Taken at the old Charlton Weir.1908 Sepia Postcard of Charlton WeirAddressed to Miss M Spain, Clifton Hill Charlton - "Angling Boom" Charlton Weir 21/3/2008avoca river, angling boom, charlton weir, fishing competitions

W. Wylie Postcard Series. Printed in Germany W.Wylie was a Charlton BusinessmanColoured postcard of Charlton Weir with Foreman's Flour Mill in background. W. Wylies Series Printed in Germany c1907Charlton Weir Charltonw.wylie, charlton, charlton weir, 1907, avoca river, foreman's flour mill

Donated to museum by Ruby Grimmett (nee Hughes) who was present in the photo as a 10 yr old girlSepia photograph showing a crowd of spectators at the Charlton Weir March 1908AN ANGLING BOOM CHARLTON WEIR 22/3/1908ruby grimmett, charlton victoria, charlton weir, avoca river

Charlton Weir Black and White photo taken by Reg Brownjohncharlton weir, reg brownjohn

Charlton Weir and Comemorative Plaque colour photo taken by Reg Brownjohncharlton weir, reg brownjohn, comemorative plaque

Charlton Weir on the Avoca River - coloured photo possibly taken by Reg Brownjohn. Photo of the front of weir with no water flowing over.reg brownjohn, avoca river, charlton, charlton weir

Charlton Weir on the Avoca River - coloured photo possibly taken by Reg Brownjohn Photo of back of weir - very low waterreg brownjohn, avoca river, charlton, charlton weir

Charlton Weir on the Avoca River - black and white photo possibly taken by Reg Brownjohn Photo weir with water flowing over it.reg brownjohn, avoca river, charlton, charlton weir

Charlton Weir on the Avoca River - coloured photo possibly taken by Reg Brownjohn Photo of weir from top of back on highway sidereg brownjohn, avoca river, charlton, charlton weir

Part of the Valentine Postcard series published about 1920Sepia Photograph / Postcard By the Weir Charlton M4032 Valentine Series Published by the Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Melbourne Sydney and Brisbanepostcard, valentine, charlton, weir, dorothy lynch

Part of the Valentine Postcard series published about 1920Sepia Photograph / Postcard By the Weir Charlton M4001 Valentine Series Published by the Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Melbourne Sydney and Brisbanepostcard, valentine, charlton, weir, dorothy lynch

Part of the Valentine Postcard series published about 1920Sepia Photograph / Postcard The Railway Bridge Avoca River Charlton M4035 Valentine Series Published by the Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Melbourne Sydney and Brisbanepostcard, valentine, charlton, weir, dorothy lynch, avoca river, railway bridge

Part of the collection of H.Barber, showing the Charlton Weir 1920Black and white photocopy of original photo

The Charlton Weirpostcard addressed to Mrs A Buchanan, Allandale - Photographers/Maker details - V.S.M. The Charlton Weir No 6 charlton weir, avoca river

Avoca River Weir - C.1907 Charlton - Unframed landscape postcard (black & white)Postcard - Kodak Australia (No 2 of six) Charlton Weiravoca river, charlton weir, 1907

The old Charlton Weir - water flowing over weir with tree in left hand side of photo.avoca river, charlton weir, 1900

East Charlton weir across the Avoca River about 60 metres upstream from Bridge.Colour photograph of a portion of the "Views of Charlton" Lithograph. The photo is a close up of the East Charlton Wier portion of the Lithograph.East Charlton Wier Across the River Avoca.charlton, lithograph, charlton weir, avoca river, flour mill, foreman, avoca water works trust

charlton weir, new charlton weir, avoca river

avoca river, 1987, new charlton weir

Corner of High St and Williams St (now Curtin Dve). Formerly the site of Wingfield's Hides and Wool agent and Frank O'Grady's solicitors office. In 1971 Jim Bannon moved his butcher business from the eastern end of High St to this newly built shop. He sold to Weirs in 1986 who sold to Frank Bourke in 1987. Part of a streetscape series taken for the Shire of Charlton in 1987. Bourke's butchers shop built 1971 for J Bannon. Shows area now occupied by the Travellers Rest complex.Colour photograph of single storey brick building with large glass window and door. Tree in front of building and a man walking past. Two storey white building to the right and a street and old single storey building on the left. Car parked in street on the LH side of the photo. Signage on the old building on the left reads STATES. jim bannon, frank bourke, wingfield's hides, frank o'grady, business, industry, charlton, butcher

Avoca River in Flood over new weir June 1987.Dedication monument in foreground - Unframed coloured landscape photoavoca river, floods, new weir, 1987

Charlton Flood 1995 Photos taken by Bill CliffordCharlton Flood 1995 Gordon Park Area Water surrounding the first house on the left over James Paterson Bridge looking back to old weircharlton flood 1995, clifford, gordon park

Looks at the Aboriginal community from the time of white contact, across many parts of Victoria. Chap.1; Melbourne - early missions, camp of Native Police, corroboree trees, canoe trees, grave &? headstone of Derrimut; quarries at Keilor, excavation sites at Green Gully &? Keilor; quarry at Mt. William, notes on inheritance of quarries Coranderrk settlement - Barraks grave, notes on his life; Chap.2; Geelong - Yawangi group of the Wothowurong tribe, camping grounds in area quarries; Notes on William Buckley, Gellibrand (a notable Aboriginal), graves in the Western Cemetery; Chap.3; Colac - war between Colac &? Geelong tribes; Mission at Birregurra, reason for failure of Buntingdale Mission; brass plate to Coc-coc-coine; reserve at Elliminyt, native ovens, camp sites, initiation site &? ritual; quarry sites, axegrinding factory, rock pecking &? engraving; dried hand &? 3 Aboriginal skulls found; Chap.4; The south-west coast - middens, camp sites notes on Framlingham Stn., fish traps at Tyrendarra; Chap.5; The far west - massacres of Aborigines near Casterton; camp sites, oven mounds; the first cricket team formed; Aboriginal cemetery; Chap.6; Hamilton - camps; Mount Rouse Station, axegrinding grooves at Nareeb Nareeb, shelters described, fish traps, massacre at Lake Condah; mission; canoes; Chap.7; Camperdown - legend about Lake Bullen Merri; obelisk erected in memory of Aborigines of district especially chief Wombeetch Puyuun; Jarcoort tribe; fish weirs, camps, intertribal fights between Booluc-burrers, Jarcoorts &? Ellengermote groups; bartering place at Mount Noorat; articles traded, legend of Flat-Top Hill; Chap.8; Ballarat - camp at Lake Wendouree; White Stone Lagoon; legends concerning Mt. Buninyong &? waterfalls at Lal-lal; camp sites; pygmy-type implements near Meredith, quarry at Glue Pot Rocks near Durdidwarrah; brass plate of King Billy; Chap.9; Ararat - Tjapwurong territory; camp sites, quarries, shield &? canoe trees; Bunyip belief at Lake Buninjon of Muk-jarawaint &? Pirtkopen-noot tribes, gives legend; stone implements; mill stones; fish weirs; stone arrangement near Lake Wongan; ground drawing of a bunyip, paintings in rock shelter near Mt. Langi Ghiran; Chap.10; Maryborough - camps, oven mounds, rock wells, stone arrangement at Carisbrook; camp sites at Mt. Franklin; Chap.11; Charlton - belief in Mindye (snake); canoe trees, ovens, camp sites, water holes, rock wells, stone implements; method of rainmaking; Chap.12; Horsham-Stawell, The Wimmera - Wotjobaluk land; camps, fish traps at Toolondo; Black Range cave paintings, Flat Rock shelters (detailed account of these paintings); Bunjils Cave; Chap.13; Horsham-Stawell, The Mallee - camp sites, implements; Ebenezer Mission, Willie Wimmera taken to England by Rev. Chase to become a missionary, died in England; Chap.14; The Murray River, Mildura Swan Hill - Battle of the Rufus; ceremonial ground, Lake Gol Gol, canoe &? shield trees; stone implements; camp sites, fire place arrangements; fish traps; oven mounds; Chap.15; The Murray River, Swan Hill-Echuca - legend about Lake Boga; camps, oven mounds, the Cohuna skull, Kow Swamp, method of burial; Chap.16; Shepparton ovens; brass plates of King Paddy of Kotupna &? King Tattambo of Mulka Stn., native well, camps; Chap.17; Wangaratta -camps, quarry, rock holes, the Faithful massacre; grinding rocks at Earlston; Chap.18; The High Plains - Ya-itma-thang; camps, Bogong moth feasts, native paths for trade &? intertribal fights, articles traded; painted shelters; Koetong Ck. Valley, near Mt. Pilot &? near Barwidgee Ck.; Chap.19; Dandenong - water holes, list of 8 holes in Beaumaris - Black Rock area; camps, middens, stone implements (microliths), legend of Angels Cave, stone axes, Native Police Force, Narre Narre Warren Station, legend about rocks on Bald Hill, kangaroo totemic site; Chap.20; Wonthaggi- Yarram - natives visit Phillip Is., murder of William Cook and Yankee by five Tasmanians (listed as Bon Small Boy, Jack Napoleon Timninaparewa, Fanny Waterpoordeyer, Matilda Nattopolenimma and Truganini) near Cape Patterson, men; camp sites, middens, legend of White Rock; Chap.21; Sale - Bairnsdale, The Lakes Country middens, camps; legend at Wulrunjeri; story of a white woman supposedly living with with the Tutangolung tribe, efforts made to prove story; canoe trees; Chap.22; Sale-Bairnsdale, The Inland Braiakolung tribe, camps, implements, canoe &? shield trees; Ramahyuck Mission, grinding rocks, fights with Omeo tribe; native tracks, death through enemy magic - procedure, belief in ghosts; Chap.23; Lakes Entrance and the Country to the east - Kroatungolung people, legend of Kalimna Valley; camps, stones of Nargun, bunyip, devils at Lake Tyers, excavation at Buchan, carbon dates; middens, ochre at Cape Conrad, stone fish-hook file at Thurra River; note on Bidwel tribe; Each chapter gives historical details, early contacts, relationships with settlers; Aboriginal place names and detailed description of sites and geographical features.b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, colour illustrationsgeelong, colac, hamilton, camperdown, ballarat, ararat, maryborough, charlton, horsham, stawell, murray river, shepparton, wangaratta, dandenong, wonthaggi, yarram, sale, bairnsdale, lakes entrance