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Charles Bush (artist)
Charles William Bush (23 November 1919 – 13 November 1989) was an Australian painter. History Bush was born in North Carlton, Victoria, North Carlton, Melbourne, a son of signwriter Andrew Charles Thomas Bush (born 1898), and Alice Maud Bush née Rohsburn (died 21 April 1936) He was educated at the newly-opened Coburg East School and during this time his four-year-old brother was struck by a car and killed in 1929 while the pair were crossing Bell Street, Coburg, Victoria, Coburg. Bush attended Coburg High School to age 14, then began studying art at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) school. It may have been around this time that Bush started working at his father's business; his mother died a few years later, in 1936. The relationship with his father (who also had the responsibility of another son, Reginald George Bush (c. 1929 – 12 November 1950)) became strained, so Bush left home to live at Essendon, Victoria, Essendon with the parents of fellow-student Phyllis Pauli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carlton, Victoria
Carlton North is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Melbourne and Yarra local government areas. Carlton North recorded a population of 6,177 at the 2021 census. The suburb is bordered by Princes Street and Cemetery Road to the south, Royal Parade to the west, Nicholson Street to the east and Park Street to the north. Carlton North is home to the Melbourne General Cemetery and the Princes Park, which contains the Princes Park Football Ground. Its main commercial area is along Rathdowne Street, which has numerous cafés, restaurants, small fashion boutiques, bookshops and other businesses. Today, Carlton North, like other inner-northern suburbs of Melbourne, contains a mixture of white-collar professionals, bureaucrats and academics. The area has become more gentrified than Fitzroy North, Brunswick or Collingwood, resulting in significantly higher median property prices. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
