The Australian Garden History article by Yolanda Cool discusses a crisis in heritage skills training in Australia, highlighting a lack of formal education and accreditation for tradespeople. The Heritage Skills Association emphasizes the urgent need for skilled workers to preserve heritage properties, advocating for solutions and initiatives to address this ongoing shortage. The article explores how the shortage of traditional trades skills in not new in Australia.
Tag: Traditional Trades
The art of embroidery with Menangle artist Elaine Balla
Menangle embroidery artist Elaine Balla has created many highly skilled embroidery works that have been exhibited at the Camden Show and the Campbelltown Arts Centre. This blog post adds to the literature outline the story of women's role in the history of arts and crafts through embroidery and its role in the history of women's agency and storytelling.
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Traditional trades, the legacy of Camden’s carpenters
Carpentry, vital in Camden for centuries, began with Aboriginal bush carpentry using local materials for survival. European settlers adopted this craft, creating simple structures and relying on ingenuity. Formal carpentry evolved with guilds and apprenticeships, maintaining traditional techniques and tools, shaping Camden's architectural landscape with lasting quality.
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Living history in southern Queensland
Living history in southern Queensland in the regional centre of Toowoomba
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A taste of ink and type in a country printery
A taste of ink and type in a country printery at the Penrith Museum of Printing
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Living History at Belgenny
An informative talk was given on Howell Living History Farm USA recently at Belgenny Farm Camden NSW
