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Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Beauglehole, A. C, The distribution and conservation of vascular plants in the Wimmera area, Victoria, 1987
87 p. : ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.botany -- victoria -- wimmera river region. botany -- victoria -- wimmera river watershed. botany -- victoria -- wimmera. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Beauglehole, A. C, The distribution and conservation of vascular plants in the Murray Valley area, Victoria, 1986
ii, 81 p. : ill., maps ; 21 x 30 cm. + col. map.botany -- murray river valley (n.s.w.-s.a.) -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Barraclough, Linda et al, A valley of glens : the people and places of the Upper Macalister River, 1988
Contents: Exploration & the Heyfield run; Glenmaggie, Glenfalloch & Glencairn; Gold & the first farms; The town begins; The farms are established; Selection to the limits; Fire, flood, drought, rabbits & other forms of pestilence; The second exploration; The weir is built; A time of change; Today & tomorrow.ix, 177 p. : ill. ; index; footnotes; sources; 25 cm.Contents: Exploration & the Heyfield run; Glenmaggie, Glenfalloch & Glencairn; Gold & the first farms; The town begins; The farms are established; Selection to the limits; Fire, flood, drought, rabbits & other forms of pestilence; The second exploration; The weir is built; A time of change; Today & tomorrow.upper macalister river -- east gippsland-history -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Berndt, Ronald, A World That Was : The Yaraldi of the Murray River and the Lakes, South Australia, 1993
The book's range is encyclopedic and engrossing. It encompasses relations between and among individuals and clan groups, land tenure, kinship, the subsistence economy, trade, ceremony, councils, fighting and warfare, rites of passage from conception to death , myths, beliefs and practices concerning healing and the supernatural. Not least it is a record of the dramatic changes following European colonization.xv-xvii; 624P.; plates; appendices; bib.; indes; tables; figs.; maps; 25 cm.The book's range is encyclopedic and engrossing. It encompasses relations between and among individuals and clan groups, land tenure, kinship, the subsistence economy, trade, ceremony, councils, fighting and warfare, rites of passage from conception to death , myths, beliefs and practices concerning healing and the supernatural. Not least it is a record of the dramatic changes following European colonization.ngarrindjeri (australian people) -- social life and customs. | ngarrindjeri (australian people) -- cultural assimilation. | aboriginal australians -- murray river estuary (n.s.w.-s.a.) | aboriginal australians -- south australia. -
Williamstown Historical Society Inc
Model of Newport Steam Ferry No.3
The ferry travelled across the Yarra river at Newport Power Station to Port Melbourne. Model depicting the passenger and car ferry. ferry car passenger newport williamstown -
Nillumbik Shire Council
Mixed Media (installation): John R. NEESON (b.1956 AUS), John R Neeson, Riverbend Project, 2015
John R Neeson was a Laughing Waters Artist in Residence in 2015. During his residency Neeson made site specific trompe-l’oeil paintings and time based videos that referenced the changes of light upon the Knox architecture and the environment of Laughing Waters.Wooden easel holding an oil on board painting of the Yarra River and surrounding landscape at Laughing Waters (detailed view). Behind the painting and easel is a digital photograph of the painting and easel in situ in the landscape. The photograph is printed on aluminium. No inscriptions and markingsekphrasis 2016, neeson, easel, oil painting, yarra river, digital photograph, landscape, in situ, site specific, riverbend -
Nillumbik Shire Council
Painting: Guy STUART (b.1942 ACT), Guy Stuart, Tunnel by the Yarra, 2004
An abstract painting of the Yarra River from Pound Bend in Warrandyte. The painting is quite expressive, linear and gestural in style. Muted, neutral tones of greens, browns and reds. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Story of Melbourne, 1934
Cream, pale green cover. Brown lettering. Sketches of early discovery scene and Yarra river, Flinders Street, Station and St. Paul's Cathedralthe story of melbourne, kenyon af, stewart f, tatura, victorian history, sir gengoult-smith -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Booklet - Brochure, The Yarra Trail; a history of Richmond's river, 198-?
Brochure produced by City of Richmond and Vic. Ministry for Planning & Housingyarra trail, richmond, yarra river -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Controlling water weeds, 1968
S.M.Bill and W.A.E. Graham for State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, 2 copies.weed control, s.m. bill, w.a.e. graham, state rivers and water supply commission -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Cumbungi, 1970-1980
Flyer by W.A.E. Graham, State Rivers and Water Supply Commissionw.a.e. graham, state rivers and water supply commission -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Up North, 1970
Letter/assignment by Gerard Wood about job at Daly River Mission, N.T.gerard wood, daly river mission, northern territory -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Slide - Glass slide, W.H. Cooper, 1891-1905
'Windsor Castle from The Thames', UK. (W.H. Cooper) overseas images, uk, windsor castle, river thames -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Slide - Glass slide, 1891-1905
'B 19. London', UK, buildings beside the River Thames.overseas images, river thames -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Slide - Glass slide, 1891-1905
Unidentified river and train line. Canada?overseas images, canada -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Album - Black and white and colour prints, Freeway Construction, 1963-1972
(1) 14 photographs showing views of where the Freeway would be going through near Burnley Gardens. (2) 2 photographs of views of the Yarra River near Burnley Gardens. (3) Aerial photograph of construction of the Freeway near Burnley Gardens and Yarra Boulevard. (4) 8 colour photographs of construction work in and over the River Yarra near the railway bridge. "Brian Ward Freeway Construction" handwritten on cover of folder. Student Dux 1973.freeway, burnley gardens, yarra river, yarra boulevard, river yarra, brian ward -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Colour print, Lagoon or Boulevard Paddock
2 photographs of the Lagoon or Boulevard Paddock and Quad Classrooms from the other side of the Yarra Riverlagoon paddock, boulevard paddock, quad classrooms, yarra river -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Alastair H Campbell, John Batman and the Aborigines, 1987
A comprehensive account of John Batman's life. This is a broad social history of the life and contentions of the original Port Phillip settlement. It includes relations between the European colonists and the Aboriginal population. It shows how the initial Aboriginal policy lay the ground for the near genocide of Port Phillip's original inhabitants.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsbunurong, boonwurrung, wathaurong, woiworung, woiwurrung, wurundjeri, wodewarrou, gerarlture, beingalite, you whamgete, you yangs, yarra river, kurung, john batman, port phillip bay, victorian history, victorian indigenous history, batman treaty -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Meyer Eidelson, The Melbourne dreaming : a guide to the Aboriginal places of Melbourne, 1997
This guide shows Melbourne?s Aboriginal places so that people using it can gain easy access to and a greater knowledge of them. Important historical events occurred at some of them. Others are Archaeological sites where there are still physical remains of Aboriginal activity before settlement. Locations have been mapped and Melways references and maps are included.maps, b&w illustrations, colour illustrations, colour photographs, word listswoi wurrung, wurundjeri, boon wurrung, kulin, yarra yarra, yarra river, werribee river, bunjil, waa, moieties, maribyrnong, sacred sites -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Megan Goulding et al, Moreland post-contact Aboriginal heritage study, 2006
This study aims to identify Aboriginal heritage sites and landscape associations in the Moreland municipality that date from the pre-contact period through to the early contact period when Europeans settled in and around the area, to the present day.maps, colour photographs, b&w photographs, tableswoiworung, woi wurrung, wurundjeri, waa, bunjil, werribee river, port phillip, mount baw baw, great dividing range, yarra river, eastern kulin, gunung willam balluk, william barak, john batman, william thomas, moreland history, moieties, local history, colonisation -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian Macfarlane, Historical records of Victoria : foundation series : volume 2B : Aborigines and protectors 1838-1839, 1983
Reproductions of various transactions and reports relating to Aboriginal people in Port Phillip in the period 1838-39. Includes studies of the establishment of an Aboriginal Protectorate, the Native Police, missions, and includes numerous reports by various protectors about events in their districts and government policy towards Aboriginal people.b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, tablesvictorian history, james dredge, william thomas, yarra, westernport, sievwright, mount macedon, goulburn river, john montagu, maria robinson, worredy, trucanini, george augustus robinson, tunermenerwail, jackia jackia, george langhorne, benbow, nerrebrunin, billibellary -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, John Morgan, The life and adventures of William Buckley, 1996
Early (1852) biography of William Buckley, with introduction and notes by Roland Schicht (1996).maps, b&w illustrations, colour illustrationsport phillip bay, yarra river, william buckley -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Letter, Department of Public Works, 11/3/1864
Letter re unsafe state of bridge over Yarra River This is a photocopy of the original letter which was written by A. Gable (?) on behalf of the Inspector General of Public Works. It comments on the unsafe state of the bridge over the Yarra River by the Botanic Gardens. Provided by Diane Nicholas Librarian at Hawthorn Library 1994Letter from Department of Public Works to Secretary of Horticultural Societybridge, yarra river, unsafe bridge, bridge safety melbourne, bridge safety 1800s, a. gable, inspector general of public works -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Booklet, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Revegetating Victorian Streams, 1982
streams, revegetation -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, A.P. Winzenried, Flood Damage, 1934
Appears as an illustration in, "Green Grows Our Garden," A.P. Winzenried p 66. On p. 66 of the text there is further information about the effects of the flood.Destruction caused in the Burnley orchards by the 1934 flood of the Yarra River.On reverse, "1934."damages, orchard, green grows our garden, a.p. winzenried -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Tidal River Excursion, 1955
Group of students beside a truck. Also see B10.0144 (127-134).On reverse, "School of Horticulture Group Tidal River Cup Day Nov 1955."students, truck, school of horticulture, tidal river, 1955, excursion -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Orchard in Flood, 1934
Orchard in floodOn reverse, "Orchard Yarra River in flood Dec 1934."orchard, yarra river, floods, 1934 -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Orchard in Flood, 1934
Orchard in flood. Seedlings planted in rows.On reverse, "Orchard Yarra River in flood Dec 1934."orchard, yarra river, floods, 1934, seedlings -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Orchard in Flood, 1934
Orchard in floodOn reverse, "Orchard Yarra River in flood Dec 1934."orchard, yarra river, floods, 1934 -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Orchard in Flood, 1934
Orchard in flood, shows uprooted trees.orchard, yarra river, floods, 1934