The Museum

Geoff and Kerrie Ford

Both Geoff and Kerrie Ford have been honoured by the award of the 'Order of Australia Medal' and were both made Fellows of 'The Australian Institute of History and Art' for their services to the arts, particularly the study of early Australian pottery which they began in 1979, and their publications on 19^th and early 20^th century Australian Pottery.

Geoff Ford OAM, FAIHA, JP, and Kerrie Ford OAM, FAIHA, are the Owner Directors of the National Museum of Australian Pottery which they established in 1995 in Wodonga, Victoria. They have spent many years collecting, researching, lecturing and curating travelling exhibitions on and preserving 19^th and early 20^th century Australian pottery and have written thirteen books on the subject.

Geoff is an approved valuer of Australian Pottery for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift Program and an approved expert examiner for the Australian Government’s Office for the Art’s, for the protection of Movable Cultural Heritage.

In September 2006 after a move from Wodonga, they opened the new and permanent home of the National Museum of Australian Pottery in Holbrook, NSW.

The Museum is always interested in acquiring early Australian pottery pieces from any of the potters listed below, to add to the collection either by gift, bequest or purchase. If you, or someone you know, has a piece and are willing to part with it we would be happy to hear from you. Please bring them to the Museum at 76 Albury Street Holbrook, NSW, phone us (02) 6036 3464 or click contact us to send an email ttp://www.australianpottery.net.au/index.php?page=contact us

About The Building
» This heritage building was built in 1910, by the contractor, Amos Crisp, for A.H. Mackie and Company and was built on the Arcade principal of two stories.
» During June 1911, the new General Store opened its doors to the public as Mackie’s Palace Emporium’.
» Around 1920, A. Miller & Co. purchased the premises and reopened it as a General Store.
» In 1933, Arthur Hamilton Mackie purchased the premises and with his son Gordon Charlton, continued to operate it as a General Store trading as ‘A. H. Mackie & Son’.
» In 1946, the ‘Edwards Tea Co.’, purchased the business and employed Alex Lynch to manage the Store, which continued trading as ‘A. H. Mackie & Son’.
» In 1964 Alex Lynch purchased the premises and with his son John, continued to operate it as a General Store trading as ‘A. H. Mackie & Son’.
» In 2002 John and Jody Whitley purchased the premises and continued to operate it as a Grocery Store trading as Holbrook Fresh Food Market.
» On the 20th August 2004, Geoff and Kerrie Ford purchased the empty building. They built a residence and converted the store into the permanent home of the National Museum of Australian Pottery which was officially opened on the 1st October 2006.

Short Video Stories

Click on this link to see videos of some pieces in collection

https://vimeo.com/user27995581

Past Short Term Exhibitions

Listen to an ABC radio interview by clicking on the link

Rediscovering Jonathan Leak

www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2011/07/07/3263544.htm

Artware to Utility - the story of Modern Ceramic Products

http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2012/03/28/3465442.htm

Melrose Art Pottery 1931 – 1942

http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2012/11/05/3626058.htm

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Potters in the Museum

A	E	Lane Cove Brick & Pottery	Ramsey, John & Son
Abbott, William & Sons	Eastwood, Benjamin	Leak, Jonathan	Reliance Pottery Co
Adelaide Pottery Co. Ltd.	Ebbw Vale Pottery Works	Leiper Bros.	Rogers, Richard & Co
Adelaide Potteries Ltd	F	Lithgow Pottery	Rumble, James
Agnew, David	Federal Pottery	Lindop, George	S
Albury Pottery	Field, Thomas	London Pottery Works	Sandison, James
Albion Pottery Works	Field & Sons Pottery	London Pottery Co	Shearing, George
B	Fischer, George	Longford Pottery	Sherwood Pottery
Bakewell Brothers Pottery	Fowler, Enoch	Longueville Pottery	Silcock, James
Baldock, Frederick & Henry	Fowler, Robert	M	Southern Cross Pottery
Ballarat Pottery	Fowler Pottery	Magill Pottery	Standard Pottery
Balmoral Art Pottery	G	Marks, George	Stone, Charles
Beechworth Pottery Co	Gare, Jack	Marrickville Pottery	Stone, Roy
Bendigo Pottery	Gillbrook Pottery	Mashman & Sandison	Steinkrus, August
Bennett’s Pottery	Gilson, James	Mashman Brothers	Surry Hills Pottery
Bognuda & Sons	Gilson & Rumble	McHugh, John	Sydenham Pottery Co
Brazier, John	Goodlet & Smith	Meredith, Edwin	Sydney Pottery Works
Breakfast Creek Pottery	Goulbourn Street Pottery	Mills, John & Co	T
Brough, James	Guthrie, George Duncan	Moreton, Anson	Tibbs, Charles
Bristol Pottery	H	Moreton, John	Trentham Pottery
Brownfield’s Pottery	Hambleton, Richard	Moreton & Sons Pottery	Trewenack, John
Bundamba Pottery	Hall & Silcock	N	Turton, James & Sons
Burwood Pottery	Hart & Gallagher	Newcastle Pottery	Turton & Plumridge Pottery
C	Hillcoat, Anthony	Nolan, Luke	V
Campbell, James & Sons Pottery	Hindmarsh Pottery	Northcote Pottery	Victorian Art Pottery
Campbell’s Pottery	Hoffman Potteries	O	W
Camperdown Pottery	Holford, Thomas	Ovens Pottery	Walker Benson Ltd
Capel Pottery Works	Holford, William	P	Waratah Pottery
Castlemaine Pottery	Horsham Pottery	Phoenix Pottery	Waterloo Firebrick Co
Clyde Pottery	Humes Ltd.	Piercy, Frederick	Waterloo Thornton
Conlon, Michael & Co	Huon Pottery	Piercy, William	Welham, Nathan
Coorparoo Pottery	I	Pioneer Pottery	Wilkes, Thomas
Cornwell, Alfred	Industrial Brick Co	Pitman & Piercy Pottery	Wilson & Ridge Pottery
Cornwell’s Pottery	Irrawang Pottery	Plumridge, James & Co	Wunderlich Limited
Courtland, Richard	J	Port Arthur Pottery	Y
Courtland & Pederson	James, Abraham	Premier Pottery	Yarraville Pottery
D	K	Price, James	Yeates, Henry
Dahlke’s Filter & Pottery Co	King, James	Q
Dawes, Alfred & Co	Kosters Premier Pottery	Queensland Pottery
Dinmore Brick & Tile Co	L	R
Dinmore Pottery	Lal Lal Pottery	Ramsey, Jock