David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :
'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)
(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.

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COVID-19 restrictions were eased today in country Victoria. Here are some daily-walk encounters over the past month. 
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Word has it, it's been a good year for camellias, 'queens of the winter flowers'. Below, Radium Avenue, Old Jack's uprooted dandelions left to dry, 'otherwise hard to kill'.
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During COVID lockdown, we've been re-reading some Australian art criticism. (Part 5)
Graeme Sturgeon, 'Opening of another season'
The Australian, 5 March 1980
Art Projects was on the top floor of Henderson House, 566 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne :
- the office was through the two windows top left,
- the smaller room exhibition space was through the two top centre windows,
- the large room exhibition space was through the two windows top right
To see a scale model of Art Projects large room with its continuing meta-exhibition* click here *coincidental with Imants Tillers' 'Two Descriptions of the Same Moment'

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A special Artforum dedicated to John Nixon’s work and contribution to artist run initiatives, curating and collaborative practices. Speakers include Kathy Temin, artist and Head of Monash Fine Art, Anna Schwartz, Director of Anna Schwartz Gallery, Amalia Lindo and Jacqueline Stojanovic, artists who assisted John Nixon in his studio, Max Delany, Director of ACCA, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and artist Rose Nolan.
REGISTER HERE
John Nixon at Teksas, Denmark
photo courtesy Karin Lind and Peter Holm

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During COVID lockdown, we've been re-reading some Australian art criticism. (Part 4)

Gary Catalano, review extract re. exhibitions by
Murray Walker (Powell Street Gallery, South Yarra)
Peter Tyndall : Dagger Definitions (ACCA, Melbourne)
John Walker (NGV, Melbourne)
Elizabeth Sullivan (George Paton Gallery, Melbournne Uni
The Age, 19 August 1987 : read full article here
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During COVID lockdown, we've been re-reading some Australian art criticism. (Part 3)
This is from an article in the Saturday Age, about the Australian Parliament House Art Collection.
Tom Duggan, 'House of art and enlightenment'
p 4-5, The Age, Saturday Extra : 19 December 1987
*no such letter or request was ever received by the artist

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During COVID lockdown, we've been re-reading some Australian art criticism. (Part 2)
Memory Holloway, 'The School of Cool'
The Age : 3 August 1983

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During COVID lockdown, we've been re-reading some Australian art criticism.
John McDonald, 'A hollow, self-conscious laugh'
SMH : 21 November 1987

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From a recent post at Tim Entwisle's Talking Plants blog,about the Red Ironbark trees of central Victoria :
Bendigo, Castlemaine, Chiltern... Red Ironbark wood is a 'handsome Australian hardwood', with excellent durability and strength - hence its use in wharves, bridges, railway sleepers and mining - as well as some beauty in crafted furniture and flooring. The species name, sideroxylon, translates as 'wood like iron'.
The Red Ironbark grown in streets and parks is the widespread
Eucalyptus sideroxylon subspecies sideroxylon.
Ranks in botany Wikipedia According to Art 3.1 of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) the most important ranks of taxa are:
kingdom, division or phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
According to Art 4.1 the secondary ranks of taxa are :
tribe, section, series, variety and form.
There is an indeterminate number of ranks.
The ICN explicitly mentions:[5]
primary ranks
- secondary ranks
- further ranks
kingdom (regnum)
- subregnum
division or phylum (divisio, phylum)
- subdivisio or subphylum
class (classis)
- subclassis
order (ordo)
- subordo
family (familia)
- subfamilia
- tribe (tribus)
- subtribus
genus (genus)
- subgenus
- section (sectio)
- subsection
- series (series)
- subseries
species (species)
- subspecies
- variety (varietas)
- subvarietas
- form (forma)
- subforma
There is an indeterminate number of ranks (part 2) :

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