Silverband Falls. The original photo is in a frame and is on display in the History Room. ** Oct 2009: The original has 'disappeared' !!Photo shows 22 people below, alongside and above falls Logs and ferns in foregroundscenery, waterfalls, scenery, silverband falls

Photo shows 2 women and 1 child in background Waterfall on left location unknownscenery, waterfalls

Photo shows Fyans Creek, looking South West towards the Pinnacle. View probably taken from the bridge. Fyans Creek appears to be very wide, perhaps after a flood.scenery, fyans creek

Photo shows three walkers, one male and two females, on the track to "The Pinnacle". The man is holding onto either a walking stick or some railing. One woman is holding an umbrella.scenery, wonderland range

The photo is of Halls Gap's first General Store, opened in 1921. The store comprised a substantial shop and residence close to today's (2009) Public Hall. The people in front of the building are the operators of the store, J. Hemley (third from right), R. Mair (fourth from right) and Mrs J. Hemley with baby (on left). The identity of the other people unknown.Photograph of a wooden (? log) building with a wooden picket fence at the front. Three people are standing in front of the building at the gate, there are a few people on the verandah of the building and a child riding past the front on a bicycle.buildings, shops

Sid Field's truck outside Halls Gap General Store on his trip to pick up stores for the road workers.The photo shows a small truck with a man standing beside it. In the background is the Halls Gap Store with a car parked in front of it."Sid Field's truck, which carried stores for the road workers, outside Halls Gap General store. Courtesy I. Field, Mirranatwa." Typed on a sheet of paper and attached so that it shows beneath the photo.buildings, shops, transport, trucks

Thomson's and Taylor's stores, with Halls Gap Hall further along the street.the postcard shows a strip of shops, including a general store, along a bitumen road. There is a phone box on the roadside and a Holden car parked in front of the stores. A wooded range can be seen in the background.buildings, shops

Thomson's and Taylor's shops with the Halls Gap Hall further along the road. A number of 1950's vintage cars are parked along the main road. No. 13884 in the Rose Series of postcards.A strip of shops along a bitumen road. One shop is a garage with Atlantic signs and another has a sign that reads "Thomson's General Store". There are several cars parked along the road and eucalyptus trees in the background.buildings, shops

The back of Warren's/Greer's Bakery on the far right side, with the back of Warrens/Greer's house adjacent (and at right angles to the bakery). The cottage on the left side was rented out. The bed of the Stoney Creek is in the foreground.Postcard shows three buildings with trees and a hill in the background. There are numerous fallen/felled trees and a fence in the foreground. Robert Greer was the baker. He married Ida Warren.media, advertisements, people, warren

This is the Warren Street residence of the owners of the bakery, which was situated behind this building. The owners were John and Florence Warren who ran the bakery until the 1960's when it was taken over by their daughter Ida and son-in-law Robert Greer. A weatherboard house surrounded by a 'chicken wire' fence. There is a wooded hill in the background.buildings, houses

The picture is of Boronia Cafe and Store, which was situated one kilometre south of Halls Gap township.The postcard shows a building with a sign reading "Boronia Cafe & Store". The building has a picket fence at the front and a canvas awning on part of its verandah. There is a petrol pump at the front of the building and wooded hills behind.buildings, shops

This photo is of the road approaching Delley's Bridge. It shows methods of transport and the access route to Halls Gap in the late 19th Century.A man with a walking stick walking away from the camera on a rutted dirt road through trees and bush. Another man is approaching from the opposite direction on horseback.access routes, roads

The picture shows Maggie Galbraith and five small children (identities unknown) beside a jinker track (bridal path) near Halls Gap.A woman and five small children, two boys and three girls, on a dirt track with trees and rocks on either side of it.access routes, jinker track, people, galbraith

The third Delley's Bridge, built in 1940 with a curved deck, was situated slightly upstream from the previous bridge. Though it was subject to snow cover from time to time, raging floodwaters were not a threat after Bellfield Dam was built in the 1960s.The picture shows a curving bridge with a wood and wire railing. The bridge and surrounding trees are covered in snow.structures, bridges

Stoney creek has been 'bridged' a number of times in School Rd, since the creek was re-routed in the early 1900's. A dray bridge was built c1910 by local residents which stood them in good stead for more than a decade.Photo of 'school bridge' over Stoney Creek. Gravel road in foreground leading to a wooden bridge surrounded by tall gum trees.structures, bridges

A group of people on the Stawell-Halls Gap road on their way to an outing at the turn of the 19th century.access routes, jinker track, transport, horse drawn

Jack Watson left & Ernie Ward, residents of Halls Gap on holiday at Mt Buffalo in the 1930's. Jack Watson was a road worker he proposed the idea of the native wildflower show in Halls Gap.people, road gang

Work crews camping out at the junction of the Pines/Plantation road and the Halls Gap/Mt Zero Rd with the Mt Difficult range behing. Probably working on the Pine Plantations grown in the area.tents, tents

A work crew at the Plantation rd working on pine plantations in this areapeople, road gang

The photo shows Augustus (Gus) Knight and Helen Knight in Ararat. The Knight's ran Knight's tea-rooms.Photo sjows a man and a woman standing in front of a wooden gate, with a house corner to their right.people, knight

The information on the back of the photo says: "Henham - with pug walls - blue clay brought up in bags from Dickies' - Where Henham block joined Dickies. Was salt in the area it came from."Photo shows three boys standing in front of a small building (tea-rooms at Henham). There is a large tree (only trunk showing) in the foreground.buildings, tea rooms

Knight's tea-rooms. See "Victoria's Wonderland" p. 103-104 for further information.Photo shows a house with a smaller building behind and a picket fence (house and tea-rooms at Henham. Two cars are parked to the left of the smaller building (tea-rooms)bbuildings, tea rooms

The Knight's Tea-Rooms, which were known as "Coonarah". See "Victoria's Wonderland" p. 103-104 for further information.Photo shows a house with a smaller building to the right (Knight's tea-rooms at the Wannon).There is a car parked in front of the house and an unsealed road runs through the foreground.buildings, tea rooms

Photo is of Ellen (Nellie) Knight, wife of Augustus (Gus) Knight. She is standing outside their home at Henham.Photo shows a woman standing in front of a sapling fence with an open gate. There is a house to the right and outbuildings behind the fence.people, knight

The photo shows the Wannon River in flood. Augustus (Gus) Knight built the footbridge. The boat was constructed using kerosene tins or honey tins.Photo shows five adults, four standing and one squatting, on a foot bridge. There are four children in front of them in a boat.structures, bridges

The photo shows "Knight's Bridge" at the Wannon River Crossing.Photo shows two women, one sitting and one standing leaning on the other woman's shoulder. They are on a wooden footbridge with water in the foreground and thick bush in the background.structures, bridges

This is a newspaper article about the Knight family. It was written by Ida Stanton for the Stawell Times-News "Halls Gap Extra" and was published on Friday, 29 December 2000, p.16. The photos included in the article are C 1881. For more information see "Victoria's Wonderland", "Water between the hills".A newspaper article headed "The Incredible Knight story", containing two photos. The photos are of a couple (Gus and Ellen Knight) in a Stanley Steamer car; and two boys (Bert and Ken Knight) sitting on a pile of boxes with a small dog in the foreground. They are wearing shoes made from rubber tubes.people, knight

This is a letter which was published in the Hamilton Spectator on 9 March 1934. It appeals for donations to assist the Knight family, Gus in particular. The dontaions were to be used to move the family to Portland, due to the effects of the depression on their income and to Gus' continued ill-health.Newspaper clipping from the "Hamilton Spectator". The copy is two photos, which combined are an enlargement of the original article (see additional image).people, knight

This is a newspaper article written by Ida Stanton for the Stawell Times-News "Halls Gap Extra" and published on Friday, 26 January 2001, p.18. It refers to Gus Knight and his family when they lived at Henham and on the Wannon River. The photos included in the article show: 1) a bogged vehicle being pulled out of the Wannon River by a large group of people; and 2) Gus, Ellen and Charles Knight in 1939.A newspaper article headed "More on the incredible Knight Family", containing two photos.people, knight

Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society flyer for picnic outing to celebrate the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in honour of the Knight Family Coonara Teahouse. The unveiling was to take place on 24 November 2001.A copy of a flyer advertising the unveiling of a plaque at the site of the "Coonara" tea-rooms on the Wannon River.media, flyers