Mary Gilbert was the first European woman to live in the Port Phillip settlement of Melbourne, Australia.
Stature of Mary Gilbert in Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens
Ailsa Margaret O'Connor was an Australian artist specialising in sculpture and painting in the style of realism. Following her belief that art and artists cannot be separated from questions of society
Mary Gilbert, ciment fondu, by Ailsa O'Connor 1974, Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Ourselves When Young, bronze, by Ailsa O'Connor 1979, Glen Eira Town Hall. The title is a tribute to the Australian writer Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, pen name Henry Handel Richardson, who lived in Maldon as a child (1880–1886), and named her autobiographical book Myself When Young, 1948.
Portable Iron House, erected 1853 – back view with outline of brick foundation of external kitchen; National Trust property B0354
Portable Iron House, erected 1853 – front view; National Trust property B0354