Barbara Oehring Photography

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Survival Day - Australia Day

On Australia Day, Thursday 26 January 2012, I attended Belgrave Survival Day.

This annual event celebrates indigenous culture though music, traditional dance and story telling.

It was an enlightening event for me - a significant and joyous occasion.

Here Wurundjeri Elder, Uncle Bill Nicholson addresses the crowd:

James Simon and partner reflecting on Uncle Bill's speech:

A traditional Smoking Ceremony to cleanse, renew and connect people to country:

Members of Jindi Worobak Dance Group:

Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie, singer, didgeridoo performer, dancer and story teller:

Big and small joining in:

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Dancing Brolgas

I contribute photos of Australian Birds to BOCA/BirdLife Australia.

My "most viewed" images in the Photo Gallery are of "White-faced Heron" and "Brolga".

These are my three most viewed:

White-faced Heron
© Barbara Oehring 2010

Brolga
© Barbara Oehring 2010

Brolga
© Barbara Oehring 2010

http://boca.org.au/component/jwallpapers/album/1?order=hits_desc&BOCA_search_creator=32595

Saturday, December 10, 2011

'Tis the season...

Knox Carols by Candlelight 2011

Jay Laga'aia
© Barbara Oehring 2011

Saturday, December 3, 2011

A Year in Ferntree Gully

I am delighted that the Mountain District Learning Centre has received a Knox Community Development Grant for an exhibition of my photographs.

The Ferntree Gully News, Page 17, Issue 14 - December 2011:

"A Year in Ferntree Gully"
The grant will be used to hold an exhibition of photographs by Barbara Oehring. The photos will show people, places, events in FTG through four seasons. This will provide inspiration for creative writing workshops for recording stories of experiences and memories of living in the Gully.
The exhibition will be launched in the FTG library in April 2012. After this it will become a mobile display for sessions at MDLC and for other venues and groups.
Barbara Oehring's stunning photographs have been delighting readers of Gully News since its inception. Making a selection of these and many others for the exhibition will be challenging but worthwhile. It is hoped to publish stories in the newspaper."

Autumn at Tim Neville Arboretum
Ferntree Gully
© Barbara Oehring 2010

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Celebrating 100 Years at St John the Baptist Parish Ferntree Gully

Centenary Mass of Thanksgiving was celebrated today by Archbishop Denis J. Hart in Ferntree Gully.

In my photograph Fr. Alan Fox presents the Archbishop of Melbourne with a copy of the book Witness to the Light - St John the Baptist Parish Ferntree Gully.

Witness to the Light is a centenary anthology. I am proud to have contributed photographs to this book.

Friday, October 28, 2011

The Scream

My image The Scream is on show at NewNorth Gallery until Saturday 5 November 2011.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Brunswick Street Gallery

I currently have some of my work on show at the Brunswick Street Gallery in Fitzroy.

During my visit today I came across Paddy and Millie lazing away the afternoon in the gallery overlooking Brunswick Street.

Millie on another occasion....