Coloured photo of Crowd at Blackburn Lake.blackburn lake sanctuary, crowds at lake

Coloured photo of Blackburn Lake in Autumn.blackburn lake sanctuary, blackburn lake

Bridge over Outlet at Blackburn Lake.blackburn lake sanctuary

Black and white photo of Blackburn Lake.blackburn lake sanctuary, photograph

Black and white photo of Blackburn Lakeblackburn lake

Black and white photo of Blackburn Lakeblackburn lake sanctuary

Black and white photo of Blackburn Lakeblackburn lake sanctuary, blackburn

Black and white photo of Blackburn Lakeblackburn lake

Coloured photo on mount of Blackburn Lake.blackburn lake sanctuary

Black and white photo of Blackburn Lakeblackburn lake sanctuary, blackburn

Black and white photo of Blackburn Lakeblackburn lake sanctuary, blackburn

Daylesford is a tourist town in Central Victorian, known for its mineral water springs.Swimming Pool and Jetty, Lake DaylesfordDaylesford, Victoria, Australia This famous holiday resort is famous for its up-to-date facilities, as well as for its natural attractions. The mineral Springs are renowned for their high medicinal elements. The visitor finds ample to amuse, in excellent fishing, boating, Boating, Swimming, golfing, hiking and riding. The district provides a wide range of typical Australian bush scenery, and the altitude of 2,000 feet above sea level as a tonic effect on all. Daylesford has modern hotels, guest houses, shops and places of amusement, also many other places of interest within short travelling distance. Bendigo, 50 miles, Ballara 30 miles, and Melbourne 75 miles, bring Daylesford within easy reach of many parts of Victoria. daylesford, swimming pool and jetty, lake daylesford, swimming

Colour photograp of a lampost at Lake Daylesford.lake daylesford, central springs, lamp post, t.s. beoble

Panorama of the Pink Lake near Dimboola.pink lake, salt, lisa gervasoni, dimboola

Photograph of Lake Boloke Homestead situated on the shores of Lake Bolac. Lake Bolac's original homestead built c 1850's.black and white photographlake boloke, bolac, homestead

This postcard was produced in the 1950's for the tourist trade in the Kiewa Valley and Alpine region. It encompasses the period when the State of Victoria was pressured by the ever increasing demand by industry and its population for electricity supplies. Hydro electricity was seen as an untapped natural resource to quench this demand. The Victorian Alps and the rivers flowing into its valleys was ideal for the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme. The late 1940's saw the development of this scheme and the changing of sections of alpine landscape is covered by this and other postcards/pictures (tourists, construction workers, and established rural populations). This period in time was before the established wildlife and forest/nature groups became political activist who changed legislative acts to protect the environment.This rural region (Kiewa Valley/alpine plains) was at most only significant to a smaller group of winter sports, summer hikers/horse riders and rural farmers/graziers. The numbers of tourists and the increase in the local resident population was boosted by the construction of the Hydro Electricity Scheme. This influx to the regional population resulted in a corresponding diversity in services and brought about an environment that responded to a growing level of tourists and thereby permitting this industry to grow more rapidly than it would have naturally. This postcard details an attraction to the "cleaner" method of providing electricity. This postcard was purchased in 1950 by a surveyor at Landford's Gap.This black and white photograph from a Valentine's postcard is from a V2 Argus photograph postcard. It is on a 200g/m paper density photo side gloss. See 0480 (B) - (F) for other photos of similar postcards.In white lettering " LAKE GUY & BOGONG VILLAGE KIEWA HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT"kiewa valley tourism, victorian alps, alternate energy supplies, alpine population growth

Typed below photograph, "Ringwood Lake looking towards Loughnan's Hill - 1946".

Catalogue card reads, "Ringwood Lake, looking east. Upstream a little, 1948".

Three colour photograph of Ballarat's Lake Wendouree

Loading a Truck with Rubble from Lake Bellfieldlake bellfield

Loading a Truck With Rubble from Lake Bellfieldlake bellfield

Results of Blasting during the construction of Lake Bellfieldlake bellfield

Sign showing the cross section of Lake Bellfield lake bellfield

Cliff face with workers on ridge Lake Bellfield

Base of lake Bellfield looking to far walllake bellfield

View of rubble at Lake Bellfield construction site.lake bellfield

Colour Slide: Aerial View of Lake Wartookgrampians

Lake Bellfield with the tree tops out of waterlake bellfield, grampians

Ariel view of the early construction of Lake Bellefieldgrampians, lake bellfield