Rivers of Gold
Understanding how gold mining shaped Victoria's rivers
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Heritage Council Victoria virtual talk
Join the Heritage Council of Victoria as we present a ‘virtual’ talk in the Waterfront 2021 program.As part of Melbourne Design Week, tune in to see Professor Susan Lawrence present a fascinating talk on the legacy of the goldrush’s environmental…
Read MoreInternational Print Exchange shown in Bendigo
The International Print Exchange is having its first Victorian show at the La Trobe Art Institute, View St, Bendigo, 17 February-28 March. The opening was held in conjunction with an art-science colloquium that brought together the Rivers of Gold team…
Read MorePrint Portfolio Exhibition Review
The Rivers of Gold International Print Portfolio and Exchange has just been reviewed on the Print Council of Australia’s blog. The review follows the successful exhibition of the portfolio by Jennifer Stuerzl at the Queensland College of Art’s Project Gallery…
Read MoreLoddon River fieldwork
We spent three days in October visiting sludge sites along the Loddon and taking soil samples for analysis. Francesco taking pXRF readings on the Loddon at Yando
Read MoreRivers of Gold exhibition to open in Gympie
The first of the exhibitions of the prints produced for the Rivers of Gold International Print Portfolio and Exchange is about to open in Gympie, Queensland. Jude Macklin has led this art-science collaboration as part of the Rivers of Gold…
Read MorePottery beneath the sludge
In April we returned to the banks of the Loddon River at Newstead. While we were doing our sampling we found three pieces of pottery in the gravels beneath two metres of sludge. One piece of pottery is English and…
Read MoreNew Team Member
Rivers of Gold welcomes Francesco Colombi to the project. Francesco has come from Italy to take up a PhD scholarship. He will be based at La Trobe’s Albury-Wodonga campus in the Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution. Francesco graduated with…
Read MoreCanberra talk
On Wednesday evening Susan gave a talk in the History Seminar at ANU, sponsored by the Centre for Environmental History. Thanks to Tom Griffiths and Libby Robin for organising.
Read MoreSludge at Araluen, NSW
On Monday Susan had the opportunity to visit Araluen, NSW with Dr Barry McGowan and Peter Smith, President of the Braidwood Historical Society. We saw sand slugs in Araluen Creek and stacked mounds of gravel on the floodplains. These are tailings from…
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