Talk: A Curator’s Perspective: Bendigo with Love Bendigo in the 1950s & 60s – photographic exhibition by Allan Doney
New free event – all welcome
Join former senior curator of photography at Museums Victoria, Euan McGillivray, as he discusses the historical value and significance of the Allan Doney Collection. This collection of over 13,000 images is now in the care of the Bendigo Historical Society. Euan will compare and contrast Allan’s images with a variety of public photographic collections.
He will present examples in Museum Victoria’s collections and how the Doney collection measures up technically and artistically.
This public presentation coincides with the Bendigo with Love exhibition at the Bendigo Historical Society that features over 80 original photographs taken and printed by Allan Doney. Although an amateur, Allan was one of Bendigo’s most prolific photographers.
Read more about the Allan Doney Collection here – https://www.bendigohistory.com/allan-doney-collection-welcomed/
Read more about the exhibition here – https://www.bendigohistory.com/bendigo-with-love/
Bookings not required
“A ripping retrospective” Bendigo Times, Through the Lens with Love, 21 April 2026
“The photos are a cut above just snapshots, they’re considered compositions that give them an additional aesthetic value, not so different from pictures collected by art museums.” “Bendigo is lucky to have this photographer who was capturing life so beautifully,” Daniel Palmer, Professor, School of Art RMIT University
Friday 3 July 2pm-3.30pm
Latrobe Art Institute – 121 View Street Bendigo