promotion and encouragement of photography by the following means:
(a) Meetings of members for the interchange of ideas and experiences;
(b) exhibitions, competitions, criticisms and advice tending to further a spirit of comradeship among members;
(c) excursions with the camera;
(d) papers and addresses and lectures, with demonstrations by members and others;
(e) loan and exchange of each other's works.
Mr. J.E. Foxall seconded the motion, which was carried.
The following officers were elected: Patron, Mr. F.K. Chisholm; president, the Mayor (Alderman Turner); vice-presidents, Alderman Steele and Messrs W.R. Costley, E.W. Johnson, S. Laws and C.E. Prell; secretary, Mr. E.H. Dudley; treasurer, Mr. J.E. Foxall; provisional committee, the officers and Messrs. J. Brown, G. Findlay, G. Murray, G.A. Penty, F. Potter and R.M. Wild.
The following were appointed as a sub-committee Messrs E.H. Dudley, G. Findlay and J.E. Foxall, to draft rules to be submitted to a meeting of provisional committee to be called about the middle of the month.
It was decided that each member should do his best to secure names of intending members and that a general meeting should be called early in June. The meeting then adjourned.
Saturday 21st June 1913 Page 2 - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW)
A meeting of members and intending members of the Goulburn Camera Club is called for 8pm on Thursday night next at the Masonic Hall. As this will be practically the inaugural meeting a large attendance is hoped for. A number of local photographic enthusiasts have signified their intention of joining the club and the newly formed institution should prove a success from every point of view.
Saturday 21st February 1914 Page 2 - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW)
The sub-committee appointed to select rooms for the Goulburn Camera Club met on Thursday night, Mr. G.A. Penty presiding. The secretary reported that, after numbers of disappointments and fruitless enquiries, he had secured a building suitable as a club-room next to Mr. S.L. Furnor's store in Bradley street, opposite the Exchange Hotel. The edifice, which was formerly used as a forage store, boasts little in the way of architectural beauty, but after a clean-up and with the necessary water and illuminant laid on, a very cozy meeting room and a spacious dark-room will be available at any time. The club has for a time languished, but with a handy rendezvous a large influx of members is anticipated and the institution should soon rank among the older societies of the city. A general meeting is to be held shortly, when plans for the future will be discussed and ways and means arranged.
Saturday 28th February 1914 Page 5 - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW)
A meeting of the Goulburn Camera Club was held at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday night, Mr. S. Laws, vice-president, presided over an enthusiastic attendance. The secretary reported that he had secured the building in Bradley Street opposite the Exchange Hotel. It was resolved to hold a working bee on Saturday afternoon next, when members will lay aside the camera and take to brushwork for a few hours. The chairman kindly donated half a guinea towards furnishing the room and it was decided to devote the Mayor's contribution to the fitting up of the club-room, Mr. Laws donation to be expended on the dark-room. The secretary was instructed to write to members for outstanding subscriptions and also to endeavor to secure donations of timber and fittings for the darkroom. Hearty votes of thanks to the patron (Mr. L.K. Chisholm), the Mayor (Alderman Turner) and Mr. Laws for their contributions were carried by acclamation. The treasurer reported a credit balance of £2/10/6. Three members guaranteed a quarter's rent, but it is hoped that with a room to meet in additional subscriptions will pay expenses. After an hour's informal chat on photographic subjects the meeting adjourned. It is hoped that the club members will shortly be called together to take part in the opening of the new rooms.
Thursday 27th January 1921 Page 2 - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW)
PHOTOGRAPHING SPIDERS
CHANCE FOR GOULBURN AMATEURS
Goulburn amateur photographers who wish to try their hands and cameras, at something out of the common might do worse than take up the study of spiders. Mr. J. Foxall, of the Lands Office, has received a letter from Mr. Richard Hancock, of Hadleigh, Mary's Road, Stechford, England, in which the writer says: "I am interested in the study of spiders and am desirous of getting into touch with any member of the Goulburn Camera Club who is interested in the study of natural history, with a view to obtaining either living specimens or photographs of them and their spinning work. I should he pleased to either purchase or exchange photographs from my large collection". Mr. Hancock encloses two excellent photographs, one of a grisly looking spider and the other of a large web laden with moisture, both beautiful specimens of the camera-man's work. It is perhaps hardly necessary to add that the Goulburn Camera Club, founded by a trio of local enthusiasts, has since the war been in recess. It is hoped that the club will shortly be resuscitated.
Monday 4th March 1940 Page 4 - Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW)
PRIZES FOR SHOW PHOTOS
The Goulburn Camera Club has a comprehensive non-competitive display to be exhibited this week at the Goulburn Show will speak well for the untiring efforts of the organizers and active members during the past 12 months. Elsewhere in to-day's issue the club announces a special competition and offers valuable prizes for the most interesting photograph taken at the Show this week. Everyone interested in photography should give the club their active support.
Friday 8th March 1940 Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW)
CAMERA CLUB AND THE POST
SECRETARY'S LETTER
Sir, Not so long ago in an editorial you condemned the carping critics for their lack of interest in anything that has as its object the advancement of Goulburn. Almost 12 months ago a number of camera enthusiasts formed a club, the active members of which had a splendid non-competitive exhibit at this week's show. This, in your own words, "commanded special attention as being easily the best display of photographs at a Goulburn Show for many years". These and many other words of praise, appeared in the Penny Post of Tuesday last. The members of my club and I appreciate your gesture in trying to stimulate our effort to introduce a cultural movement which, by way of the camera, will provide expression for the artistically inclined. But we consider it most inconsistent of your worthy paper that space was allowed for a paragraph appearing in the issue on Wednesday last under the heading of "Photography at the Show," the concluding lines of which not only ignore the existence of the Goulburn Camera Club, but would attempt to sweep the whole movement into "abeyance".
Mr. D.C. NAWELL
HON.SECRETARY
There was no endeavor on the part of the Post to sweep any cultural effort in Goulburn into "abeyance". That depends upon the vigor of the cultural effort, not on the Post. We would be glad to receive anything in the way of reports of the work the Camera Club is doing. Editor.
Friday 31st May 1940 Page 5 - Goulburn Evening Post (NSW)
The committee of the Goulburn Camera Club have arrangements well in hand for their first birthday dance to be held in the Southern Cross Hall tomorrow night. Valuable prizes, including two miniature cameras, will be given away to the winners of the spot dances. Invitations may be obtained from La Sibyll Studios.
Monday 24th June 1940 Page 2 - Goulburn Evening Post (NSW)
The Goulburn Camera Club will hold their first annual meeting this month, which attracted a good muster of members, indicating that the club is very much alive. It was decided to hold regular photographic outings in and around Goulburn, where there is a variety of subjects within easy walking distance to provide members with plenty of scope for their cameras. Prints from negatives taken during the excursions will be shown at the regular monthly meetings, when they will be open to criticism and judging. The camera is no longer regarded as a toy for occasional use, but an absolute necessity in modern times. Without the cameras and men who know how to use them, our newspapers would be very drab indeed. Even the advertisements in a modern newspaper owe their existence to the artist and his camera. In industry, the Navy, Army and Air Force, the camera is used to a much greater extent than is perhaps realized. A study of some of the official photographs showing enemy fortifications and the results of bombing raids strikingly illustrate but a few of the uses to which the camera is being put during the present war. It may not be generally known that the officers and men of the Royal Navy are encouraged by the authorities to use cameras to record their life at sea and happenings upon their ships. Subject to censorship, of course, these photographs are being printed by the newspapers so that the general public may gain some insight into the lives of their defenders during war time. Photography is an instructional and useful hobby and the Goulburn Camera Club provides an opportunity for enthusiasts to join in discussions and outings, thereby improving their photographs. It must be remembered that all have to start at the bottom in photography as in anything else; there is no easy way to success.
Monday 7th July 1941 Page 1 - Goulburn Evening Post (NSW)
CAMERA CLUB GOOD WORK BY MEMBERS
At the last meeting of the revitalized Goulburn Camera Club many fine pictures were submitted by members for the monthly competition.
The winning entry, a fine landscape from Chatsbury, was entered by Mr. Aub Chapman, and second prize was carried off by Mr. Clive Pritchard, who displayed a nicely composed study of children and their pet kitten. Aub Chapman's entries were outstanding, as this member's home is some 20 miles from Goulburn and facilities such as running water and electric light are not available. In spite of these difficulties, the shots were technically perfect.
The club has been given the use of two rooms by Mr. J.L. Donahoo, one for meetings and the other for a dark room. Members have been bust on the latter, and already a work bench has been erected with an inspection and printing light and a print washing basin let into it. Safe lights for all types of negative material and a guillotine have been donated by Mr. Donahoo, while an enlarger, chemical dishes and frames for printing are in course of manufacture by club members and eventually a fully equipped dark-room will be available. This for the modest sum of 2/6 per annum, is the answer to the amateur photographers prayer.
SNAPSHOTS FROM HOME
Though the war will naturally affect materials, members are already co-operating in one phase of wartime activities, "Snapshots From Home". Any soldier abroad will receive pictures, of convenient size for his pocket book, of any subject his friends or relatives think would interest the Diggers overseas. The pictures are taken, developed and printed free by club members. A request that a photographer should all can be left with the secretary, Mr. G. Manion (Goulburn 511).
The title for the club's next competition is "Humor", and many excellent efforts are anticipated. Naturally, new members cannot be expected to be proficient in "doing their own", and consequently demonstrations are given after the general business of the club is completed. On Tuesday, Mr. Trevor Warr developed a super panchromatic negative under ordinary household conditions, using an improvised darkroom and dishes. Unfortunately, he has been temporarily transferred to Bowral and the club will miss his services for the next couple of meetings. Still, other items of photography are to be demonstrated, printing, enlarging, toning, coloring, etc., while interesting lectures have been arranged for subsequent meetings on the first Tuesday in each month.
Winning entries in the competitions will be entered at Sydney shows and if considered good enough (by present indications they will be), then international awards will be sought.
Wednesday 23rd August 1950 Page 6 - The Canberra Times (Australian Capital Territory)
Messrs. Leo and Mally Lyons, of Port Kembla, have agreed to judge the "picture of the Year" contest, to be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Canberra Photographic Society on September 5.
Both are among the outstanding photographers of Australia. Mr. L. Lyons will give a lecture and screen his own color slides during the evening.
The society is also planning a combined outing with the Goulburn Camera Club, to be held at Lake George.
A field day held recently at Mount Kosciusko proved highly successful.
Monday 29th January 1951 Page 2 - The Canberra Times (ACT)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON MAY BE SENT ON TOUR
The international photographic salon organized by the Canberra Photographic Society may be sent to other capital cities for exhibition. The proposal has been put forward by leading interstate photographers, who came to Canberra to see the exhibition. The committee of the Canberra Photographic Society is expected to make a decision on the suggestion this week. Visitors to the salon, which is being shown in the 2CA Theatrette, today will include members of the Goulburn Camera Club. More than 500 persons have attended the exhibition already. It will finish its Canberra season on Wednesday.
Tuesday 29th January 1952 Page 1 - Goulburn Evening Post (NSW)
The Goulburn Camera Club held its election of officers at the annual meeting last Wednesday night. Mr. J. Steele was elected President; Mr. H.P. Carman, Hon.Secretary; Mr. G. Clegg, assistant Secretary; Mr. Jackson, Hon.Treasurer; Mr. G. Mote and Mr. Fisher, Publicity Officers and Mr. P. Barling, a make-up expert. At the meeting, the joining fee was fixed at 10/6 annually and an attractive program for the next few months was arranged, beginning with a lecture and demonstration by Mr. J. Fisher on Wednesday, January 30, entitled "How to Process A Film". After general business, the members arranged a "swap shop" for their unwanted photographic equipment, followed by an auction of un-swapped gear. The idea proved so successful that it was decided to keep a "wanted" and "for sale" list permanently displayed on the club room walls. It was surprising to see how keenly an item discarded by one member was sought by another. Prize winners of the Historical Society's photographic competition, which is being exhibited in Rockman's show windows, were all members of the Goulburn Camera Club. First prize in the historical section went to Mr. G. Manion and in the historical and photographic section to Miss P. Robinson. Prints by Mr. D. Ford and Miss N. Brown were highly commended.
Friday 16th May 1952 Page 8 - Goulburn Evening Post (NSW)
GOULBURN PHOTOGRAPHERS TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL SALON
The Goulburn Camera Club plans to stage an international salon of photography as part of the Goulburn Lilac Week celebrations in October.
It is expected that entries from all over the world will be sent to Goulburn to be exhibited in the salon. The salon will mean a considerable amount of work for members of the Goulburn Camera Club who will have the job of getting in touch with photographic clubs and individual amateur photographers throughout the world to obtain entries for the exhibition. Although the Goulburn Camera Club is only a comparatively new body, it already has successful exhibitions to its credit and several of its members have gained high honors in first class photographic exhibitions.
The group held one of its most successful exhibitions at this year's Goulburn Show when over 130 prints were exhibited in conjunction with the Goulburn A.P.& H. Society. The group's annual exhibitions staged in the Goulburn City Library Auditorium have also been very successful although most of the exhibitions have come from local photographers.
Group officials say that the salon would be staged in one of Goulburn's large halls and would last throughout Lilac Week. They say the entries in the salon would be judged by a panel of three judges, one of whom would be a local man and the other two from Sydney. The group's secretary, Mr. I. Steele, said today that he had informed the committee organizing Lilac Week of the group's wish to hold the salon and the information had met with unanimous approval. The committee has offered to co-operate wherever possible with the group to make the salon a success. Mr. Steele said the salon would be much on the same lines as other recent international salons held at Canberra and Adelaide and he expected about one-third of the entries to come from overseas (mainly from U.S.A.) and the rest from Australia. Unusually enough, Mr. Steele said, some of the recent entries in international salons had come from China, a country not usually thought of in terms of photography. The salon will require a large amount of financial backing, but Mr. Steele considers, that the group will be able to provide most of the finance from its own funds without having to rely on outside sources. Entries in the salon will probably total somewhere between five to six hundred prints.
Mr. Steele said that something most Goulburn people do not realize is that members of the local group have been outstandingly successful in national photographic competitions, such as those conducted monthly by the Australian Photographic Review. Two Goulburn photographers, Mr. D. Ford and Brother Maher, had their work accepted for the Jubilee International Salon at Canberra last year and another, Mr. Gil Clegg, recently had one of his photographs bought by a Sydney magazine for a considerable price. With this record Goulburn photographers should be able to hold their own against outside competition in the salon, Mr. Steele said.
1st December 1952
Page 774 - Vol. 59 No. 12 The Australasian Photographic Review
GOULBURN CAMERA CLUB
The Goulburn Photographic Group conducted a very successful National Salon of Photography during Goulburn’s first “Lilac Time” Festival from the 6th to the 12th October. The salon was held in the City Library Auditorium, and 79 exhibition prints were hung. Almost 250 prints were received from salon workers and Photographic Societies throughout Australia. Of these, 170 were rejected by the panel of judges, consisting of Messrs. Henri Mallard (late of Kodak Ltd.) and C.S. Christian (Canberra Photographic Society). The object of the salon being to exhibit prints of the highest possible standard, this accounts for the large number of rejects. The salon was opened at 11am on Monday, October 6th, and when the exhibit was closed at 10pm more than 300 people had seen the display. At 7.30pm on that evening, Mr. Tully, the local parliamentary member, officially opened the salon.
Mr. Ian Steele, President of the Camera Group, thanked Mr. Tully and responded on behalf of the club members. Mr. J.M. Joshua, of Temora, N.S.W., made a special trip to Goulburn to inspect the display, in which two of his prints were on exhibition, namely, Spirit of Spring, which is illustrated with this article, and Endurance. Miss Fullerton, the model in Spirit of Spring, was also in Goulburn for this occasion. The judges chose four prints they thought worthy of a special mention, namely, Spirit of Spring, by J.M. Joshua; A Gloucester Homestead, by H.N. Jones ARPS, Sydney; Grandeur of the North, by H. Keil ARPS, Adelaide; and Toadstools, by D. Mascord, of Corrimal, N.S.W.
Goulburn Club members were happy in having 18 prints accepted by the panel: D. Ford, 4; H.P. Carman, 1; F.P. Barling, 1; Miss N. Brown, 2; and Miss J. Dowell, 3. J. Fisher had two accepted and R. Huggett (one of the club’s newest members) had one selected. L.R. Maher, G. Manion and R.L. Paull had prints accepted.
R. Anderson was in charge of the hanging of the prints, whilst P. Barling did the publicity, which consisted of printing entry forms and catalogs and also the stickers. All members of the group did a fair share of the work and it was only through their combined efforts that the salon was such an outstanding success. Special mention goes to R. Thwaite, who was on duty at the exhibition during the week.
On the final evening color slides were projected from Mr. D. Ford’s office below the Auditorium onto a screen erected on top of a car parked opposite the entrance to the salon. This proved to be a very successful idea, as some 200 people saw the exhibit during the last three hours of the display.
The Goulburn Photographic Group was founded in 1949 as a result of the efforts of three persons in particular, namely, Messrs. I. Steele. H.P. Carman and G. Manion. The group is devoted to the furtherance of photographic knowledge amongst its members and to the periodic exhibitions of its work to the public. The enthusiasm with which these exhibitions have been received by the citizens of Goulburn was so overwhelming that we shall have no hesitation in organizing another National Salon of Photography.
THE SPIRIT OF SPRING
J.M. JOSHUA
HONOR PRINT AT
GOULBURN NATIONAL SALON
Thursday 29th January 1953 Page 2 - Goulburn Evening Post (NSW)
LOCAL COUNCILLORS "ON THE SCREEN"
At the last meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council an exhibition of colored slides was presented to councilors during the lunch interval.
The slides were shown by Mr. Cliff Hunt, son of ex-President, Cr. Stan Hunt, and depicted scenes of recent events in the Shire's history.
One shot showed the opening of the Towrang Bridge over the Wollondilly River.
Several slides showing the laying of the foundation stone for the Soldiers memorial at Taralga and several shots of the ceremony connected with it were particularly interesting.
Councilors saw pictures of themselves and several prominent personalities, including the Governor-General, Sir William McKell, as they addressed colorful gatherings of local rate payers and visitors. Sir William was seen inspecting a troop of boy scouts as they proudly stood lined up before the Memorial site.
Views of Goulburn's Lilac Time Festival were shown and they brought out all the carnival spirit associated with the event.
A number of brilliant shots of the Federal Capital were thrown onto the screen and Canberra was seen in many parts of its most picturesque moods.
The red and yellow tulips stood out in a most distinctive array and blooms in the glass house added much beauty to the picture.
A few shots of Yarralumla brought out the dignity of the fine building in its majestic setting.
The control room of the big station at Burrinjuck Dam was shown together with the huge buttresses which bank up millions of acre feet of water to serve the drinking and irrigating requirements of a large part of New South Wales.
Councilors thanked their colleague for the entertaining display of photography and all commented very favorably in the quality of the slides.
Mr. Hunt is a member of the Goulburn Camera Club and it was this organization which arranged for the taking and presentation of the slides for the Lilac Time Festival.
1st June 1953 Page 380 - Vol. 60 No. 6 Australasian Photo-Review
GOULBURN PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUP
Plans are well under way for the First International Salon of Photography to be conducted by the Group in October this year. A very attractive Entry Form has been printed and already 150 copies have been posted. This Salon will be conducted from 2nd to 11th October. All accepted prints will be hung in the Library Auditorium. Entry forms are available from the Salon Secretary, Suite 3, Halsbury House, Montague Street, Goulburn. The closing date for all prints is September 18th. Prints received after this date will not be submitted to the selection panel.
Late last month 16 club members made the trip to the Wombeyan Caves which are situated some 50 miles from Goulburn. Special permission was granted from the Tourist and Immigration Department to take photographs. Members were in the caves for most of the day; some excellent outdoor photographs were also made. A competition was held on April 29th for photographs taken on the caves trip. On the same night Mr. Leslie, from the Canberra Photographic Society, delivered a lecture on Composition. Fifteen members were present and afterwards Mr. Leslie and two Canberra visitors were entertained by the Group. Other guest speakers have been lined up for future meetings.
Thursday 24th September 1953 Page 1 - Goulburn Evening Post (NSW)
MANY OVERSEAS PHOTOGRAPHS
LOCAL EXHIBITION
World-wide interest has been shown in the first International Salon of Photography, to be conducted by the Goulburn Camera Club, during Lilac Time. Seventy of the 250 photographs received have been from America, Canada, Mexico, China, Malaya and India, the others being from Australian exhibitors. Prints have been received from many well known exhibitors, both in Australia and overseas, including H.N. Jones ARPS, Sydney; Hugo Kell ARPS, Adelaide; T.L. Bronson APSA, New York; J. Bengamin FRPS, Toronto, Canada; W. Lee ARPS, APSA, New York; S.M. Sabote, Mexico; Mrs I.J. Haselwood APSA, ARPS, Indiana, U.S.A.; C.A. Yarrington APSA, New York; Kanti Patel, Indiana; and Francis Wu FPSA, FRPS, Hong Kong, China.
FIRST FOR GOULBURN
This is the first international exhibition ever held in Goulburn and should prove both educational and interesting to residents and the many visitors here for Lilac Time celebrations. A salon is an exhibition of technically flawless photographs of outstanding human interest and artistic merit. An interesting point is that there are no cash prizes or awards in such an exhibition. The only prize is a small sticker for the back of the print stating: "This print was selected and hung at the first Goulburn International Salon of Photography, 2nd to 11th October, 1953". It is the ambition of every serious photographer, to have his work selected for exhibitions of this nature and these small stickers assure the photographer of the worth of his art. Many of the prints received bear stickers of many designs and colors.
THE JUDGES
The reputation of such an exhibition depends on the critical ability of the judges, the reputation of the judge is also taken into consideration. The panel of judges selected by the group for the Goulburn salon will be Messrs. K. Burke ARPS, APSA, Sydney; C.L. Leslie, Queanbeyan and B. Jessop, Wollongong. All are well known internationally. Describing the method of judging, an official explained that each print in turn is placed into a specially lighted frame before the judges, who classify it as A (accepted), B (doubtful) or C (rejected). The judges do not confer with each other, they merely press buttons marked A, B, or C. These buttons are wired to an indicator in another section of the room, where results are recorded. From an examination of the hundreds of photographs received, it is evident that this exhibition will be equal to any of this kind in the world. There are prints of all sizes, embracing landscapes, snow scenes, portraiture. The judging will be held at the weekend and a display of all accepted prints will be "hung" in the City Auditorium from Friday, October 2nd to 11th.