Coloured photograph of the Palm Tree on the horse paddock - the location of the original cottage and smokehouse - 2002 photo.palm trees, schwerkolt cottage

Coloured photograph of the east end of the Museum and the Implement display area.schwerkolt cottage & museum complex

Digital images of demolition after a fire - corner Grant and Armstrong Streets Ballarat. The former Ballarat Supreme Court House is in the background. ballarat, grant street, armstrong street, demolition, brew tower, ballarat gaol

Invoice from R.P. Chapman, wholese and retail butcher, of Yandoit and Franklin.luigi gervasoni, philately, invoice, r.p. chapman, butcher, yandoit, franklin

Invoice from R.P. Chapman, wholese and retail butcher, of Yandoit and Franklin.luigi gervasoni, philately, invoice, r.p. chapman, butcher, yandoit, franklin

By July 1960 for the Beech Forest railway outwards traffic was down to 12,730 tonnes per year, and from Ferguson under 1,000 tonnes per year. One wagon was all that was needed in July to reach Beech Forest The line kilometre proportion of $26,320 was sufficient in itself to justify the withdrawal of the rail service, without the fact that reconditioning the two Garratt locomotives and rendering serviceable the ancient wagons would make the costs prohibitive. As a result the whole line closed in June 1962.Colour. 144mm x 279mm. G42 locomotive with Weeaproinah goods in a loaded NQR wagon and NC guard's van, between Beech Forest and Ferguson in July 1960.ferguson: beech forest; railways;

B/W. Between Dinmont and Ditchley, a man on a railway bridge overlooking a waterfall in 1919. dinmont; ditchley; beech forest; waterfall; railways;

For two years after the opening of the Colac-Beech Forest railway line trains were preceded by a ganger on a trolley to ensure no landslips or wash-a-ways created a danger to the trains. Afterwards the trains continued on their own. The line was built as cheaply as possible, "a mere skeleton of a railway" as one Victorian Railways spokesperson commented. With earthworks specified to the bare minimum landslips in the cuttings and wash-a-ways in sloping areas were always a problem, particularly in the early years before the works had time to settle. The line to Crowes was built to open in 1911 and a wash-a-way between Lavers Hill and Crowes was only to be expected. B/W. 8A locomotive, with driver and fireman, and a mounted repair gang attending a wash-a-way just past Lavers Hill in 1913.183mm x 260mm print.

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