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Issue: July 2006NewsCharles Joseph La Trobe: Governor and artistVictorians have a rare chance to view the artistic talents of their first Governor, Charles Joseph La Trobe, following the opening of one of the National Trust’s most significant collections on La Trobe University’s main Melbourne campus at Bundoora in late July.  The Governor, Professor de Kretser, left, and Vice- Chancellor, Professor Brian Stoddart, in front of the La Trobe portrait by Sir Francis Grant The exhibition, titled ‘Charles Joseph La Trobe: A Sketcher of No Mean Pretensions’, was opened by Professor David de Kretser, AC, Governor of Victoria. It runs until Sunday 27 August, the Bundoora Campus Open Day, before touring other venues throughout the State until early 2007 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the National Trust in Victoria. The exhibition, at the La Trobe University Art Museum, Glenn College, comprises 34 pen and ink and watercolour sketches created during La Trobe’s travels in Italy, Switzerland, North America and Mexico. In addition, there are 19 works from Victoria and Tasmania completed during La Trobe’s tenure as Superintendent of Port Phillip from 1839 to 1850 and then as Victoria’s first Lieutenant- Governor, 1851 to 1854. The exhibition is complemented by a selection of La Trobe’s travel accounts, a life-size portrait of La Trobe by Sir Francis Grant, and artefacts from La Trobe’s cottage. It is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund. La Trobe supervised the establishment of selfgovernment in Victoria, the public library, art gallery, a university, and the development of the gold fields. He also helped establish Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens and many parks in rural and metropolitan Victoria, including Fitzroy Gardens and Royal Park. La Trobe University, named in his honour by an Act of the Victorian Parliament in 1964, was officially opened in March 1967 and celebrates its 40th Anniversary next year. Exhibition hours: Tuesday to Friday 12 noon to 4 pm or by appointment, Tel: 9479 2111. The La Trobe Society, established in 2001, has raised funds to erect a bronze sculpture of C J La Trobe which will be unveiled later in 2006 on the forecourt of the State Library.
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