The Dandenongs was, and continues to be, a popular, scenic destination for weekend tourists from Melbourne. The five black and white photographs were taken at or near Clematis Station on a hiking excursion in 1948 undertaken by two Melbourne couples who were close friends and who often went away on hiking trips on weekends. The slide, dated May 1960, is also taken at Clematis Station and is of one of the original women now married to one of the original men with their little daughter.These photographs are of named hikers at a local train station. The photographs and slide have precise dates and a story attached.Five black and white photographs at or near Clematis Station. One is a distant view of the train. One is of two young men lying on the train line. One is of two women and one man sitting on the edge of the train platform. The man has removed his shoe. One is of a man standing on the railway platform in front of a 'CLEMATIS' sign and holding the other man's shoe. The last is of a couple walking along the road with a billy hanging on back of the man's belt or clothing. One colour photographic slide of a woman and a child outside Clematis Station. One CD with the five photographs and slide saved in TIFF and JPEG format. One typed A4 sheet with information relating to the photos and slide.On frame of slide: 'Raelle & Hazel / May '60'clematis station, 1948, 1960

The Dandenongs was, and continues to be, a popular, scenic destination for weekend tourists from Melbourne. This slide is connected to five black and white photographs located at or close to Clematis Railway Station and taken in 1948 on a hiking excursion by two young Melbourne couples. This slide documents a return trip in May 1960 of one of the original hikers Hazel Scambler (nee Elderfield) now married to another of the hikers (Gordon Elderfield). The couple have a young daughter Raelle who is in the photograph holding her mother's hand. This slide and the photographs document a family story which is connected with Clematis Railway Station.Colour photographic slide of a woman holding the hand of a very young girl standing on the platform of the Clematis Railway Station. The 'Clematis' sign is visible.On frame of slide handwritten: 'Raelle & Hazel / May '60'clematis station, 1960

The Dandenongs was, and continues to be, a popular, scenic destination for weekend tourists from Melbourne. This is one of five photographs located at or close to Clematis Station and taken on a hiking excursion in 1948 by two young Melbourne couples. This photograph shows the train coming into Clematis Station.This is one of five photographs of and around Clematis Station which includes dates and a connected story.Black and white photograph showing a steam train approaching through a landscape of paddocks and trees.clematis station, 1948

The Dandenongs was, and continues to be, a popular, scenic destination for weekend tourists from Melbourne. This photograph is one of five photographs located at or close to Clematis Station and taken on a hiking excursion in 1948 by two young Melbourne couples. This photograph shows Gordon Scambler and Keith Easterbrook, with their heads on the railway line listening for an approaching train.These photographs are of named hikers taking a break at a local train station. The photographs have precise dates and a story attached.Black and white photograph showing two young men lying on either side of a railway line with their heads on the line listening for an approaching train. Background of trees.clematis station, 1948

The Dandenongs was, and continues to be, a popular, scenic destination for weekend tourists from Melbourne. This is one of five photographs located at or close to Clematis Station and taken on a hiking excursion in 1948 by two young Melbourne couples. This photograph shows two of the hikers, Gordon Scambler and Hazel Edlerfield, walking along a road near the railway station. Gordon is carrying a billy.These photographs are of named hikers at a local railway station. The photographs and slide have precise dates and a story attached.Black and white photograph of a young woman and a young man dressed in hiking clothes and walking along a country road. The man is carrying a billy.clematis station, 1948

The Dandenongs was, and continues to be, a popular, scenic destination for weekend tourists from Melbourne. This is one of five photographs located at or close to Clematis Station and taken on a hiking excursion in 1948 by two young Melbourne couples. This photograph shows three of the hikers, Gordon Scrambler, Hazel Elderfield and Audrey Duncan. Gordon has taken his shoe off because he had developed blisters.This photograph is of named hikers taking a break at a local railway station. It has a precise date and a story attached.Black and white photograph of two young women and a young man dressed in hiking clothes and sitting on a railway platform. The man has taken one of his shoes off.clematis station, 1948

The Dandenongs was, and continues to be, a popular, scenic destination for weekend tourists from Melbourne. This is one of five photographs located at or close to Clematis Station and taken on a hiking excursion in 1948 by two young Melbourne couples. This photograph shows one of the hikers, Keith Easterbrook, holding the shoe of his friend, Gordon Scambler. Gordon had removed his shoe because he had developed blisters on their walk.This photograph is of a hiker taking a break at the local Clematis Railway Station. It has a date and a story attached.Black and white photograph of a young man in hiking clothes standing on a platform in front of 'Clematis' sign and holding one shoe.clematis station, 1948

Two black and white photos dated 1962 from the National Archives of Australia, showing the Puffing Billy train in the Dandenongs. - Ground is steep and heavily treed and may be the stretch of line between Menzies Creek and Clematis Station. - Large trees line the track. There is a driveway below the line with large puddles. A car can be seen crossing the line behind the train. A lightly treed hill is visible in the background. This may be the crossing at the Clematis end of Menzies Rd with Tivoli Farm in the distance.

In late 1919, the Country Roads Board approved an amendment of the Belgrave-Emerald Road between Gembrook Road (likely now Old Gembrook Road) in Emerald and Paradise (now Clematis) Station. This image shows part of those works, where they intersected with Ogilvy Road. Public works projects such as road constructions were popular in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, when many men returned home without work and were eager to earn a living by participating in government projects.This image represents an infrastructure project from the 1920s that helped to build the Emerald of today. It displays the tools and technology available for public works projects in the early 20th century, and the manner in which road construction occurred.A sepia photograph on card backing depicting a road construction project. The workers are relying on horses and manual labour to build a road amongst trees and hills. The lower-left corner of the photograph is damaged and faded, with some damage and the photo peeling away from the backing along the left side as a whole. The rear has some handwritten text, with some illegible.Rear: "Mr O'Connor / 12 / date / Clematis / Making the Road to Clematis / 1920?"emerald, clematis, 1920s, transport

In late 1919, the Country Roads Board approved an amendment of the Belgrave-Emerald Road between Gembrook Road (likely now Old Gembrook Road) in Emerald and Paradise (now Clematis) Station. This image shows part of those works, where they intersected with Ogilvy Road. Public works projects such as road constructions were popular in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, when many men returned home without work and were eager to earn a living by participating in government projects. This image is a black-and-white copy of the original sepia photograph (VEMUP0996).This image represents an infrastructure project from the 1920s that helped to build the Emerald of today. It displays the tools and technology available for public works projects in the early 20th century, and the manner in which road construction occurred.A black and white photograph on paper depicting a road construction project. The workers are relying on horses and manual labour to build a road amongst trees and hills. The lower-left corner of the photograph is faded - an artefact from the original that this is a copy of, though this copy was made when more of the original was intact.N/Aemerald, clematis, 1920s, transport

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non-fictionThis Environmental History of the Cardinia Shire incorporates the Environmental History of the former Shire of Pakenham, compiled by Carlotta Kellaway for Graeme Butler & Associates and the Environmental History of those areas of the Shire formerly in the Shires of Cranbourne and Sherbrooke, compiled by Jill Barnard for Graeme Butler and Associates. An environmental history, which is meant as a guide to the identification of sites of significance within a shire, cannot be a complete social history of that shire. Rather, it is meant to be a summary of the various ways in which people have used and reacted to the natural environment, altering it so as to create economic, social, cultural and educational uses for themselves and their neighbours. [from the introduction] cardinia shire (vic.), heritage studies, tivoli berry farm (clematis), carramar (emerald), nobelius heritage park, dalmore public hall, horace hardy farm complex, emerald lake park, the grange (koo wee rup), glen afton (yannathan), myrtlewood (yannathan), vay view farm (lang lang), emerald railway station, timber bridges (yallock creek), emerald county clud, oak lee (emerald), sycamore lodge (emerald), cambden wollybutt row (emerald), silver birches (emerald), lang lang cemetery, old monomeith homestead sites, monomeith park (monomeith), dustings garage (koo wee rup), koo wee rup public hall, koo wee rup lockup, wattle theatre (koo wee rup), harewood (koo wee rup), warook homestead (monomeith), old yallock, st john's roman catholic church (koo wee rup), royal hotel (koo wee rup), budgeree (yannathan), cascades guest house (clematis), rutter farm (tooradin), koo wee rup swamp drains, upper ferntree gully to gembrook railway, great southern railway, misson's butchers shop & residence (lang lang), english scottish & australian bank (lang lang), clematis park, row houses (lang lang)