Prepared by the Shire of Lillydale during discussion with Wonga Park & District Residents' Association regarding the redevelopment of the intersection

Written on back of photograph, "Ringwood East looking from corner Warrandyte Road and Wonga Road, 1960".

B/W photo of winding gear used to raise and lower the trucks up and down the Wonga open cut.View of machinery inside winding shedstawell mining

B/W photo Wonga Company 1899 showing how ore is taken up an incline in ore trucks..Rail tracks with ore trucks pulled by cable moving up incline to processing plantstawell mining

Wonga Park: Mrs Sharp in front of shade house (later tea house) with baby Elizabeth in pram c.1913Photo is named 14880034.jpg on CD

Written on back of photograph, "29.6.81. Looking East along Oban Road from roundabout at corner of Wonga Rd."

The ‘Wonga Park Homestead’ in 1984. Although renovated in the 1940’s, part of the original ripple-iron structure remains at the back of the house.

Mr. G. C. Burch’s original home which he built in 1888 on arrival in Wonga Park from Melbourne [1888 is dubious]

The Wonga Park Community Cottage, 1984, originally built by Alan Bickford in 1950 for his family, owned by the Shire of Lillydale since 1978

Typed below photograph, "Mr. F. Goulding's orchard. Looking across to Ringwood East from Wonga Rd. 1960".

Map of original land settlement in 1890’s – known as ‘the Eight Hour Pioneer village Settlememt’, the square mile around the Wonga Park Store today (red square).

State Government agencies have joined local government to oppose lan developers' plans to subdivide an untouched pat of the Yarra. The subdivision involves 565 hectares (Yarra Brae and Stane Brae) and more than 16 kms of bush river frontage at Wonga Park in Lillydale Shire

Written on back of photograph, "24/8/81. View of corner of (Blank) court and Tortice Drive looking east towards Wonga Rd. Thought to be Middlebrook Drive, not a court.

Boxes of fruit were labelled so that buyers knew who grew the fruit, the size of the fruit and the area where it was grown.Cardboard Labelled with Orchardists name and type of fruit. Label printed with " Grown and Packed by R. & J.M.Hooper, Wonga Park". Fruit being Peaches. Grade being Fancy also had Count for the number of Peaches and a Date.

Written on back of photograph, "24.4.81 Looking from parking area in front of Parkwood High School towards Wonga Road over new subdivision. In the area seen there are six new courts under construction. Three months ago there was nothing there."

Digitised video (3.06GB) Duration: 56 minutes. Recorded November, 2019 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Presenter: Alan Upton has spent his life growing fruit, both at the original Upton orchard in Wonga Park and at Yering on the Healesville Road. In that time, there have been many changes to not only agricultural methods and techniques but also to the local area, as covered by Alan in this video presentation.

Double-sided printed page advertising land auction on Saturday 27th March, 1976, with locality map and subdivision layout, terms of sale, and summary of local features and services. Subdivision includes Wonga Road, Holyrood Crescent, Georgian Court, and Stonnington Place. Auctioneers - N.R. Reid & Co. Pty. Ltd., 173 Coleman Parade, Glen Waverley (Telephone) 560 0355, and Margaret Curtayne Pty. Ltd., 109a Canterbury Road, Heathmont (Telephone) 729 6844.

Digitised video (662MB). Duration: 12 minutes. Recorded March, 2019. (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Presentation: Peter Fry has done quite a bit of tracing of properties in the Ringwood area where he grew up. In this talk, Peter presents an example of his research, covering the house and property now known as 64 Wonga Road, which has a long and interesting history dating back to the early days of orcharding in the district.

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Written on back of photograph, " 'Quambee' 1915".