portland, heritage, building, catholic church

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Colour photograph of the coastline at Portland, looking towards the port.portland, heritage, port, bay, water, beach

Colour photorgraph of an old, red pillar box in Portland. portland, heritage, building, bluestone, shops, pillar box, letter box

Colour photograph of the coast at Portland.portland, heritage, building, shops, main street, streetscape, townscape

Colour photograph of ruins in the landscape near Basalt. basalt, ruin, chimney

Weatherboard is a small town in Western Victoria.Anecdotally the name is thought to have originated because it was the first place in the region to have a home built using weatherboard rather than corrugated iron, stone or bricks. It is in the boundaries of the City of Ballarat. The School, Number 656, was opened on 01 August 1862 and closed on 04 February 1948. it was also known as Weatherboard Hill Common School and Weatherboard Hill State School.The bluestone school building had a slate roofand its first head teacher was James Richmond..In 1915 Health Officer, Dr Willis, strongly condemned the old bluestone building as being damp and unsanitary. in 1948 enrolments dropped to 6 and the school closed. The Weatherboard State School World War One Honour Board is located at Burrumbeet Hall. An early bluestone school known as the Weatherboard School.weatherboard school, former weatherboard school, education, weatherboard hill common school, weatherboard hill state school

A postcard of a waterfall known as Loddon Falls located near Daylesford.loddon falls, waterfall, postcard

Colour photograph of a green leafed plant with green fruit. It is a Bush Tomato.bush tomato, fruit, tower hill

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Double storey building in Kew, a suburb of Melbournekew, housing, streetscape, architecture

Colour photograph of the Ballarat Arch of Victory with an Australian flag flying in the foreground.ballarat arch of victoria, ballarat avenue of honour

A black and white image of a shopping strip in Bacchus Marsh.

A black and white image of a church in Colac. colac, colac church of england, colac anglican church

A black and white image of a church in Colac. presbyterian church, pentland hills

A black and white image of Dayleford, looking towards the lake/.daylesford, lake daylesford

Black and white portrait of the Warrnambool township. .warrnambool

Black and white portrait of Thunder Point, Warrnambool. .warrnambool, thunder point, sea

Wesleyans at Magpie collected money to built a tent chapel at Magpie, but the rush had moved on before it was erected so the tent was taken to Ballarat where it becme the basis of the Lydiard Street Wesleyan Church (now Uniting Church). A bluestone church was later bulit above the Magpie School which was demolished in the 1960s with the stone used in the entrance building at Sovereign Hill.A large rock at Magpie, beside the Yarrowee Creek, was called Pulpit Rock. It was at this rock that the early miners gathered in 1853 for open air religious services. magpie, wesleyan church, religion, pulpit rock, geology

A democracy sausage purchased at Magpie Primary School during the 2019 Federal Election. magpie, democracy sausage, federal election, magpie state school

The red brick Magpie Primary School opened on 31 May 1880.Colour photographs of the Magpie Primary School during the 2019 Federal Election. Includes historical information from a brick pathway.magpie, magpie primary school, education, magpie state school

Photographs of Smith's Beach.smith's beach, seaside, beach

Members of the Gervasoni family and their friends dress up, one holding a swag and billy. Two of the girls are dressed as boys. gervasoni, yandoit creek, swag, billy

Colour photograph of chimneys at Basalt.basalt, ruins, chimneys

Daylesford from Wombat Hill.hepburn, wombat hill botanical gardens, wombat hill, daylesford, botanic gardens, viewscape, landscape, cityscape, townscape

Red book with gold inscriptions on the front cover

The tourist track running alongside the creek from Sassafras Mechanics’ Hall to Emerald. In the early 1900s the track started at Rostrevor Guest House.Black and white copy of Rose Series Post card P. 74 showing two young women standing on a footbridge at Sassafras Gully. A set of steep steps can be seen above them.rose series, track, footbridge, bridge, sassafras

The township of Sassafras taken late 1940s. The man in the foreground in the trilby, carrying the rucksack is a Rose Series employee. He appears in many of the photos. Sassafras House can be seen in the centre of the picture.Black and white copy of a Rose Series postcard P. 145 showing two men stnding at the side of the road . Behind them is the early township of Sassafras.sassafras