Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 3 : Presscuttings, Sept 1959 - Sept 1967

•'• •> 1 1H COURIH - MA IL •v O"IE\11AY [ ~ourr:r~Muil] o,,, l.ilir,r,~ .,,.,.,.,,,1. "" tli P l',,,,.,J,.m 11 / rl, ,. I'"'" • nnd tl, n, · ''"""' h,. l1111,,,,d ir1tli – m,1 l1ri11• lm.t .-),•j/rom,. Ri11g i11 tlae 11ew .' ., A lJSTRALIA hll s r n trrrd -, . : A New YrRr \\"IIh high -~\,>( · hnpea nf rnnl 1n11in c: I rrns pr ril y. Q11rens land cnn bRse I.hem nn many hi.t: "'" rks which will be carried fn rwnrd in 1961. They will inl'rrasr the St•te'R c~pRcit ,. In prn– duce more wrAlllt frnm il.s n11turr1I rrsnurrrs. I The hr,t:inn!ng nr l\ :-.:rw Ye;ir 18 a n •rprnprial e ti me I for ,i:ivins: thou,i:ht tn hnw prosperity r Rn he usrd and shared t.n en rir h our nnt t<>na! life. It •houlrt give us morr be11utiru1 ci tirs nnd towns. It &hnuld Afford morr srnpc for pr11ctising- nr Apprreintin,t: the mRn~· arts that ran make !if and leisure mnre Ml isf.1·in,t: In lhrse matlrrs Au sl rnli until recent ,l'rars lai::,t:e fAr behind older rountrir and even lhp l nited Stairs This Ins: was p11rtirt1 larl} mark r rl in Quccnslanrl. Qucenslnnrl ,·arries mnn .1· signs of long cull um! pm·rrt~·. 1 To visi tors from nlhr r SI a les it still has to apnlngise fnr A ma kes hift Mlional Art gnllery t hnt ,·annot show a 'lUArler of the f;tnle's cnllcc– t inn nf pi ctures nnrl other nbjccls nf Rrl. Mclhourn e now hns its hi,t: new musir howl. SYdne,• 1s getting An opera ho,;sr. fi ,, t h cities have Jong- hRd fine art gR IIcries. Qurrnsla url ran he proud of the amazini: ;:rnwf h of its Univnsily whir h has spre11d R ,t:rcat compl ex n f builcilngs o\'c r :-t. Lu r iR in n few years. But I.he Uni versit.\', If It fulli· a chicvrs If s pur- pose, sh11ulrl stim11la te grnwin,c RJlJ h.,t it e fnr beyond its prerinr'ls mRny nthrr re.t:ionA St11te. The Stntes ynung Cnnser – vatoriu111 nf Music. its Si·m– pho n~· Orchcsl rn and the EliznbethAn ThcAt re Trus t holrl promise nf heft er Ihin.t:s frir Queens laud if ll1r,· cou ld he assisted with lnr;:e~ ,:: ran ts from public funds anrl morr grnernu s private donnfions. In nnr. firlrl of ,·1,!l ura l srr • vire a noln l,!r nd\'aur e has hc~n mnde in Qurrnsla nd ove r th e !Ast trn 1rn rs. Expau sinn of public lil;ra rirs • ca n hr rount crl tn the r rrriif nf Bri~hnnr 11nrl ~nmp muniri ralitiPS. Parks . ha \'c rr,·rivrd hrttrr These a re t hin)!s t hat mca – ~ut'e prngl'i"'FI~ ~ ~ wrll ~ ~ I r:irfr " 1 re-tu rn~ nnrl i;;tn t1r-.t trR nf prn• " COURIER MAIL" N i,; \\' , E:\ 11 hop, , , 111' q ~1,· ' lhi:t nd •:11 m– mu11il I lt·a d,•1·- 11 1d t1 d l' I 1r-l ,: tll'., 11 I th ,• :--;1:it l'·:-- .;ii: f·ti r !il.1 ,\ fur huu:-- ' \\ h \' .... : a un iH•r~i l.1 ,•1hll'a l i>1 •1 ·1• :1il:il1i,· 111 :di : :1 11d a :::}-hour \\11 1h i11 11 \\l't' I,. \'1•,1,•ril,1,· th•·, 1 ir,,.,:-,·tl 11 'with• r.111i.:1· 11 1 :11111, :rnd hup,·, for 1: 1 ,i !. '1'111• l'r1•111i,•r 1,! r. ~i,·kl111 1 :-aitl .,t lu, ( ';il1111111lr.1 llnnw tha l 11 11 1· 11r hi.. 111,d ll l111p1·, lu r l!Hi l \Lh 111 .. ,... tht· ri r:;t C'OIIIIIU rl'i,d oil in \ 11:,- l rall,1 , hi111Jt'1I frn· 11 q111·1·n :-.l:1111I - "a nd 1.11 1•,·1·r -it11•r1•a,iiu: 1111:t n J 1- lii•, ," llr -..litl : "I al, u hu iw t 11:i l q111•1•11,1:t 1141 \t i II h1• 1111•,:,.;•11 ,~II h i.:111111 ...i·a-.in ,,., and th:11 th" indu:-.1..rn:,I tl1•1 1•l1q111u•11l Ihal h a, !<il:1rt.•II will 1·11111 in t1t' al '' a n an·..J1·ralf•fl rat 1·. "Thi, 1m1111b1•, lo lJit • a i,:ond n•a r - Olli' 11f (?111·1•11:-li111d', 111',"ll ." Olht'f S1·w VPa r hu)H':-i i11du1h·- q111•1·n:--lawl I 'nin1-:,H,· \ it1• - ( li,1\ll·l'llill' 1:--ir 1·1·1•1I :-.1•ht1111•l1 1: •·Thi, b ,I II :l t:t' ur 'r:11 111·tl p1•upl1·. , 111 n • .t11d '""' '' , ,,1·,11io11s ,I n· d,·11 •.t 11d in i.: .1 11111\'i•r – ..,il \' tr,1i11 in!!'. " I ur t h,11 n·a , 1111. I hupt· l)111'l'it' l:l11d l 11in ·r– lt, 11 ill h,· aid,· 111 l,;,•1·1• i h . d1111r, itJH'II lo :tll (l111•t·11 I., 1111 ho•,, and i,:il'l, ,, hu 1111:ilih· l'll1 (•r ,'' ( l l1t'l'm,l.1 llll lln11..,1•- \\ h'1•, · \,•,11l'b lio11 pn•,l- 11!·111 , "\ ,..•. ( ;, llura11 1: "Fa ir pt.1, fur H11· huu,t– wift•-:11111 , ur1•1•, , ln uur t•ff11rls 111 ra i,1• 11111111'_\' In h11 ild rw1111, ." ()lH'cn :-.larul Tr:11h•s a 11d l.nhn r C111111d l 1m•,l- 1h·11l 1:\lr. .l :11·k l•:~n- 11111 ): ·•ou r 110 111•~ art' for furthrr lrwn•a,,•:-. In m:1r;.:: i11,. a11cl a :,;,. Jwur workinL: \\'1•1·lc " q1Jl'l'lhb 111I I n111l11,\l'l'"l 1 1·1·1h'r:tliun ...i•1·n•1.1ry I.H r . .J . H . ,Ja11w:-.I: " 111· '> d u .. I 11.1I lll',l('I' a 111I ht•I - / lt•r i1uJ11.., lri,t l r1•l:a t1QU:-.' 0 ! . (!t1('t'11,l.1111t Id r ;,,t. , .. • 1•r , :,0.111 11·1., 11r1•..,Jtl1•11t · 1 :\Ir 1· .I .\ \\'1•ll(•r1. '\\r .,r., h11p111 i.: l11r ,11111t• 1 ~. po,1 11\ 1, .1 f' t11111 1111 1hr lt ll P,I 11111 nl ,l llf'\\ ,1 rl ,-!,l ll :· 1 \ th1' \ l',lf \\'l.'I ,, ,1 111 a 1-:,tll 1·1, fur i,:.11- lt•rv pu r p11st 0 !-i, 1101 for IHt•!-otl,-:-r J)lll 11""''"' or 1:: 11r11.1 1111•J1I ,I l'l \'ll' :-.qu,,n•.