Coloured photograph of Hill Street Blackburn. Narrow tree lined street with no footpaths. Classified by National Trust as part of the Bellbird area.bellbird area, hill street, blackburn, national trust of australia (victoria)

Coloured photograph of Hill Street, Blackburn showing tree lined narrow street with no footpaths. - Private street classified by National Trust as part of the Bellbird area.bellbird area, hill street, blackburn, national trust of australia (victoria)

Pamphlet advertising auction of classic Elmore home in Blackburn's bellbird area. 26 Linum Street, Blackburn.Auction of classic Elmore home in Blackburn's bellbird area.linum street, blackburn, no.26, elmore houses

Early bungalow, 'Nonda Homestead' in Bellbird area for auction 24 August 1996 at 38 Myrtle Grove, Blackburn.auctions, myrtle grove, blackburn, no 38, nonda homestead

Pamphlet advertising timber house for sale at 1 Lalwa Street, Blackburn, located in Bellbird area of Blackburn. Potential for duel occupancy. Colour photograph.Pamphlet advertising timber house for saleland sales, lalwa street, blackburn, no 1.

This photograph shows the main road near Bellbird, East Gippsland, in 1924. This road would have been the Princes Highway, a main thoroughfare through to New South Wales. Bellbird Creek is a small rural location between Orbost and Cann River. There was no township at Cabbage Tree at this time. The Cabbage Tree Creek township was established to support the booming timber industry of the mid 20th century. Five timber mills worked full time supporting the families that were drawn to the area's wealth of natural resources. Nestled on the banks of the Cabbage Tree Creek, the township was built by those mills to house their workers. Today although the timber mills have disappeared, some of the buildings still remain. Little now remains to remind of the saw-milling history apart from photographs and some relics - a boiler and a brick furnace. There was also a thriving agricultural community farming dairy, beef, seed beans and fresh peas and beans that were sent to the Victoria Market in Melbourne. Dairy farming still plays an essential role in the township. this is a pictorial record of the Princes Highway, the main road from East Gippsland to the New South Wales border.A large black / white photograph of a very wet and boggy bush road.on front - "Main Rd near Bellbird 1924"road princes-highway bellbird-creek-1924