Gusto! showcases historic and contemporary facets of Victoria's culinary landscape.
Enjoy a taste of the Library's 2011 exhibition with these evocative images of iconic foods, significant culinary figures, vintage advertisements and more.
Gusto! A culinary history of Victoria
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Out hunting for dinner - a run of luck
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Tommy McRae, pen and ink drawing, c 1865.
Presented to the Melbourne Public Library by Roderick Kilborn, ‘Goojong’, Wahgunyah, Victoria in 1902.
Lewis & Whitty's Indian Curry Powder
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Colour lithograph, c 1890–1900, gift of Troedel & Cooper, 1968.
Bonox and Vegemite delivery van
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Lyle Fowler, flexible base negative, 1947, © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive.
Henry F Stone and his Durham Ox
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Thomas Flintoff, oil on canvas, 1887, Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 1979.
Victoria Market, Melbourne
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Ruth Maddison, gelatin silver photograph, 1984.
Orange juice is health juice
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James Northfield, Victorian Railways Poster, J E Hackett Pty Ltd, c 1930–1960, gift of Mr Grant Lee, 2007, © James Northfield Heritage Art Trust.
Booze: the shadow over our land
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Melbourne, Victorian Prohibition League, c 1930, gift of anonymous donor, 1930.
Pellegrini's
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Hilary Bradford, 2011, exhibition print from digital file, printed 2012.
Jimmy Wong
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Hilary Bradford, 2011, exhibition print from digital file, printed 2012.
Hopetoun tea rooms
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Hilary Bradford, 2011, exhibition print from digital file, printed 2012.
Cricket spectator, Melbourne Cricket Ground
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Rennie Ellis, Kodachrome transparency, 1983, © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive.
Alain Chapel, Jacques Reymond, Mietta O'Donnell
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Rennie Ellis, gelatin silver photograph, 1987, © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive.
Two Faces
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Restaurant menu, c 1970, Rita Erlich Collection.
Melbourne eats lunch; Melbourne University
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Dave Tacon, digital colour photograph, 2005.
Army baking in the field bakery
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Australian Army Service Corps, Melbourne, Argus, gelatin silver photograph, 1943, gift of The Age, Melbourne, 1976.
Army biscuit no. 4
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Huntley & Palmer, c 1914–1917, gift of Mrs A E Chinner, 1965.
Wartime recipes
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Dried Fruits Publicity Committee, Melbourne, 1943–1945.
Milo, Nestle's fortified tonic food
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Tin, c 1940–1945, presented by Coles Myer, 2000.
Mrs Beeton's everyday cookery
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Isabella Mary Beeton, Melbourne, Ward Lock & Co. Ltd, 1911, Beverley Wood Collection.
Cake icing and decorating
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Jean Bowring, Melbourne, Colourgravure Publications, Herald and Weekly Times, 1950, Beverley Wood Collection.
Cooking for good health
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Margaret Fulton, Australia, Rigby, 1978, Beverley Wood Collection.
Road to health - milk
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Hollander & Govett Ltd, colour lithograph, c 1939, gift of Mr Nicolaas van Roosendael, 1997.
