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Postcard, Clematis Av, Sherbrooke
Sepia-toned postcard featuring Clematis Avenue Sherbrooke. Very heavily ferned on either side of road. Almost just a track. -
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Postcard, Monbulk Creek, Belgrave
Sepia-toned postcard of Monbulk Creek, Belgrave. Ferns growing along side of Creek. Several straight trunks have fallen across the creek. -
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Postcard, The Monbulk Rd, Belgrave
Sepia-toned postcard showing Monbulk Rd, Belgrave, presumably heading towards Kallista. Road is unmade. Trees and ferns growing along side of the road. The ground slopes downhill from left to right. At a bend in the road a stretch of wooden barrier is visible near a gully. -
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Postcard, The Monbulk Rd, Belgrave
Sepia-toned postcard featuring Monbulk Road, Belgrave, presumably heading towards Kallista. Very tall fern trees on left side of road. Road not made. -
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Postcard, The Main Street, Belgrave
Sepia-toned postcard of Belgrave showing cars and horse and carts sharing street. Car parked up on Mt. Dickie. Moran and Cato grocery store. Sign for V.A. Duncan, auctioneer, and a chemist. Garage on left hand side around bend. c. early 1930s -
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Photograph, Belgrave from Lipscombe's Hill
Sepia photo shows a track through bush at Belgrave. Tall gum trees in foreground. Treed hill in background with houses visible among the trees. Presumably taken from near Sherbrooke Forest. -
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Photograph, Bringing in a log near Belgrave
Photo of a worker bringing in a log on a dray with what appear to be narrow steel wheels. Dray is being pulled by eight or ten steers or small bullocks. Heavy bush and tall, straight timber on side of the road. Most likely Sherbrooke Forest. Road bends to left behind team then possibly to the right, going up a small rise. The man could be well-known bullocky Bill Martin. He is dressed in a wellworn hat, a pale shirt with sleeves rolled up, and darker pants, and is carrying a long, slender stick or possibly a whip in his right hand. -
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Photograph - Photo album cover
Photo of the cover of Jacobson photo album. Cover is dull brown cardboard with a photo of Belgrave stuck on (now loose) and a dark pattern, possibly hand-drawn. Cover is now held together by two short white ribbons (not original)."Belgrave" has been handwritten on the photo. -
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Photograph, Belgrave
Photo which was originally stuck to Jacobson photo album. Photo shows a man in a dark jacket, pale shirt and pale hat, standing or walking along a road above two houses in a steep valley, probably the valley below Monbulk Road. Man is visible from waist up. One house is probably the house which features in other photos. The name 'Belgrave' has been hand-drawn on the top of the photo in an elegant script. The word is in black with a white outline."Belgrave' hand-drawn on the photo. -
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Photograph, Belgrave from Biffin's Hill
Photo of Belgrave township from Biffin's Hill (present-day site of Mater Christi School). Road running across front of photo is now Belgrave-Gembrook Rd. There is a sign on the side of the road advertising Biffin Hill Estate for sale. Belgrave main street is visible in background. c. 1920s -
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Photograph, Hauling Logs to Sawmill
Ten cows, steers, or bullocks hauling logs to a sawmill (possibly McLaren's sawmill in Belgrave). Bullocky standing behind team with backs to camera. The team is on a manmade track, surrounded by bush but in sunshine. c. 1920s -
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Photograph, Horse Shoe Bend on Narrow Gauge Line
Photo of Puffing Billy coming around the horseshoe bend at Selby and beginning to cross the trestle bridge, heading away from Belgrave. The engine is only part shown. It is hauling four open-sided carriages with canvas covers, and a further six or so enclosed carriages. There appears to be no wind as the smoke is hanging above the train. Railway infrastructure (barrier fences) can be seen in the foreground, and there are wires across the left side of the photo. c. 1920 -
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Photograph, Jacobs Ladder, Sherbrooke
Photo of Jacob's Ladder in Sherbrooke Forest. Looks to be water under the bridge at the bottom of the photo. Very steep wooden steps going up through ferns. There is a wooden seat halfway up the visible steps, to the right of the steps. There are three signs attached to a tree on the right side of the photo near the creek. The sun is shining on the ferns. -
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Photograph, Monbulk Road, Belgrave
Groups of people are standing on Monbulk Road, up from Belgrave. In the background are four women abreast walking away. There are two men, a young boy and a woman standing together in the middle ground and two younger women closer to the camera, standing beside a cart (with only a large cartwheel visible). There may be another man speaking to them. There is a path going up the hill to the right, with fence posts on the high side and a closed gate at the top. On the left of the photo there is a house below the road. There are two water tanks which look new. It may be the same house as appears in other photos in this collection. Another building is visible in the distance. -
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Photograph, Monbulk Road, Belgrave
Road from Belgrave to Monbulk. A woman stands on the road holding a stick. There is a creeper growing on the verge. Tall treeferns surround a house on the right side, below the road. The house has a verandah extending all the way around. There is smoke coming from a chimney which may be on the visible house or from one behind. c.1920. -
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Photograph, Monbulk Road, Belgrave
Group of four people standing on Monbulk Road just out of Belgrave. Possibly Beauty Bend. Holiday makers, all well dressed. There is a wooden seat on the left side of road. There is a gully on the right side. The left side has heavy bush. A house roof is just visible beyond the bush. c.1920. -
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Photograph, Near Saw Mill
Ten or more cattle pulling logs to a sawmill (possibly McLaren's sawmill in Belgrave). The land around the track is cleared and it is heavily treed in the background. There is dead timber lying around and the land looks dry. c.1920. -
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Photograph, On the Monbulk Road near Sherbrooke
Photo shows a team of cattle (bullocks, cows or steers) hauling a log down to the sawmill. A huge piece of timber is clearly seen chained to the dray. Heavy timber both sides of the road, most likely present-day Sherbrooke Forest. c.1920. -
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Photograph, Sherbrooke Falls
Photo of the falls in Sherbrooke Forest. Huge amount of large rocks in and around creek bed. Ferns grow up sides of banks. Low volume of water indicates dry season. At the top of the falls a man sits with another person who appears to be a woman. c.1920. -
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Photograph, Sherbrooke Gully
Fern gully in Sherbrooke Forest. A bridge with long log sides crosses a creek. Tree ferns edge the track. -
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Photograph
Photo of a woman of about sixty standing in a garden with a house in the background. The woman has thick grey/white hair swept back, and she is unsmiling and looking to her left. She is wearing a dark skirt and jacket with three buttons over a pale blouse with a frilled collar. In her hands is a twig or piece of grass or similar. There is a wedding ring on her hand. The house in the background is the same house as in other photos. The land slopes upwards and Monbulk Road is most likely hidden by the thick bush behind the house. Trees and bracken edge a cleared area of land. The house is probably located at present-day 20 Monbulk Road, Belgrave and is no longer standing. -
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Photograph
Closer shot of house in previous photo with white-haired woman. The house is timber weatherboard with a tin roof. Three woman and a man stand on the verandah: the white-haired woman, who appears to be quite stout; a younger woman who appears in another photo; a man in a pale hat who also appears in other photos; and an elderly woman. They are all looking off to their left. The verandah has fancy timberwork. There is a deckchair. A water tank is on the left side of the photo with a sapling growing close to it. The house is surrounded by trees. c.1920. -
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Photograph
B & W photo, Belgrave Post office 1997. Internal shot showing public area looking towards front door. Counters for public use and built-in seating seen on left side. 'Textile Offcuts' shop visible across Main Road. -
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Photograph
B&W photo, Belgrave Post Office, 1997. Internal shot showing counter area. Two female staff members are behind the counter on the left of the photo. One is serving a woman with a small child. On the wall behind the counter, various sized Postpaks are displayed. -
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Photograph
B & w photo interior Belgrave Post Office, 1997. Photo shows counter area. Postpaks, boxes and envelops are displayed on the wall. Two CRT computer monitors and desktop boxes are visible. A notice on the counter reads, 'This counter closed'. The open hatchway into the private work area space is visible. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.B & w photo interior Belgrave Post Office, 1997. Photo shows counter and seating for the public use. Posters are on the walls.
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Photograph
B&W photo of Belgrave Post Office, 1997. External shot of front door. Door is closed. A handwritten sign stuck to the inside the glass door reads, 'We are open / We move to the / Belgrave Newsagency / 1st September / 1997' -
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Photograph, Belgrave Railway Bridge, 1947
Belgrave Railway Bridge seen from near railway line on the east side. Photo shows the bridge over a scrubby railway cutting. There are small trees. A truck is parked on the right side of the bridge and perpendicular to the bridge. To the right is a building, presumably US Motors. A sign visible on right end of the bridge is also visible on VSSHP0069.02. -
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Photograph, Belgrave Railway Bridge, 1947
Belgrave railway bridge looking towards Bayview Road from Terrys Ave, 1947. It shows a bus crossing the bridge onto (now) Belgrave-Gembrook Road, followed by a male cyclist wearing a dark overcoat and bowler hat. A man wearing a homburg hat is crossing the footbridge beside the main bridge towards the main street. There is a pale van parked (or driving past) a dairy on the corner of Bayview Rd and Belgrave-Gembrook Road. A brick toilet block is shown with a sign saying 'MEN' on a nearby lamp post. -
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Photograph, Termite fence line test, Belgrave
Black and white photo, c.1923-32, taken from a lantern slide, showing a termite fence line test along a termite-infested log. Log is surrounded by open forest.