What's On - 24 January 2011

The photographs featured in this exhibition were taken with a Kodak Brownie camera during the First World War (1914-18) by two brothers, Jack and Bert Grinton, who fought with the 1st Australian Infantry Force. The negatives had been stored in a shed on the family farm for over 90 years. A camera on the Somme is enhanced by family diaries, medals, postcards and maps.

Sarah Wood has focussed on photographing Victorian Avenues of Honour that are currently listed on the Heritage Register for Victoria: Eurack, Woodend, Ballarat, Macleod and another near Shepparton. Sarah was first attracted to the subject through her interest in garden history and her own family’s military service.

Created by social documentary photographer Sharyn Meade, this exhibition records the personal stories of Australian veterans, in words and images, through successive generations. Sharyn’s inspiration is the enduring ANZAC tradition of sacrifice and the personal qualities in ordinary Australian men and women.