Walter Withers was a significant Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian Impressionists. In 1903 Withers bought 'Southernwood', a house on 2½ acres (1 ha) at Eltham, to which he added a studio. Because of ill health, he lived during the week at his studio in Oxford Chambers, Melbourne, and on weekends and holidays with his family at Eltham until his death in 1914. The Eltham rail bridge is a unique and valuable historic relic of an earlier steam locomotive transport era in the Diamond Creek Valley and has long formed an important part of a magnificent Eltham landscape. When built in 1902 it was close to the terminus point of the Heidelberg-Eltham rail extension, on the route of the proposed Diamond Valley Railway that was then planned to continue much further up the valley towards Kinglake. This bridge is situated in attractive river-valley parkland amidst the tall and spreading manna gums and candlebarks of the Diamond Creek Valley. The Alistair Knox Park river-valley landscape, of which the timber trestle bridge is an important visual component, has been classified by the National Trust. Large manna gum and candlebark trees adorn the adjacent creek banks, and historic Shillinglaw Cottage is also part of this much-prized Eltham landscape. Eltham is home to a historic wooden railway trestle bridge. Mainly of timber-pier and timber-beam construction, but varied by a few longer steel-joists spans on timber piers at the main stream channel, this substantial bridge has almost two hundred metres of timber deck. Built in 1902, it is the only railway bridge of predominantly timber construction that is still in regular use as an integral part of Melbourne's metropolitan electric railway network and one of extremely few timber rail bridges in the State that still carry trains. Apart from its important continuing social function as a carrier of rail transport for the Hurstbridge line, this impressive bridge and its beautiful parkland environs contribute much to the character of Eltham township and that town's special reputation as an historic centre of environmental and conservation concerns. This section of the Diamond Creek Valley was the subject of a Walter Withers painting in the earliest years of the twentieth century and has strong historic links with our Heidelberg School of painters. Watercolour painting on paper of Eltham's Trestle Bridge in the middle of the day. A small section of the wooden bridge is located to the left of the painting. The focus is predominately on the wattle, manna gum and candlebark trees that is to the right of the bridge. The golden hues typically represent the australian sunlight and landscape. "W.W" in gothic script on the lower right side of the painting. Not dated. withers, eltham, trestle bridge, railway, watercolour

Document. Campaign Incentive scheme, DAI GUM SAN.document, memo, campaign incentive scheme

Slide. Garden 12 Hope Street. Gum Tree.slide, bendigo, garden 12 hope street., garden 12 hope street.

Made by internee, Alfred Edel Maire at internment Camp 3B TaturaRolling pin superbly carved from red gumrolling pin, maire, baumert, beilharz, camp 3, tatura, domestic, items, food, preparation, handcrafts, woodcarving

Ian F. COOK Studio potter in Geelong.A ceramic float bowl with leaf and gum blossom design. ian cook, ceramics, studio pottery, ian f. cook, australian studio ceramics, gum blossom

Belonged to donor's mother-in-law, the late Mrs. Doris Keene.Green tin with illustration of pine trees.Pascall - White Pine Gums - For Coughs, Colds and Sore Throatscommerce, containers

Made by Heather Hillier for donor, Wendy Standfield1983 Black felt vest lined with gold/grey cotton. Both fronts are decorated with embroidered gum blossom and appliqued gum leaves in green and brown with blossom in pink and cream.costume, female

gum, elastic, catheters

Handmade in internment camp 3 Tatura by Rudolf Hoefer2 handturned red gum wooden serviette rings polishedwooden serviette rings, hoefer, rudolf, camp 3, tatura, kazenwadel, gerda, handcrafts, woodwork

Wangaratta Art Gallery CollectionA sculpture of a pair of hands made from red gum and steel.anderson hunt, sculpture, hands

Postcard Front - Glenorchy bridge over water with gums in colourGreetings from Stawell - Gold Pen. Bridge supports. Note from Mother. also gold pen. Also parts of trees

Photographs relate to the Poultry Farms that existed in Nunawading and Forest Hill in the1950s and 1960s. Photos taken in 1961-62. Poultry farmers included Messrs Boyce, Gallos, Foote,Grimsley, Greenwood and Dudley|Slides scanned as a 'tiff' at 300dpi to CD Rom and cleaned and adjusted by Ted Arrowsmith.Early morning sunrays on Boyle's gum trees - 6.30 am.eckermann's, eckermann frank, poultry farms, nunawading, greenwood, forest hill, canterbury road, mount pleasant road nunawading, boyles, white, bruer's

A History of the Hurnall family in AustraliaGreen card Cover with a colour Photograph of a magnificent Gum TreeA Good Life A History of the Hurnall family in Australia researched and compiled by Jeanette Lenzstawell, family history

Some of the first homes built at Eventide Homes Stawell. Black and white photograph of line of cottages with a gum tree in the foreground. stawell

This book was authored by Rev William Henderson, founder of Ballarat College. It was donated to the College by Keith Hofmaier (PY1944) who had received it from Rev Sid A Goddard, former Ballarat College and Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies College council member and chair. The book affirms the strong theological convictions, training and qualifications of the school's founder. The book is accompanied by two letters. The first from Sid Goddard on the occasion of his presentation of the book to St Andrews Kirk. The second from Keith Hofmaier advising the inclusion of the book among the 'meagre collection of Henderson relics at the college'. Book has social significance for the college community because of its association with both William Henderson and Sid Goddard. Black binding with gold lettering on cover' damaged spine;green endpapers; various letter included; Gummed label fixed inside front cover: Edward Ford MAsid-a-goddard, william-henderson, keith-hofmaier, 1992, theology, ballarat-college,

A limited number of these glasses would have been presented. Pair of clear stemmed wine glasses, with gold rim. Printed in blue with 'Greensborough Secondary College' and emblem of gum tree branch.greensborough secondary college, glasses, commemorative items

Presented to graduating students. A limited number of these glasses would have been presented. Pair of clear glass water glasses, with gold rim.Printed in blue with 'Greensborough Secondary College' and emblem of gum tree branch.greensborough secondary college, glasses, commemorative items

Colour photograph of the Federation University Student Residences behind gum trees.federation university student residences, mount helen campus

Colour photograph of the Federation University Student Residences behind gum trees.federation university student residences, mount helen campus

Colour photograph of the Federation University Student Residences behind gum trees.federation university student residences, mount helen campus

Silver platter with gum leaf edging and Parliament of Victoria logo in the middle. Don Sheil sticker on the back.parliament of victoria, platter, plate, gum leaf plate, don sheil australia

Carved wooden bookends with gumnuts and gum leaves surrounding the School Crest.Sint Lucernae Ardenteseducation, school, morongo, geelong, girls, boarding, presbyterian, uniting, history, private-girls-school, lucy-shaw, gertrude-pratt, dulcie-brookshaw, 1920-1994, kindergarten-year-12, bookends

Wooden Policeman's truncheon, red gum, piece chipped out of handle.essential services, police

Photograph.View of ''Marydale'' Axedale property through the curved arch of a gum tree.axedale, history, marydale property

Slide. Kurting. A gum tree laying on the ground after being bulldozed.slide, bendigo, kurting., kurting.

Born: Westbury, Wiltshire, England 1890; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1893; Died: Warragul, Victoria, Australia 1923InterwarGift of Wooleen Pty Ltd.,1980Misty forest landscape with large gum tree. Limed timber frame.Recto: Signed "Penleigh Boyd" in brown watercolour in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledwatercolour, tree, landscape