MAAW OP SHOP in Castlemaine, Victoria | Community organisation

MAAW OP SHOP

Locality: Castlemaine, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5472 4200

Address: 12 Johnstone Street 3450 Castlemaine, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.maaw.org.au

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25.01.2022 This late 19th Century hat box is hand painted with a fabulous faux wood look. A divine example of timeless craftsmanship. Another estate gem.

25.01.2022 EARTHSHIP VOLUME 1-3. A fabulous guide to making your own sustainable ‘earth ship’. The store has all three copies for sale as a trilogy. Mike Reynolds founded the concept in 1969, you can read more about him here https://www.earthshipglobal.com/projects $150.

23.01.2022 NEEDING pillow slips, woollen blankets and towels for wildlife rescue. The MAAW Op Shop collects hundreds of these items a year for our rescuers but it’s an ongoing request and we are grateful to those who clean out their linen press and bring them in. And then there’s those who buy new. It all helps. PLEASE SHARE

22.01.2022 Our Christmas-Goodies-Basket Raffle is on! $2 tickets for sale at the Op Shop. Thank you Jenny Jarman for the beautiful presentation.

22.01.2022 With ANZAC Day just around the corner, we decided to put on display this original painting by George Colville. It sold in no time. We were very grateful to have had his work in store. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1887, George Colville moved to Australia in 1892. Around 1910 he began studying painting at the National Gallery of Victoria School of Art under Frederick McCubbin and Bernard Hall. In 1914, Colville enlisted and served overseas for four years in Cairo and Alexa...ndria, Egypt, and France and England. Although not an official war artist, he produced sketches and news sheets for fellow soldiers in Gallipoli; in France, he sketched the countryside. After the First World War, Colville became a founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters. He also exhibited his works with the Victorian Art School. Painting for many years, in oil and watercolour, he produced impressionistic bush and coastal scenes. In 1941, Colville applied for a position on the home front as an official war artist, having already executed a number of pictures of munition workers, one of which had been exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria. Despite his strong application, he was not accepted. It was not until 1949-1950 that Colville became an official war artist. The Australian War Memorial facilitated Colville's joining the Australian troops occupying Japan. His project was to provide a record of the life and activities of the British Commonwealth Occupational Forces, which had been largely an Australian exercise. By the time Colville arrived in Japan, however, the Occupational Forces were being reduced; by June 1950 the remaining troops were sent to fight in the Korean War. It was agreed that the Memorial would select twenty of the works Colville produced during his stay in Japan. During his time there, Colville travelled with the troops, painting landscapes and scenes of Kure (near Hiroshima), Osaka, Tokyo and Yokohama in his inimitable impressionistic style of oil painting. Colville depicted barracks and buildings occupied by the troops, as well as hospitals, hostels and press rooms. Colville also depicted local sites such as Mount Fuji and the Temple at Osaka and the war's aftermath - the bomb sites of Hiroshima and the ANZAC war graves. Twenty-one of these works were donated to the Memorial upon Colville's return and remain part of the Memorial's collection. After returning to Australia in 1950, Colville won the Albury Prize for oil painting in 1951. Colville continued to paint until his death in Melbourne in 1970 at the age of 83.

19.01.2022 Some of us are excited! We are OPENING FRIDAYS FROM 10AM - 3PM as of FRIDAY 4th DECEMBER and working our way back to normal now restrictions are lifting.

19.01.2022 If you want something super special to wear, these finely crafted bespoke hats were kindly donated by Annie & Myras. We love them all. Our window is awash with colour and class.

17.01.2022 The MAAW Christmas window display is courtesy of our talented volunteer Julie Bayliss! LVE your work Jules!

16.01.2022 If you have a spare pet carrier, we’d love it! These little beauties were sourced through our kind friends at the Salvo’s Castlemaine. Peter Bottomley We constantly provide towels, blankets and pillow slips to wildlife rescuers and pet carriers are greatly appreciated. And with bushfire season not too far off, they are essential in your pet relocation kit. https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepare/pets-and-bushfires

16.01.2022 The right light always makes us look good. And this little uranium glass posy bowl simply glows under the blue . $45

14.01.2022 Cats on a golf course should be the new norm.

12.01.2022 SOLD! Clearing deceased estates are a true privilege we have from time to time at MAAW. This very special vase came from an 1850’s home we helped clear and it is just no ordinary vase. It’s beautiful uranium glass and it still has its original frog.

10.01.2022 MAAW Op Shop has a couple of crazy cats lolling about the shop. Siegfried & Roy are just chillin like a couple of villains in store. $20 crackerjacks each.

10.01.2022 Op Shop opening hours: Tuesday 10am - 3pm, Thursday 10am - 3pm, Friday 10am - 3pm, Saturday 10am - 1pm. Donations are also welcome Monday & Wednesday by calling 54724200. Parking & donating are safer & easier on these two days. Thank you

09.01.2022 Join Sharnie Digby tonight on AUSLIVE Auctions for another great night of online auction shenanigans.

09.01.2022 Beautiful book sets from the Folio Society in superb condition. The only bookworm ‘round here might be you.

08.01.2022 SOLD! We love our quirky donations at MAAW especially if it’s animal related. This Raku Art Handmade Elephant from South Africa is part of a small craft operation, that now employs over 45 people from a small town outside of Cape Town in South Africa. All the pieces are handmade and hand painted before being fired at 950 deg cel. They are then placed in smouldering sawdust which blackens the crazes. This process is largely uncontrolled and the slight imperfections that appear in the glaze make each piece unique. Different colour combinations are used during the glazing process to create uniqueness. For sale $45.

08.01.2022 Come on in, it’s air conditioned and we have sea shells and star fish. Who needs the beach?

06.01.2022 Snakes are out and about, even near the Op Shop! A timely reminder that snakes are protected under the Wildlife Act 1975. The shire has information on licensed snake handlers on their site. www. https://www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/SiteLink.aspx

04.01.2022 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the MAAW Op Shop. These cute baskets of decorations are $20 each and filled with adorable Christmas Critters. Sue Geer

04.01.2022 ‘Deck the halls with MAAW Op Shop balls’ and other fabulous decorations. Open tomorrow from 10am - 1pm.

02.01.2022 It’s such a silly Summer that we’ve decide to give our customers a treat! 50% OFF ALL SUMMER CLOTHING starting TUESDAY 19TH JANUARY. (This includes frocks, strides, trousers, togs, duds, slacks, daks and tees).

01.01.2022 CLOSED TUESDAY 26TH JANUARY PUBLIC HOLIDAY. Enjoy these pics of our great wares instead.

01.01.2022 Impress your swanky friends with this mid 1930’s Royal Doulton ‘Marigold’ 58 piece set. (Teapot and Tureen are seperate pieces for sale).