At its peak the Beech Forest railway employed more than 21 staff between Colac and Crowes. Gangers (men in charge of the track gangs) tended to be promoted into the Otways but many of their subordinate repairers were local recruits. A few of the men who worked in the original construction gangs of 1900-1902 remained and obtained positions in the track gangs along the line. The track was maintained by seven three-man gangs based at Colac, Barongarook, Gellibrand, Banool, Beech Forest (2), and Lavers Hill. However, track gangs lessened as the line shortened. After 1954, the sole surviving track gang, in charge of Paddy Balcombe, stayed until the line closed.A railway track gang, with helper, trolleying to a work site, on 14 December, 1955.beech forest; railways; track gang;

3 Unknown People in front of a Building Site - on the back the numbers: 709-42person, group, business

3 Unknown People in front of a Building Site - on the back the numbers: 709-41Kodakperson, group, business

3 Unknown People in front of a Building Site - on the back the numbers: 709-31Kodakperson, group, business

3 Unknown People in front of a Building Site - on the back the numbers: 709-37Kodakperson, group, business

3 Unknown People in front of a Building Site - on the back the numbers: 709-36Kodakperson, group, business

3 unknown persons in front of a building site - On the back the numbers 709-35Kodakperson, group, business

3 unknown persons in front of a building site - On the back the numbers 709-34Kodakperson, group, business

3 unknown persons in front of a building site - On the back the numbers 709-33Kodakperson, group, business

3 unknown persons in front of a building site- On back the numbers 709-32Kodakperson, group, business

Gas and fuel building site - Crane and several workers Date and Location UnknownFujicolorbuildings, commercial, gas and fuel

Gas and Fuel Building site - Crane and cement truck - Date and location unknown.Fujicolorbuildings, commercial, gas and fuel

Building Site - Pouring Concrete Date and location Unknown 3 Men in the photoFujicolorbuildings, commercial, gas and fuel

Photograph. Bruce Reid and Daryl McClure, at new building site. Date unknownbuilding, basketball court

Local SceneKororoit Creek looking North east with the Albion explosive site in the background - AR0020

Sloane's & Scotchman Mining Co Looking East up upper Main Street The back view of the Ore Bin can be seen. Street view looking uphill towards mine site. Cows grazing at right.stawell mining

Mary nee Barrie Robinson (1907 –1999) writes c1980 about her father Charles Ernest Barrie of Darlingsford Melton (1871 – 1931) Extract copied from her handwritten story - My father was born in Ballarat in 1871. … commenced his working life with a team of bullocks and a chaffcutter in the St Arnaud district, a work the he became most success at and would continue in to the end of his life. He eventually became the owner of a chaff mill at Melton station with an access line to the railway. [1900] The Schutt & Barrie partnership Dad later became involved in a Chaff mill at West Footscray run by John Ralph Schutt who when he met Dad was a very sick man and had begged Dad to come into the business and help him. That began a very happy association, the business was put on its feet. An empty quarry across Geelong Road opposite the mill was purchased, the chaffcutters were set up in the quarry and that was the start of a very busy and prosperous period. A branch line was run into the mill. Dad spent some afternoons at the mill going by train, and spending some hours there at night, at the same time running the farm with full time help. Two full 8 horse teams were used to work the land, which meant early rising for the horses to be fed and harnessed ready for the men to commence the days work. Charlie Lowe and Murdock Davey were two of the men who worked for Dad in those years. The firm purchased a mill at Parwan and Dad spent a lot of time and energy getting it running to their satisfaction. Monday was the day he spent time there also round the district of Parwan and Balliang. He came to know many of the their names were well known in our household for many years. [1920] Later a flour mill was built beside the Chaff mill at West Footscray but it never thrived like the mill. The chaff mill had many loyal and good men employed there and there was never any trouble between men and management. Willie Walters and Miss Renyolds were some I remember, other names me, Joyce would be able to name them. [Sister of Mary born 1920] Schutt and Barrie Pty Ltd Chaff Cutting Mills Melton South sitelocal architecture, local identities, agriculture

Coloured photos of Fluming Water Supply in the Grampians. a. Grampians Exit of tunnel through Mt William Range built 1874. b. Halls Gap Fyan's Creek with buried pipe from new diversion Weir Nov 24/91 (Fume Main). c. Halls Gap New Diversion Weir (Keith Phillips) Nov 24/1991. d. Halls Gap Old pipe to open flume adapter Nov 24/1991. e. Halls Gap Old metal open flume Nov24/91. f. Halls Gap Old metal flume and man made stone supporting wall. g. Halls Gap Overhanging rocks above old fume line Nov 24/1991. h. Halls Gap Old pipe to open flume adapter Bill Holmes Nov 24/91. i. Grampians Old hut for controlling flow valves etc. at Stawell side of Mount William Range after tunnel exit. Nine colour photographs of various views around a tunnel through a hill site.grampians water supply flume

Date June 2003Colour photograph of construction site for Esplanade Waterfront Resort, Lakes Entrance, Victoriabuilding industry, construction

Black and white photograph (2 copies) Printed on photograph, "Series No.2 - Municipal Chambers, Ringwood." Typed on backing sheet below one photograph: "Gilpins store (later) Coles site. Fence to left (later) S.E.C. site - c 1930".

Print of 'Application of J. Hattam, plan of occupation parish of Sandhurst, County of Bendigo' Plan shows Post Office site, large dam, 'formerly cultivated site near Post Office'. A un-named gully is marked.bendigo, mining, diamond hill

Brief description of the Glasgow Golconda mine site and the Glasgow Reef mining history. The site is Glasgow Golconda mine is situated midway up Golden Gully is bounded on the north by Hill & Co's and on the south by the Golconda Company's ground.bendigo, mining, glasgow golconda

Monier site to be re-zoned - zone one will take in current tile plant, zone two the rehabilitated section of quarry and another lot which can be developed following further rehabilitation work on remaining quarry site.monier tile factory, city of whitehorse, tile factories

Black and white photograph of the site of Peck's fish processing factory on Bullock Island. It shows a heavy machine in background, broken concrete and rubbish skip in foreground, site cleared for TAFE education complex. Lakes Entrance Victoriaislands, waterways, dredging, topography