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Photograph, Visit to Mt Heatherly, early 2000s
Photos of Mt Heatherly, an historical building in Belgrave, opposite Belgrave Lake Park. Address is Park Drive, on the corner of Waratah Ave. The house is now owned by Mrs Elizabeth Schneider, and was first constructed around 1881 by the first owner of the selection, Ormond Smith. It was made of hand-made bricks made on site, and a foundation of rock and stone. The original house may have had a corrugated iron roof. The original house forms part of the modern house. Photos taken in early 2000s by Susan Heywood-Downard. -
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B&W photo of Belgrave Post Office, 1997. Internal shot showing counter area. Two adults (one with a small child) are being served. Postpaks are on display behind the counter on the left side. Posters are on the back wall. -
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Photograph, Main Road, Belgrave
Early photo of the Main St, Belgrave. Coffee Palace is left of centre on side of Terrys Avenue. Cenotaph is in centre of road in front of shops, where Morson Court now stands. Men with horse and carts appear to be working on the road or footpath. Site of U. S. Motors visible on right hand side. -
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Photograph - Main Road, Belgrave, early 1950s
Belgrave Main Street around early 1950's. Chemist would have been Mr. Brent. Forest Frocks was run by Mr. Buchanan. U.S. Motors visible at end of street on right; bus stop there. Guest house on left hand side corner of Terrys Avenue. Street is busy. -
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Photograph - 9 hole golf course-Belgrave Heights 1930-1943 map
Hand drawn map of Belgrave Heights and its 9 hole golf course, between 1930 and 1943 created by Betty de Coite nee Woods, who holidayed in the area with her family. Map drawn in marker. Photographs attached, including a view of the golf course, Fern Glade Tracks, Lockwood Rd, the dam at Marama Rd corner, The Crescent, the path near the club house, and a wagon near golf course. These photos were taken by members of the Woods family. Map highlights Lockwood House at the corner of Lockwood Rd, the 9 hole golf course, and Sunnyside guesthouse. Club house at Lockwood Rd is later the site of the Convention Centre. Above club house is Fred and Ruby Cook's House. -
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Photograph - Family at Fern Glade Track
Photograph of family group of four females (at least one of them a child) at Fern Glade Track near Mt. Morton, Belgrave Heights. The family appear to be holding on to a railing in a heavily treed area. Probably taken by Betty de Coite nee Woods or her parents. -
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Photograph - Looking along the Crescent
Photograph of a road, looking along The Crescent, Belgrave Heights. Road is lined by trees and shrubbery, with the taller ones on the left hand side. Probably taken by Betty de Coite nee Woods or her parents. -
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Photograph - Trees near Lockwood golf clubhouse
Photograph of a double row of trees near the clubhouse, Lockwood Golf Course, Belgrave Heights. Probably taken by Betty de Coite nee Woods or her parents. -
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Photograph - Horses at dam, Belgrave Heights
Photograph of three horses drinking by damn near Marama Rd, Belgrave Heights. Behind the horse on the far left, a person is holding the horse. Their lower body is visible. Trees are in the background. Probably taken by Betty de Coite nee Woods or her parents. -
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Photograph - Bush track at Belgrave Heights
Photograph of a bush road at Belgrave Heights, Lockwood Rd. Heavily treed on the left side. Probably taken by Betty de Coite nee Woods or her parents. -
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Photograph - Trees and horse at golf course
Photograph of a paddock at the golf course, Lockwood House. Between the trees in the foreground, a horse can be seen grazing in the distance. A wire fence can be seen in front of some trees on the right side. Probably taken by Betty de Coite nee Woods or her parents. -
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Photograph, Breen brothers cutting hay at Ferny Creek
Black and White photograph showing 3 men who have been cutting hay. Handwritten in white on the lower edge of the photo is: 'Breen Bros cutting hay 3 ton to the acre with a Deering at Holly Hill, Ferny Creek, 15-1-16.' and '85.' Photo shows a 3 horse team harnessed to a wagon. A man sits on hay on the wagon. He is loosely holding a whip. Beside him are a man and a boy who stand between sheaves of hay. All three are wearing trousers, waistcoats and shirts with sleeves rolled up. The men are wearing hats and the boy is wearing a flat cap. Where they are standing there is hay stubble. Beyond the horse team the crop is still standing 3 trees are in the background. They appear to be dead. 'Breen Bros cutting hay 3 ton to the acre with a Deering at Holly Hill, Ferny Creek, 15-1-16.' and '85' are written in white on the original photo. -
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Photograph, Smoko at Avards, Emerald
B&W photo showing Smoko at Avards property, Emerald, Victoria. A group of four mensitting in a paddock, drinking tea and smoking. They are in shirtsleeves and are wearing hats. Left to right: Ron Asling, George Avard, Albert Jeffery, and Tom Breen. -
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Photograph, Breen family at home
B&W photo of the Breen family at home in Menzies Creek. The family group comprises an older man in a three-piece suit, who has white hair and moustache, three women standing in a doorway to a lattice-covered verandah, are younger man identified as Ted Breen (right hand side), and two small boys. The Group stands in front of a weatherboard and fibro-cement house. -
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Tom Breen at stump of tree
B&W photo showing Tom Breen with two other men (unidentified) beside the root ball of a large tree. Tom Breen is perched on the root ball. They are all dressed in casual work clothes and have a shovel, pickaxe and other tools. -
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Photograph, Aerial view of Cotswold Valley
Aerial view of Cotswold Valley, Menzies Creek. B&W photos taken from light plane. Paddocks and treed areas are visible. Two houses are in the centre of the photo, presumably the Breen farmhouse on Jacksons Hill Road. The tip of the plane's left wing is also visible. -
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Photograph, Jack Breen and horse
B&W photo showing Jack Breen and a horse. They are standing in long grass with bushes in the background. Jack is wearing dark jodhpurs, a check shirt, a pale jacket with dark sleeves, and a hat. The horse is dark with a white face. -
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Photograph, Ethel Breen nee Prince
B&W photo of Ethel Breen nee Prince. Ethel stands near a wire fence with paddocks behind her. She is wearing a linen suit, short-sleeved and belted. Her hair is ear-length and she is looking off to the left side of the photo. -
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Photograph, Cotswold Valley, Menzies Creek
B&W photo showing the Cotswold Valley, Menzies Creek. It shows fenced paddocks, trees and hedges dotted around. A tall treefern in the foreground. A wooded hill in the background. -
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Photograph, Breen family photo archive
Set of digital copies of photos from the Breen family archive. -
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Photograph - Montague family photo archive
Archive of digital photos and book donated to Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society on 27th May 2004, when Bill & Greg Montague spoke to the society. -
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Photograph - Photo-colour- Bill Montague boat
Colour photograph of Bill Montague on his boat, on the dam at the orchard at Narre Warren. Bill is the only person on his boat whichmoves alone in the water as the dam bank and trees surround him. -
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Photograph - Photo-colour- children at Narre Warren
Colour Photograph of children (maybe the Montague children), at the sheds of the orchard in Narre Warren. Features a boy(?) in blue on left hand side of the frame, a girl in a light dress and dark blue top with a ribbon in her hair in the centre, and a small boy in orange standing above her on the right. A crate can be seen on the far right side of the frame. See also VSSHP0195.01. -
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Photograph - Photo-colour- constructing shedding
Colour photograph of a man in overalls constructing shedding at the orchard in Narre Warren. He appears to be unloading some planks from the back of a timber trailer. -
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Photograph - Photo-colour- Apple orchard
Colour photograph of workers at apple tree at the orchard in Narre Warren. Two men are visible posing with a crate of apples, whilst a third person is obscured by the tree's branches. -
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Photograph - Photo-colour- tractor
Colour photograph of an upturned tractor at the Narre Warren orchard. It lies in the mud. Two other tractors are resting behind it. A fence surrounds the paddock with trees in the background. -
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Photograph - Photo-colour- picking apples
Colour photograph of several people picking apples at Narre Warren orchard. Mick Potter on the left. Box filled with apples. Mick is holding a bag, as is a man wearing a beanie/hat on his head. A woman in pink is holding up an apple. A boy in a green cardigan is on the right, holding up a half-eaten apple. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.Colour photograph of various vehicles in corrugated iron shedding at Narre Warren orchard. A barrel drum can be seen in the extreme left side of frame. The driveway heading to the sheds has a plough-like device resting.
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Photograph - Photo-colour- dam and tractor
Colour photograph of a tractor sitting near the dam at Narre Warren orchard. Green fields sit around the bank of the dam, with the water a brownish hue. -
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Photograph - Photo-colour- Rajah the dog plays in orchard
Colour photograph Rajah the dog at the Montague Narre Warren orchard and surrounding farming area, early view. Photo shows a Labrador dog playing with a ball in the foreground. Behind him, young trees are planted in rows. In the background are paddocks and low hills and scattered buildings.