| [Index] |
| George William (Gunyah) GREEN (1857 - 1926) |
| timber artist, furniture maker |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Ivy Louise GREEN (1881 - 1964) Olive Isabel GREEN (1883 - ) Nell May GREEN (1884 - ) George William GREEN (1888 - ) |
George William (Gunyah) GREEN (1857 - 1926) + Louisa Isabel DAVIE (1863 - 1942) |
Henry Thomas GREEN (1834 - 1909) | ||
| Esther Ann Matilda SUGDEN (1834 - 1894) | William SUGDEN (1809 - 1895) | William SUGDEN | ||
| Matilda WHITMORE (1806 - 1834) | ||||
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| b. 14 Apr 1857 at St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 1880 Louisa Isabel DAVIE (1863 - 1942) at New Zealand |
| d. 26 Sep 1926 at Gosford, New South Wales, Australia aged 69 |
| Parents: |
| Henry Thomas GREEN (1834 - 1909) |
| Esther Ann Matilda SUGDEN (1834 - 1894) |
| Children (4): |
| Ivy Louise GREEN (1881 - 1964) |
| Olive Isabel GREEN (1883 - ) |
| Nell May GREEN (1884 - ) |
| George William GREEN (1888 - ) |
| Grandchildren (5): |
| Doreen BLAXLAND (1908 - ), Belinda BLAXLAND (1910 - ), Gregory BLAXLAND (1912 - 1938), Jean BLAXLAND (1915 - ), George BLAXLAND (1919 - ) |
| Events in George William (Gunyah) GREEN (1857 - 1926)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 14 Apr 1857 | George William (Gunyah) GREEN was born | St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| 1880 | 23 | Married Louisa Isabel DAVIE (aged 17) | New Zealand | 1880/537 | |
| 1881 | 24 | Birth of daughter Ivy Louise GREEN | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
| 1883 | 26 | Birth of daughter Olive Isabel GREEN | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
| 1884 | 27 | Birth of daughter Nell May GREEN | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
| 15 Apr 1888 | 31 | Birth of son George William GREEN | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
| 1894 | 37 | Death of mother Esther Ann Matilda SUGDEN (aged 60) | |||
| 14 May 1909 | 52 | Death of father Henry Thomas GREEN (aged 74) | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 04 Aug 1910 | 53 | Patent Filed | Note 1 | ||
| 26 Sep 1926 | 69 | George William (Gunyah) GREEN died | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Note 1: US 994457 A Variable-diameter brace-bit for boring wood
http://www.google.com/patents/US994457 |
| Personal Notes: |
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Gunyah Green: An Australian Artist
Mr George William Green Elands, Bulga Plateau, North Coast, New South Wales, Australia Born about 1858 (he was 64 summers in 1922) He was called “Gunyah” to differentiate between all the George Green’s in the area. (The paper starts with Mr. J. W. Green) I have corrected the initials to read Mr. G. W. Green. The Sydney Mail Wednesday, March 29, 1922. Gunyah Green : An Australian Artist Mr. G. W. Green, of the Bulga Plateau, is an artist of no mean repute, executing his designs, not in paints and water-colours, but in Australian timbers. The man is a master of the art none will gainsay, and proof of this may be found from the many letters of appreciation received by him from those qualified to judge. His neatness of work and attention to detail are probably inherited from his father, who, as a boat builder, was awarded a gold medal at Crystal Palace Exhibition (London) for a racing outrigger. The timber artist, sometimes call “Gunyah Green,” still finds ample scope for his artistic temperament, notwithstanding his 64 summers. People wonder why he settled on the lonely Plateau; but haven’t all such men sought the loneliness and solitude of the bush as the most congenial atmosphere whence to derive their inspiration? He also hoped to do something towards the preservation of those wonderful timbers which grow so plentifully in the district, and which were threatened with extermination by the woodman’s axe. Mr. Green contends that there is still sufficient timber on the Bulga to pay Australia’s war debt if there were proper facilities for getting it to market. In the execution of his work Mr. Green has used every kind of timber known in New South Wales, from the bone wood, which grows only to the size of a sapling, the giant cedar with its twenty thousand feet of timber. Every Governor in New South Wales, with one exception, from Lord Jersey to Sir Walter Davidson, has honoured him with an order, and he prefers to make his own designs; in fact, if a would-be client wishes him to work from a given design, he tells this individual to make the article himself, as there is no art in the making but in the designing. Lord Curzon, when Viceroy of India, commissioned Mr. Green to make £250 worth of furniture, which was inlaid with twenty-four different kinds of timber. For Judge Cheek, of Cheshire (England), he made a chair valued at £555. By direction of Sir George Dibbs, then Premier of New South Wales, he made a collection of Australian timbers consisting of eighty varieties, which were exhibited at one of the great American exhibitions. He was awarded a gold medal by the St. Louis exhibition for a table containing 27,000 pieces of timber, in which the Australian and American flags were seen enterwining (intertwining). Amongst the caskets presented to the Prince of Wales during his visit to Australia was one made by the Bulga artist. In referring to the same, an English paper has the following comment: - “The most expensive casket was one made in W.A., and inlaid with pure gold, but, we think, the one most beautifully done was made on the Bulga. Where Bulga is we don’t know.” Some little while ago Lady Davidson exhibited two trays made by Mr. Green at the Arts and Crafts exhibition in Sydney. The Governor’s wife, who has more than a novice’s knowledge of practical art, spoke in most praiseworthy terms of the workmanship. That the art of designing is possessed in no small degree by the subject of our sketch may be gathered from the following facts. During the last few years he has made considerably over 200 fancy tea trays, exquisitely designed, and mostly differing from one another. He likes to execute his work in keeping with the calling of his clients. When he made a table for an American visitor, he inlaid a design which represented the Americans putting to flight the Red Indians, while broken arrows and falling horses, together with slain Indians, added to the intensity of the combat. For an Australian sportsman he made a table the top of which was laid out like a field o sport. There were horses, jockeys, whose hats were suspended in midair, cricket bats, tennis rackets, etc. If it is a tray for a butcher it is sure to be inlaid with a fat pig or a bullock. The ladies’ appreciation is usually merited by something in the nature of a butterfly, beautifully made in the natural colours of the wood, planting its feet on the stamen of a white flower. For a butterfly fancier Mr. Green has made no less than nine tea trays inlaid with nine different kinds of butterflies. One day, a visitor, who came in a most elaborate car, hailed the wood-worker in his little shop, thus: “Are you the little cabinet maker on the top.” He replied, “I am a cabinet maker” The man with the car went on to say that he had just sold the whole of his furniture, which was handsomely inlaid, and made by Japanese. There was only one piece which surpassed in beauty the designs of the Japanese, and that was present given him by a Sydney man. Imagine his surprise when informed that Mr. Green was the author. His work-manship has found its way into almost every English-speaking country, and people on the other side of the world speak with pride of this Australian timber artist. While he uses no fewer than 82 different kinds of timber, his favourites are cedar and coachwood, the latter being little know, yet growing prolifically on the Plateau. This worker in wood has secured 130 Commonwealth patents. For a steel oar he received a large sum on money, and employment in England for twelve months at £10 per week to give exhibitions on the principal rivers. He has a patent bit that bores a square hole, also a dovetailing machine. He has patented articles which are for 6d. (six pence) and articles which are sold for £1200. His latest patent is a wooden roof, which is more economical than iron and just as serviceable. There is no design, however intricate it may be, but what this man can do, and he is adept at working crests for titled families. His popularity may be gauged from the fact that he has booked orders for the next two years. There is no man in New South Wales better qualified to be a member of the Society of Artists, and one hopes that soon the restrictions that now confine membership to those who use the brush and paint will be removed so as to include those who display artistic temperament in arts and crafts. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1302&dat=19220329&id=wtBaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7087,3036364 |
| Source References: |
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| - Reference = Peter Myler (Name, Notes) |
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| - Reference = Heather 24 Oct 2011 (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: In our family we have a sideboard, chest of drawers and another small box that was made by "Gunyah" Green. He used to live on Elands, about 15kms from my family home, north of Wingham (near Taree).
George William Green was known as "Gunyah" Green to differentiate between the other George Green's in the area Gunyah was a timber artist. I have attached some interesting articles about Gunyah Green. In one article it mentions a Music Cabinet made from different types of timber, and given to his daughter, Ivy, "Made by George William Green in about 1919 for his daughter Ivy who was a pianist. Later given to her daughter Jean. The cabinet is said to have been exhibited in the Empire Exhibition in Wembley, London in 1924-1925." It is mentioned that in "The Sydney Mail" dated 29 March, 1922 that he was 64 summers old. So that would make him born about 1858 (probably in England). |