A photograph taken in the early 1900s, depicting a race meeting at Baarmutha Park in Beechworth. Patrons are scattered in formal dress, enjoying a band playing beside the grandstand. This postcard provides insight to the lives and activities of the residences of Beechworth during the early 1900s, specifically in their enjoyment of Baarmutha park and its continued role in the Beechworth community. Black and white rectangular postcard printed on card Reverse: POST CARD / Correspondence / Address. / 942 / 78 / Race meeting Baarmutha Park about 1900 / 6957 entertainment album, beechworth, burke museum, baarmutha park, races, race meeting, horse racing, grandstand

Taken in the 1880s, depicted is a large group of children and adults dressed in formal clothing picnicking upon the bank of Lake Kerferd. The five members of the group are holding union jack flags that have been hoisted upon portable flag poles. The group is seated by the lakeside in a grassed area beneath eucalyptus trees.This image was taken in the 1880s at Lake Kerferd. Lake Kerferd was created in 1862 to retain water for gold mining purposes from the Hurdle Swamp, and to additionally serve as Beechworth's main water supply. It was named after George Briscoe Kerferd, a Beechworth businessman and councillor, who later became the tenth Premier of Victoria.Sepia rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper mounted on boardentertainment album, picnic, lake kerferd, beechworth, burke museum, kerferd

Taken in c. 1900, depicted is a large group of adults and children dressed in formal attire gathered on a granite outcrop around a man giving a lecture on nature studies. Some members of the group are standing while others are seated or lounging.Nature study was a new subject introduced into the school curriculum throughout the English-speaking world in the 1890s and 1900s that taught students about the natural environment. It was hoped that a concern about the natural environment would be fostered into the school children, who were seen as future citizens of the world, and that they would implement changes to preserve the natural environment when they reached adulthood.Black and white rectangular reproduced photograph printed on matte photographic paperReverse: 6954 (in pencil)/ ©/ DONALD HAYES/ BEECHWORTH (stamped in orange ink)/entertainment album, beechworth, burke museum, nature study

Taken in c. 1900, depicted is a group of adults and children dressed in formal attire standing and sitting on a granite outcrop that overlooks a valley surrounded by a cluster of eucalyptus trees. The group is participating in a nature study.Nature study was a new subject introduced into the school curriculum throughout the English-speaking world in the 1890s and 1900s that taught students about the natural environment. It was hoped that a concern about the natural environment would be fostered into the school children, who were seen as future citizens of the world, and that they would implement changes to preserve the natural environment when they reached adulthood.Black and white rectangular reproduced photograph printed on matte photographic paperReverse: 6953 (in pencil)/ ©/ DONALD HAYES/ BEECHWORTH (stamped in orange ink)entertainment album, beechworth, burke museum, nature study

The photograph depicts a group of adults dressed in everyday clothing viewing a theatrical performance of 10 adult actors dressed in Victorian era costumes. The actors are performing on a make-shift stage that features upright logs as a background. Next to the stage is a group of workers laying bricks. The audience is seated on a grassy ground in front of the stage.Black and white rectangular reproduced photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Reverse: 5655 (in black pen)/ Beechworth (in blue pen)/entertainment album, beechworth, burke museum, performance, play, theatrical performance, performers

Easter 1955, Beechworth.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 2376.2 5822 Easter 1955hotels album, beechworth, burke museum

Black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 5818 1689hotels album, beechworth, burke museum

Black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 5820 Nov 58hotels album, beechworth, burke museum

Colour rectangular photograph, photocopied onto paper.Obverse: Royal Oak Hotel Reverse: 5825 hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, royal oak hotel

Rectangular sepia rectangular photograph, on matte photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 5823 hotels album, beechworth, burke museum

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on matte photographic paper.Obverse: O'Connor's-Post-Office Hotel/ O'Connors Stables/ Reverse: 6418.2/ Post Office Hotel-O'Connor's Camp Street/ copied from the collection of Robert O'Hara Burke Memorial Museum, Beechworth/ Digital Print- Copyright (the digital print is Copyright-the Burke Museum holds this right)/ printed on Epson Matte Heavyweight Photo Paper 167gms A4 Ink jet paper hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, post office hotel, o'connor's, camp street

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on gloss photographic paper.Obverse: Plough Inn Hotel/ Reverse: 2629 hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, plough inn hotel, tarawingee

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on matte photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 1 Second form left- David Mc Kengie- Mc Carg/ BMM8717.1/ Cellar Tanswells- Commercial Hotel. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel, cellar

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on matte photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 6 / BMM8717.6/ Pauline Adams- Tanswells. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on matte photographic paper.Obverse: WANTED/ NED KELLY/ AUSTRALIAN/ OUTLAW/ WHISKEY Reverse: 3 / BMM8717.3/ Front bar, Tanswells Commercial Hotel. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on matte photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 13 / BMM8717.13/ 2 Guests & Sir Rowan Delicombe/ Tanswells Front bar, Tanswells Commercial Hotel. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on matte photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 11 / 1/ Upstairs-Tanswells BMM8717.11/ hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on matte photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 12 / 6/ BMM8717.12 Jim Moseley/ Proprietor/ Tanswells. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on matte photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 7/ BMM8717.7/ Light out front of Tanswells. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel, outside light

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on matte photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 14/ BMM8717.14/ Jim Moseley- Proprietor, Tanswells. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on gloss photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 10/ BMM8717.10/ Cellar- Tanswells Commercial Hotel. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel, cellar

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on gloss photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 4/ BMM8717.4/ Upstairs- Tanswells. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on gloss photographic paper.Obverse: No inscription Reverse: 5/ BMM8717.5/ Upstairs- Tanswells. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on gloss photographic paper.Obverse: TANSWELLS/ COMMERCIAL HOTEL/ Reverse: BMM8685.2 Back Lounge Tanswells- Commercial Hotel. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on gloss photographic paper.Obverse: No Inscription Reverse: 2630/ POST CARD/ PH 137/ C.1910/ donated by/ Mrs. Murphy. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel

Rectangular black and white rectangular photograph, on gloss photographic paper.Obverse: TANSWELLS/ COMMERCIAL HOTEL Reverse: BMMAO3233/ 97.2248/ 11/ Commercial/ Beechworth/ 85-166-2 hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, tanswells, commercial hotel

Photograph was taken out the front of a hotel in Beechworth, possibly the Empire Hotel. Depicted are several men, guns, and a boat. Opposite corner is a butcher shop.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Obverse: Butcher/ E. Spencer/ Butcher Reverse: 7632 'The Butchers Arms'/ about 1900/ opposite Benevolent asylum. hotels album, beechworth, burke museum, butcher, e. spencer

Taken in 1944 in Bonegilla, Victoria, this photograph depicts soldiers of the 1st Australian Corps Signals training battalion releasing carrier pigeons from a portable loft for their daily exercise.The 1st Australian Corps Signals was a branch of the Australian Imperial Airforce that was active during World War Two. One of the tasked carried out by 1st Australian Corps Signals was to send messages through the use of carrier pigeons. Carrier pigeons were most commonly used by the Allied Forces to send messages from the front line trenches or advancing units.Black and white square reproduced photograph on rectangular archival paperObverse: Negative Number: 066265/ thumbnail/ image 066265/ purchased from Australian War Memorial/ Bonegilla Victoria 1944*05-03 Carrier pigeons being released for their/ daily exercise from a portable loft of the 1st Signals training Battlion/ Reverse: 7993/military album, beechworth, burke museum, military, world war 2, ww2, australian army, bonegilla, pigeons

Taken in 1944 in Bonegilla, Victoria, this photograph depicts soldiers of the 1st Australian Corps Signals training battalion releasing carrier pigeons from a portable loft for their daily exercise.The 1st Australian Corps Signals was a branch of the Australian Imperial Airforce that was active during World War Two. One of the tasked carried out by 1st Australian Corps Signals was to send messages through the use of carrier pigeons. Carrier pigeons were most commonly used by the Allied Forces to send messages from the front line trenches or advancing units.Black and white square reproduced photograph on rectangular archival paperObverse: Bonegilla Victoria 1944 - 05 - 03 Carrier pigeons being released for their daily exercise/ from a portable loft of the 1st Signals training Battlion/ copied from the Australian War Memorial No 066265 Order No 2319835 Copyright/ permission for the collection of/ Robert O'Hara Burke Memorial Museum Beechworth/ Reverse: 7993.1military album, beechworth, burke museum, military, world war 2, ww2, australian army, bonegilla, pigeons

Taken in 1944 in Bonegilla, Victoria by Captain E.C. Johnston, this photograph depicts soldiers of the 1st Australian Corps Signals training battalion releasing carrier pigeons from a portable loft for their daily exercise.The 1st Australian Corps Signals was a branch of the Australian Imperial Airforce that was active during World War Two. One of the tasked carried out by 1st Australian Corps Signals was to send messages through the use of carrier pigeons. Carrier pigeons were most commonly used by the Allied Forces to send messages from the front line trenches or advancing units. Edgar Charles Johnston (1896-1988) was an aviator and public servant. In WW1 he served with the Australian Imperial Force, and later joined the Royal Flying Corps. For his service in the Royal Flying Corps he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, which assisted him in becoming the assistant director-general in 1939 of the Commonwealth Department of Aviation. During World War II he was heavily engaged in the department’s activities in support of the war effort.Black and white square reproduced photograph on rectangular archival paperObverse: Bonegilla Victoria 1944-05-03/ Carrier Pigeons being released for their daily exercise/ from a portable loft of the 1st Signals training Battalion/ Photograph made 3 May 1944, by E.C. Johnston/ copied from CD Image supplied from/ Australian War Memorial collection/ Copyright/ Use of this image for the/ Robert O'Hara Burke Memorial Museum, Beechworth/ enhanced to remove moir effect/ Reverse: 7993.2/military album, beechworth, burke museum, military, world war 2, ww2, australian army, bonegilla, pigeons, edgar charles johnston