Yarra Plenty Regional Library provides a range of venues, including meeting rooms, community rooms, computer training rooms, theatrette and outdoor spaces for hire to facilitate the use of the library by the community.
Spaces at Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub include:
Wilim Ngarrgu (1 and 2)
The name Wilim Ngarrgu comes from the Woi-wurrung language and means 'Place of Knowledge'.
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Yarra-me Djila Theatrette
The name Yarra-me Djila comes from the Woi-wurrung language and means 'Open Play'.
Two meeting rooms are in the historical part of the building. Heidelberg Town Hall was opened in 1937. These rooms were part of the offices and administration for Council and were used up until the City of Banyule vacated the building in 2019 and incorporated into the new building.
These include rooms named for two esteemed local landscape artists of the Heidelberg School.
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Clara Southern Room
Clara Southern (1860-1940) lived at Warrandyte after her marriage in 1905. She made the area popular with other artists, among them Harold Herbert, Penleigh Boyd, Sweatman, Louis McCubbin, Frank Crozier and Charles Wheeler, and an artists' camp was soon established. Clara's subjects were mainly still life and landscapes. Aiming 'to interpret the message of the Australian bush', she produced work of lyricism and charm.
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Tom Roberts Room
Tom Roberts (1856-1931) was one of the first European painters to recognise the special character of the Australian landscape. He introduced the plein air practice of painting. In 1889, together with fellow artists including Arthur Streeton and Charles Conder they painted on a hilltop camp at Eaglemont with sweeping views of the valley and were successful that same year with an Exhibition of Impressions. Roberts is considered one of the major figures of the Heidelberg School of Artists. One of his famous paintings includes Shearing the Rams (1890)
The Heidelberg School Artists Trail was established in the 1990s and Banyule City Council have recently completed work to restore local signs. Nillumbik Shire Council are also looking to update some of their signs later this year.
