Doris Evans lived in Mitcham from 1926 to 1950. This record incorporates many aspects of family life in those years including during the depression and mentions local families and business people. The interview follows an article written by Mrs Evans titled 'Green Thumb' published in the 'Active Retirement Magazine', November 1997 (see ND 152) CHECK. Interviewee provides a personal account of Mitcham from the 1920's including the development of essential services and the residential and commercial areas. Hannam's hardware was at 8-12 Station St Mitcham.Audio Cassette and CD recording of an interview with Doris Evans nee Morgan on her early life between 1926 and 1950 in Mitcham and surrounding areas. The interview was conducted by Valda Arrowsmith at Doris's home in East Ringwood on 11 September 1997. The interview has been digitised and transcribed. Related material includes Photos (NP1824 to NP1834) and documents (ND150 & ND152).doris evans, valda arrowsmith, casella st mitcham, burnett st mitcham, davin dairy, berellis bakery, mitcham post office, dr amanda lee, hannams hardware

Geoff Evans was the third generation to run Evans Brothers Sawmills that operated from the northern end of the Echuca Wharf from 1923 to 1983. His grandfather Richard James Evans orig. of England, settled in Victoria at a young age. He first worked as a butcher and later cut firewood in the Heathcote and Bacchus Marsh area. ‘R.J.’, as he was known established a sawmill at Barmah in the 1890s, before relocating to this site in 1923. It became known officially as the Evans Bros. Echuca Red Gum Sawmill. This site proved more economical due to its position at the railhead. Paddlesteamers towed barges carrying the logs from the surrounding forests to this mill. The Steamers that were owned by the Evans family were the Edwards (built 1875) and the Melbourne (built 1912). The Edwards was the main towing vessel. Outrigger barges at this mill were the Impulse (1885), Alison (1907), Clyde (once a paddlesteamer, built in 1884). Insider barges at the mill were old wool barges with iron topsides, the J.L.Roberts (1894), ADA (1899) and the Whaler which was of wooden construction. The Evans Mill cut both red gum and Murray pine. There was a main mill for the red gum and a second one for the pine on this site. Two new Marshall steam engines had been purchased by the family, one was used in the P.S. Edwards and the other for the Barmah mill and later this site. The Evans Bros. Mill was very much a family concern with it being owned and operated firstly by R.J., then his son Frederick. R. Evans and later grandson Geoff Evans. The mill employed 18 workers and operated until the 1980s, only briefly was it in the hands of other owners before the construction on part of the site of a tourist-oriented building known as the Red Gum Works which eventually made way for the Port of Echuca Discovery Centre in 2014.Knowledge of the redgum timber milling industry and associated mechanisms such as log slips is scant with little photographic representations to be found. The industry created alongside the Murray River in various places was very unique given the nature of red gum not floating and ingenuity and making use of local resources was required. Geoff Evans had firsthand knowledge of much of this process and how the Echuca Wharf area used to be in past decades. Geoff was also a popular musician and mayor of Echuca so had much knowledge of the local history and community.Digital recording of oral history interview with Geoff Evans of Evans Brothers Sawmill Echuca. evans bros, evans bros saw mills, evans' sawmill, geoff evans, log slip, log skid, p.s. edwards, p.s. melbourne, impulse barge, allison barge, clyde barge, j.l. roberts barge, ada barge, whaler barge, murray pine, redgum, marshall engines, r.j evans, f.j. evans, discovery centre, p.s. marion

Garden in the State School of Dockers Plains '45. Dockers Plains SS Garden.' R J Evans Photo.45. Dockers Plains SS Garden/R J Evans Photoschool gardens, australia, dockers plains

Labelled 'Himmer Bequest'. Stamped 'Cowes Public Library'.

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