Last weekend I enjoyed a trip to Bendigo, Victoria with our Car Club. Part of the program was a visit to the Golden Dragon Museum. We were fortunate to have one of the Museum’s founders, Mr Russell Jack OAM, as our guide. He is descended from one of the early Chinese families who settled in the area during the Victorian Gold Rushes. The new dragons will feature in the Easter Procession in Bendigo on Easter Monday. The old Dragon (the third photo) has retired after many Easter processions. The Museum is well worth a visit and is only an hour and half drive from Melbourne.
I was born in Bendigio, Victoria, Australia and attended a 13 student Rural School, Muskerry East Primary. I was a boarder at Girton CEGGS in Bendigo for my seconday Schooling.I trained at Bendigo and Coburg Teachers Colleges before beginning teaching in Melbourne in 1975. I taught a variety of Primary classes before beginning Art teaching in 1986. I am currently in my 26th year of teaching Visual Arts and my 24th year at Taylors Lakes Primary School which is in outer north-west Melbourne, Australia. I am married with three children and outside teaching am a keen member of Rotary International. Besides my passion for Art I have keen interests in photography, travel and in Learning Technologies.
March 25, 2012 at 11:36 pm
I really like the Chinese clothes and the the Chinese lions and I like how they designed all the stuff.
Bhavi (:
July 22, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Dear Mrs Osborn and class,
We really like the dragons and the clothing. We are very interested in your trip.
We hope you can visit our blog and have a nice time.
grade4th.global2.vic.edu.au
From Richard and Daniel