Welcome to the Rotary Club of Alice Springs

The late Ted Egan AO, former NT Administrator, legendary Territorian, teacher, musician, author, has accumulated many varied works of art over a rich and interesting lifetime and which are now up for auction.

 Auctioneer par excellence, Dominic Miller, will lead the auction.

All money raised will go toward a Music Scholarship for a local Central Australian Student.

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PRESS RELEASE FROM NERYS EVANS

ROTARY/ EVANS AUCTION of 

EGAN/EVANS ART and ARTEFACTS.

Ted and I filled our home with much loved art.  Ted’s LPs almost always featured an artist’s work. I taught art for a few years. We were both blessed with many Artist Mates.

Some paintings we each owned before we met. The rest we bought together. Sometimes we bought in order to encourage artists; other paintings we couldn’t resist, which means the collection is varied. There are some craft works in the auction. Parting with things is sad but with this auction the loved pieces will go to good homes, and money raised will help a young person improve musical skills.

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The variety of artists and their works crosses ethnic boundaries. My Welsh school friend, Jenny, our American polymath [she can do anything] - Teresa. Many Australian ‘Roberts’- Robert Juniper, Robert Ingpen, Robert Wettenhall. Van Neuimanns left a legacy in Alice and of course the amazing Hank Guth. Alice Springs and Central Australian artists are well represented - the very popular Iain Campbell; legend Halcyon Lucas, who paved the way by painting on doors; Barbara Butler, Mary Lou Neugent, Julie Burdis, Lynette Nampijinpa from Yuendumu, Janelle Stockman. We have calligraphy and pottery and a small Eddie Hackman bronze. 

The money raised will go as a scholarship to a young person who hopes to have a long career in music. Ted Egan relied on his voice to tell the story and carry the poetry. I feel there is a need today for more young people to train their performance voices. Photography did not destroy the Artist, but it made a difference. The microphone has made a difference to the way people sing, but all the good singers in the world with lasting careers, across all genres, have had singing or voice lessons, lessons in breathing technique. I hope this Ted Egan Art Auction can help an Alice Springs person prepare for the world stage.  

Thank you xx

 Nerys