Myall

Park

Gallery

dedicated to

Dorothy Gordon

The Gallery features a permanent exhibition of original botanical watercolours by Dorothy Gordon as well as visiting art and photography exhibitions. 

The Gallery is also available for hire.

Art and science go hand in hand here. Some of Dorothy Gordon's friends have been involved as volunteers at the Garden since Dave first asked for their help.

Art in the Garden includes sculptures and musical instruments. 

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Left: Gary Horne a volunteer from the Caboolture SGAP Group and sculptor made this 'Flora of Myall Park Botanic Garden' in 2009 after visiting the Garden. He wanted to make something that epitomised the flora of Myall Park Botanic Garden.He chose the central iron post to represent the heart of Australia but changed to stainless steel for its lasting quality and beauty. It holds its polish and was more suited to the intricacy of the work he was creating. Gary had to call on his blacksmithing, welding and metal lathe skills.

The leadlight window

- the three panels are repeated in this graphic

Left: 3 images of the 48 delightful botanical watercolours by Dorothy Gordon which hang in our gallery.

Seven of these are available as prints, and another 8 as blank greeting cards (click here to view)

Some of the plants Dorothy painted grow in the beds outside the gallery. Also here are the three Gordon grevilleas, plus other interesting grevillea species, and a selection of water plants in experimental water gardens. 

Compare this photograph of G. banksii with the painting above.

    The leadlight panel at the entrance to the gallery was created by local people with the help of expert tuition from Dermot Clifford. The three panels (repeated here for effect) depict the 3 Gordon grevilleas (from the top) Merinda, Sandra and Robyn. The lobby doubles as visitor information centre and gift shop (see Gift Shop).

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Myall Balance - a ceramic sculpture at the entrance to the gallery, created by artist-in-residence Victoria Arthur.

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Imprints, Journeys and Connections was created in July 2003 by Pamela Croft and Stephen Newton, with generous collaboration from artist Cheryl Moodai Robinson.

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The artists have used wood and stone-carving, ochre application and the natural environment.

This project and the Cyberflora mural were made possible with generous assistance from the Regional Arts Fund.

Our Wedge-tailed Eagle was made from corrugated iron by Brisbane sculptor Ben Somerville in 2008 and has a commanding view of the gallery area.

Thanks to the Regional Arts Development Fund who assisted us with this project.

Workshop photographs

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Dave and Dorothy Gordon's granddaughter Jenny Cameron and her husband Andy designed and built our grevillea entrance panels in 2009.

Thanks to the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.

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Photographer Victoria Cooper created a series of photographic images with a pinhole camera using her favourite Garden scenes as subject matter.

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Marianne Irvine is another photographer inspired by our Garden. She describes her award winning 'abstract Impressiongraphs' as 'blurry out-of-focus Myall Park images ... very personal, very instinctive, very much from the heart'.

Try out your musical skills on the 'thongaphone' created at the Sound Festival workshop in 1999 by Steve McLeish and Steve Langton.

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Japanese artist Dobashi Sakiko spent several weeks at the Garden painting a series of Australian acacia paintings exhibited in Japan.