Class photograph from Greensborough Primary School No.2062. 1978 Grade 5S. Student names are not identified.Digital copy of colour group photograph.Class name marked on photograph.greensborough primary school, greensborough state school

Class photograph from Greensborough Primary School No.2062. 1978 Grade 6J. Student names are not identified.Digital copy of colour group photograph.Class name marked on photograph.greensborough primary school, greensborough state school

Class photograph from Greensborough Primary School No.2062. 1978 Grade 6U. Student names are not identified.Digital copy of colour group photograph.Class name marked on photograph.greensborough primary school, greensborough state school

Published as The Snowy River mail and Tambo and Croajingolong gazette from 1890 to 1911. The Gippsland Courier merged with the Snowy River Mail when proprietor Lachlan Ross moved to Orbost in 1910 In 1999 the paper was acquired by the Yeates family when the Hollins family retired from the newspapers business.The paper is still being produced by the fourth generation of the Yeates family as part of East Gippsland Newspapers. They also produce the Bairnsdale Advertiser, the East Gippsland News and the Lakes Post and the yearly publications East Gippsland Visitor Guide and the Great Alpine Road Touring Guide. This newspaper is still being produced today. Local newspapers play a vital role in communities as they are central to communication networks in regional areas of Australia. They are a valuable source of local news, act as a forum for debate and often set the agenda for local discussion. This item is a useful research tool as it reflects contemporary views.This newspaper is a first issue of 4 pp. It is titled "Snowy River Mail & Tambo and Croajingolong Gazette Orbost Saturday August 9 1890".snowy-mail-newspaper first-issue

This is the third issue of the annual Orbost High School magazine. The name Croajingolong derives from the Australian Aboriginal Krauatungalung words galung, meaning "belonging to" and kraua, meaning "east". It belonged to Mary Gilbert, a former teacher at the school.This item is a useful reference tool.A 39 pp grey paper back magazine with the Orbost High School badge in black and gold on the front cover, a sheaf of corn inside a double oval. inside which is the school motto, " acti labores iundi".on front cover - "M. Gilbert 1950" in red peneducation magazine-croajingolong-1950 orbost-high-school

These photographs were probably taken in the late 1940s - mid 1950s. 3275.1 was taken at the roundabout in Nicholson Street / Salisbury Street intersection looking south. On the right is the The Commonwealth Hotel and the Gippsland Northern Store can be seen on the right. The war memorial can be seen in the centre of the intersection. 3275.2 has been taken from a height (possibly from behind the hardware store) overlooking Orbost House in McLeod Street. The butter factory can be seen in the background. Back yard toilets and paling fences can be seen with a narrow lane for the sanitary truck. Mrs Ruth Hannah Macalister, 1861-1932, established “Orbost House” as a boarding house in about 1900. Following her demise “Orbost House” was taken over by her son, “Reg” and his wife and they continued the Macalister family‟s association until the accommodation house was purchased by “Slim” and Eileen Somerville and Lindsay and Joan Jensen, in partnership, in 1963. (info. from Marilyn Morgan)These photographs are detailed pictorial records of Orbost in the mid 20th century. They show the objects in their spatial context with detail.Two coloured photographs. 3275.1 is a streetscape with a large hotel on the right, a main shopping area in the background and a wooden fence on the left. 3275,2 is overlooking backyards and fences. In the middle is an extensive red roof with "ORBOST HOUSE" in white print.on back - 1948-1954orbost-1950s orbost-house commonwealth-hotel

4 photographs of the proposed site for the Eltham Leisure Centre 1978, taken by Peter Graham, a Shire of Eltham Councillor. 4 colour photographs.peter graham, eltham, eltham leisure centre

Class photograph from Greensborough Primary School No.2062. 1978 Grade Prep W. Student names are not identified.Digital copy of colour group photograph.Class name marked on photograph.greensborough primary school, greensborough state school

Class photograph from Greensborough Primary School No.2062. 1978 Grade Prep C. Student names are not identified.Digital copy of colour group photograph.Class name marked on photograph.greensborough primary school, greensborough state school

Class photograph from Greensborough Primary School No.2062. 1978 Grade 1 and 2. Student names are not identified.Digital copy of colour group photograph.Class name marked on photograph.greensborough primary school, greensborough state school

Black and white photograph. Orchard after flood: shows soil washed away. On reverse, "Orchard after flood Dec 1934."orchard, yarra river, floods, 1934, damage

This item is an early souvenir of the local district.Small white plate with black rim. Black and white illustration of the bridge over the Snowy River at Orbost.Back - Made in Orbost. Front - The Bridge Over The Snowy River At Orbost, Vic.plate souvenir snowy-river orbost

Class photograph from Greensborough Primary School No.2062. 1978 Grade 2 and 3 W. Student names are not identified.Digital copy of colour group photograph.Class name marked on photograph.greensborough primary school, greensborough state school

Transparency taken by Ken McInnes, c.1956flood, hogan street, casey street, swimming pool, fraser street, photograph, events

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Melbourne Water will remove 35 trees from the embankments of the Vernon Street Reserve, also known as the Cornwall Street Retarding Basin, to reduce the risk of embankment failure.trees, blackburn south, vernon street, blackburn, melbourne water

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