Golden Textures

Maryborough textile artist, Jenny Bacon, was the original curator of Golden Textures. She explained, "The Maryborough Knitting Mill was a major part of manufacturing here, during the time the town was the industrial hub of Central Victoria. It was a major employer in the town particularly for women."

In 2021 Jenny Bacon wrote the following about her art quilt titled Beneath our Feet:

"I was thinking about the history of Maryborough, Victoria when I was making this quilt. Situated in Central Victoria, the original inhabitants, the Dja Dja Wurrung called this area the Upside Down Land - the rock is on the top."

"The first gold rush brought many new people, part of the biggest migration in the history of the world, and when this petered out the area changed to deep lead mining for gold. The engineers and the skilled workers were later able to plan a new future when the gold seams were lost or finished, and Maryborough became the industrial centre of Victoria."

"This only declined at the end of the 20th Century due to globalisation but those of us who have lived here know that our history lies beneath our feet."

Lyle said it flowered through the extent of the pandemic, "often bringing a bright spot to a dull day".