109-486: Collins Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne , Victoria, Australia . It was laid out in the first survey of Melbourne, the original 1837 Hoddle Grid , and soon became the most desired address in the city. Collins Street was named after Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania David Collins who led a group of settlers in establishing a short-lived settlement at Sorrento in 1803. The eastern end of Collins Street has been known colloquially as
218-581: A refugee following the liberation of Yugoslavia to escape the Communist regime. As there was a five-year waiting period to emigrate to the United States, he decided to go instead to Australia. He departed Naples on the converted Royal Australian Navy seaplane carrier SS Hellenic Prince , arriving in Melbourne in on Anzac Day , 25 April 1950. Strizic's good spoken English soon gained him
327-664: A "City of Literature" by UNESCO in its Creative Cities Network. In April 1835, John Batman , a prominent grazier and a member of the Geelong and Dutigalla Association (later Port Phillip Association ), sailed from Launceston on the island of Van Diemen's Land (now the State of Tasmania ), aboard the schooner Rebecca , in search of fresh grazing land in the south-east of the Colony of New South Wales (the mainland Australian continent ). He sailed across Bass Strait , into
436-595: A book illustrated with the same images, and shown at the Melbourne C.A.E. and Gryphon Gallery, Strizic discusses his motivation in taking up the camera; These pictures reveal my response to a new environment. Photography at that time was far from my ambition (I was devoted to a loftier calling). It was to be the end of that decade before photography became my sole income. At that time the names of Kertesz and Brassaï (not to mention Friedlander ) were unknown to me, and photography as something intriguing only became [gradually] apparent ... The mood of these pictures may betray
545-551: A bushfire destroyed his home and studio and his entire collection of prints, though the State Library Victoria had acquired the majority of his negatives in 2007. Sue Strizic died in 2015. Strizic bought his first camera, a Diaxette and began to photograph his environment, developing a love of strong light which he found abundant under the clear skies of his adopted city. In 1987 his exhibition notes for The 1950s – Photographs by Mark Strizic , which launched
654-474: A credit line to the photographer. In 1968 he was official stills photographer on director Tim Burstall 's 2000 Weeks . A Two Thousand Weeks 'photo novel', illustrated with stills by Strizic and the film's director of photography, Robin Copping , with layout design by Strizic, was published by Sun Books as a movie tie-in in late 1968. In 1984 he became a full-time artist, photographer and designer and
763-497: A fairly exclusive membership, whilst the Melbourne Football Club, although bearing the name Melbourne, is associated by the supporters of other suburban clubs as representing the central area and perceive its supporters to represent the locality and not the entire city. The Melbourne Football Club has recently made efforts to shed its suburban tag and be embraced by the whole metropolitan area. The CBD has hosted
872-1451: A first prize in architecture. When the building was demolished in 1935, the facade was transplanted to the University of Melbourne in Parkville to become the Commerce Building. It is now retained on the facade of the new building being constructed for the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. Collins Street is Melbourne's premier shopping street and retailers with flagship stores there include: Prada , Louis Vuitton , Moncler , Tiffany & Co , Bulgari , Giorgio Armani , Dior , Bottega Veneta , Saint Laurent , Balenciaga , Celine , TAG Heuer , Paspaley , Cartier , Gucci , Ermenegildo Zegna , Burberry , Bally , Max Mara , Hermès , Dolce & Gabbana , Christian Louboutin , Fendi , Jimmy Choo , Versace , Golden Goose , Berluti , Breitling , Fred , Chopard , Hugo Boss , Van Cleef & Arpels , Omega , Jaeger-LeCoultre , Georg Jensen , Rolex , Loewe , Longchamp , Aesop , Longines , Anthony Squires, Hardy Brothers , Jan Logan, Bremont , Montblanc , Miss Louise and Franck Muller . Major shopping centres include Collins Place , Block Arcade, Georges on Collins , 80 Collins, St Collins Lane , Collins 234 and Centreway. Two theatres,
981-421: A mixed business and residential district. Prior to the 2010s, Australian CBD's were generally places workers would commute to from the suburbs and served little purpose beyond employment and shopping opportunity. In this period, many sometimes very tall towers of small one and two bedroom apartments and studio-style student housing (with no carparks) have been built, greatly increasing the resident population of
1090-530: A number of events of significance, which include: the 1901 inauguration of the Government of Australia , 1956 Summer Olympic Games , 1981 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting , 1995 World Police and Fire Games , 2000 World Economic Forum , 2006 Commonwealth Games , 2015 Cricket World Cup , G20 Ministerial Meeting – among others. It is also recognised for the substantial number of cultural and sports events and festivals it holds annually – many being
1199-633: A number of tertiary educational institutions which augmented his artistic practice; Preston (Phillip) Institute of Technology (1975–1977) to which he was recruited by fashion photographer Henry Talbot ; Melbourne College of Advanced Education (Lecturer in Charge of Photography 1977–1982); and as part-time lecturer in Photography at the Victorian College of the Arts (1982–1984). He presented
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#17328024830341308-645: A partnership in a photography business at 1 Beech Street, Surrey Hills before moving it to Strizic's home at 1 Francis Street, Richmond . Friendship with David Saunders , (who had stayed with Strizic's parents in Yugoslavia in 1952 ) a senior lecturer in architecture at the University of Melbourne who was then acting assistant director at the National Gallery of Victoria , provided Strizic with increasingly frequent photography commissions. In 1957 Saunders introduced him to Leonard French , an artist and
1417-704: A position as a clerk with the Victorian Railways Reclamation Department, and he resumed his studies in physics part-time at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology . In 1952 he married Hungarian-born Sue. They settled in Richmond , subsequently renovating and moving into a large two-storey terrace at 61 Park Street, South Yarra , to South Melbourne and Kew , and finally to Wallan in country Victoria, living there until his death in 2012. In 2013
1526-676: A short-lived settlement at Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula , south of Melbourne, in the early 19th century. He subsequently became the first governor of the colony of Van Diemen's Land , later to become the state of Tasmania . At the western end of the street was Batman's Hill , named for the Tasmanian adventurer and grazier John Batman , who built a house at the base in April 1836, where he lived until his death in 1839. The first major street improvements were carried out in
1635-632: A single figurative motif. Critic and director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Daniel Thomas responded enthusiastically to the same show at Holdsworth Galleries, Woollahra of Strizic's "large, colour-printed mirror-image compositions, two-art and four-part from the same subjects", calling them "extremely good" and "gorgeous". Opening The Fall of the Shadow at Church Street Photographic Centre on 15 November 1977, Patrick McCaughey, professor of Fine Arts at Monash University who summarily dismissed
1744-550: A somber or nostalgic soul lost in a new country, but that is very far from my feelings at that time. I was exhilarated by the opulence of Australia in contrast to Europe – mesmerized by the acute light and over-joyed by my recent marriage. He enjoyed shooting into the sun contre-jour , and capturing low afternoon side-lighting effects for their high-contrast graphic silhouettes in black and white prints, and that became his signature style for his historically and culturally significant photographs of post-war Melbourne. Photography
1853-463: A tertiary educational institution, and 54.3% of residents aged between 20 and 29. In common with Australian capital cities generally, especially Melbourne and Sydney, there has been remarkable growth in the CBD in the last 10 years to 2017. Residential units, population, jobs and visitation have all increased markedly, changing the central business district from a primarily business or work oriented hub, to
1962-572: A treaty to be trespassing . However, at the time the proclamation was being drawn up, a prominent businessman from Van Diemen's Land, John Pascoe Fawkner , had also funded an expedition to the area; which sailed from George Town aboard the schooner Enterprize . At the same time, the Port Phillip Association had also funded a second expedition; which sailed from Launceston aboard the Rebecca . The settlement party aboard
2071-489: A whole has been nourished by their influence, which extends from educational, cultural and sporting exchanges to unparalleled business networking opportunities." The recognised cities are: Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth Hobart Mark Strizic Mark Strizic (Croatian spelling: Strižić) was a 20th-century German-born Australian photographer, teacher of photography, and artist. Best known for his architectural and industrial photography, he
2180-670: Is a good representation of the commonly understood area of 'the CBD'; it includes the Hoddle Grid, plus the area of parallel streets just to the north up to Victoria Street including the Queen Victoria Market, but not the Flagstaff Gardens or the streets to the west of it, and the area between Flinders Street and the Yarra river west of Swanston Street . A map can be found here . This is not to be confused with
2289-440: Is a recent body of work made with negatives from the 1950s but using modern darkroom techniques, which alter the images by addling color and sandwiching several images together. The source photos are of Edna Everage types with nudes or shadows superimposed. They are about "conventionality, decorum and protocol" but the result Is an unhappy mixture of nostalgia and psychedelic color. Much more appealing are Strizic's' photographs from
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#17328024830342398-460: Is because Strizic's eye is instinctively selective. From an infinite range of possible shots it selects the ones in which the truth is armatured on a structure of formal beauty. His photographs are about ugliness. but as photographs they are not ugly. Strizic constructs vast and colourful murals [...] that are to be read as decorative abstracts. It comes as something of a shock to realise that these apparently non-figurative schemes are often evolved from
2507-791: Is bounded by Flinders Street , Spencer Street , La Trobe Street and Spring Street . The grid's longest axis is oriented 70 degrees clockwise from true north, to align better with the course of the Yarra River . Most of the arterial streets outside the Hoddle Grid were aligned almost north–south, Melbourne, at 8 degrees clockwise from true north–noting that magnetic north was 8° 3' E in 1900, increasing to 11° 42' E in 2009. Hoddle's survey did not include any public squares or piazzas , reputedly to avoid any facilitation of protests or public loitering, though colonial government practice did not generally include public squares other than land set aside for government buildings or markets. The whole town
2616-606: Is commonly understood to be the Hoddle Grid plus the parallel streets immediately to the north, including the Queen Victoria Market , and the area between Flinders Street and the river. There are a number of officially demarcated areas which are similar, but all differ slightly. Some that are larger still use the term 'Melbourne', which leads to some confusion. The boundaries of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Statistical Area Level 2 'Melbourne'
2725-655: Is home to many small independent galleries, often in the upper floors of older buildings or down laneways, and some of the most commercial galleries in Victoria are also in 'the city'. There are no sporting grounds within the CBD, but the 'shrine of sport' in Melbourne is the MCG ( Melbourne Cricket Ground ) located in the adjacent parkland known as Jolimont. Both the Melbourne Cricket Club and Melbourne Football Club are based there. The Melbourne Cricket Club has
2834-628: Is located just outside the CBD in Carlton. In 2008, Melbourne was designated a " City of Literature " by UNESCO in its Creative Cities Network . The State Library Victoria is the most visited library in the city, and hosts the Wheeler Centre . Melbourne has been placed alongside New York and Berlin as one of the world's great street art meccas, and its extensive street art-laden laneways, alleys and arcades were voted by Lonely Planet readers as Australia's top cultural attraction. The CBD
2943-429: Is notable for being the last offshore investment owned by the people of Nauru. It was sold in 2004. Collins Street has been a popular stop over for local ghost tours, with a number of apparent sightings especially around the historical Docklands area. Yarra Trams routes 11 , 12 , 48 and 109 run down Collins Street through the city centre, mainly to terminuses in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, Port Melbourne and
3052-427: Is represented with a selection of manipulated work. It is a fitting inclusion, given that the photographs span the last two decades and Strizic's reputation as principally, a black and white photographer After the passage of a further 20 years, in 1992, Strizic's manipulation of his 1950s negatives was considered outmoded by Age critic Greg Neville in his review of concurrent shows by the photographer; A Celebration
3161-546: Is the core central activities district (CAD) of Greater Melbourne. It encompasses a number of places of significance, which include the, Federation Square , Melbourne Aquarium , Melbourne Town Hall , State Library of Victoria , State Parliament of Victoria and Supreme Court of Victoria . It is also the main terminus for the Melbourne metropolitan and Victorian regional passenger rail networks–being Flinders Street and Southern Cross stations respectively, as well as
3270-534: Is the core of Greater Melbourne's metropolitan area , and is a major financial centre in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. It is home to Melbourne's famed alleyways and arcades and is renowned for its distinct blend of contemporary and Victorian architecture . In recent times, it has been placed alongside New York City and Berlin as one of the world's great street art meccas , and designated
3379-414: Is the rectangular grid of the streets in the centre of the city laid out in 1837 by government surveyor Robert Hoddle . All major streets are one and half chains (99 ft or 30 m) in width, while all blocks are exactly ten chains square (ten acres (4.0 ha), 660 ft × 660 ft or 200 m × 200 m). It is one-mile (1.6 km) long by one-half-mile (0.80 km) wide. It
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3488-595: The 2016 census , the population of the CBD (the Level 2 statistical area of Melbourne) was 37,321 residents, about half of which were overseas students. Only 14.3% of residents were born in Australia, while 24.9% were born in China. Other places of birth included Malaysia 8.3%, India 6.2%, Indonesia 4.5% and South Korea 4.0%. Only English was spoken at home by 21.7% of residents, while 30.8% spoke Mandarin. Most of these overseas born are students, with 57.3% of residents attending
3597-475: The Asia-Pacific region. It is home to the corporate headquarters of the world's two largest mining companies: BHP and Rio Tinto ; as well as two of Australia's "big four" banks: ANZ and the National Australia Bank , its two largest gaming companies: Crown and Tabcorp , largest telecommunications company Telstra , two largest transport management companies: Toll and Transurban and
3706-525: The Athenaeum and Regent theatres, are both located on Collins Street. These theatres host Australian and international productions and live performances throughout the year. There are many hotels located on Collins Street, with major hotels including the Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, The Grand Hyatt Melbourne, The Westin Melbourne, W Hotel Melbourne, Novotel Melbourne on Collins and
3815-730: The Australian Centre for the Moving Image , the Australian art galleries of the National Gallery of Victoria , the Koorie Heritage Trust , and the Deakin Edge auditorium. Melbourne is considered the literary centre of Australia, and has more bookshops and publishing companies per capita than any other city in Australia. The headquarters of the world's largest travel guidebook publisher Lonely Planet
3924-835: The Capitol Theatre are all located within the Hoddle Grid. The Arts Centre Melbourne (which includes the State Theatre , Hamer Hall , the Playhouse and the Fairfax Studio), and the Melbourne Recital Centre are located just to the south of the CBD, with the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in parklands to the east. The Federation Square arts complex occupies a prime site on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, and includes
4033-1067: The Collins Street Baptist Church (1845), the St Michael's Uniting Church (1866) and the Scot's Presbyterian Church (1874). Significant commercial buildings include Alston's Corner (1914) by Nahum Barnet is an excellent surviving example of Edwardian architecture, while the Block Arcade by D.C Askew (1893) is an excellent example of high Victorian mannerist architecture. Towards the financial end are some great examples of high Victorian gothic architecture or "Cathedrals of Commerce". They include William Pitt's Venetian Gothic style Old Stock Exchange (1888), William Wardell 's Gothic Bank (1883) which features some of Melbourne's finest interiors and A.C Goode House designed by Wright, Reed & Beaver (1891). The old Commercial Bank of Australia Limited domed Chamber exists within
4142-545: The Docklands (with Docklands Stadium ) to the west, and Southbank and South Wharf on the other side of the Yarra River. Despite the area being described as the central business district, it is neither the geographic or demographic centre of Melbourne; due to urban sprawl to the south east the geographic centre is in the southeastern suburbs (in 2002 it was located at Bourne Street, Glen Iris ). The Hoddle Grid
4251-655: The Enterprize entered the Yarra River, and anchored close to the site chosen by Batman, on 29 August. The party went ashore the following day (near what is today William Street ; and is now celebrated as Melbourne Day ) and landed their stores, livestock and began to construct the settlement. The Association party aboard the Rebecca arrived in September after spending time at a temporary camp at Indented Head , where they encountered William Buckley – an escaped convict, believed dead, who had been living for 32 years with
4360-677: The Hoddle Grid plus the area of parallel streets just to the north up to Victoria Street including the Queen Victoria Market , but not the Flagstaff Gardens , and the area between Flinders Street and the Yarra River . It includes the grand boulevardes of St Kilda Road , Royal Parade and Victoria Street marking the entrance to Victoria Parade as well as extensive gardens including the Melbourne Botanical Gardens and Jolimont Yard . The Central City
4469-595: The InterContinental Melbourne at Rialto. The Melbourne Club , a prestigious private social club established in the 19th century is located in renaissance revival style buildings designed by Leonard Terry and built in 1845. The Liberal Party of Australia 's Victorian division is located within Emirates House at 257 Collins Street. The Reserve Bank of Australia 's Victorian branch is located on Collins Street. Its 1960 buildings were once
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4578-459: The National Gallery of Victoria with Athol Shmith in 1958, Strizic become the first photographer to exhibit there solo in 1968 and the first whose work was acquired by the National Gallery of Australia . He began combining, enlarging, cropping and transforming elements from his black and white negatives through montage , then colourising and posterising the monochrome images in the manner associated with Pop Art . A major exposure of these
4687-533: The city centre and main urban area of the city of Melbourne , Victoria, Australia , centred on the Hoddle Grid , the oldest part of the city laid out in 1837, and includes its fringes. The Melbourne CBD is located mostly in the local government area of the City of Melbourne , which also includes some of inner suburbs adjoining the CBD, while a small section extends into the City of Port Phillip . The contemporary locality of Melbourne includes within its boundaries
4796-427: The ' Paris End' since the 1950s due to its numerous heritage buildings, old street trees, high-end shopping boutiques, and as the location for the first footpath cafes in the city. As with all main streets in the Melbourne city centre, the Hoddle Grid is exactly 99 feet wide which would allow for the installation of trams in 1885. Blocks further west centred around Queen Street became the financial heart of Melbourne in
4905-503: The '50s and '60s in Melbourne Life , which have a charm and wit that is missing from the arty excesses of his later work. Strizic was an early adopter of digital imaging techniques in producing such murals, through processes Strizic discussed in an address to Still Photography? an international symposium on digital imaging, Melbourne, 4–8 April 1994". For critic Robert McFarlane writing in 1997, Strizic's concentration after
5014-533: The 'Paris End'), and shopfronts were built in place, including then department store Georges . Around the turn of the 20th century "doing the Block," or walking around in one's finest clothing to be seen, became a pastime for shoppers at the Block Arcade in the retail heart of Collins Street, between Elizabeth and Swanston Streets . During the 1950s and 1960s, the street became subject to extensive redevelopment and many historic buildings were demolished by Whelan
5123-436: The 'complementarity' of the portraits of the same people in the two different media. Strizic used 35mm at a time when medium or large format was the norm for portraiture, and his use of long focal lengths, available light and aura-enhancing shallow depth of field sets the sitter into their environment . In a 2017 article, Gael Newton , who until 3 years prior was Senior Curator of Australian and International Photography at
5232-446: The 1950s, with residential not making a return until the 1990s with the conversion of older buildings. Since the 2000s this has accelerated with numerous high rise apartment buildings and student housing projects. With the loss of residents, restricted retail and pub hours, the central city became dominated by 9-5 business uses, with one commentator remarking that in the 1970s, the city was "as deserted as war-torn Berlin". According to
5341-432: The 19th century, the preferred home of major banks and insurance companies, a tradition which continues today with the most prestigious office blocks and skyscrapers found along its length. As laid out by the surveyor Robert Hoddle , it was exactly one mile in length and one and half chains (99 feet (30 m)) wide. The street was named for Lieutenant-Governor David Collins who led a group of settlers in establishing
5450-461: The 50s to the present day. The early scenes are simple with special attention to the direction or light: "Ordinary things seen as extraordinary" (Weston). In the later work this fundament has evolved to a mystic eloquence as he takes us on a metaphysical journey through a fantasia of obscure shapes and semi-identifiable forms submerged in a kind of abstract intensity. Most of these pictorial outpourings are not as large as life; they are concerned with
5559-492: The Aboriginal people did not have any official claims to the lands of the Australian continent. The proclamation formally declared, under the doctrine of terra nullius , that The Crown owned the whole of the Australian continent and that only it alone could sell and distribute land. It therefore voided any contracts or treaties made without the consent of the government, and declared any person attempting to rely on such
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#17328024830345668-493: The Arts campus of the University of Melbourne lies just to the south. The CBD, along with the adjacent Southbank area, has had comparatively unrestricted height limits in recent years, and has four of the six tallest buildings in Australia (or 5 of the top 10, excluding spires). The tallest in the CBD is currently Aurora Melbourne Central which topped out in December 2018. Melbourne had historically competed with Sydney for
5777-565: The Arts Ministry. Again through Saunders, in 1958, Strizic met modernist Robin Boyd of architectural firm Grounds , Romberg and Boyd, who became a major client. Boyd controversially criticised Australian suburban culture in his book The Australian Ugliness of 1960, and Strizic echoed these sentiments in writing, and in his photography began to illustrate Australians' disdain for their architectural heritage and their scant regard for
5886-773: The Australian National Gallery, the National Gallery of Victoria and the State Library of Victoria. The majority were shown in 1968 in Some Australian personalities – an exhibition of photographic portraits by Mark Strizic , at the Verdon Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, 24 May-9 June and reviewed dismissively as 'posed' and 'self-conscious', by Melbourne Age painting critic Patrick McCaughey . These were augmented for
5995-420: The CBD, including students. Many older buildings have been converted to loft-style apartments, and there are some older apartment buildings with larger more spacious units, with a relatively small amount of luxury housing. There are few families with young children, with only 3.1% of residents under the age of 14, and equally small numbers of over 50, so most residents are students or young professionals. The CBD
6104-469: The Collins Street hill, legal professions around William Street, and warehousing along Flinders Lane and in the western end. Government buildings like GPO, State Library, Supreme Court, and Customs House occupied various blocks with Parliament House and the railway stations on the edges. Residential uses, most notably the slums of Little Lonsdale Street , were largely replaced by commercial uses by
6213-738: The Colonies , Charles Grant , recognised the settlement's fait accompli that same year, and authorised Governor Bourke to transfer Bearbrass to a Crown settlement. Batman and the Port Phillip Association were compensated £ 7,000 for the land. And, in March 1837, it was officially renamed "Melbourne" by Governor Bourke in honour of the British Prime Minister of the day, William Lamb (the Lord Melbourne). The Melbourne CBD does not have current official boundaries, but rather
6322-507: The Docklands precinct. Collins Street is also served by Parliament railway station at its eastern end and Southern Cross railway station at its western end. [REDACTED] Media related to Collins Street, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons Melbourne central business district The Melbourne central business district (colloquially known simply as " the City " or " the CBD " ) is
6431-440: The National Gallery of Australia, in accounting for his portrait style, draws a link between Strizic's stills photography on Tim Burstall's film 2000 Weeks , his experimentation since the 1960s with a 35mm 'snapshot' aesthetic and his collaboration with Clifton Pugh on Involvement ; Strizic's rather cinematic technique saw his sitters glimpsed almost secretly through blurred foreground objects, or against dappled backdrops and into
6540-858: The RMIT area, but including Southern Cross Station, much of Southbank down a line along the West Gate Freeway , Kingsway, down to Coventry Street, South Melbourne , and the north wharf area and the South Wharf area. A map of the CCZ can be found here . The area described as 'the central city' in Clause 21.08 of the Melbourne Planning Scheme is similar, but also includes the Docklands . There are several adjoining areas that have important functions that are sometimes included within
6649-401: The State Suburb level area, also called Melbourne, which is a larger area. The area of the postcode 3000 is very similar, but also includes the area to the east of Flinders Street Station , and a leg up northern Elizabeth Street . A map of this can be found here and here . The locality (suburb) of Melbourne is an official area, but is larger; it is the area of postcode 3000 combined with
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#17328024830346758-484: The Wrecker , despite the efforts of the National Trust and the Save Collins Street group. While some examples of Boom Style architecture survive, the grandest examples were lost to the wrecker's ball. Of the major losses, the most significant were the large Victorian buildings including the Federal Coffee Palace , Colonial Mutual Life building, Robb's buildings, Queen Victoria Buildings, City of Melbourne Bank, Scott's Hotel, Melbourne Mansions and APA building. Many of
6867-454: The accompaniments of good taste, are similarly kept at bay by Strizic's sharp and abrasive colour. ... The final effects are not cheaply surreal. The photograph's hold on reality is too strong for that. Yet for photography they are strangely and remarkably interiorized images of a world sensed within as well as perceived without, the product of a superior photographic imagination which remakes the craft and bends it to his constructive purpose. In
6976-402: The area of postcode 3004 (an area to the south of the central city, including the Domain and Botanic Gardens parklands, and the east side of St Kilda Road ) and both of these postcodes are known as Melbourne. The term 'central business district', or 'CBD', was first used in the Report on a planning scheme for the central business area of the City of Melbourne by town planner E.F. Borrie, which
7085-421: The bank of Merri Creek (near the modern day suburb of Northcote ), consisted of an offering of: blankets , knives , mirrors , sugar , and other such items; to be also tributed annually to the Wurundjeri. The last sentence of Batman's journal entry on this day became famous as the founding charter of the settlement. So the boat went up the large river. And, I am glad to state about six miles up found
7194-420: The bay of Port Phillip , and arrived at the mouth of the Yarra River in May. After exploring the surrounding area, he met with the elders of the indigenous Aboriginal group, the Wurundjeri of the Kulin nation alliance, and negotiated a transaction for 600,000 acres (940 sq mi; 2,400 km ) which later became known as Batman's Treaty . The transaction, which is believed to have taken place on
7303-1409: The bottom of the image, against the blurred lights of Times Square , where Strizic was sent to photograph him for the book. Strizic's output in the genre was considerable; those he photographed included Karl Duldig , Sir Ian Potter , Harold Hughan, Shulim Krimper, Clifford Last , Inge King , Lenton Parr , Fred Williams , Vincent Jomantas, Norma Redpath , John Brack , Ian B. Sprague , Dr Joseph Brown , Noel Counihan , Rudy Komon , T. Zikaras, Arthur Boyd , John Perceval , Rhonda Senbergs, photographer David Roberts, Barry Humphries , Dr Ernest Fooks , his father Prof. Zdenko Strizic , Chief Librarian Colin Alexander McCallum, Marilyn Hill, Dr. E. Graeme Robertson, Dr. Noel Macainsh, Dr. Antal Zador, Geoffrey Dutton , Father Michael Scott, Professor A. R. Chisholm, John Howley , Barry Jones AO , Michael Shannon, Leonard French , Sir Charles Moses , Sir Macfarlane Burnet , Mayor of South Melbourne Doris Catherine Condon, Anne Hall, Asher Bilu , Charles Blackman , Alexander Buzo , Sir Samuel Wadham, Les Gray, Clifton Pugh , Peter O'Shaughnessy , Frank Dalby Davison , David Tolley, Owen Webster, John Olsen , Robin Boyd , Tim Burstall , Matcham Skipper, Professor Richard Downing, Georges Mora , and Tom Sanders. From 1958, Strizic exhibited almost annually in group, joint, and solo shows. Having exhibited in Melbourne's Twelve ·Best Buildings jointly at
7412-472: The buildings destroyed in this era were documented by architectural photographer Mark Strizic and can be found in the archives of the State Library of Victoria . One of the most popular public art statues in Melbourne, Larry La Trobe created by artist Pamela Irving , faces Collins Street from the northern end of Melbourne City Square . Between 2003 and 2005, Collins Street was extended west beyond its previous termination at Spencer Street , starting with
7521-429: The city given the lack of train lines to these areas. Major bicycle trails lead to the CBD and a main bicycle path down Swanston Street. Ferries dock along the northbank of the Yarra at Federation Wharf and the turning basin at the Aquatic Centre . There is also a water taxi service to Melbourne and Olympic Parks. City of Melbourne has five sister cities. According to the City of Melbourne council, "the city as
7630-418: The concurrent housing boom provided further opportunities. Strizic dissolved his partnership with Bigham on the latter's retirement in 1960, and established his studio, neighbouring those of other photographers, in Collins Street, Melbourne in what was known as 'The Paris End'. His clients there included Westminster Carpets whose advertisements of he mid-60s featured his interiors and are unusual in including
7739-399: The early '80s on "large-scale corporate and civic murals, using painting, photography and new computer technologies" displaces photography so that "...the core vision that established his reputation, appears now to be an almost watertight compartment in his career." Strizic's work is represented in the Australian National Gallery and several state galleries and in corporate collections. He
7848-464: The east and north fringes. A hybrid rapid transit and heavy rail project known as the Metro Tunnel is currently under construction, with two stations in the city centre at the State Library and Town Hall. This will be the first rapid transit system to serve the city of Melbourne and the second of its kind in Australia. The Melbourne trams network is the world's largest, and most lines from
7957-417: The edges of his pictures. Strizic also occasionally applies a sense of geometry to his final cornpsitions not dissimilar to that of Mondrian .... early street scenes show the influence of his European vision, often concentrating on small figures juxtaposed against harsh, unfeeling urban settings ... In View from Sydney Harbour Bridge , 1959 the 31-year-old Strizic beautifully expresses the convoluted geometry of
8066-434: The expensively produced 1,200 copy limited-edition book Involvement , conceived and commissioned by philanthropist Andrew Grimwade , with an introduction by Geoffrey Dutton . The collaboration of Strizic with painter Clifton Pugh involved the photography of the 41 significant Australians included, whom Pugh painted during his career. In his 1969 review of the book, launched 7 February, writer Clive Turnbull enthused over
8175-403: The gallery's exhibitions officer, who asked him to document exhibitions, including the 1959 retrospective of cabinet maker Schulim Krimper's furniture. Postwar industrialisation in Australia led then to work for mining company BHP , civil engineers Humes Limited and manufacturers McPhersons, photographing the plants, manufacturing, products and workers for annual reports and advertising, while
8284-503: The iconic brewing company Foster's Group . It also serves as the main administrative centre for the City of Melbourne as well as the State Government of Victoria – the latter with the suburb of East Melbourne . Two universities have major campuses in the area: the main city campus RMIT University ( city campus ), and three campuses for Victoria University (City King, Queen, Flinders campuses). The Victorian College of
8393-548: The idea of 'the CBD' or the central city, such as Parliament House and the Treasury buildings on Spring Street, which are officially in East Melbourne , and Southern Cross railway station on Spencer Street , which is officially in Docklands. Other areas have in the last 30 years become heavily developed with apartments, office buildings and important functions similar to the CBD, and are sometimes incorporated, such as
8502-635: The indigenous Aboriginal group, the Wathaurong of the Kulin nation alliance. Batman was dismayed to discover the settlers of the Enterprize had established a settlement in the area and informed the settlers that they were trespassing on the Association's land. However, according to the Proclamation of Governor Bourke , both the parties were in fact trespassing on Crown land . When Fawkner (who
8611-565: The largest in Australia and the world. The Melbourne central business district is the transport hub of the city. Flinders Street station is the hub for Melbourne's suburban train network and the busiest station, Southern Cross station , which is the hub for regional and interstate transit located on Spencer Street , and the three underground stations of the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop – Parliament , Melbourne Central and Flagstaff stations are located on
8720-557: The light, causing flare. He embedded the person in their environment – artist-craftsman Matcham Skipper for example, is seen through the wrought iron screens he was completing for the entrance to the Australian National University's H. C. Coombs building; and merchant's son turned cattle-breeder Douglas Carnegie is seen at work in the feed shed from the viewpoint of one of his Herefords. Businessman and philanthropist Sir Ian Potter 's head and shoulders are seen at
8829-446: The mid-1850s, including bluestone curbs and gutters, and the introduction of gas lighting in 1855. The first street trees were elms , planted in 1875. A cable tram line was laid in 1886 and was operational until 1930 when it was electrified. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the top end of Collins Street, known as Collins Street East, was dominated by the rooms of medical professionals. The prestigious Melbourne Club
8938-641: The most dense section of the Melbourne tram network . Bordering its north-east perimeter is the World Heritage -listed Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens as well as the Melbourne Museum . Just to the south are the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre , Crown Casino , Arts Centre Melbourne , and the National Gallery of Victoria The central business district is a major financial centre in Australia and
9047-450: The national office for the bank. Australian financial services group Macquarie are located within the luxury 80 Collins precinct. Similarly, most global financial institutions with a presence in Melbourne, such as Goldman Sachs and Lazard , have their headquarters located on Collins Street. The majority are located within the prestigious 101 Collins Street, contributing to the reputation that Collins Street enjoys to this day. Nauru House
9156-432: The next decade, the reaction amongst the established photographic community to Strizic's radical change of direction was one of confusion. Prominent senior Australian photographer Max Dupain , in reviewing a landmark 1983 survey of Australian photography at Albury Regional Gallery in which he exhibited flower studies, represents this ambivalence: The outstanding tour de force comes from Mark Strizlc's 16 pictures made during
9265-527: The opening of the bridge over Southern Cross station and Wurundjeri Way on 18 December 2002, with the street ending outside the new ANZ and Myer headquarters further in the Docklands development. It has since been extended further west to create an intersection between Bourke Street and Collins Streets, two of Melbourne's most important streets. As Melbourne's commercial and former shopping centre, Collins Street possesses some of Melbourne's best examples of Victorian architecture . Large churches include
9374-416: The petty events of personal experiences and not the quality that marks the dreams and adventures of man. The significance of time and destiny does not exist–only the sense of the trivial which is rife in much photography now. It is a symptom of Western decline such as Spengler identifies with impressionist art: Rembrandt's mighty landscapes (in his portraits) lie esentially [sic] in the universe, Manet's near
9483-470: The photographer's monochrome portraits in 1968, approached the discordant application of colour in Strizic's montages with appreciation; These photographs, then, don't just disturb taste and expectation – they enlarge them. They make us see colour in photography differently, offering a way out for photography from the ironic "good taste" it falls easy prey to in black and white. Whimsy and sentiment, so often
9592-535: The post modern 333 Collins Street tower. It was designed by Lloyd Tayler and Alfred Dunn and built in 1891. Some of Australia's tallest buildings are along Collins Street, including the Rialto Towers , Collins Place towers 1 & 2, Nauru House , 120 Collins Street and 101 Collins Street and ANZ World Headquarters (at 380 Collins Street, which is integrated into the old Stock Exchange and Gothic Bank). The 1929 built Francis House at 107 Collins Street,
9701-513: The railway station. However, the judge for the same Albury exhibition, NGA curator Helen Ennis, identified print manipulation as a "keynote", noting that "the straight photograph, black and white or colour is hardly to be found" in all the contemporary work shown, especially by exhibitors Miriam Stannage , Allan Vizents , Kathie Crawford, Merryl Johnson, and more extreme instances in the work of Kate Breakey and Leonie Reisberg , which contextualise her comment on Strizic's submission; Mark Strizic
9810-449: The range of books containing his photographs). In 1960 Strizic joined David Saunders to produce Melbourne: A Portrait , stating 'Its central thought is that while men make cities, the cities also affect the men.' The Age book reviewer Richard Troy described Strizic's contribution; "The photography is startlingly imaginative and startlingly beautiful—beautiful, not in the sense of the word as movie-advertisement copy writers use it, but in
9919-597: The river all good water and very deep. This will be the place for a village. — Journal of John Batman (8 June 1835). Upon returning to Van Diemen's Land, Batman's treaty was deemed invalid by the Governor of New South Wales , Sir Richard Bourke , under the Proclamation of Governor Bourke in August 1835. It was the belief of Governor Bourke, as well as the Governor of Van Diemen's Land , Sir George Arthur , that
10028-414: The sense that truth is beautiful". By the turn of the century Strizic's urban record of Melbourne of the 1950s and 1960s was regarded as of historical interest, as National Gallery of Victoria photography curator Isobel Crombie remarked in a 1999 interview; "He captured the essence or the place at that particular time...the mixture of 19th century and modern bulldlnga. He alerts us to the fact Melbourne
10137-592: The suburbs run down one of the streets of the CBD, with Swanston Street hosting of six lines, making it one of the world's busiest tram corridors. Trams also run along Flinders, Collins, Bourke, La Trobe , Spencer, Market , Elizabeth , and Spring Streets. In recent years nearly all CBD tram stops have been rebuilt as larger all-accessibility "superstops". The city is also well connected by bus services, with majority of buses running down Lonsdale Street , with major bus stops at Melbourne Central and Queen Victoria Village . Most bus routes service suburbs north and east of
10246-535: The tallest buildings, which until the 2000s were all office towers, and the three tallest buildings in Australia in the 1980s and 1990s were all in the Melbourne CBD. Almost all the major theatres in Melbourne are located in the CBD or its fringes. Historic theatres including the Princess Theatre , Regent Theatre , Forum Theatre , Comedy Theatre , Athenaeum Theatre , Her Majesty's Theatre , and
10355-469: The upper structure of the Bridge from a vantage point that I assume was dangerously high in the arch. It is an image of delicacy and graphic power that the late Andrew [sic] Kertesz might have enjoyed making, had he ever strayed this far south. " Strizic made portraits of significant Australians including academics, scientists and those involved in the arts and these are held in collections including those of
10464-524: The visual aesthetics of their urban environment amidst the destruction of magnificent Gold Rush era buildings and verandahs and their replacement by high-rise modernist office-blocks. This work was widely published in architectural books and journals but also illustrated social commentary during this period of a national identity crisis with frequent contributions of his photo-essays on a wide range of subjects to Walkabout , Overseas trading, The Bulletin, Australia Today and other magazines (see below
10573-624: The winner of a number of photographic awards and grants. He found a market for large scale mural installations amongst corporate clients and exhibited artistic works in the same media, work he continued into the late 1990s. Over several years during the mid-1980s Strizic was resident artist documenting the cultural activities of the City of Knox from which he produced two murals for the Council foyer. He participated with artist Rex Keogh and composer Geoffrey D'ombrain in recording their community participation art events later exhibited at Knox and at
10682-417: Was a dominant cultural presence after its founding in 1838. Collins Street was also the location of Grosvenor Chambers (9 Collins Street) which was Australia's first custom designed studio complex, and was used by many prominent Australian artists. With the development of the suburbs, doctors relocated from their residences, set back from the street by substantial gardens along Collins Street East (now known as
10791-574: Was a tool he used in his studies in physics, which in 1957 he abandoned for a career in the medium, in which he was encouraged by his father (who visited Melbourne in 1957 as guest professor at the School of Architecture Melbourne University); Zdenko Strižić had only recently exhibited his own collection of photographs, of the traditional architecture of Zagreb, and published a limited-edition book of high-quality reproductions of them, Svjetla i sjene ('Light and Shadows'). Strizic and James S. Bigham formed
10900-505: Was also a collector of significant Australian art himself, and as early as 1974 lent works by John Perceval , whom he photographed 2 years later, to Marianne Baillieu for a show at her gallery Realities . Strizic taught photography at workshops at the Church Street Photographic Centre in 1978, alongside John Cato , Robert Imhoff and Ian Cosier. after having in 1975 commenced a 10-year period lecturing at
11009-535: Was also a portraitist of significant Australians, and fine art photographer and painter known for his multimedia mural work. Strizic and other post-war immigrant photographers Wolfgang Sievers , Henry Talbot , Richard Woldendorp , Bruno Benini, Margaret Michaelis , Dieter Muller, David Mist and Helmut Newton brought modernism to Australian photography. Marko Strizic was born in 1928 in Berlin , Germany, where his Croatian father, Zdenko Strižić (1902–1990),
11118-574: Was at first accommodated within the Hoddle Grid, but the huge surge in immigration brought about by the Gold Rush in the 1850s quickly outgrew the grid spreading into the first suburbs in Fitzroy and South Melbourne (Emerald Hill), and beyond. The Hoddle Grid and its fringes remained the centre and most active part of the city into the mid 20th century, with retail in the centre, banking and prime office space on Collins Street , medical professionals on
11227-456: Was commissioned by the City of Melbourne, and published in 1964. The maps used in the report show the CBD as just the Hoddle Grid, plus the parallel streets immediately to the north, and the area between Flinders Street and the river, very similar to the ABS area. Since 1999, the Melbourne Planning Scheme has included a 'Capital City Zone' which is a much larger area, including the former CBD, minus
11336-612: Was in the Australian Pavilion of Expo '74 in Spokane , commissioned by the Australian Government. Symbols of urban ugliness such as power poles and billboards were his subject matter and critical target in often apocalyptic imagery intended to provoke a social consciousness. As artist and critic James Gleeson expressed it in a 1973 review: "The essential ugliness has been glossed with beauty; and this
11445-562: Was noted for his democratic nature) arrived in October, and following tense arguments between the two parties, negotiation were made for land to be shared equally. As Fawkner had arrived after the two parties, he was aware of the Proclamation of Governor Bourke , which had gained approval from the Colonial Office in October. He knew that cooperation would be vital if the settlement was to continue to exist fait accompli . Land
11554-455: Was studying and practising architecture (later becoming a professor of architecture ). His mother was a textile designer, trained in Berlin, who contributed to Zdenko's practice. In 1934, in reaction to Adolf Hitler 's appointment as chancellor, the family fled to Zagreb , Yugoslavia (now Croatia). There Strizic began to study physics and geology. At the end of WW2, Strizic fled to Austria as
11663-507: Was the first building awarded the Street Architecture Medal and was designed by architects Blackett and Forster for pharmacists Henry Francis & Co. It still stands in near original condition, a handsome but narrow fronted five storey commercial building with a fine grained street level shopfront currently leased by Bally. The Bank of New South Wales Melbourne building, completed in 1857, earned architect Joseph Reed
11772-431: Was then divided, and the settlement existed peacefully, but without a formal system of governance. It was referred to by a number of names, including: "Batmania" and "Bearbrass" of which the latter was agreed upon by Batman and Fawkner. Fawkner assumed a leading role in the establishment of Bearbrass; which, by early 1836, consisted of 177 European settlers (142 male and 35 female settlers). The Secretary of State for
11881-525: Was undergoing massive change – a process of modernisation" That is the tenor of books of his photography that appeared at this time by Emma Matthews, Judith Buckrich and Rees Barrett Sydney Morning Herald critic Robert McFarlane in 1997 emphasises Strizic's European eye, comparing him to Robert Frank as an "illuminated outsider", one whose images of Australian urban society are often droll, and their design revealing; "...a well-established, unorthodox visual sense, often placing important details near
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