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Photograph, Sherbrooke Gully
Fern gully in Sherbrooke Forest. A bridge with long log sides crosses a creek. Tree ferns edge the track. -
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Photograph, Breen brothers cutting hay at Ferny Creek
Black and White photograph showing 3 men who have been cutting hay. Handwritten in white on the lower edge of the photo is: 'Breen Bros cutting hay 3 ton to the acre with a Deering at Holly Hill, Ferny Creek, 15-1-16.' and '85.' Photo shows a 3 horse team harnessed to a wagon. A man sits on hay on the wagon. He is loosely holding a whip. Beside him are a man and a boy who stand between sheaves of hay. All three are wearing trousers, waistcoats and shirts with sleeves rolled up. The men are wearing hats and the boy is wearing a flat cap. Where they are standing there is hay stubble. Beyond the horse team the crop is still standing 3 trees are in the background. They appear to be dead. 'Breen Bros cutting hay 3 ton to the acre with a Deering at Holly Hill, Ferny Creek, 15-1-16.' and '85' are written in white on the original photo. -
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Photograph, Breen family at home
B&W photo of the Breen family at home in Menzies Creek. The family group comprises an older man in a three-piece suit, who has white hair and moustache, three women standing in a doorway to a lattice-covered verandah, are younger man identified as Ted Breen (right hand side), and two small boys. The Group stands in front of a weatherboard and fibro-cement house. -
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Photograph, Aerial view of Cotswold Valley
Aerial view of Cotswold Valley, Menzies Creek. B&W photos taken from light plane. Paddocks and treed areas are visible. Two houses are in the centre of the photo, presumably the Breen farmhouse on Jacksons Hill Road. The tip of the plane's left wing is also visible. -
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Photograph, Cotswold Valley, Menzies Creek
B&W photo showing the Cotswold Valley, Menzies Creek. It shows fenced paddocks, trees and hedges dotted around. A tall treefern in the foreground. A wooded hill in the background. -
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Photograph, Looking south from Black Hill Road Menzies Creek
Black and White photograph shows a herd of cows in the middle distance. The land then falls away and flatter land fades away into the distance. There are fluffy clouds in the sky. -
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Rex and Kay Breen, Church Road, Menzies Creek
Photo shows 2 children aged about 5, standing on a concrete slab path beside a fibro-cement house. Kay Breen is wearing a gingham pinafore over a short-sleeved blouse. Rex Breen is wearing dark shorts with braces over a top with some sort of striped pattern. Behind them is another house with a circular water tank on a wooden stand. In the background there are tall pine trees. -
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Plan - Plans for Proposed Sports Pavillion and Scout Hall at Menzies Creek
Two copies of sketches for a proposed sports pavilion and Scout Hall at Menzies Creek, from multiple angles (front, side and rear). All sketches are at 1:100 scale. Includes floor plan of the building. -
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Photograph
Two photos of Adam Cope becoming a Scout. 1. Colour photograph of a group of Selby scouts saluting. Two boys in the foreground are Brent O'Dempsey and Adam Cope, with Glenys O'Dempsey and Lorraine Edmondson. Photo taken behind the Selby Oval. 1980 or 1981. 2. Colour photograph of Adam Cope having his 1st Selby Scouts scarf tied up by Lorraine Edmondson at Menzies Creek Hall. 1980 or 1981. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek Primary School
... Belgrave Heights 3160 yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Menzies ...Menzies Creek primary School opened on 15th April 1882. The front entrance by the square water tank was used by the teacher to gain access to the residence, and the children entered the classroom by the side entrance. The building was destroyed in November 1935 in a fire caused by a workman's blowtorch. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State School
A photograph of eight girls and two boys lined up in front of the Menzies Creek State School. They appear to be dressed up in their best clothes. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State School photo
A photograph of students from the Menzies Creek State School. Fiftenn children and a female teacher are standing in front of heavy bushland. Believed to be early 1900s. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State School photo
A photograph of sixteen students from Menzies Creek State School standing and sitting for a group photo. 1950s. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State School, 1926
A photograph of nineteen students from Menzies Creek State School. Includes: - Mattie Johns, Jean Taylor, ?, Nancy Johns, Jean Rymer, Anne Goss, - Ivy Taylor, Edna Strattan, Lena Goss, - Ernie Dunham, Len Stratton, Gordon Willis, Harold Dunham, Leo Goss, David Johns, - Ernie Johns, Clarence Goss, Roy Taylor, and William (Bill) Hermon. The children are outside in a bush setting and with a wire fence behind them. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State School, 1938
A photograph of students from Menzies Creek State School in 1938. Includes: Mavis Hermon, Betty Martin, ?, June Hermon, Cynthia Walker, Dorothy Walker, Eunice Robertson, Lois Martin, June Worth, - Valerie Cook, Valerie Reid, ?, Myra Breen, Valerie Martin, Phyllis Hermon, Glenda Reid, - Donald Walker, Jack Breen, Cliff Reid, - Brian Madigan, Edgar Shaw, Ray Hermon, Lionel Reid, and Jeff Walker. The children are sitting and standing outdoors in a bush setting. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State Schooll, 1948-50
A photograph of students from Menzies Creek State School, 1948-50. Includes: - Carol King, Grace Alton, Jill King, Pauline Edwards, Pat Billing, Dorothy Madigan, - Betty Glossop, Pat Smith, Moina Worrell, Joy Tresize, Jenny Gibbs, Diana Richards, - Roy Taylor, Raymond Kidd, Buntie Merkell, David Robinson, Geoff Johns, Michael King, Graeme Robinson, - ?, George Frazetto, Gary Merkell, Master Merkell, Brian Alton, Sam Frazetto, and Vern Beauchamp. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State School, 1951
A photograph of students from Menzies Creek State School, 1951, with their teacher, Mr Leslie Cornthwait and his wife. Includes: -Ray Kidd, Sam Frazetto, Albert Croese, Edward Croese, Geoff Johns, Michael King, - Mr Leslie Cornthwarte (Head Teacher), Moina Worrell, Pauline Edwards, Dot Madigan, Jill King, Betty Anderson, Carol King, Pat Billing, Jean Gibbs, Mrs Cornthwaite, - Malcolm Johns, John Wallace, Rodney Haig, Lennie Beauchamp, Barry Johns, George Frazetto, Graeme Martin, Brian Madigan, -?, Susan Robertson, Elaine Martin, Betty Glossop, Dorothy Johns, Jacky Glossop, John Haig, and John Hermon -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State School photo, 1966
A photograph of students, teacher and Head Teacher from Menzies Creek State School. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State School, 13th November 1969
A photograph shows students and two teachers from Menzies Creek State School, 13th November 1969. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State School, 1971
A photo of two teachers and students of Menzies Creek State School in 1971. The Head Teacher on the right is Donald H. Jewell. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State School, 22nd November 1972
Photo of students and two teachers at Menzies Creek State School, 22nd November 1972. Head Teacher on right is Donald H. Jewell. -
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Photograph, Menzies Creek State School, 22nd November 1973
Photo of Students and two teachers at Menzies Creek State School, 22nd November 1973. Head Teacher is Barbara Kewish. -
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Photograph - Set of photos showing celebrations for Menzies Creek Primary School's 150th anniversary
Six colour photos showing celebrations for Menzies Creek Primary School's 150th anniversary, held on 17th November 2007, taken by Marian Matta. -
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Photograph - Children at Menzies Creek State School
Photograph of about a dozen children standing and sitting in front of the Menzies Creek State School building. Includes Ernest Dunham, who attended the school from July 1920 to October 1928. -
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Work on paper - Wine bottle label
Colour photograph of a fundraising wine bottle label promoting the centenary of the Menzies Creek State School. Label is off-white with red printing. 'GORDO RIESLING/An unusual blend/ of Gordo and Riesling grapes specially/ prepared, giving a Moselle style taste/with a pleasant Dry Riesling finish, and ready/to be enjoyed now./The grapes were grown and vintaged at/ Angove's Renmark vineyards.' The label features the (then) school logo, designed to mark the school's centenary, with artwork by Tanya Mayer and Konrad Matta. -
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Article - Menzies Creek State School fire article, Destroyed By Fire - Menzies Creek State School
An article from The Age dated 19th Nov 1935, reporting a fire at the Menzies Creek State School. -
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Article - Menzies Creek State School article, Menzies Creek
An article from the Berwick and Oakleigh Advocate dated 4th May 1916, reporting an afternoon gathering at the Menzies Creek State School held on 17th April 1916. Narre Warren East State School was also invited to join the afternoon. -
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Photograph - Australia Post social media image, Menzies Creek post office c.1910
Colour photograph of a social media post from Australia Post. Photo is of people standing in front of the Menzies Creek Post Office, circa 1910. A man on a horse is on the left. Four women and four children stand in front of the building. This was used for a series of stamps celebrating Australia Post's 200th anniversary. -
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Photograph - Photo of Menzies Creek Hall
Photo shows Menzies Creek Hall c. 2012. A fibro and weatherboard hall is set among tall trees. Photo is from Victorian Places. -
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Photograph - Menzies Creek hall preparatory work, c. 1953
Photos 051/267 and 051/268 are 2 copies (one named) of a black and white photograph showing a Working Bee at the Menzies Creek Hall site. Photos 051/269 is a close up of the left side of the photo, showing Carol King, Grace Martin, Barbara Haig and Mrs Haig, along with Lyn Hermon (baby) and Jay Hermon (toddler). Photo 051/270 is a close-up of Rodney Haig, with Mr Martin in the background wearing a hat. Other men can be seen in the background. The photo shows the land being cleared in preparation for the building of the Mnezies Creek Hall in 1953. Tall trees are in the middle and background. The hall is situated on the south-east corner of Belgrave-Gembrook Road and School Road.