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Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Knox Collection, Train between Dinmont and Beech Forest, c.1915, c.1915
... Forest, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...B/W. A train for Beech Forest between Dinmont and Beech Forest in c.1915.beech forest; dinmont; railways; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Brucker, Gellibrand station, 1922, 1922
... Gellibrand Station, Gellibrand, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...Gellibrand station became the railhead for traffic to the Carlisle River and Lardners, as well as the centre of timber and fruit trade. Outward loading was substantial at the time the photograph was taken. Sawn and split timber, firewood, sleepers and piles were loaded in large quantities. The general expansion in traffic led in October 1923 to the laying of an additional loop siding and provision for a goods shed., B/W. In 1922, Gellibrand station with passengers and workmen on the station concourse, and NQR wagons aligned ready to move. Note the water tank on the left and the start of the Refreshment Room on the right.gellibrand; railways; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, R. Preston, Taking water at Wimba tank, 8 January 1958
... 100 metres south of the station., Wimba, Otways, Victoria ...Wimba station is 37.3 km south of Colac. This station, originally called "Bunding", opened with the line in in March, 1902, as an unnamed stopping place. It was renamed "Wimba" on 17 November, 1902. A water tank for locomotive requirements was placed on the side of a hill about 100 metres south of the station. Wimba was not provided with a loop siding but had a passenger shelter until 1936 when the roads took over. A sheep race was provided near the passenger shelter. The station closed with the line.B/W. An UP goods train loaded with pulp wood on NQR wagons and two NC guard's vans taking water at Wimba tank on 8 January 1958. wimba; railways; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Train climbing between Gellibrand and Beech Forest
... Otways, Victoria, Australia ...B/W. An NA class engine, a number of NQR open wagons, two NUU louvre vans and a NC guard's van climb between Gellibrand and Beech Forest. A man stands near the engine.beech forest; gellibrand; railways; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Brucker, Beech Forest: Locomotive 5A during construction, c.1902, c.1902
... Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...In 1898 a recommendation for a railway of 2 ft 6 in gauge was handed down by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways, to cost $138,000. Construction began in 1900. About 100 men were engaged in laying and ballasting the track while others, not included in the 100, formed the earthworks, culverts and bridges. Locomotive operations initially were two 2-6-2 Tank engines of the narrow gauge A class, dubbed "Coffee Pots", and these were used on the work trains between 1900 and 1902. Because of the lengthy periods of waiting time required to unload sleepers and rails or to load ballast meant that a handy replenishment of coal and water supply was necessary. With earthworks specified to the bare minimum landslips in the narrow cuttings were frequent so a repairer was stationed in each length to deal quickly with minor slips until 1904 when the cuttings were widened.B/W. The driver and seven other men on locomotive 5A and its flat cars at Beech Forest during construction of the line in c.1902. beech forest; railways; loco 5a; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Knox Collection, Opening banquet, Colac-Beech Forest railway line, 1902, 27 February 1902
... Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...While the first train arrived at Beech Forest on 17 February, 1902, as a special train for a race meeting at Beech Forest Turf Club, two special trains ran for the official opening of the railway by the State Governor, Sir George Sydenham Clarke, KCMG, R.E., F.R.S., that took place on 27 February, 1902. After seeing round the area the guests attended a celebration of the opening at a banquet at Beech Forest. The menu included four impressive courses, coffee and cognac, and included a number of toasts - The King, the Governor, the Minister and the Parliament of the State, Success to the Beech Forest Railway, the Colac Shire Council and the Railway Trust, and the Railway Department, a total of 19 people speaking. The official guests then returned to Colac.B/W. Opening banquet for the Colac-Beech Forest railway line in 1902. The State Governor, Sir George Sydenham Clarke, KCMG, the Premier of Victoria, Hon. A.J. Peacock, MLA, and a number of other important people seated at the top table, with other guests seated to the left and right.beech forest; railways; banquet; colac; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Knox Collection, A reverse or S curve, Colac-Beech Forest railway, 1901, 1901
... Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...B/W. A reverse or S curve on the Colac-Beech Forest railway line, taken in 1901.colac; beech forest; railways; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Victorian Railways, Bend 21.5 miles looking south, 1901
... Banool, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...Banool station is 34.1 km down the railway line from Colac: this photograph was taken 34.6 km down the line, half a kilometre onwards.B/W. A bend in the line 21.5 miles (34.6 km) looking south.banool; beech forest; railways; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Knox Collection, Beech Forest railway terminus, 1902, 1902
... Beech Forest Railway Station, Beech Forest, Otways ...B/W. Beech Forest railway terminus showing two inspecting officers upon a railway trolley on No.2 track near a shed..beech forest; railways; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Wimba: Inspecting officers, 1902, 1902
... Wimba, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...B/W. Two inspecting officers examining newly built lines near Wimba in 1902.wimba; railways; beech forest; colac; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Potato planting worked by Ern Minchington, 1932, 1932
... Weeaproinah, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...B/W. Early potato planting with two horses pulling a disc plough in front of a seed potato planter, worked by Ern Minchington. Note the boot of the following man.ern minchington; potatoes; horses; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPoster, Otway Ratepayers Poll: To the rate payers as addressed (Draft), 1963
... Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...Typescript (3 pages). Draft. To the rate payers as addressed. 1. Delete paragraph 1: ". We suggest if you have any doubts, that you try and make a personel inspection of the engineers offices as some of us have done. 2. Modify p.2, para. 3. 3. p.3: Delete "committee"; insert "council".shire of otway; ratepayers; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Harrington's Hotel, Lavers Hill, 1921, 1921
... Lavers Hill, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...The Lavers Hill Hotel was established in about 1906. The publicans were Messrs. Hedley, Tom McGrath, Pat Harrington and F. Betteridge. When Tom McGrath was publican the hotel boasted 20 rooms and first-class stabling. Pat Harrington when publican supported the local football club when it was formed, and soon after owned the General Store from 1924 until 1926. When a census officer collecting statistical information asked Mrs Harrington, "What does your husband do?" the answer quickly came, "Well now, what could you say Pat has ever done." The hotel burnt done in 1930.B/W. Harrington's Laver Hill Hotel, with one woman approaching the hotel from the left and three people on a very long, two-dimension veranda.lavers hill; hotel; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyDocument, Derryl Towers (deceased), Derryl Towers: Letter to the Editor (Draft), 1964, 12 January 1964
... Denherts Track, Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...Derryl Towers wrote to the editor of the Colac Herald about his concerns about the proposal for a loan to create a new municipal workshop and Shire Engineer's office in the Apollo Bay riding. He made several points: a lack of attendance at the poll could bring the matter back to the Council table again; the representative of the Regional Committee is exploring some downward adjustment in Shire contributions; 2/3 of the Shire is reserved for water catchment or timber purposes, in effect a national asset; that the Council Sub-committee's report was sound; all Councillor's agree that new buildings are a necessity; and if we spend money on the loan to renovate old buildings what happens to the proposal for new buildings? Derryl Towers, Letter to the editor. Handwritten, 4 pages, draft, quarto. shire of otway; ratepayers; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Victorian Railways, Timber from Beech Forest, c.1910
... Otways, Victoria, Australia ...B/W. An NA-class engine pulling laden timber trucks around a curve with one man leaning out of the engine, two men standing outside at either end of the locomotive, and five men astride the trucks.beech forest; railways; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Victorian Railways, Beech Forest: Opening Day, 1902, 26 February 1902
... Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...B/W. On 26 February 1902, on opening day, six men face the camera, including the Governor of Victoria. Other men and a dog at varying distances circulate around three passenger carriages on the Beech Forest line.beech forest; railways; opening; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyBook, Annie Notley, History of the Gellibrand Hotel, June 2014
... Gellibrand, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...In 1884 Frank Ball erected a house and general store beside the Gellibrand River at Gellibrand. These buildings were burnt in the 1886 bushfires so Ball rebuilt a large weatherboard building with accomodation rooms for guests. In the same year he also acquired a Roadside Victuallers Licence. From the purchase of the hotel by Mark Marks in 1895 the hotel passed through the publicans' hands of Joe Marks (who replaced the original hotel with a grand masonry structure), Henry Wills, Ellen Pathe, another Marks licensee, Charles Sharp (adding a new accomodation wing and tennis court), Ray Stewart, Arthur McKenzie, Jim Fry from Beech Forest, and Colin and Noeline Sinclair. There have been several owners and licensees since then, the last co-owners being Dylan Kane and Michael Elton with the licensee being Annie Notley. While not strictly hotel business there are also pieces about the Gellibrand School, timber processing, sports and churches.History of the Gellibrand Hotel: a work in progress. Annie Notley. 1st ed. Annie Notley; Gellibrand (Vic); 2014. 120p.; illus, maps. Hard cover.gellibrand; gellibrand hotel; wonga hotel; schools; football; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyLedger, B.R. Gowan & Co, Lavers Hill Cheese Factory, 1910-1913, 1910-13
... Lavers Hill, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...Lavers Hill Cheese Factory operated from 1906 until about August 1913. It consisted of a factory and a residence, with the managers B. Philbrick, D. McRae and D. McDonald. The ledger, covering the period 1910 until 1913 when the factory closed, deals with cheese sales, local sales, milk purchases and journal entries for this period, as well as wages, cartage and other operating expenditure. The Lavers Hill Cheese Factory closed when it became more advantageous to send their cream into Colac. Ledger. Lavers Hill Cheese Factory, 1910-1913.Loose leaf: Lavers Hill Cheese Factory; Purchases Butterfat, 1910-11; contents; Manufacturing A/c.lavers hill; cheese; factory; butter; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, R. Preston, Beech Forest: Loading puncheons, c.1914, c.1914
... Beech Forest station, Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria ...While one of the lesser prime loading points sawn and split timber were loaded at Beech Forest, and a large share of this was brought to the station over two timber tramways that operated between 1904 and 1933. At the eastern end of the railway yard, near the six-ton derrick crane, a wooden tramline curved out the gate and along the road for about 8 km (5 miles) to the co-operative Box Company, known locally as the Box mill, owned by the Victorian Diary Farmers' Co-operative whose purpose was the milling of butter boxes. Other millers also provided timber. Logs were hauled to the mill by horses, and the sawn timber despatched over a tramline that joined the Box mill line about 1.2 km (0.75 miles) along. B/W. Two men loading puncheons (a short post approximately 4 feet [1.2 metres] especially used for supporting a roof in a coal mine) on a NQR wagon at Beech Forest. Note the lack of trees in the background.beech forest; railways; puncheons; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, R. Preston, McDevitt: Loco 14A passes through, 21 March 1959
... McDevitt station, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...In February 1959 eight NBH carriages were tranfered from storage at Newport to Colac in time for the first tentatively organized trip over the Colac-Beech Forest railway line. Eventually seventeen excursion trains ran, with carriages and an NC guard's van, usually hauled by G41 or G42, but occasionally 14A locomotive. The train run by 14A ran soon after the carriages were delivered.B/W. At McDevitt station locomotive 14A passes through on a rare NA-hauled eight excursion carriage and NC guard's van train. The front of the engine is labelled "The Ridge; 21 M(arch) 1959; ARHS", the Australian Railways Historical Society.colac; beech forest; railways; mcdevitt; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, R. Preston, Beech Forest: G42 shunting, 1957, 5 June 1957
... Beech Forest railway yard, Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria ...Colour. Locomotive G42 shunting in the Beech Forest railway yard on 5 June 1957. In the background, an NUU louvred van, and behind that the Goods Shed and the water tank for the sawmill. 135mm x 279mm print.beech forest; railways; loco g42; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, R. Preston, Aerial view of Beech Forest railway station and yards, 1965, 13 February 1965
... Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...B/W. An aerial view of Beech Forest showing the balloon loop at the end of the station yard (enclosing the two tennis courts), two ex-departmental residences, the station buildings, and other aspects of the township.beech forest: railways; township; aerial; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, R. Preston, Aerial view: Beech Forest, 1965, 13 February 1965
... Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...B/W. Aerial view of Beech Forest showing the complete station yard including the balloon loop (incorporating the two tennis courts), two ex-departmental residences, the station building and where the Colac and Crowes lines diverged. As well Beech Forest Hall, council offices and Shire Secretary's house, Denherts Track, and Main Road are shown.beech forest; railways; township; aerial; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Waterfall between Dinmont and Ditchley, 1919, 1919
... Bw. Dinmont and Ditchley, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...B/W. Between Dinmont and Ditchley, a man on a railway bridge overlooking a waterfall in 1919. dinmont; ditchley; beech forest; waterfall; railways; -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Edward A. Downs, Dinmont: Up goods train taking water, September 1954
... Old Colac Road, Dinmont, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...Colour. On Melbourne's Royal Agricultural Show in September, 1954, at Dinmont an UP goods train hauled by G42 is taking on water.dinmont; railways -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Banquet, Opening of Colac-Beech Forest Railway, 1902, 26 Feb 1902
... Ditchley Park Hotel, Hall, Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria ...The official opening of the Colac-Beech Forest railway took place on Wednesday, 26th February, 1902. On a typical Beech Forest wet day the train halted at the bottom of Gardner Hill for the opening party led by the State Governor, Sir George Sydenham Clarke, to walk up to the Ditchley Park Hotel for the official banquet in the adjoining hall. The menu of four courses plus coffee was assembed by the caterer, Chas. D. Straker. The toast list was led as usual by a toast to the King, followed by 18 toasts concluded by the Acting Commissioner of Railways.B/W. The menu and toast list at the opening of the Colac-Beech Forest Railway on Wednesday, 26th February, 1902, at Beech Forest. 128mm x 264mm actual -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Banool Station, c.1940, c.1940
... Banool Station, Banool, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...Originally known as "Moorbanool" after the local parish, the name was shortened to Banool on 1 November 1904. At first facilities consisted of a loop siding for eleven trucks and a passenger shelter, plus a residence for the ganger for the track gang based there. Increasing train services on the line required a crossing station in this section of track, so in 1913 Banool became a 'Staff & Ticket' station with a crossing loop, home signals, and a station office, although this only lasted two years. Loading statistics showed that in most years the outwards tonnage at Banool was less than 150 tonnes. From 1924 the amount of timber despatched began a slow rise, but apart from a few years activity was generally slack. The crossing loop, the usually empty goods loop being used if necessary, the home signals and its status as a staff station being removed over the period 1923-27. The track ganger shelter was removed around 1929 and the station reduced to a passenger shelter and goods loop only.B/W. A goods train passing Banool Station, c.1940. -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph - Black and white photograph, Irene Zappelli Collection, empty, c. 1900
... Beech Forest railway yards, Beech Forest, Otways, Victoria ...B/W. Tracks 1 to 4 at Beech Forest, an NA-class locomotive and goods on No.1, an NQR wagon on No.4, and a station building in the right, in the early 1900s. 167mm x 280mm print.beech forest, train, wagon, railway, tracks, train station -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Lavers Hill: Train and repair gang, 1913, 1913
... Between Lavers Hill and Crowes, Lavers Hill, Otways ...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. -
Otway Districts Historical SocietyPhotograph, Crowes: Terminus of the railway line, 1911
... Crowes, Otways, Victoria, Australia ...The terminus of the railway, and the southern-most station on the Australian mainland, was Crowes, approximately 2 kilometres from Lavers Hill. The line ended at "The Black Stump". Crowes was designed as a fully functioning terminus and received a complete instalment of facilities. The site was laid out with three roads plus a dead end siding for a locomotive shed and ash pit. Goods sheds, a platform and livestock ramps catered for freight loadings, while on the north side was a station office, waiting room, parcels shed and passenger shelter. Three departmental residences were also provided. The resident Station Master was withdrawn in November 1916 and the station closed with the line on 10 December 1954.Photograph. Terminus of the Colac-Crowes at Crowes.crowes; terminus; "the black stump";
