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abc.net.au | Rachael Lucas
A major exhibition showcasing the work of one of Britain's greatest landscape artists, Joseph M.W Turner, is being touted as the first of its kind in Australia. The Turner & Australia exhibition at the Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale features 11 original works by the master of landscape and light, who profoundly influenced impressionist technique and abstract modern art.
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abc.net.au | Rachael Lucas
In an unassuming rural hamlet, two hours' drive south-east of Melbourne, a little country pub is growing a big reputation as a popular live music venue in regional Victoria. Nestled between the rustic cliffs of Bass Coast and South Gippsland's dairy farms and green, rolling hills, Archies Creek is a village of 16 houses, a pub, a hall, a telephone booth, a junkyard and an evangelical church.
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abc.net.au | Danielle Pope |Rachael Lucas
Simon Lund has lived his entire adult life in uniform. After a stint in the navy cut short by a knee injury, the 56-year-old had his first shifts as a volunteer firefighter with the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in 1998. He loved it so much, he never left and spent the next 25 years working as a CFA senior technical field officer on some of the biggest fire emergencies Victoria has ever seen. "I do love my job. It's been great in the fact that I've been able to meet so many good people," Simon says.
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abc.net.au | Rachael Lucas
Romance novels are enjoying a renaissance in Australia but their female characters are no longer just dreaming of marrying a knight in shining armour. The contemporary female protagonists in modern-day romance fiction deal with real-life struggles and dramas, are proactive rather than passive and have agency in their lives.
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Mar 23, 2025 |
abc.net.au | Rachael Lucas
A sense of community pride and love for the arts appear to the secret to survival for a town's beloved venue celebrating its 100th birthday. The Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre in regional Victoria has survived much social, political and cultural change over a century. From the early days of miners' meetings to a hangout for teenagers seeing films such as ET, the venue, also known as the Union Theatre, has endured in the working-class town of Wonthaggi in South Gippsland.
Journalists covering the same region
Nadine Cresswell-Myatt
Travel Writer at Freelance
Nadine Cresswell-Myatt primarily covers news in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and surrounding areas.
Patricia Maunder
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Patricia Maunder primarily covers news in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and surrounding areas.
Stefan Bradley
Journalist at Gippsland Times
Stefan Bradley primarily covers news in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia and surrounding areas.
Keith Platt
Group Editor at Western Port News
Group Editor at Mornington News
Group Editor at Southern Peninsula News
Group Editor at Frankston Times
Content and Visual Director at Freelance
Keith Platt primarily covers news in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, including areas around Sale and Traralgon.
Brodie Cowburn
Editor at Frankston Times
Brodie Cowburn primarily covers news in the Greater Melbourne area, including suburbs like Dandenong and Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
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