This postcard is part of an album of postcards which date from late 19th century to mid 20th century. Rutherglen's wine industry began in the 1850s and, by the 1880s, the area was a big employer and producing one third of all Australian wine. This postcard is dated 1909.This postcard is in an album of postcards dating from the late 19th century to mid 20th century. It reflects the popularity of collecting postcards in Australia which reached a height in the early 1900s until around 1920. Postcard of grape-picking at Rutherglen, 1909.On front: Inscribed 'GRAPE PICKING / RUTHERGLEN' On back, handwritten long message: 'Rutherglen / 21-12-09 / Dear Mag / A short one to wish you / & Will & the children the / Compliments of the Season ... / Love to all / Wilbpostcard, photography, 1900s, rutherglen, vineyeard, "green postcard album"

Owned by Charles Barber who worked in the mines in the late 1800s and died in 1041 aged approximately 90 years old. Grapevine system shown is an old one called Gobelet or Bush Vine, now little used. (see link to Wikipedia article)Coloured photograph on a post card, with brown border, showing a vineyard with pickers and 3 horse carts with bins for collecting grapes.vineyard, wine industry, grape picking, gobelet pruning system, charles barber

Copy of photo on record 1381.1 with the blue and green lines removed. This photograph is also on a postcard - record no. 1348.1Black and white photograph of grape picking. Written on back of photo: "Mr. Ray's Vineyard - north east of Rutherglen"vineyard, grape picking, wine industry, rays vineyard

Barbara Hermans 1988 Entrant No. 77 Ref: Series 34, Items 98 SHIRE OF ELTHAM COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY Photography is an artform which many of us practice, sometimes purely for artistic pursuit, sometimes to record the people and events in our lives. In 1988, as part of a local Bicentennial project, the Shire of Eltham conducted the Eltham Community Photographic Survey. Up to 100 entries were to be selected by a panel of photographers for entry into the Eltham Photographic Survey Exhibition. Entries had to be submitted by May 13, 1988. Entrants whose images were selected for the exhibition were contacted and requested to further submit an entry form providing entrant’s name, area of residence, age, and proposed captions. These details were then used to produce labels for the exhibition mounts. Where negatives had not been supplied, these were requested to support the display of printed enlargements mounted on 10” x 8” cardboard. The mounted prints were made available post exhibition for sale at $8.50 each for colour prints and $7.00 for B&W prints. Residents in the Shire were invited to collect a free roll of film and take a photograph of what they either liked or did not like about the area. A total of 160 entrants submitted multiple entries for the exhibition. Of those selected for exhibition, entrants ranged in age from 9 to 70 years. All custom colour and black and white printing for the exhibition was completed by Wattle Studios of Eltham. The Eltham Photographic Survey was jointly auspiced by the Shire of Eltham and Wattle Studios, of 953 Main Road, Eltham. The project was greatly assisted by: • David McRitchie, Media Studies Lecturer Victoria College, Rusden Campus. • Ian and Annette Toohill of Wattle Studios • Tracy Naughton, Eltham Community Arts Officer • Neville Emerson Pty. Ltd. • Superior Press, Eltham • Kodak Australasia Pty. Ltd. • Agfa Gevaert Ltd. • Townsend Colourtech Pty. Ltd. • The Australian Bicentennial Authority • Eleanor Bowers, Secretary, Eltham Arts Council The exhibition was placed on display in the Woolworths Arcade, Eltham between Monday June 6th and Saturday June 11, 1988. It was also intended to hold the exhibition at a venue in the Shire’s North Riding from Monday, June 20 to Friday June 24. It was then displayed at the Were Street Theatre, Montmorency from Friday, June 24 to Thursday, July 7. Series 34: Eltham Community Photographic Survey 1988 - Prints & Documentation Series consists of 117 photographs of Shire scenes taken by members of the community. Items I - 41 are larger photographs mounted on card, which were exhibited. Items 42 - 117 are unmounted copies, alternative takes and other entries. Corresponding negatives contained in Series 35: Eltham Community Photographic Survey 1988 – Negatives which consists of 267 colour and B&W negatives and one colour slide of Shire scenes taken by members of the community. The negatives are arranged by the entrant number of the photographer. The Eltham Community Photographic Survey collection is significant to the local community as it was curated by the local community - ordinary people of all ages - representing what they liked and did not like in the area where they lived. It represents an unfiltered representation of the Shire of Eltham as it was in 1988. It also represents one of many projects as part of the national programme of events and celebrations to commemorate the bicentenary. It is a time capsule of life in the 1980s of this urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north. Rear: Entrant No., name and address in blue ink; also 'Series 34' and the 'Item No.' in orange inkshire of eltham archives, bicentennial project, eltham, eltham community photographic survey, series 34, series 35, barbara hermans, diamond valley vineyards, scan - 35mm positive, st andrews

B/W photo of three men with a white horse pulling a cart with barrels of grapes just picked. Taken at Arrawatta Vineyard at Irvine's, Great western near Jonathon Gully and German Gully Roads. 1902win, wineries

This photograph is also on a postcard - record no. 1348.1Black and white photograph of grape picking. Photo has blue and green lines due to the photo being rolled upWritten on back of photo: "Mr. Ray's Vineyard - north east of Rutherglen"vineyard, grape picking, wine industry, rays vineyard

Grapevine system shown is an old one called Gobelet or Bush Vine, now little used. (see link to Wikipedia article)Coloured postcard photograph, of two men picking grapes.On back of card: "Published by F. Harrison, Rutherglen"vineyard, wine industry, grape picking, vintage, gobelet pruning system

Black and white photograph of two women standing in front of horses and cart. Cart loaded with bins of grapes.wineries, north east victoria, wine industry, grape harvest, grape picking

Laura Annie and Amy Rogers picking grapes on the Rogers Property Deep Lead.stawell

Group of men and boys picking grapes at Henry Best's Concongella vineyard Great Western c1900wine, winery

Dip tin mended expertly. Used for picking the grapes and then dipping the grapes in tanks. Rectangular tin with holes and handle. grapes, vineyard, dried fruit, merbein, sultanas, fruit picking

Digital Photo taken from glass slide by Geoff McMillan, Cooper Street Stawell and reproduced as a photo - printed at Stawell Historical Society 2019Black & White Photo taken at Best's Cellars Great Western. 11 men and boys picking grapes at Best's Vineyard, Great Western. Also shown are the barrels in which the grapes are put. All the males have hats or caps on. winery, wine making

Digital Photo taken from glass slide by Geoff McMillan, Cooper Street Stawell and reproduced as a photo - printed at Stawell Historical Society 2019Black & White Photo showing a group of men and boys picking grapes at Best's Vineyard, Great Western. All with hats or caps, some kneeling, some standing. Horse and cart behind the group ready to take the grapes to the cellars. winery, wine making

Digital Photo taken from glass slide by Geoff McMillan, Cooper Street Stawell and reproduced as a photo - printed at Stawell Historical Society 2019Black & White Photo taken at Best's Cellars Great Western. Group of men and boys picking grapes. Some of them are standing on the tray of a cart with barrels into which the buckets full of grapes are tipped. All the workers have hats or caps on. winery, wine making

White invitation with black printing inviting Mr. & Mrs. J. McIntyre to a Ball, held in the Town Hall on Tuesday June 28th, 1887 by The Mayor of Sandhurst and Mrs. Hayes. Bendigo Coat of Arms at the top of the invitation. It has a horse on the left and a bull on the right side of a shield with quartz on the top left, pick and shovel on the right, a sheaf of wheat on the bottom left and a bunch of grapes on the right. A flag at the top has the Southern Cross on it. 'Progress' is under the shield.document, invitations, mayoral ball, document, invitation to a ball, the mayor of sandhurst and mrs hayes, mr & mrs j mcintyre, town clerk sandhurst

Small creamy white empty envelope with no writing on it. On the back flap it has crest of the Bendigo Regiment. It has a shield with a shovel and pick in the top right corner, a bunch of grapes? Below it and in the top left it is unclear what it is and the bottom left is an animal? Underneath is 'Honorem custodite'. On the left of the shield is a horse and on the right is a lion. Both animals are standing on their hind feet with their front feet resting on the shield. Printed in blue. The edges of the flaps have a pattern cut.ephemera, mementoes, envelope, r.s.l. bendigo collection - bendigo regiment envelope

Photographic reproduction in black and whiteCurtis family L-R Harry Hilda Bill Marjory(holding grapes) May Fred Isobelle Alison(in front)dried fruit picking dip tins merbein west horse-drawn grapes