Exploring our enduring love affair with summer, ‘Local Summer’ features selected works and historical photographs from the Town Hall Gallery and Boroondara Library Service Collections that celebrate the Australian sunshine, landscape and carefree days. This exhibition provides a nostalgic glimpse into summers past; a time of year for enjoying outdoor barbeques, sharing gifts, playing sports, burning our feet in the sand, and watching sunsets on balmy nights.
Combining artworks, historical and civic memorabilia from the past municipalities of Kew, Hawthorn and Camberwell, the Town Hall Gallery Collection aims to nurture a sense of community and shared history as well as enhance public spaces and community wellbeing. The Collection highlights the diverse cultural interests and social history of the Boroondara community.
Items from the Collection can be viewed online at Town Hall Gallery Collection database.
![Two people standing at the top of diving boards, ready to dive into the pool.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/1.Divers%20at%20Camberwell%20Southen%20Pool.png?h=c74750f6&itok=bOH-YWDp)
![View through doorway to two people sitting outside a shop.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/2.MatthewSleeth_Untitled%202%20Rosebud.png?h=c74750f6&itok=tKlgHFjX)
![Children around a table at Christmas, wearing paper hats and eating.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/3.MatthewSleeth_Untitled%2023%20Rosebud.png?h=c74750f6&itok=JjiyPBGv)
![A large group of children at a swimming lesson.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/4.Unknown_Hearald%20Learn%20to%20swim.png?h=c74750f6&itok=tAXaTq-Y)
![A busy pool.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/5.Unknown_Northern%20Pool%20Balwyn.png?h=c74750f6&itok=54-FrZJs)
![Children playing in a wading pool.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/6.Unknown_New%20wading%20pool.png?h=c74750f6&itok=PLKlu97A)
![4 people in bathers standing on the beach.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/7.%20Elizabeth%20Prior%2C%20Iron%20Man%20Spectators.png?h=c74750f6&itok=fGJ43dLw)
![View over fields with mountains in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/8.%20Shirley%20Bourne%20Late%20Summer.png?h=c74750f6&itok=NQ1kAu2a)
![Thick bushland looking out to the ocean.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/9.%20Hal%20Barton%20Costal%20Bush.png?h=c74750f6&itok=vJykV1bP)
![Padocks and farmhouse.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/10.%20John%20Dudley_Summer%20Corryong.png?h=c74750f6&itok=ebxcFaLw)
![Man wearing a hat, standing at a bar with a drink.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/11.%20Eric%20Thake_Shes%20warm%20alright.png?h=c74750f6&itok=_qAjI4dw)
![Children standing on stairs looking up at a tall Christmas tree.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/12.%20Christmas%20at%20Library.png?h=c74750f6&itok=SxawuIyJ)
![Person doing a handstand, and a sheet spread across the floor.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-12/13.%20John%20Brack_Girl%20on%20Mat.png?h=c74750f6&itok=z-ntWGAH)