Glass plate negative. Two people in horse drawn buggy, conifers in background. Estimated dress to be late 19th, early 20th Century. Includes a Hand written note from Mrs Isobel Burch (nee Taylor) expressing the view that the couple in the buggy are her parents - Mr & Mrs Ern Taylor, enclosed with negative.

Flooding of the Yarra Valley, including that section of the Yarra bordering Kew and Kew East in the north and west of the municipality, was a regular occurrence. Extreme flood events of the Yarra River are recorded to have occurred in 1891, 1901, 1916, 1923 and 1934. The Municipality of Kew's response to these floods was to enact planning decisions restricting residential development in flood prone areas following the floods of 1916, 1921 and 1934. While floods continued after the development of the Upper Yarra Reservoir (construction 1948-57), the regularity and extent of these inundations diminished. Natural disasters had an impact on the development and settlement of Melbourne and its suburbs. Flooding in the Melbourne region was a regular event in the nineteenth and for most of the twentieth centuries. Changes in the impact of natural disasters could occur due to a number of factors. This collection of small snapshots, mostly taken from Kellett Grove in North Kew, provide provenanced evidence of flooding in the area before the development of the unnatural flood barrier that is the Eastern Freeway.Collection of 16 monochrome photographs, annotated on verso by different hands, of the flooding of the River Yarra in North Kew in the third and fourth decades of the twentieth century [1920s & 1930s]. Individual photos include the dates of different floods. Many of the photos were taken from the rear of 8 Kellett Grove; a house still extant in 2023yarra river -- north kew, floods -- yarra valley, floods -- north kew, floods -- 1929, floods -- 1934, natural disasters -- kew

A tool produced and used in the fishing industry to assist in retrieving large fish aboard a boat after being hooked on a fishing rod and brought to the vessel's side. Its origin is in 16th-century England river and estuary fishing. It saves the fishermen from leaving the boat and standing in the water to retrieve their large fish from the line.The fishing gaff is an example of equipment used in the fishing industry from around the 16th century that continues to be used today. River and bay fishing has been carried out in Warrnambool from the early to the mid-19th century. Gaff; wooden fishing gaff with a smooth pointed metal hook fixed to the end with black binding.warrnambool, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, fishing gaff, fishing equiipment, fishing industry, rod fishing, river fishing, estuary fishing, fishing tool

Sheet with 2 black and white contact prints from a glass plate negative. Top image is a group of people under and near a large marquee, in a clearning surrounded by gum trees. Dress is late 19th, early 20th century. Second image is of a man with a walking stick standing beside a railway line looking at a timber beam.

Sheet of 2 contact prints from glass plate negatives. Top: Group of people on and near a bridge over creek. Bushland setting. Bottom: 3 men and 3 women standing on bank of river. Surrounding area flat, almost treeless. Sandy soil. People dressed in fashion of late 19th, early 20th century.photography, contact print, bushland, glenelg shire