A black and white photograph taken of the modern day J.L. Gould Sawmill in Lamont Street in Alexandra. The J.L. Gould Sawmill on Lamont Street in Alexandra began operations around the mid-1970s, with official records showing it was actively operating on the site by at least 1976. While the Gould family's timber and sawmilling business originally centered around nearby Marysville and Healesville, they expanded their footprint into Alexandra by taking over the industrial site that includes the historic former Alexandra Dairy Company building. The mill grew to become one of the town's largest employers and a key piece of the local timber industry before the Gould family sold the business to ITC Timber in 2006.A black and white photograph taken of the modern day J.L. Gould sawmill in Lamont Street in Alexandra.The modern day J.L. Gould green sawmill in Lamont Street, Alexandra. Mills were forced out of the bush after the fires and into the surrounding towns./ All the timber that Gould's Sawmill processes is harvested from regrowth trees after the 1939 fires.marysville, victoria, australia, j.l. gould sawmills pty. ltd., alexandra, alexandra dairy company, itc timber, photograph

A black and white photograph of the Taggerty Butter Factory in Victoria.A black and white photograph of the Taggerty Butter Factory in Victoria taken around 1904. The Taggerty Butter factory opened in 1892 in the township on the Little River. It was run by the Kennedy family and built by J.B. Coombs of Acheron Station. Coombs was later Shire President. Milk had been previously taken daily to the steam-driven separators at Thornton. Upper Thornton. The cream was separated and the remains were taken back to the farms for the pigs and calves. Before these town separators existed butter had been made at home in a barrel, salted, and stored. The operation at Taggerty ceased in 1908 and the Alexandra Dairy Company took over production. The building no longer exists but materials from the original Taggerty Butter factory building now form part of the Williamson house off Swamp Creek Road.taggerty, victoria, taggerty butter factory, little river, kennedy family, j b coombs, acheron station, thornton, upper thornton, alexandra dairy company, williamson, swamp creek road