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. During the nineteenth century, the land abutting the south side of the Yarra in Kew was devoted to dairy farming. In the twentieth century, before and after the construction of the Eastern Freeway, much of this low-lying area was used as golf courses and public parks.One of a collection of photographs of flooding in the Kew section of the Yarra Valley which are in important research resource for the location and extent of flooding in the first half of the twentieth century. Flooding of the Yarra Valley at East Kew in 1916. The view is taken from a street (maybe Birdwood Avenue) intersecting with Kilby Road looking northeast across the flood waters to Ivanhoe and Heidelberg. The extensive flooded area shown in the photograph would have included remnant dairy farms and the Kew Golf Club. Verso: "Floods / Yarra River / East Kew / Kilby Road / 1917? / 87"yarra river, yarra valley, floods -- kew, kilby road -- kew (vic.), kew golf club

B&W photo of Butcher family dairy in 1920s. Showing cattle, man on horse, harnessed horse and cart.business and traders - dairies, butcher family dairy, fisherman's bend, claude butcher

Black and white photograph of Jack Davin on his horse 'Old Bluey' in the backyard of their dairy at 204 Mitcham Roaddavin, jack, 'old bluey', mitcham model dairy

Ice Cream tin with two children playing with cats on lid. Scenes of children playing around sides of tinEnglish Toffee/Dairy Bell/Two litres/Ice Confectiondomestic items, food storage & preservation

Twenty-three colour photographs of Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairyhouses, outbuildings, eltham north, jim murray, murrays place, casuarina ridge, wattletree road

Account slip for Ascot Dairy, Epsom. Date line ending 193-. Beside the dairy name at the top of page is a drawing of a lady sitting on a stool and milking a cow. Account has space for Last a/c rendered, Balance on last Account,no of days milk, quarts, pints, half pints. Printed in black.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, ascot dairy, d urquhart

There are two distinct types of milk consumption: a natural source of nutrition for all infant mammals and a food product for humans of all ages that is derived from other animals. Milk is a key contributor to improving nutrition and food security particularly in developing countries. Improvements in livestock and dairy technology offer significant promise in reducing poverty and malnutrition in the world. Pasteurization is used to kill harmful micro-organisms by heating the milk for a short time and then immediately cooling it. In the past, milk was always packaged in glass milk bottles The first glass bottle packaging for milk was used in the 1870s. The first company to do so may have been the New York Dairy Company in 1877 with a small glass lid and a tin clip. Lewis P. Whiteman holds the first patent for a glass milk bottle c1884,which was sealed with a waxed paper disk. The Express Dairy Company in England began glass bottle production in 1880. Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Spotswood 1880 - 1990. Milk cartons first came to Australia in 1958, when the Model Dairy in Melbourne began packaging milk in 150 ml and 500 ml cartons. At the time, 160,000 new glass bottles were needed in Melbourne alone every week to keep up the delivery of 1.3 million bottles of milk a day c1970, the blow-moulded disposable plastic milk bottle was introduced. In 1987, only about 2% of milk was still being sold in glass bottles. Glass milk bottles are now rare. Metric measures were introduced throughout Australia with Decimalisation 14/2/1966.3 x clear glass milk bottles c 1970 600ml ( 2 shown in photograph)PASTEURISED / 600 ML MILKmelbourne glass bottle works, spotswood melbourne, milk, dairy, dairy produce, dairy farmers, market gardeners, pioneers, early settlers, moorabbin, cheltenham, pasteur louis, pasteurization

Account slip for Monreith Dairy, P.O Bendigo East. Date line ending 192-. Beside the dairy name at the top of page is a drawing of a lady sitting on a stool and milking a cow. Account has space for Last a/c rendered, Balance on last Account,no of days milk, quarts, pints, half pints and cream. Printed in black.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, monreith dairy, w mcdowall

From the Woodruff family archives, images of Woodruff's Superior Dairy at Bridge and Derham Streets. A4 lasercopy of two exterior views of dairy a) main building b) loading platform c) newspaper article 26/11/1987 Emerald Hill Standard and St Kilda Times, referring to new residential development on Woodruff siteDetails on typed labelsindustry, business and traders - dairies, woodruff's superior dairies

Black and white photograph of Patrick Davin standing outside his home 204 Mitcham Road which was next to the dairy. November 1939davin, patrick, mitcham model dairy, daries

Black and white photograph of Mary Helen Davin in front of the door to the dairy. She is wearing hat, coat and fox fur, December 1939.davin, mary helen, mitcham model dairy

This photograph was taken during the 1971 floods at Orbost. The 1971 flood was the the worst flood on record. At Jarrahmond it was at least 11 metres and up to one and a half kilometres wide on the flats causing enormous damage to the flood plain. Records say that "The brown floodwater stain in Bass Strait could be seen from passing airliners." Considerable damage was done to railway infrastructure, roads and farms. More information from the APRIL, 2008 newsletter by John Phillips. (see orbosthistory.com.au)This is a contemporary pictorial record of a significant local event.A large black / white photograph of a man, dressed in shorts and a checked shirt, sitting on a fence post surrounded by mud. He is holding on to the leg of a cow which is stuck in the mud.on front - "Mr Harrison on Tracey's Dairy" on back - " Herald 11 Feb 1971"floods-orbost-1971 tracey-dairy natural-disaster-flood

Small glass milk bottle 1/4 Imperial Pint. Has a cardboard top insert with the inscription 'Good Morning folks. We do appreciate Daily returns of empty bottles'.This bottle remains the property of Dairy Farmers Co-Op Milk Co Ltd.domestic items, containers

Elizabeth Chatham with her brother and sister-in-law. Taken from the back door at "Launchley", AscotElizabeth Chatham (nee Holmes) standing with family friends at “ Launchley” looking North East over the shearing shed and dairy towards Cattle Station Hill. chatham-holmes collection, holmes, elizabeth chatham, launchley

letter of reccomandations for a William Griffin who worked for the Spring Well Dairy in Flora Hill, Bendigo for some time. The letter is dated May 26th, 1928.bendigo, business, spring well dairy

Black and white photo of Mrs Jessie Watts (aged 21) nee Kirkwood 1904 - 1972. She came to Blackburn in 1929 and ran Watt's Dairy.watts, jessie, kirkwood, watts dairy