‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ curated by Arts Director at Bond Street Event Centre Allison Yanez
Thanks to:
Guyatt Family Archives (special thanks to Annette Guyatt), Bond Street Event Centre
Rotary Club of Sale, Sale Historical Society, Synan Collection, Gippsland Art Gallery
Wellington Shire Council
Introduction:
‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ Sale Gippsland is an online exhibition curated by Allison Yanez Arts Director at the Bond Street Event Centre, Gippsland Victoria.
The online exhibition draws on archives from the Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale Historical Society, Synan Collection, Guyatt Family Archives , Sale Central Rotary Club. ‘ A History of Lake Guyatt’ threads works from contemporary Australian artists who have created artworks with an environmental theme. Using contemporary artworks carries an underlying message throughout the exhibition about our changing environment in the current climate crisis.
‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ explains the development of the Lake Guyatt Precinct from once a rubbish tip to now a beautifully landscaped area with many native indigenous plants, several families of red gums with high cultural and biodiversity values, an abundance of wildlife, walking tracks and a newly developed Environment and Cultural Education Centre (Nakunbalook), Gunaikurnai for Grandfather Gumtree.
The exhibition has a sustainability theme where only recycled materials have been used in the development of the live exhibition.
This year, ‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ will be presented online on the Bond Street Event Centre website and social media platform ‘Facebook’ for History Month.
The Bond Street Event Centre is social enterprise with a strong focus on community participation and social change.
The team at Bond Street Event Centre hope you enjoy viewing ‘A History of Lake Guyatt’.
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Alastair Mooney
Pelecanus Empties
Huan Pine, Steel, Enamel
Alastair Mooney
Malurus Boonies, 2020
Huon pine, Tasmanian blackwood, steel, enamel
PROTECT OUR LAKES
‘I have an ‘ever-increasing awe of the beauty to be found in the natural world’, Mooney’s artistic instincts have tapped into a popular subject for contemporary artists; the age of the Anthropocene
(https://www.alastairmooney.com/Nest-2020)
Municipal Rubbish Tip (today part of Lake Guyatt precinct)
Circa 1990s
Courtesy Guyatt Family Archives
‘Showing portion of the east bank rubbish tip.
A rubber membrane barrier was installed but now buried to prevent contamination of land and water’
(Synan, 2022)
Letter written by Brendan Walker (Member of Rotary Club of Sale Central)
Letter addressed to Des Phillips (Community Service Director Rotary Club of Sale Central)
Herb Guyatt, an environmentalist from the Sale region. An advocate for the protection of local wetlands.
Lake Guyatt named after local icon Herb Guyatt.
Image: Photograph of Herb Guyatt
Courtesy Guyatt Family Archives
Below are photographs of Herb Guyatt’s original photographs from the Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale Victoria collection.
If you would like to view Herb Guyatt’s original photographs in full, please arrange an appointment by contacting
Gippsland Art Gallery, (03) 5142 3500
Egrets - Sale
Photographer Herb Guyatt
Courtesy Gippsland Art Gallery
Spoonbill at Dowds Morass
Photographer Herb Guyatt
Courtesy Gippsland Art Gallery
Straw Neck Ibis nests with eggs,
December 1995
Photographer Herb Guyatt
Courtesy Gippsland Art Gallery
Dowds Morass, 1983
Photographer Herb Guyatt
Courtesy Gippsland Art Gallery
White Egrets - approximately 7 days old
Dowds Morass
Photographer Herb Guyatt
Courtesy Gippsland Art Gallery
Appreciation Certificate, 1981 Presented to Herb Guyatt on his retirement as Superintendent of Parks and Gardens
Poem taken from ‘The Kalevala’, The Land of Heroes
Courtesy Guyatt Family Archives
‘A Travelling History of Lake Guyatt’
‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ has travelled to different venues.
The exhibition is available for short term loan.
For enquiries please contact:
Allison Yanez 0411446642
Images below: ‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ installation and Opening Exhibition photographs
Herb Guyatt’s daughter, Annette Guyatt talking with Mayor of Sale, Councillor Ian Bye at the Opening of ‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ at Nakunbalook, Sale, Gippsland (August 2022)
Video footage of the Opening of ‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ at Nakunbalook, Sale Gippsland (August 2022)
Installation images ‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ at Nakunbalook, Environmental and Culture Centre (August 2022)
Installation images ‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ at Nakunbalook, Environmental and Culture Centre (August 2022)
Gippsland Times Article
Advertisement, local historian Peter Synan’s history talk at ‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ exhibition
(August 2023)
History enthusiasts enjoying ‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ at The Bond Street Event Centre, Sale Gippsland (August 2023)
The audience anticipates the start of Peter Synan’s history talk, Bond Street Event Centre, Sale Gippsland with exhibition ‘A History of Lake Guyatt’ installed (August 2023)
Local Historian Peter Synan addressing the audience as he discusses the Lake Guyatt precinct development
Bond Street Event Centre, Sale Gippsland (August 2023)
Installation image at the Bond Street Event Centre (August 2023)
Registration Book for Sale Common,
Circa 1889- 1894
Courtesy Synan Collection
Lake Guyatt was created though the efforts of the Rotary Club of Sale Central in conjunction with the council of the city of Sale.
The Lake Project was made possible through the generous support of the following people, business houses and organisations (see image below)
