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 Mr Henry Best of Best's "Concongella" vineyard Great Western. winery, vineyard

Vineyard Scenes at Bests Winery. Great Westernstawell winery

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 the residence and cellar buildings at Best's vineyard, Great Western. Rowes of vines in the foreground. winery, wine making

Grape Pickers at Hans Irvine’s Vineyard Great Western 1890's.Black and white photograph of a field with workers harvesting a crop and two horse drawn vehicles loaded with barrels in the background.stawell

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 of 13 men and boys at Best's Vineyard, Great Western with their buckets. Some are kneeling. All are wearing 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 workers at Best's vineyard, Great Western. All have hats or caps on. Two men and a dog are on the horse drawn cart with the barrels of grapes.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 grape vines and the Cellar buildings at Best's vineyard, Great Western. Some men in the cellar doorways. Best's Cellars written in large letters on the roof.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 of 13 men with barrels and buckets of grapes. Photo shows the rows of grapes with the homestead and cellars in the background. At Best's Vineyard, Great Western. All are wearing 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 of 10 men and boys plus dog, having smoko at Best's Vineyard, Great Western. All have hats or caps on. The horse and cart with the barrels for the grapes behind the group.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. 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

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 with vineyard at Best's, Great Western. Showing the residence and cellar buildings. 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 view of Best's vines at the winery Great Western, with residence and cellar buildings behind. winery, wine making

Family group sitting in front of Gazebo. Left to Right Louise Blampied, child Claudine, Anne Marie Trouette, child Marie standing, Louise seated, Marie Trouette, child Eugene, Emily Blampied. Names on Back of Photowine

Table of contents: Editorial, News and Notes, A Journey from Natal to Mashonaland with the British S.A. Coys. Police, A plea for research, New Caledonia, Notes on Victorian geology, Mt Bischoff Mine & Mill, Summaries and notes from the mining journals, Things we eat and drink, Farewell to A. S. Coyte, Balance sheet, Sports, Editorial notices.Pale green booklet of 12 pagesSigned on front cover 'H.R. Murphy'ballarat school of mines, students' magazine, c.a.m. deane, mr arthur, s. coyte, h.r. murphy, natal, mashonaland, british police, new caledonia, mt bischoff mine and mill, a.s. coyt, harry davis and co, purser and wilson, j. treweek, bert porter, boer war, a.e.c. kerr, eric moore, o. thiele, s.b. vial, lager beer, arthur coyte, l.j. auston & co., great western vineyard, hans irvine, r.g. ingrams, j. miller and co., w. porter and co, carter and werner

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 of flood on the Concongella Creek at Best's vineyard, Great Western.

Jean-Pierre Trouette was natuarlised in 1862 the year he, his wife Anne (nee Blampied) and her brother Emile purchased land at Great Western and established the Great Western wineries. Unless a person was a Victorian citizen they could not own freehold land and run a business. This certificate testifies to Trouette's legal status and entitlement to establish the Great Western vineyards. At the Intercolonial Exhibition in Melbourne in 1866 his wines were noticed and was noted also in 1867. His vineyard was named St Peter's and visitors included Hubert de Castella in 1882. blampied, trouette, great western, st peter's, intercolonial exhibition, naturalisation, henry barkly

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 of Bests Residence at their vineyard, Great Western. Man on Right is Joseph Best (son of Henry)

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 of Jessie Abercrombie Best taken at Bests Concongella Vineyard, Great Western (wife of Henry Best)

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 possibly taken at Bests Vineyard, Great Western. The lady is possibly Mrs Berlich (see photo 6640)

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 Bests Concongella Vineyard, Great Western. - area between residence and back of cellars, Ladies unknown

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 Group of men and boys at Henry Best's Concongella vineyard, Great Western with two horse drawn carts.winemaking, vineyards

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 Men and boys at Henry Best's Concongella vineyard, Great Western with horse drawn carts, at smoko timewinemaking, vineyards

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 Bests Concongella Vineyard, Great Western. - a child and three men, names unknown. Charles Best had a apiary there.

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 Horse and dray with barrels of grapes and two men. Another man in the left. - at Henry Best's Concongella vineyard, Great Western 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 Henry Best's Concongella vineyard, Great Western. Group of men and boys outside the Cellars with horse and cart at smoko time. 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 Henry Best's Concongella vineyard, Great Western. Three men with grape presses. Bob Fisher is in the foreground with grape press.winery, wine making

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

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 Bests Residence at their vineyard, Great Western. Charles and Fanny Best with her brother W.J. Fisher who lost a leg in WW1ww1