Pilgrims of Zion Lutheran Church
Bookpurnong, SA
The Lutheran Church was established in South Australia in 1838 by German emigrants from Prussia. The first ones came because of the religious persecution they had suffered in Prussia. Although this persecution ceased in the mid-1840s, many more Germans followed, seeking the better life that the first migrants reported to them. Settlements were established at Klemzig, Hahndorf, Lobethal and in the Barossa Valley. Some 20,000 German Lutherans migrated to South Australia between 1838 and 1860. [Source]
Flowering buds emerging on the citrus trees at Ingerson's Orchard near Bookpurnong
on the Murray River in South Australia. Image taken during drought in October 2007.
Bookpurnong itself is a named locality that has its roots in the Aboriginal meaning derived from two indigenous words (believed to be related to the endemic tribe of the region, the Erawirung) being “Bookani”, meaning swimming place and “Purnong” wide open space. [read more]
Mid-20th century architect Robin Boyd designed both for the broader public and for exclusive clients.
Through The Age Small Homes Service which he set up in 1947, Boyd sought to raise the standard of
low-end housing by designing ‘good’ ‘modern’ and ‘simple’ house plans that were then published in
the newspaper, with the full construction drawings made available at an affordable price.
He wrote about the overwhelming love of "featurism" within Australian design, a copy-cat mentality that replaces hard-won quality with easy-on-the-eye decoration.
Working through all the ways Australia has been defaced with bad design, Boyd drew himself up, in the final pages of his book, to a final exhortation, both sad and defiant, for Australians to wake up from their indolence.
"The Australian ugliness begins with fear of reality, denial of the need for the everyday environment to reflect the heart of the human problem, satisfaction with veneer and cosmetic effects," Boyd wrote. "It ends in betrayal of the element of love and a chill near the root of national self-respect."
Boyd died in 1971 and one of his guiding principles, as we are told in the re-edition of The Australian Ugliness, is that good design fosters quality of life.
Text extract source: Rusty Ray of Hope in the Ugliness, Rosemary Sorensen
Pomona
Roman Goddess of Abundance,
fruits and orchards
The Pulitzer Fountain, NYC
Artist-Architect: Karl Bitter
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