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genius loci



genius loci ... the spirit or sense of place.




Please note, this page contains images of aboriginal people that have died.
manildra factory, manildra sculpture, manildra art, brandt noack artist designer, manildra
manildra, manildra factory sculpture, manildra art, brandt noack artist designer
manildra, manildra factory sculpture, manildra art, brandt noack artist designer
manildra, manildra factory sculpture, manildra art, brandt noack artist designer

manildra  study 1  2022  (AUD) $750
limed Monterey pine, metal, metal wire, acrylic paint
290 x 175 x 410mm  2.35kg

The Manildra factory on the Shoalhaven River, New South Wales, is a fantastic architecture of industry - of tanks, pipes, steel, steam and smells...sheds, chimneys and chemistry.  Struggling to contain itself within a thin slither of land between a main road and the Shoalhaven River, it is slowly consuming everything in its path.  It is what it is - derived purely from its function.  Honest and well ... very assuming!
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Manildra - honest and assuming

manildra factory, manildra sculpture, manildra art, brandt noack artist designer, manildra
manildra factory, manildra sculpture, manildra art, brandt noack artist designer, manildra
manildra factory, manildra sculpture, manildra art, brandt noack artist designer, manildra
manildra factory, manildra sculpture, manildra art, brandt noack artist designer, manildra

manildra  study 2 "copper"  2022  (AUD) $950
limed Oregon, copper, copper wire, acrylic paint
350 x 275 x 600mm  4.75kg

Huskisson Anglican Church, Huskisson Church, Bay and basin anglican church, Oh Happy Day, Huskisson Anglican Church art, Huskisson Anglican sculpture, Brandt Noack artist designer
Huskisson Anglican Church, Huskisson Church, Bay and basin anglican church, Oh Happy Day, Huskisson Anglican Church art, Huskisson Anglican sculpture, Brandt Noack artist designer
Huskisson Anglican Church, Huskisson Church, Bay and basin anglican church, Oh Happy Day, Huskisson Anglican Church art, Huskisson Anglican sculpture, Brandt Noack artist designer
Huskisson Anglican Church, Huskisson Church, Bay and basin anglican church, Oh Happy Day, Huskisson Anglican Church art, Huskisson Anglican sculpture, Brandt Noack artist designer

Oh Happy Day 2022 (AUD) $750
limed Monterey Pine, oxidised steel and steel wire, acrylic paint
500 x 250 x 570mm   3.3kg



I can remember two white crosses under the eucalypts in the church grounds in Huskisson, over time, disappear through indifference*.  I often wondered who was buried there. 

Carl Niclasson was a Swedish whaler who was only 32 years old when he died on board his ship anchored in Jervis Bay in 1912.  He was buried next to an “unknown sailor” who was buried there in 1870.
Prominent local aboriginal, James Golding (“Jimmy, King of Jarvis Bay”) is also buried there.  A marker tree was placed where he was buried in 1905.  It is estimated that up to 50 people were buried on the grounds.  It was considered “significant land” by the Jerrinja people and some local aboriginals were buried there up until the 1930’s.
The original “Union”church became part of the hall when the new church was built, and was most likely used by the Aboriginal Welfare Board to distribute food rations, clothes and blankets.  The church had a missionary attitude towards Aboriginal people and welcomed them into the congregation. 

When the church congregation recently relocated to another site, the church site was sold.  Sadly, the original church was demolished and the marker tree cut down.  The newer church was saved only by public outcry, but its fate is unknown, along with the numerous unmarked grave sites. 
The original church building was most likely more important than the newer one in regards to its past richness of community and culture.
  
Such is our attitude to heritage... if we don’t value our past, we cheapen our present and future.
 
*indifference - a lack of interest or feeling towards something – Oxford English Dictionary

Huskisson Anglican Church graves, Carl Niclsson, Huskisson Anglican Church unmarked graves

the unknown sailor and the Swedish whaler

Huskisson Anglican Church, Huskisson Union Church

the original Union Church

Huskisson Anglican Church graves, Huskisson Anglican Church graves marker tree, James Golding

James Golding "Jimmy, King of Jarvis Bay" (standing) wearing his breastplate. His camp was across the road from the church grounds

Huskisson Anglican Church foundation stone ceremony 1931, Huskisson Anglican Church Union Church

laying the foundation stone of the new church 1931
with the original Union Church in the background

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