Bruthen Art and Information Centre in Bruthen, Victoria | Community organisation

Bruthen Art and Information Centre

Locality: Bruthen, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5157 5111

Address: 79 Main Street 3885 Bruthen, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 Cant wait to see the town pumping in February.

25.01.2022 Three more from Janine Pratt.

24.01.2022 MARKET STALL APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN We are now accepting applications for the 2021 Bruthen Blues Market! To support our local business and producers after... a tough year, we are having a new LOCAL area, which will focus on supporting our local small businesses, producers and artists! To apply or for more information, head to our website or click the link below. https://www.bruthenblues.com.au/apply-for-a-market-stall/

23.01.2022 Bruthen Art and Information Centre will be closed until the Covid 19 virus crisis has passed. Keep safe everyone.Bruthen Art and Information Centre will be closed until the Covid 19 virus crisis has passed. Keep safe everyone.

21.01.2022 Something special for someone special! Magnetic greeting cards featuring some of Marg Pearson's gorgeous paintings.

21.01.2022 Great news for users of the East Gippsland rail trail.

21.01.2022 Its so close to being FESTIVAL TIME! Who else is getting excited? Weve got the McNaMarr Project, Electric Blues Colletive, Julian James and SO MANY MORE amazi...ng artists lined up for you all for the 2020 Bruthen Blues and Arts Festival! Over the coming weeks we will be sharing a bit about all of our artists on our Facebook page, but if you cant wait you can read, listen and watch all about them here! http://www.bruthenblues.com.au/2020-artists/

20.01.2022 When planning trips in East Gippsland please check road closures on the Vic Roads site. The Great Alpine Road between Bruthen and Ensay is closed due to fires. A number of others are also closed.

20.01.2022 Some great photos of the old Bruthen.

19.01.2022 Everlasting daisies along the Rail Trail. Should these be flowering yet?

19.01.2022 Just for comparison with our last post! This is Bruthen during Covid lockdown. It will be so good to have visitors back in town when this is all over.

19.01.2022 Foggy morning in Bruthen. Thank you Janine Pratt

19.01.2022 A little bit more lical history.

18.01.2022 Dramatic sky this morning.

17.01.2022 More of Janine Pratts Bruthen pics.

17.01.2022 ‘B’ is for Bruthen. The Gunaikurnai people are the traditional owners of the area that is now called Bruthen. The East Gippsland Shire Thematic Environmental Hi...story (2005) says: Bruthen is situated on the Tambo River. Bruthen, or Brewathan as the area was first called, is thought to be a word of Aboriginal origin meaning bracken or place of evil spirit. In the 1840s, the first pastoralists used the Tambo Valley as a route from the Monaro to the Gippsland plains. Matthew and Thomas Macalister took up the area as the Kilmorie run in 1845. By 1858, a hotel, a store and blacksmith were catering to drovers using the stock routes and packers and miners travelling north to the mining settlements around Omeo. In 1859 a township was laid out, two kilometres to the east [actually west], at the junction of the main routes. It was named Tambo as there was already a township named Bruthen between Sale and Port Albert. However, the old site at the river crossing remained the more popular location. When Land Acts made selection possible in the 1860s, the Tambo Valley was quickly taken up by settlers. On the fertile river flats, wheat, oats and potatoes were grown and by the 1880s, maize and hops had become important crops. Sheep and cattle were grazed on the foothills. Many settlers stripped wattle bark and split rails to supplement their living. A bridge was constructed over the Tambo at Bruthen in 1872. However silting was a great problem and by the 1890s it was almost buried. A new bridge was built in 1901 by Monash and Anderson [not Cameron, previously said in error], which lasted until 1971. The township of Bruthen developed, with a range of stores, post office, school, Mechanics' Institute and social and sporting organisations. By 1900 Bruthen was growing steadily. Hop culture was declining due to poor prices, increased competition and red spider damage. The last crop was harvested in 1915. Maize was now the main crop, with wheat, oats, potatoes, peas, beans, sugar beet and some fruit being grown. There was some dairying, with creameries and butter factories being established. Bruthen was the administrative centre of Tambo Shire from 1882 to the late 1980s when the shire offices moved to Lakes Entrance. To the south of Bruthen, the Tambo township began to develop. When a post office was opened in 1911, the township was renamed Wiseleigh The Bairnsdale to Orbost railway line passed through Bruthen, with regular services commencing in 1916. However the railway did not stimulate development as expected. During the 1930s the steamer traffic [in the Tambo River] disappeared. Competition from road and rail traffic was great and silting of the river became an insurmountable problem. By 1935 the rail passenger services had ceased. The Bruthen area has extensive timber resources. In the 1940s two factories making handles for axes and tools were set up and there were a number of sawmills over the years. In the 1960s and 1970s the mills were troubled by financial difficulties and distant timber allotments. This affected the town unfavourably, with the population falling until the early 1980s. However population has increased again with retirees and commuters to Bairnsdale choosing the quieter rural lifestyle. Bruthen is a substantial town with hotel, several shops, post office, police station, school, kindergarten, hall and churches. Census populations for Bruthen have been 117 (1871), 712 (1911), 561 (1933), 568 (1976), 614 (1991) and 601 (1996). See individual photos for details. There have been a number of other posts about Bruthen, so I will link them over in comments.

15.01.2022 It is a wonderful time of the year to explore the East Gippsland Rail Trail.

15.01.2022 We would love to sell this gorgeous reproduction clock made by Bruthen wood worker, Bob Cooper, but we need more helpers so we can open more often. Does that sound like you? The pay is poor (nothing) but the surroundings are very pleasant, you will meet some interesting people and you will feel like you are doing something useful. Message us for more information.

14.01.2022 Some more of Janine Pratt's Bruthen snaps.

14.01.2022 Bruthen snippets.

13.01.2022 Just west of Nowa Nowa is the Stony Creek Trestle Bridge along the East Gippsland Rail Trail. Apart from a great ride to get there along the above route, you c...an also get there via the highway, as it's a great spot for a roadtrip rest, a picnic and historic discovery. Wander under the old marvel, looking up to admire this work of architecture with its old rusty bots and axe marks still visible in time, with interpretive signage to help tell its story nearby while taking in its sheer size from the eastern lookout point. Photography by @amandabensted check out her Instagram page for more

13.01.2022 We are open between 10 am and 4pm tomorrow and Saturday this weekend and between 10am and 1pm on Sunday. Come on in and check out our art and crafts.

12.01.2022 HELP! We need volunteers to help open the centre over weekends and some week days. Please message me if interested.HELP! We need volunteers to help open the centre over weekends and some week days. Please message me if interested.

12.01.2022 Country life. We love it!

11.01.2022 Busy day at the Art and Info centre today. Lots of visitors to Bruthen wanting to support our communities. Thank you everyone.Busy day at the Art and Info centre today. Lots of visitors to Bruthen wanting to support our communities. Thank you everyone.

09.01.2022 Playgrounds where the Timbarra joins the Tambo. Signs of recovery amongst the devastation.

09.01.2022 Bruthen snap shots.

09.01.2022 Dont miss out on the April Rambler just because you are stuck at home

09.01.2022 Tambo river in Bruthen. Photgaphed from Rail Trail bridge. Thanks Janine Pratt.

07.01.2022 This gallery is lovely with lots of gorgeous art and craft works. Christmas shopping maybe?

07.01.2022 Thankyou Janine Pratt for this lovely photos taken while walking around Bruthen.

06.01.2022 We are so lucky to live close to the East Gippsland Rail Trail. So nice to walk on when most people are treading pavements.

06.01.2022 What a gorgeous morning. A day to get outside and enjoy it before the cold weather arrives .

05.01.2022 Lovely detail of the hop kiln at Mossiface. Thank you Andrew Chapman For the Victorian Heritage Database citation: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places.../175 It is one of the paces for which you can vote for the Seven Historic Wonders of East Gippsland. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1755971574632862/permalink/2920274088202599/

04.01.2022 These noisy guys were enjoying the wattles beside the East Gippsland Rail Trail.

03.01.2022 Awesome morning in Bruthen this morning.

01.01.2022 More Bruthen snapshots from Janine Pratt.

01.01.2022 It is fantastic to be looking at green grass and rain clouds instead of brown and smoke.

01.01.2022 A gorgeous Mossiface visitor demanding breakfast this morning.