Henry Christian (c.1809-91), the grandfather of the photographer, was one of the first settlers in Kew. He arrived in Victoria with his wife Agnes and son Orlando in 1855 on the Gypsy Queen. He established a rope-making business in Bulleen Road by 1858 but was declared insolvent two years later. In his final years, he was celebrated as one of the oldest living settlers of the district. His son, Orlando Henry Beater Christian (c.1853-1930) became a member of the Hawthorn Band and a foundation member of the Willsmere Swimming Club. Orlando and his wife Elizabeth had four children of which Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) was the oldest.An album of photographs, compiled by Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) of Pakington Street, Kew, depicting individuals, natural and settled environments and the interactions between these worlds. Henry Christian, was a keen explorer, not just of his immediate environment but also of the Victorian wilderness. His major opus is contained in two albums in which he records, sometimes in majestic detail and on other occasions the intimate features of the natural world. His photographic travels during the 1920s, often in solitary ramblings but on other occasions with companions, recall the heroic landscape photography of an earlier era, pioneered by Nicholas Caire. In addition to their aesthetic value, the albums are historically significant records within the State of Victoria, of what is now a distant point in time, and of places that have become radically altered through human intervention.Digital copy of a 47-page photograph album containing 255 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The album contains a groups of photographic positives taken by Henry B Christian (a resident of Pakington Street), of places in Kew and throughout regional Victoria during the 1920s. The mainly sepia photographs, while small, are of a high resolution. Photographs are typically lightly glued onto pages. Locations are frequently identified by white or black ink, which in a number of cases is illegible due to wear.henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, photograph albums, kew (vic.) — yarra river, kew (vic.) — zig-zag bridge, kew (vic.) — macauley’s boathouse, studley park (vic.) — yarra river, wonderland — grampians (vic.), black spur (vic.), marysville (vic.), maroondah dam (vic.) — construction, warburton (vic.), cockatoo (vic.), bruthen (vic.), swan reach road (vic.), glen hills (vic.), lightning creek (vic.), omeo (vic.), glen wills (vic.), mt wills (vic.), sunnyside (vic), granite flat (vic.), toolangi (vic.), yea (vic, )., flowerdale (vic.), mt white law (vic.), baw baw (vic.), christian-washfold collection

Colour photograph of students from Swan Reach Primary School Victoriaschools

Colour photograph of students from Swan Reach Primary School Victoriaschools

Black and white photograph of children unnamed playing on cubby house equipment at Pre School Swan Reach Victoriaschools

Teddy Bears picnic held 20 November 1996Black and white photograph of student Emmylou Nicholas at teddy bears picnic Primary School Swan Reach Victoriachildrens services

Colour photograph of wedding of Greg Farmer of Swan Reach and Melissa Timm of Gladstone Queensland at St Stephens Brisbanecelebrations

Black and white photograph group of children in front of outside playground equipment at farewell to Director Kirstin Dadd at Kindergarten Swan Reach Victoriachildrens services

Children named as Jessica Rogers, Elise, Brody Dawe, Zoe. (Names don't match picture, two boys and two girls)Black and white photograph new Director Yvonne Unthank with four named children on outside playground equipment at kindergarten at Swan Reach Victoriachildrens services

Captain ..Limschow, crew member A J legg and two others were rescuedBlack and white photograph showing schooner Ethel BT in Tambo River near Bennetts Brook. Sheds and buildings and post and rail fences on farm in background. Swan Reach Victoriajetties, occupation, fishing industry, boats and boating

Black and white photograph Clarice Brooks and Stella Prawdzic, members of Swan Reach Metung Senior Citizens Club during visit to Wyanga Park Winery. Lakes Entrance Victoriasenior citizens, activities

Date made 4 December 2000.Colour photograph of Grade 5 and 6 students, one named Rebecca Lawson from Swan Reach Primary School taking part in Save Our Shorebird cruise on the Gippsland Lakes Victoriaschools

Black and white photograph showing Broomes launch Maranui in Tambo River (?) Thick vegetation on either bank. Several people on boat, one man centre lower edge on the bank watching. Swan Reach VictoriaBroome's Launch (written on back)waterways, boats and boating, tourism

1 x Black and white photograph copied from a book 9.5 x 14.5.Black and white photograph showing S S Lady Harriet at the cliffs on the Tambo river. The Lady Harriet barge on left of S S Harriet, well vegetated cliff behind the vessels. Swan Reach Victoria1908 S S Lady Harriet at cliffs in Tambo River and her barge (on back)jetties, ships and shipping, waterways, topography

Taken 21 October 1993Black and white photograph of Swan Reach Primary School senior students and five adults on steps of Parliament House Canberra. East Gippsland member of parliament, Peter McGauran standing right hand side top step. Canberra ACTschools, students

Also another copy 10 x 15 of side view.Colour photograph of the Kalimna West Hall, situated on the Princes Highway, halfway between Lakes Entrance and Swan Reach, Victoria. A single storey weatherboard building with gabled corrugated iron roof with four ventilators. Small entry porch and side door. Hardiplank clad extension at rear. Kalimna West Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses

1 x copy sepia 10 x 14Sepia photograph showing S S Lady Harriet and barge at Mossiface wharf on Tambo river near Bruthen, Lady Harriet on left barge on right at wharf store shed and crane on wharf, small building far right, forested hill at back, stern of small rowing boat at lower right in photograph. Swan Reach VictoriaMossiface wharf (from the Leader, 2 August 1902)jetties, transport, ships and shipping

Black and white photograph of Lakes Entrance C grade cricket team John Sammut, Brad Gillahan, Mark Hudson, Ross McNamara, Paul Harrison, William Dempster, Les Rodgers, David Chatfield, Kevin Wilson, Captain, Ken Chatfield, Ed Williams, Stewart Pidgean taken after defeating Metug Swan Reach at Wy Yung Victoriaclubs, cricket

Identified as Anthony Brooks from Toorloo Arm School and Dean Lindeman from Swan Reach Primary School.Black and white photograph of two boys who took part in the Tambo Cluster School Sports. The school sports were usually held at the Lakes Entrance Sports Oval. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools

Message on back of card, to 'Misses M & A Henderson, Swan Reach, Just a line to wish ......, Yours sincerely, R J Gilsenan.'Black and white postcard of the man made entrance. It shows the works building and cottages on each side of the entrance, timber cribs and rock groynes at Bullock Island, natural vegetation of Jemmys Point in foreground. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrance, Cunninghamboats and boating, public works, topography, waterways