Katherine E. Seppings

Art, Photography, Writing

Category: History

April 27, 2022

The Story of Rod Wells Book Launch

Top: Katherine Seppings, Lynette Silver AM, Tim Bowden AM, Pamela Wells (Photo by Lt-Col Anthony Lias)
Bottom: Katherine Seppings, Pamela Wells (Photo by Kaye Watson)
Lynette Silver AM (military advisor), Katherine Seppings (publisher), Tim Bowden AM (book launcher)


A fantastic launch of The Tiger has Many Lives: The Story of Rod Wells by Pamela Wells at Victory Hall, Tatura, Vic; released on Anzac Day. It was an honour to edit, design and publish (Sevenpens) this biography of a POW survivor and to have worked with military advisor Lynette Silver AM.

From an early age in the Goulburn Valley, Rod Wells had a passion for wireless technology. He served in Malaya and Singapore as an officer with 8 Division Signals. As a prisoner of war in Borneo’s Sandakan, he used his ingenuity and skill to build a wireless radio and a transmitter virtually from scratch. Arrested by the Kempeitai, Rod was subjected to brutal torture before being tried and sent to the notorious Outram Road Gaol. After the war Rod became a world expert in electronics and neuclonics.

“The story of Rod Wells is a remarkable tale of determination, endurance and survival in WW2. As one of the few first-hand accounts of POW life in Borneo’s Sandakan Camp and the equally infamous Outram Road Gaol in Singapore, this book will be a valuable addition to the nation’s military heritage.”
Lynette Silver AM, military historian

Available for purchase here.

Book launched by Tim Bowden AM, Victory Hall, Tatura. (Photo by Kaye Watson)
Author, Pamela Wells. (Photo by Katherine Seppings)
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December 12, 2021

Brickworks Gallery Historical Show

The 40th Anniversary of the first exhibition held at ‘The Bricky’ is being celebrated with a ‘Historical Show’ at the Castlemaine Brickworks Gallery this December.
It was an honour and a joy to curate it.
Of the twenty artists selected from Castlemaine Artists Co-Op/Inc (1980-1992) – painters, printmakers, photographers, potters, sculptors – many are recognised nationally and internationally.
Castlemaine Artists Co-Operative was a group of 30 artists and craftspeople who came to the district in the 1960s and 70s. They held their shows at the old brickworks in 1981, 82 and 83. In 1986, with more artists in the area, the group became Castlemaine Artists Incorporated. In 1992 the group folded and merged into the fledgling Castlemaine Fringe.
I am recording, archiving and writing the History of Castlemaine Arts (1960-90).

To view and purchase work of the artists in the Brickworks Gallery Historical Show you can click on the following names: Michael-Francis Cartwright, Paul Cavell, Tony Cook, Graeme Dawes, Juliana Hilton, Anne Langdon, Bruno Leepin, Kenneth Killeen, Paul E Mason, Shona Nunan, Valerie Restarick, Jim Rowe, Katherine Seppings, Barry Singleton, Vicky Taylor, Diane Thompson, Leslie Thornton

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