Nearby attractions
Lambley Nursery and Garden www.lambley.com.au
Creswick Woollen Mills 15 mins drive www.creswickwool.com.au
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Back to Booktown 2012
Back to Booktown is the biggest collection of rare, out-of-print, new, small-press publications, second hand and collectable books in South East Asia. Booktraders from around Australia gather in this historic village turning it into a European style Booktown. Discover antique books, nostalgia and treasures dotted across the shops and streets.
Clunes Free shuttle bus to get you from and to your car park.
Program
Friday 4 May 2012
Booktraders' Dinner -
Join booktraders, writers and guests at the opening night dinner. A great way to begin the Booktown weekend. Limited places available to the gneral public.
7pm, Clunes
Ticketed event. More information
Saturday & Sunday 5-6 May 2012
Start Your Own Collection More information
Join a world authority on the history of the book in Australia and learn how to establish and maintain a book collection of your own.
Ticketed Event
Book Road Show
Main Street Clunes - Sunday 11 – 12 noon and 1.30 - 2.30pm
Book Roadshow - bring your curious and precious books to have them professionally appraised.
Paper Sculptor Nicholas Jones
Melbourne based sculptor Nicholas Jones will be making sculptures out of books on the stage of the Town Hall. Sculptural pieces are for sale and he is happy to discuss his work .
Visit his website www.bibliopath.org/
Guest Write
rs and Speakers- More information
Alice Pung, Peter Goldsworthy, Anna Goldsworthy, Nicholas Jose, Geoffrey Blainey, Michael Heyward, Peter Rose, Michael Williams at the Writers Space, Birch Club Hotel, Fraser Street, Clunes - Saturday and Sunday
Masterclasses with visiting writers - More information
An exceptional opportunity and held over the weekend.
Ticketed event. Limted places
Children's Booktown The Clunes Library, Fraser St
Enter through the wardrobe to discover a library transformed into a wondrous story-telling world.
Punch and Judy
A traditional Punch and Judy Show by Professor Whatsit.
Christopher Van Der Caats is a Melbourne based artist who has made a study of the traditional Punch and Judy form and makes his own puppets which are available for sale.
Visit his website www.punchandjudy.com/cvdcpiccinigallery/index.htm
Street Entertainment ongong throughout Booktown weekend includes
Creswick Brass Band - Saturday
Wesley College Big Band - Sunday
Visit their web site www.wesleycollege.net/Wesley-Life/The-Arts/Music.aspx
Eric the Red street performer - Sunday
Visit his web site ericthered.com.au/
Giant Chess
Hay Bale Maze
Blossom the Clown face painting and balloon art
Australia Fair Grand Concert Street Organ
“Australia Fair” is a Belgium built traveling Concert Organ built in the workshops of Verbeeck’s Organ Works (Est 1884) in Antwerp. It is the only traveling Concert Organ in Australia and has entertained at all levels from local functions to “Yarralumla” – the residence of the Governor General of Australia.
Heritage Buildings and Booksellers
Booktown Office & Information, Fraser Street Marquee
The Wheeler Centre Information, Fraser Street Marquee
La Trobe University Information, Fraser Street Marquee
Bailey Street
The Lee Medlyn Home of Bottles
Built in 1881 as a State school for 500 children, it was designed by the Education Department architect Henry Bastow. With the decline in population after the collapse of mining in Clunes the building was used as a knitting mill, once owned and run by Sugar Roberts and John Wren. It currently houses the
70 Bailey St , Clunes
Ph (03) 5345 3896
Collection of old antique bottles of historical significance housed in a period streetscape, located inside the former State School No 136 building. It contains a gallery space for visiting exhibitions. Its shop sells antiques, curios and has a collection of second hand books.
Ph (03) 5345 3896
Open 4 days 11am-4pm Thursday to Sunday.
Town Hall and Court House
Designed by the architect Percy Oakden, the building was opened on 30th May 1873 by the Governor Sir George Bowen. It is not known when the supper room, which had previously been the Bible Christian Church, was relocated from Fraser St. This building is one of the most significant town halls in Victoria, and is used extensively by the Clunes community.
Ken Piesse Cricket Books
Vibex Books
Slouch Hat Publications
Astrolabe Booksellers
Vintage Cookbooks
Bookbarn, Daylesford
Bound Words
Wendouree Books
Thorpy Trading
Antiquarian Records and Books
Page After Page
The Known World Bookshop
The Court House
Turn the Page Books
Booksnbits
Revolve Records Relics
Permanent Way
Index on Literature, 102 Bailey St
Located in the Clunes Old Post Office and Telegraph Office.
This building is one of the most intact Italiante Post Office buildings in the State. It was built in 1887 by Lewis and Roberts to a design accredited to George Watson. The Post Office Hall, which contains the bookshop, was repainted in the 1980s in the original colour scheme.
David Bornstein
102 Bailey St, Clunes 3370
Ph5
345 3705
Open weekends or by appointment.
The largest bookshop in Clunes, it has an extensive range of quality books which includes the best in creative writing and has a special emphasis on presenting and preserving second hand books in top condition.
Service Street
All Nations Lodge
The building was built in 1868 at a cost of £903 and was initially used as a Primitive Methodist church. In 1908 it was sold to the Masonic body for use as a lodge. The conversion to a lodge involved blocking most of the windows and refacing the Service Street façade. It currently houses the Clunes All Nations Masonic Lodge, which will celebrate its 150th year in November 2008.
I & J Hinks
Len Vincent Books
Wesley Bluestone Church
Recently fully restored.
Fund raising to build a Wesleyan stone church began in 1862 and two years later sufficient funds were available to build the front section. The architect was J A Doane and on the first day of 1864 Rev J S Waugh laid the foundation stone. In 1870 it was decided to enlarge the church to be able to seat a congregation of 900. This work was completed the following year. The church is currently part of Wesley campus and is used for student activities.
Wesley Bluestone Church has been restored to its 19th century glory and its organ re-installed. A must to see.
Alan & Maureen Gill
Bygone Books
Friends of Ballarat Hospice Volunteers
Book Camel
Stella Ramble Books
Marko Bookmarks
Uniting Care, Ballarat
Impedimentia
In c1870 this building was listed as ‘three brick shops’. The building is now the only local example of an attached row of double storey shops and a reminder of the once large Cornish population in Clunes. The first occupants (from north to south) were a teacher, a grocer and saddler.
4 Service Street
Ph 03 5345 3550
Open weekends or by appointment.
Collectables, Curios, Books, Clothing
Fraser Street
Marquee Cr of Fraser and Service Streets
The Book Grocer
All About Books
The corner site was purchased by J Black and W Rose in 1860 and the Black’s Royal Hotel was erected. It operated until 1869. By 1870 the shops were built and housed a boot store and a drapery. Until recently they have been operating as a post office and pharmacy run by the pharmacist, Jim Kerin, who for many years was our local CFA Captain.
Over 10,000 quality rare, out-of-print, second hand, and new books.
54 Fraser St, Clunes. Open 7 days 10 am to 4 pm
Bookshop Manager Pam Adams
email allaboutbooks@iinet.net.au
Ph 03 5373 8001
Wesley Weavery
The confectioner Thomas Lowe set up his business here in 1870. The building gained its current name when Gillian Robson set up her looms and opened her studio here in 1991. The Weavery is currently used as a classroom for Wesley students.
Blackwood Book Merchant
The Book Fossicker
Beach Books, Barwon Heads
Neil Newitt Photographer
In 1871 this premises was listed as a shop, premises and land. The first occupants were the cabinet makers Andrew Glass and Charles Moritz who opperated as a furniture dealer and undertaker. It is one of a pair of single storey shops erected during the peak of Clunes' prosperity.
Neil Newitt
www.neilnewittphotography.com.au/
55 Fraser St
Ph 0417 392005
Studio photographic services, framed limited edition prints and postcards.
Photographic and architectural books.
Open Friday - Sunday
The Clunes Library
The shop and dwelling was built and enlarged in 1869-70 during the peak of Clunes prosperity. Edwin Kent Hotchin set up a drapery which he operated until 1889. Part of the rear of the building was demolished in 1984-5 when it was refurbished as the Clunes Library.
Children's Booktown. Enter through the wardrobe to discover a library transformed into a wondrous story-telling world.
@ Home in Clunes and Quince Farm
The shop and dwelling was built c1869 and first occupied by James Farrant who ran a leather cutting, ironmonger business. He was the district agent for Buncles's 'celebrated chaff cutter'. The shop front, timber parapet, post supported veranda and rear residence remain intact.
53 Fraser St
@ Home in Clunes
Pat Cantwell
A wide range of home decorating items, custom-made curtains, soft furnishings and blinds.
A selection of quality decor, home and lifestyle books.
Open weekends and public holidays.
Quince Farm
Jon Lock & Doug Gellatly
Home-ware, gift-ware, garden-ware, home decorator items, Quince Farm produce, bags, cards, jewellery, and more.
Check the Quince Farm Imports site for an eNovel by Doug
AAG Real Estate Office
The original 3 shops at 45, 47, and 49 Fraser Street were burnt down in 1870. By the following year Thomas Jones had erected three new brick shops on the land and 45 Fraser St was occupied by Joseph Oldham, the hairdresser. Later Jones conducted a store from these premises. In more recent times the shop has been a newsagent, a café and the original Clunes Friday night wine bar. It is currently the office for AAG property consultants.
Kenneth Hince Books
Sainsbury Books
Miss Agatha Greene's Quality Books
At the beginning of 1872 this location was rated as ‘shop and land’. In September of that year the occupant was Thomas Ashburner a bookseller. This shop and its neighbour, 33Fraser St are distinguished by their timber parapets.
31 Fraser St, Open weekends and public holidays 11 am to 5 pm or by appointment
email missagatha@iinet.net.au
Ph 03 5345 3485
Visit the website for bookshop news
Quality out-of-print and new books, classics and collectables.
Clunes Senior Citizens
The Senior Citizens club was formed in 1966 and by the following year had established a meals-on-wheels service. Land was donated by R Dolan and C J Drite and in 1973 the shire commissioned M Murray as the architect. The building was opened in 1975 by His Excellency Sir Henry Winneke and remains the meeting place for the Clunes Senior Citizens.
Bookworm Ink
Australian and Rare Antiquarian Books
Flinders Books
Brown & Bunting Booksellers
Marquee Cr of Fraser and Templeton Streets
Andrew Barnes Bookseller
Mother Russia
Military Melbourne
Union Bank Arts Centre
Erected in 1865 as a branch of the Union Bank of Australia it was possibly designed by Leonard Terry. In 1869 the dwelling was added. The building is substantially intact and with its modern extension has been converted for use as an art studio facility and accommodation.
Bank Chamber
Hunt for Books
Studio
Books Illustrated
MINI Publications
The Old Aviators Flying Museum
Pamela Bakes at Page Two
RSL Building
Designed by the architect Leonard Terry as the Clunes London Chartered Bank the building commenced in 1871. In 1921 it became the English, Scottish and Australian Bank and is currently used by the Clunes RSL as club rooms and to house their collection of memorabilia.
Essex Books and Collectables
Gold and Relics
The National Bank opened an agency at this location in 1862 and the present building is thought to have been built in 1871. The bank closed in 1893 with the cessation of mining in Clunes and re-opened as a State Savings Bank of
Darren & Leanne Kamp
Old State Bank Building
28 Fraser St, Clunes 3370
Ph 03 5345 3375
email darren@goldandrelics.com.au
Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday or by appointment.
Good stock of quality secondhand books, antiques and collectables.
Birch Club Hotel
The large double storey hotel was erected in the 1860-70s during the peak of prosperity in Clunes. The most distinguishing features are the cast iron post veranda and balustrade, the side carriageway and the original stables located at the rear. The building is currently in restoration.
Carbon Neutral Booktown - foyer
It's easy to have a carbon neutral Booktown experience and offset the emissions for the average car driven from Melbourne. Purchase three books of any kind from any store and three trees from the Information Tent, which the Ulina Landcare Group will plant for you in their landcare project. Cost of trees $1.20 each. .
Writers Space - function room
Auditorium for guest writers talks, shop selling guest writers books, signing tables.
The Clunes Museum
A former warehouse, the building dates from c 1858 and was modified and enlarged by Nichol and Wallace who opened it on 3rd June 1869 as a shop, timber yard and carpentry workshop. It was subsequently occupied by the merchants George Chapman and Joseph Preston. Now it houses the
36 Fraser St, Clunes, 3370
ph 03 5345 3592
Opening Hours:
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays, 11am – 4pm.
School Holidays. Saturday, Sunday & Monday 11am – 4pm
Winter Holidays. Saturday, Sunday & Monday, 11am - 3 pm.
Or by appointment.
Books on Clunes and local history.
List of stock Clunes Museum Books
Marquee in Collins Place
Celtic Books
Pandora's Box Antiques and Collectables
The Magazine Man
Enoteca @ Clunes
Jane and Paul Lesock
Mt Beckworth Wines
46 Fraser St.
www.mountbeckworthwines.com.au
Cellar door for their award winning wines.
Quality wine and beverage books
Open Friday - Sunday
Clunes Greengrocer
Shops at this location were burnt down in 1870 and the current brick ones erected by 1871. These buildings are distinguished by their intact shop fronts and post supporting verandas. The original inhabitants were a hairdresser, a fruiterer and a saddler.
Jos Konings
46 Fraser St
Ph 0408 179887
A quality selection of fresh produce, herbs, spices, exotic cooking equipment and a wide range of cookbooks, new and second hand.
Open Tuesday - Sunday
Ian Baker's Secondhand
The site was part of Black's Royal Hotel until 1869 and the current two storey shop and residence was errected c 1870 . It 's first commercial use was as a Boot Store run by Robert Ross.
Ian Baker
52 Fraser St
A large stock of discount books at $2 or $5
Open most days 10 am to 5 pm.
Information on the buildings is derived from Aitken, Richard Talbot and Clunes Conservatioin Study, The Shire of Talbot and Clunes Ministry for Palnning and Environment, Victoria, 1988
For more information on any of these buildings please visit The Clunes Museum