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Postcard - Photograph postcard, The Rapids, Devils' Bank, Eltham, 1907
... The Rapids, Devils' Bank, Eltham...devils bank...Devils' Bank was situated some two miles from Eltham... melbourne Devils' Bank was situated some two miles from Eltham ...
Devils' Bank was situated some two miles from Eltham. It is probably the section along the Yarra River where there are a series of rapids stretching past Petty's Orchard to Griffiths Park and the confluence with the Diamond Creek. Only three properties existed in this area in 1945 aerial maps, Worlingworth and the adjoining property on the bank of the Diamond Creek in Banoon Road and No. 2 Kent Hughes Road. Devils' Bank. The death of Ann Edwards, 77 years, an old resident of the district was reported who lived in an old hut at Devil's Bank who had been found dead in her bed on 13 May 1897
FOUND DEAD IN BED. (1897, May 28). Evelyn Observer, and South and East Bourke Record (Vic. : 1882 - 1902), p. 2 (MORNING.). Retrieved September 3, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60696388
A very similar view was published in the Leader paper in January 1908 - Devil's Bank Falls, Eltham
VIEWS ON THE UPPER YARRA. (1908, January 11). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), p. 28. Retrieved September 3, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198106006
On the reverse of the postcard it appears to be postmarked Eltham, Dec 27, 1907 addressed to Mrs Christie Millmoss of Bull Street, Bendigo
"Arrived here 10.45 am - ? ? raining cause of ? - ? till evenings it is lovely - but quite fresh after the (rain - crossed out) great ? - I may assume it all go well"Digital file only
Postcards scanned from the collection of Michael Aitken on loan to EDHS, 2 Sep. 2022michael aitken collection, devils bank, eltham, postcards, rapids, yarra river
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
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