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Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Padre Hayes, Hay harvest in Mernda, 1927
... Hay harvest in Mernda...hay harvest... of Hay harvest in Mernda. A busy scene on the Mernda Railway...On rear: Hay harvest in Mernda. A busy scene on the Railway... Whittlesea melbourne Photograph Hay harvest in Mernda Black and white ...Padre Hayes Collection. A photograph taken by Padre Hayes of Hay harvest in Mernda. A busy scene on the Mernda Railway Station, Dec 1927.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs taken by Padre Herbert Edward Elton Hayes (1882-1960) who was a significant local figure in Mernda.Black and white/sepia photograph.On rear: Hay harvest in Mernda. A busy scene on the Railway. Dec 1927.padre hayes collection, mernda, herbert edward elton hayes, hayes family history, hay harvest, mernda railway station, horse and cart, mernda train -
Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Photograph, Con KROKER, Hay harvest, 1950
... Hay harvest...Cibachrome photograph Hay harvest Photograph Con KROKER ...Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund with the assistance of the Caltex-Victorian Government Art Fund, 1983 Cibachrome photograph -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Padre Hayes, Loading hay at Mernda Rail station, 1927
... hay harvest... Elton Hayes hayes family history hay harvest mernda railway ...Padre Hayes Collection. A photograph taken by Padre Hayes, loading hay at Mernda rail station, 1927.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs taken by Padre Herbert Edward Elton Hayes (1882-1960) who was a significant local figure in Mernda.Black and white/sepia photograph.On rear: Mernda Railstation loading hay 1927.padre hayes collection, mernda, herbert edward elton hayes, hayes family history, hay harvest, mernda railway station, horse and cart, mernda train, loading hay, menda station, train tracks -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Padre Hayes, Sending away surplus hay from Mernda, Dec 1927
... hay harvest... history hay harvest mernda railway station horse and cart mernda ...Padre Hayes Collection. A photograph taken by Padre Hayes, sending away surplus hay from Mernda Station. Dec 1927. This photo forms part of a collection of photographs taken by Padre Herbert Edward Elton Hayes (1882-1960) who was a significant local figure in Mernda.Black and white/sepia photograph.On rear: Sending away surplus hay from Mernda. Dec 1927. H.E.E.Hayes Mernda.padre hayes collection, mernda, herbert edward elton hayes, hayes family history, hay harvest, mernda railway station, horse and cart, mernda train, loading hay, menda station, train tracks -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr E Altmann and son Mr R Altmann harvesting Oaten Hay c1940
... 1940'sE Altmann and son R Altmann harvesting Oaten Hay... Oaten Hay c1940 1940'sE Altmann and son R Altmann harvesting ...1940'sE Altmann and son R Altmann harvesting Oaten Hay. Depicting McCormack Deering 10-20 tractor with reaper and binder.stawell agriculture concongella -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photographs, c 1900
... from Cowes Jetty; McIlwraith's farm harvesting hay... loaded with stacks of hay - workers in background at McIlwraith's ...Four photograph enlargements from John Jansson's collection. Farm work on three properties: Underdown's farm, Rhyll; Harbison's - wool being carted for shipment to Melbourne by Ketch from Cowes Jetty; McIlwraith's farm harvesting hay at their property called "Heath Hill" at Rhyll.Four enlargements of original photographs and postcards mounted on cardboard for display purposes. 292-01 Norm Smith with a four horse team preparing ground for Chicory. 292-02. Wool Team on road to Cowes 292-03. Horse and dray loaded with stacks of hay - workers in background at McIlwraith's farm "Heath Hill", Rhyll 292-04. Horse and dray with family including ladies and children.292-02. Many Happy Returns. Good Luck. Phillip island - Wool Team on road to Cowes. 292-03. Harvest time on Phillip Island. Victoria underdown, harbison, mcilwraith, heath hill, chicory farming, wool carting, john jansson -
Melton City Libraries
Photograph, Harvesting, 1950
... to improve the collection of hay sheaves at harvesting and stack... Photograph Harvesting Farming in Melton, hay growing and stack ...1950 decade HAY FORK - A local invention. Bill and Arthur Gillespie and Bon Barrie In the early 1950’s Bill Gillespie of Bulmans Lane had been experimenting in developing a machine to improve the collection of hay sheaves at harvesting and stack building time. The ripened crop was cut by a reaper and binder which bundled the storks into sheaves tied with binder twine. The reaper and binder was towed by a tractor by the mid 1940s previously teams of draught horses were used to pull the reaper and binder. A photograph taken at the Barrie farm shows three binders the first being towed with a tractor and the others with horse teams. Two workmen were needed to operate the binder when cutting a crop. The sheaves collected on the binder and released onto the ground and were scattered across the paddocks. Using a conventional two pronged pitch fork the harvest hands collected the sheaves and placed each one cut edge on the ground in an upright position and layered with about 15 sheaves into an apex shape to form was is known as a stook. The shape of the stook allowed for drying and draining of water if rain had occurred. Prior to the invention of the mechanical hayfork this was a laborious task requiring each sheaf to be pitched onto a tray truck and moved to the location of the haystack. The mechanised HAYFORK was operated by one person on tractor greatly reducing the need for gangs of labourers. At harvest time farmers had relied on itinerant teams of workers descending on the district looking for work. The three Barrie brothers on their adjoining farms combined forces to cut their crop at its optimum time while the weather was in their favour. Up to many 20 workers at times formed a team in earlier times. Agricultural university students were also keen to gain practical experience in the field. Each of the brothers had a particular skill, and Tom Barrie was the expert on stack building. The district haystacks had a distinctive shape and could be recognised by their builder. Bill Gillespie’s first operational HAY FORK consisted of a large 13 pronged fork situated forward of the truck cabin. It was attached with iron girders and mounted on the rear of the cabin to the tray of his British Bedford truck. It was constructed in metal and iron and welded in the farmers work sheds. The mechanism was raised and lowered by the driver scooping along the ground to pick up a complete stook to raise high enough to deposit all the sheaves in one stook onto the stack or truck tray. The fork section was released by a rope and operated by the driver in the cabin. This model was trialled on the Barrie farm at Ferris Lane. It proved to be very successful and the Barrie/ Gillespie brothers went on to develop a HAYFORK which attached to a tractor and was operated with a series of levers and was raised and lowered hydraulically. It was detached from the tractor when stacking was completed. In its early days farmers travelling along the Western Highway called at the Barrie farm at Ferris Lane to inspect its construction and operation of the invention. It became a widely adopted by farmers throughout the State. It was being used on Wattie Palmer’s farm on Bridge Road Melton South in 1997. Farming in Melton, hay growing and stack building. agriculture, local identities -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Harvest Time, Nunn's Property - Chepstowe, 1945
According to the donor these image copies were used in an exhibition, and distributed at the conclusion. The originals are thought to be in the collection of Snake Valley HIstorical Society.Framed black and white photograph showing Eddie Nunn and Les Burt going off to mow hay on Nunn's property, Chepstowe. agriculture, chepstowe, eddie nunn, les burt, harvest, horses, farming -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
... Island local history photography hay harvesting black & white ...One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of John McIlwraith and assistant loading hay onto a Horse Drawn Dray at "Heath Hill" in the early 1900'Slocal history, photography, hay harvesting, black & white photograph, rural industry, hay production, horse transport, john mcilwraith, john jenner, bryant west -
National Wool Museum
Tool - Sickle, Pre. 1988
Feed for sheep farming is crucially important. Whether growing a sheep for breeding, wool or meat, it is vital to ensure that all sheep at whatever stage of life are maintaining or growing in weight. Sheep are often pictured grazing in paddocks; however, the grass available in a paddock is often not enough to maintain a sheep’s weight. In addition, if a sheep eats grass too low in a paddock then corrosion can affect the soil preventing any grass from growing in this location. For these reasons, supplementary feed is introduced to sheep’s diets. In most occasions’ food high in protein such as Lupins is sought. In times such as drought or to makeup a sheep’s roughage; feed such as silage, hay and straw may be required in the feeding of sheep. This is where the sickle is introduced to sheep farming. Although modern-day machines are used to harvest cereals, in times past the sickle was used for harvesting these crops. Once harvested, these crops can be fed to sheep freshly cut or dried. This sickle has been on display for 30 years at the National Wool Museum. It was at the entrance to Gallery One in the “A New Europe” wood hut display case. It was taken off display in 2021 with the “On the Land” redevelopment of this gallery space.Curved Metal serrated blade extending from carved dark wooden handletools of the trade, sheep feed, sheep farming -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
... on back: Load of Hay 1920 / Diggers Rest hay bales harvesting ...A sepia photograph of two men and three children standing near a horse drawn dray loaded with hay.written on back: Load of Hay 1920 / Diggers Resthay bales, harvesting, diggers rest, cullinan, uraina, eileen, bayview farm, horse drawn vehicles, 1920s, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
A black and white photograph of a group of men working a threshing machine and building a haystack during hay making in 1922.cullinan, uraina, eileen, bayview farm, diggers rest, harvesting, haystacks, machinery, agricultural machinery, farm and garden equipment, hay bales, 1920s, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
... harvesting hay bales horses horse drawn vehicles george evans ...A black and white photograph three horses harnessed and working with four men during harvest.on back: GROUP / DIGGERS RESTcullinan, uraina, eileen, bayview farm, diggers rest, harvesting, hay bales, horses, horse drawn vehicles, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
... harvesting hay bales horse drawn vehicles george evans collection ...A black and white photograph of four men gathering hay to make hay stooks in a paddock.on back: STOOKING / DIGGERS RESTcullinan, uraina, eileen, bayview farm, diggers rest, harvesting, hay bales, horse drawn vehicles, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, c1934
A sepia photograph of a haystack being built with a bale elevator at the side and a hay cart at the end at Bayview Farm.on back in ink: HAYSTACK AT 'BAYVIEW'/ABOUT 1934 / 60' (feet) long, 20' (feet) high, 25' (feet) wide / ELEVATOR APPROX 25' (feet) long / 70-100 tons of hay / "Bayview" / 111 DAVIS ROAD / DIGGERS REST 3427cullinan, uraina, eileen, chris, bayview farm, diggers rest, farms, farming, clothing and dress, harvesting, haystacks, george evans collection -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Scythe, 1930-1960
... era (8th century AD) in Europe, when the harvesting...) in Europe, when the harvesting and storing of hay became important ...A Scythe was one of the most important of all agricultural hand tools, consisting of a curved blade fitted at an angle to a long, curved handle and used for cutting grain. In modern scythes the handle has a projecting peg that is grasped by one hand, facilitating control of the swinging motion by which grass and grain are cut. The exact origin of the scythe is unknown, but it was little used in the ancient world. It came into wide use only with agricultural developments of the Carolingian era (8th century AD) in Europe, when the harvesting and storing of hay became important to support livestock through winters. Scythes can still be found in use today by hobby farmers and permaculturists. ( producing food, by using ways that do not deplete the earth's natural resources) to cut grass in a more eco-friendly way as opposed to using a machine.A hand tool used for the cutting of crops and grain, modern versions are still being produced today in Europe. The subject item gives us a snapshot into agricultural practices in times past.Scythe with long wood Snath (curved handle) with 1 hand holding piece & curved blade. Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Orbost & District Historical Society
sickle, late 19th -early 20th century
A hand sickle is typically used for harvesting grain crops or cutting succulent forage chiefly for feeding livestock (either freshly cut or dried as hay). this one was used for cutting back bracken fern.Sickles were not used as often on farms after the mechanisation of harvesting. They were still used for cutting awkward shaped small plots, for opening a path for the tractors and for clearing bracken. This item is an example of a tool used by the early settlers of the Orbost district.A wooden handled sickle used for fern cutting. It has a steel curved blade.Stamped on blade - RY4 MADE IN ENGLANDtool farming-implement sickle -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, first half 20th century
The men in this photograph are harvesting dry bean plants. They have been threshed with flails and raked. the dry straw is tossed off and the dry beans are collected to be hand sorted.This item is associated with the seed bean industry which was a major industry in the Orbost district for the first half of the 20th century.A black / white photograph / postcard of five men raking hay in a paddock with two horses and carts in the background.on back - "Orbost, M. Gilbert"agriculture-beans orbost-bean-seeds -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stack Building, Pigeon Bank, Kangaroo Ground
Building a stack at harvest time at 'Pigeon bank', Kangaroo Ground. Mrs Agnes Cameron and family; On hay wagon: Jessie and Jim Stewart, From left to right Archie, Flora Crighton, Gordon, Vera. Evelyn in front, Mrs Cameron, Maggie McInnes, Tom. In the background is one of the earliest shepherd huts still standing in 1914. Source: Family Story: The Bells of Scotland Kangaroo Ground and Yarra Flats by Vera Jackson, 1986 Supplementary unknown source states: Top L-R: Jessie Cameron, mother of Vera (Mrs E.M. Jackson donor of photograph and later resident at 'Pigeon Bank"), John Stewart (with fork) Lower L-R: Tom Cameron, Fiona Crighton, Gordon Cameron, Vera Cameron, Evelyn Cameron (sitting), Mrs Cameron (in black), Maggie McInnes, Archie Cameron About 1910 This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kangaroo ground, pigeon bank, haystack, cameron family, stacks, hay, farming, summer -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Reaper/binder, McCormick Deering
The reaper binder was a harvesting machine used to cut crops and bind it into sheaves. The reaper binder was invented by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. Early binders were horsedrawn and the sheaves were bound using wire. William Deering later invented a binder that tied the sheaves with string. McCormick Deering was the trademark name of a line of farm machinery manufactured by the International Harvester Co. The company was founded in 1923. Large red reaper/binder, canvas covers, some green fittings, 2-3 horsefarm, machinery, hay, chaff, reaper, binder, horse drawn, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Potato digger
After the crop of hay has been mown it is tedded, a process that spreads and fluffs the grass to speed the curing. Then the hay rake is used. It is attached to a tractor and the wheels adjusted to height and angle.The rake is then dragged over the tedded paddocks. The hay rake teeth spin mown grasses into long lines of hay called windrows. The hay is then ready to be baled.Unusual pieceSingle row potato digger with upward prongs on digger and depth adjuster at rear. Green/blue with red wheelsfarm, machinery, digging, harvesting, potatoes, horse drawn, potato, harvest, churchill island, farming -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of man using scythe
... Colour photograph of staff member using a scythe to harvest... a scythe to harvest grass and hay. catalogue number written ...Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century.Colour photograph of staff member using a scythe to harvest grass and hay.catalogue number written on reverse in pencilchurchill island, photograph -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of pumpkin and apple display
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series documents the Working Horse and Garden show held in 2001.Photograph of a display of apples and pumpkins arranged in two rows resting on bales of hay. The apples are stored in wooden crates while the pumpkins are displayed loose.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil.churchill island, harvest festival, photograph, apple, pumpkin -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of a wagon and hay bales
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series documents the Working Horse and Garden show held in 2001.Photograph of a rear view of a pumpkin and apple display showing a wagon, garlic and an assortment of hay bales with market stalls visible in the background.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil.churchill island, harvest festival, photograph, pumpkin -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of a wagon and hay bales
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series documents the Working Horse and Garden show held in 2001.Photograph of a foreshortened view of a pumpkin and apple display showing a wagon, garlic and an assortment of hay bales with a marquee and stalls visible in the backgroundCatalogue number written on reverse in pencil.churchill island, harvest festival, photograph, pumpkin -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Lochaber, Harvest Home Road, Epping, c.2008
This colour photograph, along with 11 others, was taken inside the residence and outbuildings of the Lochaber property at Harvest Home Road, Epping. Lochaber, for many years the home of the Smith family, takes its name from the Lochaber Hills of Inverness in Scotland. Robert Smith, who purchased the property on 10th March, 1884, was born at Annat by the Lochaber Hills. The Smith family first arrived in Australia in 1854 aboard the Oliver Lang. Thomas Smith, Robert’s father, bought Rosehill at Mernda in 1869. After moving from Rosehill to Lochaber, Robert cut and sold red gum firewood to pay for the farm. Later he commenced dairying and cropping hay being carted and sold at the Haymarket on the corner of Flemington Road and Royal Parade, Carlton. Maize and mangles were also grown. Cows were hand milked in the bluestone shed which held twenty cows at a time - ten along each side. One of Robert’s two sons, Roy, served with the AIF during World War I and was awarded the Military Cross at Passchardale. In 1919 he married Grace Bower and bought fifty acres opposite Lochaber which he named Karagala after the ship which brought him after the war. On his father’s death in 1933 Roy, Grace and their family moved back to Lochaber. The property was finally sold in 1942 when Roy volunteered for civilian war service, later serving in New Guinea. From 1930 to 1943 Roy had also served as a Councillor for the Shire of Whittlesea and was President from 1935-1939. Although nothing is known of the property before the Smith family purchased it in 1884 the house and barn design and construction appear to be earlier and suggest a German influence. (Ref: City of Whittlesea Heritage Study)Historical building of the City of Whittlesea.Colour photograph printed on Kodak Professional Paper, 1 of 12Annotation reverse: 2895-7epping, harvest home road epping, bluestone house, bluestone barn, lochaber, drystone wall, stone wall, attic, horse, smith family, thomas smith, robert smith, roy smith, military cross recipient, cr. roy smith, whittlesea councillor, grace bower, grace smith -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Lochaber, Harvest Home Road, Epping, c.2008
This colour photograph, along with 11 others, was taken inside the residence and outbuildings of the Lochaber property at Harvest Home Road, Epping. Lochaber, for many years the home of the Smith family, takes its name from the Lochaber Hills of Inverness in Scotland. Robert Smith, who purchased the property on 10th March, 1884, was born at Annat by the Lochaber Hills. The Smith family first arrived in Australia in 1854 aboard the Oliver Lang. Thomas Smith, Robert’s father, bought Rosehill at Mernda in 1869. After moving from Rosehill to Lochaber, Robert cut and sold red gum firewood to pay for the farm. Later he commenced dairying and cropping hay being carted and sold at the Haymarket on the corner of Flemington Road and Royal Parade, Carlton. Maize and mangles were also grown. Cows were hand milked in the bluestone shed which held twenty cows at a time - ten along each side. One of Robert’s two sons, Roy, served with the AIF during World War I and was awarded the Military Cross at Passchardale. In 1919 he married Grace Bower and bought fifty acres opposite Lochaber which he named Karagala after the ship which brought him after the war. On his father’s death in 1933 Roy, Grace and their family moved back to Lochaber. The property was finally sold in 1942 when Roy volunteered for civilian war service, later serving in New Guinea. From 1930 to 1943 Roy had also served as a Councillor for the Shire of Whittlesea and was President from 1935-1939. Although nothing is known of the property before the Smith family purchased it in 1884 the house and barn design and construction appear to be earlier and suggest a German influence. (Ref: City of Whittlesea Heritage Study)Historical building of the City of Whittlesea.Colour photograph printed on Kodak Professional Paper, 2 of 12Annotation reverse: 2895-8epping, harvest home road epping, bluestone house, bluestone barn, lochaber, drystone wall, stone wall, attic, horse, smith family, thomas smith, robert smith, roy smith, military cross recipient, cr. roy smith, whittlesea councillor, grace bower, grace smith -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Lochaber, Harvest Home Road, Epping, c.2008
This colour photograph, along with 11 others, was taken inside the residence and outbuildings of the Lochaber property at Harvest Home Road, Epping. Lochaber, for many years the home of the Smith family, takes its name from the Lochaber Hills of Inverness in Scotland. Robert Smith, who purchased the property on 10th March, 1884, was born at Annat by the Lochaber Hills. The Smith family first arrived in Australia in 1854 aboard the Oliver Lang. Thomas Smith, Robert’s father, bought Rosehill at Mernda in 1869. After moving from Rosehill to Lochaber, Robert cut and sold red gum firewood to pay for the farm. Later he commenced dairying and cropping hay being carted and sold at the Haymarket on the corner of Flemington Road and Royal Parade, Carlton. Maize and mangles were also grown. Cows were hand milked in the bluestone shed which held twenty cows at a time - ten along each side. One of Robert’s two sons, Roy, served with the AIF during World War I and was awarded the Military Cross at Passchardale. In 1919 he married Grace Bower and bought fifty acres opposite Lochaber which he named Karagala after the ship which brought him after the war. On his father’s death in 1933 Roy, Grace and their family moved back to Lochaber. The property was finally sold in 1942 when Roy volunteered for civilian war service, later serving in New Guinea. From 1930 to 1943 Roy had also served as a Councillor for the Shire of Whittlesea and was President from 1935-1939. Although nothing is known of the property before the Smith family purchased it in 1884 the house and barn design and construction appear to be earlier and suggest a German influence. (Ref: City of Whittlesea Heritage Study)Historical building of the City of Whittlesea.Colour photograph printed on Kodak Professional Paper, 3 of 12Annotation reverse: 2895-9epping, harvest home road epping, bluestone house, bluestone barn, lochaber, drystone wall, stone wall, attic, horse, smith family, thomas smith, robert smith, roy smith, military cross recipient, cr. roy smith, whittlesea councillor, grace bower, grace smith -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Lochaber, Harvest Home Road, Epping, c.2008
This colour photograph, along with 11 others, was taken inside the residence and outbuildings of the Lochaber property at Harvest Home Road, Epping. Lochaber, for many years the home of the Smith family, takes its name from the Lochaber Hills of Inverness in Scotland. Robert Smith, who purchased the property on 10th March, 1884, was born at Annat by the Lochaber Hills. The Smith family first arrived in Australia in 1854 aboard the Oliver Lang. Thomas Smith, Robert’s father, bought Rosehill at Mernda in 1869. After moving from Rosehill to Lochaber, Robert cut and sold red gum firewood to pay for the farm. Later he commenced dairying and cropping hay being carted and sold at the Haymarket on the corner of Flemington Road and Royal Parade, Carlton. Maize and mangles were also grown. Cows were hand milked in the bluestone shed which held twenty cows at a time - ten along each side. One of Robert’s two sons, Roy, served with the AIF during World War I and was awarded the Military Cross at Passchardale. In 1919 he married Grace Bower and bought fifty acres opposite Lochaber which he named Karagala after the ship which brought him after the war. On his father’s death in 1933 Roy, Grace and their family moved back to Lochaber. The property was finally sold in 1942 when Roy volunteered for civilian war service, later serving in New Guinea. From 1930 to 1943 Roy had also served as a Councillor for the Shire of Whittlesea and was President from 1935-1939. Although nothing is known of the property before the Smith family purchased it in 1884 the house and barn design and construction appear to be earlier and suggest a German influence. (Ref: City of Whittlesea Heritage Study)Historical building of the City of Whittlesea.Colour photograph printed on Kodak Professional Paper, 4 of 12Annotation reverse: 2895-10epping, harvest home road epping, bluestone house, bluestone barn, lochaber, drystone wall, stone wall, attic, horse, smith family, thomas smith, robert smith, roy smith, military cross recipient, cr. roy smith, whittlesea councillor, grace bower, grace smith -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Lochaber, Harvest Home Road, Epping, c.2008
This colour photograph, along with 11 others, was taken inside the residence and outbuildings of the Lochaber property at Harvest Home Road, Epping. Lochaber, for many years the home of the Smith family, takes its name from the Lochaber Hills of Inverness in Scotland. Robert Smith, who purchased the property on 10th March, 1884, was born at Annat by the Lochaber Hills. The Smith family first arrived in Australia in 1854 aboard the Oliver Lang. Thomas Smith, Robert’s father, bought Rosehill at Mernda in 1869. After moving from Rosehill to Lochaber, Robert cut and sold red gum firewood to pay for the farm. Later he commenced dairying and cropping hay being carted and sold at the Haymarket on the corner of Flemington Road and Royal Parade, Carlton. Maize and mangles were also grown. Cows were hand milked in the bluestone shed which held twenty cows at a time - ten along each side. One of Robert’s two sons, Roy, served with the AIF during World War I and was awarded the Military Cross at Passchardale. In 1919 he married Grace Bower and bought fifty acres opposite Lochaber which he named Karagala after the ship which brought him after the war. On his father’s death in 1933 Roy, Grace and their family moved back to Lochaber. The property was finally sold in 1942 when Roy volunteered for civilian war service, later serving in New Guinea. From 1930 to 1943 Roy had also served as a Councillor for the Shire of Whittlesea and was President from 1935-1939. Although nothing is known of the property before the Smith family purchased it in 1884 the house and barn design and construction appear to be earlier and suggest a German influence. (Ref: City of Whittlesea Heritage Study)Historical building of the City of Whittlesea.Colour photograph printed on Kodak Professional Paper, 5 of 12Annotation reverse: 2895-11epping, harvest home road epping, bluestone house, bluestone barn, lochaber, drystone wall, stone wall, attic, horse, smith family, thomas smith, robert smith, roy smith, military cross recipient, cr. roy smith, whittlesea councillor, grace bower, grace smith