The Mount Alexander Photographic Society had the privilege of welcoming Euan McGillivray, President Bendigo Historical Society, as its guest speaker on May 26.
Euan McGillivray has more than 40 years experience as a cultural sector/museum curator of photography and program director.
He developed collections, exhibitions and experiences at Museum Victoria and was instrumental in the establishment of Scienceworks, Melbourne Museum and the Immigration Museum.
He also did pioneering work in computer cataloguing and digitising picture collections at the museum and while Preservation Manager at State Library of Victoria.
Euan spoke about a current exhibition at Bendigo Historical Society called ‘Bendigo with Love’.
He discussed the work of amateur photographer Allan Doney who left a legacy of over 13,000 black and white negatives, now in the historical society collection.
In the years of Allan’s photography, landmark buildings succumbed to fire, neglect and development.
As well as people, he photographed the grey sandhills from Bendigo’s mining past, the streetscapes, poppet heads, miners’ cottages, gracious homes with ornate verandahs, trams and so much more.
MAPS is planning a club excursion during July to see the exhibition – something not to be missed.
Bendigo with Love – Photographs of the 1950s & 60s by Allan Doney runs until August 8 at History House, 11 MacKenzie Street, Bendigo. The museum is open Thursdays and Saturdays from 11am-2pm. Entry is free. For more information visit bendigohistory.com