General News
1 June, 2023
Ties run deep as the Creek
By Jenny Taylor A former resident of Warracknabeal, Dr Kevin Shannon, attended a gathering at the Historical Society last Wednesday and has donated a beautiful painting of the Yarriambiack Creek to the archives. Dr Shannon ran the medical practice...
By Jenny Taylor
A former resident of Warracknabeal, Dr Kevin Shannon, attended a gathering at the Historical Society last Wednesday and has donated a beautiful painting of the Yarriambiack Creek to the archives.
Dr Shannon ran the medical practice in Warracknabeal from 1966 to 1975 and wrote to the Historical Society indicating that he would like to donate a painting of the Yarriambiack Creek by the late John Glover, a landscape artist who resided in Stawell.
Dr Shannon commissioned the painting before he left the town as a memento of his time spent here.
The title of the painting is “Tranquil Waters” and is a scene of the bridge over the Yarriambiack Creek, at the northern end of the town during a drought.
Dr Shannon, accompanied by his wife Barbara, travelled from Geelong last week to formally present the painting to the Historical Society, and met with some of the Historical Centre volunteers: Graham Drage, Gay Golder and Jenny Taylor, along with Wheatlands Warehouse chairman Geoff Lovel.
Dr Shannon still holds ties to the community as he regularly swims with Mr Lovel’s brother, Gil, and his neighbours in Geelong are former-residents Tony Liddle and his wife.