Black and white photograph of rows of stakes in the Orchard. Could be using the mobile impact irrigator B22.0022 for irrigation. Fruit trees on the left.49/9 25irrigation, orchard, e. m. gibson collection

Black and white photograph close up of the Webb Way Irrigation System"Control Valve Webb Way System." E M Gibson 689 4/8control valve, webb way irrigation system, e. m. gibson collection, irrigation orchard

Black and white photograph. Irrigation of vegetables in the Orchardirrigation, vegetables, orchard

Large black and white photograph of the Webb Way irrigation system oin operation in the Orchard"Feb 1947. Webb Way Irrigation System in operation." E M Gibson 906webb way irrigation system, e. m. gibson collection, orchard, irrigation

Black and white photograph. Close up of Webb Way Irrigation System in operation. "See 4/5." E M Gibson 689 4/7webb way irrigation system, e. m. gibson collection, orchard, irrigation

Black and white photograph of students cultivating crops under Webb Way Irrigation System in Orchard.491/25students, webb way irrigation system, e. m. gibson collection, cultivating crops, orchard, students working outside

Contributor: T.H. KneenCardboard box of 108 35mm glass slides in metal frames made by "Gnome." Box labelled "Burnley Gardens Slides." Also 16 unused slides (1) Swan Street entrance c. (2) Orchid? b/w. (3) Nursery b/w. (4) Pasture area with man working b/w. (5) Draught horse working in the Orchard b/w. (6) Crop of corn in the Orchard c. (7) Magnolia c. (Magnolia x soulangeana). (8) Display of orange flowers c. (9) Lemon tree in the Orchard c. (10) Sign advertising 'Fruit Tree Pruning Demonstarion Sat. 2nd July (1949) c. (11) Jersey cow c. (12) Rock Point c. (13) Dahlias in the Orchard c. (14) Foundation Stone '28th August, 1946' c. (15) Felled Cypress tree 1951 b/w. (16) School truck in front of glasshouses and cacti b/w. (17)Administration Building completed but surrounded by rubble C.1949 c. (18) Plant Research Institute c. (19) Inside a glasshouse. c. (20) Administration Building c. (21) Group of female students dressed up for a function c. (22) Solenostemon (Syn. Coleus) in a glasshouse. (23, 24)Stock Matthiola incana. (25) Blossom in the Orchard c. (26) Orchard c. (27) Picking fruit in the Orchard c. (28) 2 female students holdong large bunches of poppies c. (29) Flowers growing in the Orchard c. (30) House - not Burnley c. (31) Students on an excursion c. (32) Staff member with Gladioli c. (33) Garden view - not Burnley? c. (34) Administration Building c. (35) Roses c. (36) Flowers in the Orchard c. (37) Draught horse working in the Orchard c. (38) Staff member amongst flowers in the Orchard c. (39) Garden view c. ((40) Blossom in the Orchard c. (41) Orchard c. (42) Flowers inside glasshouse c. (43) Mesembryanthemums in pots possibly in the nursery c. (44) Tree b/w. (45) Garden bed c. (46) Sign, 'Agrostology Branch, pasture Plant Research Field,' c. (47) Path to Principal's Residence c. (48) Irrigation in the Orchard b/w. (49) Cactus flowers b/w. (50) Garden view with T.H. Kneen children playing c. (51) (52) Cinerarias (now Pericallis x hybrida) in pots c. (53) Temporary building where the Grey Garden is now b/w. (54) Garden view b/w. (55) Unknown building b/w. (56) Person pruning in the Orchard c. (57) Students working in the Orchard c. (58) Swan Street with recently completed rock wall constructed by the Public Works Department b/w. (59) Lagoon paddock b/w. (60,62) Pavilion and new Administration Building before the Pavilion was removed b/w. (61) As (60) but viewed from a different direction c. (63) Plant c. (64) View through a window on the stairs in the Administration Building c. (65) Plant c. (66) Garden view of trees c. (67) Garden View b/w. (68) Blossom tree c. (69 )Garden view along path to Principal's Residence c. (70) Lagoon Paddock c. (71) Lagoon Paddock with cows b/w. (72) Inside a glasshouse b/w. (73) Entrance sign- Department of Agriculture Burnley Gardens, School of Horticulture & Primary Agriculture, Plant Research laboratory, Agrostology Branch, Fruit Preserving Branch c. (74) Plant Research Laboratory b/w. (75) Students on an excursion c. (76) Glasshouses b/w. (77) Garden view b/w. (78) Kniphophia c. (79) Hibiscus c. (80) Garden view c. (81) Dairy, Silo and dog b/w. (82) Irrigation in then Orchard b/w. (83) Garden view with magnolia c. (84) Flower plots in the Orchard c. (85) Pruning demonstration b/w. (86) Administration Building under construction c. (87) Rock Point c. (88) Mrs Kneen and Magnolia c. (89) Glasshouses c. (90) Sequoia sempervirens b/w. (91) Inside Administration Building c. (92) Luffmann Ponds b/w. (93) Sequoia sempervirend, Mrs Kneen and child c. (94) Garden bed in front of Sequoian sempervirens c. (95) Principals Residence b/w. (96) Poultry pens b/w. 1947 (97) Principals Residence b/w. (98) Student picking fruit from netted tree b/w. (99) Rock Point and Long Border c. (100) Administration Building under construction c. (101) Greenhouse b/w. (102) Rock Point c. (103) Flowers in the Orchard c. (104) Waterlilies in the Pond c. (105) Blossom tree c. (106) Hilda Kirkhope Rockery c. (107) Long Border c. (108) Plant Research Institute with flower border along drive c.burnley gardens, flower, nursery, pasture, draught horse, orchard, crops, magnolia, chicken coops, egg laying competition, glass slide

The Golden King Mine poppet-head stands at the school’s Yan Yean Road exit gate. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p23 Early Yarambat - Tanck's Corner Its early settlers, who in the 1840s were amongst the first non-Aboriginal people in the area, found life tough as they grazed their sheep and cattle. Yarrambat was then known as Tanck’s Corner or Reynolds Corner, after wood carter, Frederick Tanck, who owned land north of Ironbark Road, at the corner of Yan Yean Road, and Thomas Reynolds, owner of the opposite property. After Reynolds sold his land, the corner became known as Tanck’s Corner. In 1929 the district’s name was changed to Yarrambat, believed to mean ‘high hill’ in the Wurundjeri language. Tanck’s Corner was in the centre of gold-bearing country and the district is honeycombed with old tunnels and shafts. However although gold played a dominant role for decades, there was insufficient to develop a substantial township. Meat and agricultural produce made a greater impact. Until the mid-20th century the only substantial building was the primary school. The first gold rush occurred around 1860, the second after 1900; then during the Depression, the Government paid men to pan for gold. The first rush attracted hundreds of Chinese people to Smugglers Gully, who constructed round diggings to keep away spirits. Alluvial miners lived along the Plenty River in tents or humpies - some fenced with gardens - and some miners distilled their own ‘plonk’. It was a wild time and bushrangers - and later gangster Squizzy Taylor - were said to hide4 in the old Pioneer Tunnel in Dunne’s Gully between Heard Avenue and Pioneer Road. Mines opposite Tanck’s Corner included Beer’s Line, Golden Crown and Golden Stairs. Some of the big mines had batteries and stampers to process quartz. At first there was plenty of alluvial gold, as much as two ounces to the ton. At times gold was exposed after heavy rains so fossickers panned for gold around orchard irrigation trenches. Gold was mined until 1984 when Yarrambat’s last operating goldmine, the Golden King Mine, in North Oatlands Road, closed. The Clayton family operated it full-time, making a comfortable living and in the 1960s it was the only private family gold mine in Victoria.5 Gold was such an important part of Yarrambat’s history that a gold poppet-head is the Yarrambat Primary School’s logo. The Golden King Mine poppet-head stands at the school’s Yan Yean Road exit gate. However this school was built in 1988. The original school No 2054, at the corner of Ironbark and Yan Yean Roads, was opened in 1878 and modified to its present form in the 1920s. In 2000 it was relocated to the Heritage Museum at Yarrambat Park.7 The school, whose first head teacher was Charles Planner, consisted of one room with a three-roomed residence. The school was also the community centre. On Saturday nights it was crammed for dances or euchre parties, community singing or other social events. On Sundays, services for different denominations took turns each week. However the school had its teething problems. Parents accused Charles Planner of neglecting his duties and the school closed several times. When it closed in 1892, only church services continued. Social activities moved elsewhere, such as the tennis club to the Stuchbery tennis court opposite. A sports day and woodchop on Boxing Day around 1900 was held at the Evelyn Hill Hotel, also called Evelyn Arms and Tunnel Hill Hotel, on the Greensborough–Diamond Creek Road. An annual agricultural show in Diamond Creek paraded through the town, and New Year’s Day picnics at the Yan Yean Reservoir included highland dancing and competitions. Also popular were the Indian hawkers who visited every three months, selling trinkets, clothing and other items. One called Jimmy ‘Allem dem Bedi’, gave presents and told stories, played draughts and sold delicious curries he cooked over his camp fire at night.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, golden king mine, tanck's corner, yarrambat primary school

Small booklet titled 'Bendigo's Riches'. Reprint of a Special Series of Articles which appeared in 'The Argus' on the Potential Wealth of the Water Supply, Soil, and Sunshine of The Bendigo District. Printed by Wilson and Mackinnon, Printers, Collins Street. Booklet mentions the potential wealth of Bendigo's Water, Soil and Sunshine; Orchards, Dairying, Tomato Growing, Fruit growing, Land, and Water Supply. Also discussed are Antiquated Mining Regulations, City Trust suggested, and its Advantages, Opportunities, 'The Argus' suggestions endorsed, Mine-owner's Opinion, The Mayor of Bendigo's Opinion, Statement by Strathfieldsaye Shire Secretary, Locked-up Area Useless for Timber, Shire Appeals for Unlocking the Land, 'The Argus' Thanked, Bendigo Chamber of Commerce, Bendigo City Council and Preserving Factory at Bendigo. Photos include Irrigated pastures, ryegrass and clovers on Mr. James Cumming's Farm; Irrigating Tomatoes on Mr. Elliot Borley's Farm, White Hills; Junction of Huntly and White Hills Irrigation Channels; Packing Tomatoes at Mr. B. Puig Y. Ventura's Garden, White Hills; and Tomato Patch on the Holding of Mr. T. L. Sweeny, Jun. Back of the booklet has subscription rates and price of The Argus. place, land, agricultural, book - bendigo's riches, the argus, wilson and mackinnon, councillor carolin, james cumming, dairying, mr elwood mead, tomato growing, mr b puig y ventura, mr elliot borley, fruitgrowers, bendigo fruitgrowers' co-operative society, mr w a hamilton ex-mla, upper coliban, coliban system, antiquated mining regulations, lands department, chaffey bros, mr g h crawford, mine-owners' association, councillor andrew, mr baillieu, miners' association, agricultural society, sir thomas bent, strathfieldsaye shire, mr r b brennan, mr t l sweeny jun, bendigo sewerage farm, councillor osborne, councillor lowndes, councillor t r long, bendigo chamber of commerce, bendigo city council, councillor andrew, councillor h a ross, councillor wilkie, h m leggo and co

Invoice from Werribee Irrigation Colony, Chaffeys' Irrigation Offices, Swanston Street, Melbourne 24.12.1889. Bottom section is missing with details of transaction. Invoice has image of orchard, image surrounded by grapevines. Fragile condition.business, legal, chafffeys' irrigation offices, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, irrigation, mildura, werribee, industry

History of fruit and irrigation. Australian Industries Series No. 12Green and Cream cover, man working in citrus orchard on front, man and Dethridge wheel on back. Also on front cover, Australian Industries Series No. 12. Written by Hugh Andersonwaterwheels, dethridge wheel, fruit industry, irrigation industry

Used by Mr. Livermore, Snr, and his brothers to construct dams on their properties and for neighbours. It was filled by raising the wooden handle slightly so that the cutting edge bit into the earth. It was tipped by raising the handles higher so that the cutting edge bit in so deeply that the scoop was rotated and emptied.Horse drawn earth moving scoop used for construction of dams, irrigation channels, roads, etc on a farm, orchard, or roads, or where earth needs to be moved. Scoops had no tipping mechanism and needed considerable effort to empty them.rural industry, agriculture, transport, roads

Appears as an illustration in, "Green Grows Our Garden," A.P. Winzenried p96 with the caption, "Sojourns provided students with the opportunity to broaden their experience: here they are examining furrow irrigation, probably at Tatura Research Station, 1960." Note by T.H. Kneen 8 July 1992, "It is worth noting that the sojourns at Mildura & Tatura were incorporated into the training programme to utilize the Department of Agriculture resources at these centres. The College was also expected to use the resources of the Scoresby H.R.S. The sojourns at M & T were initially of 2 weeks duration. The purpose of the the sojourns was to strengthen the fruit (and vegetable) industry components of the new Diploma course established 1958."Colour photograph. Sojourn at Tatura Research Station. 4 students walking through an orchard examining furrow irrigation.On reverse, "Kodak Colour Print June 1960."green grows our garden, a.p. winzenried, sojourns, students, tatura research station, diploma, department of agriculture, student outside class, furrow irrigation

Colour slides. Garden views, newly planted Melaleuca styphelioides, Garden view "BHC". "Spear Thistle Flowers". "Orchard Weed Control Terbacil?" "Feeding Hay to Merino X" "Baleo? Lucerne." 1. "Glasshouse Display." 2. Fitzroy Gardens excursion? 3. "Rose Pruning Day." 4. "Cut Flowers" growing in the Orchard. "B.H.C. Gardens" Jan 8? 5. Sequoia sempervirens & Jacaranda. 7. Student spraying in the Orchard. 8. Poly tunnel. 6, 10. Inside a greenhouse. 9. Sign "Plant Science Laboratory Lecture Room 5 ‎‎‎→". Poly tunnel Jan? 11. Student Representative Council? 12. an unreadable sign near the Plant Research Institute. 13. Plant Research Institutue. 14. Students in Class.15. "Citrus Burnley Orchard. 16. " Student being taught how to lay irrigation pipe (Burnley?) Students in class . 17, 18..Students in Science Laboratory. 19, 20. a student on a ride-on-mower in the Gardens "Burnley" 21. Tap in the ground - irrigation?garden views, bhc, weed control, merino, lucerne, glasshouses, displays, fitzroy gardens, flowers, jacaranda, nurseries, equipment, spraying, poly tunnel, plant science laboratory, plant research institute, irrigation pipe, mower, melaleuca styphelioides, spear thistle, orchard, greenhouse, rose pruning day, greenhouses, students in class, students working outside

Black and white photograph of Webb Way Irrigation System in operation in Orchard. Also larger photograph 546/28 on reverse491/25webb way irrigation system, e. m. gibson collection, orchard

Black and white photograph. Orchard in flood: an irrigation ? Pipe is showing. Yarra River broke its bank on the night of 30.11.1934.orchard, yarra river, floods, 1934

Note by T.H. Kneen, "Students are Peter Smith and Margot George (1951)."Black and white photograph. Students, Peter Smith and Margot George, hoeing Rows of Vegetables, note the Webb-way Irrigation system. See B91.133 for description of Webb-way system.webb-way irrigation system, students, peter smith, margot george, vegetables, students working outside, orchard

Note by by T.H. Kneen 5 February 1992, "Student is Heather Hill (1949)-working alongside Webb-Way Irrigation System. I believe the Webb-way System was developed by Mrs Webb a progressive citrus grower in the Doncaster district and a good friend of Principal J.L. Provan." See it also in B98.1016.Black and white photograph. Female student working along rows of plants in the Orchard with a hoe. Webb-way irrigation system installed along the row.female students, heather hill, mrs webb, j.l. provan, student working outside, orchard, webb-way irrigation system, hoeing

Note by T.H. Kneen 1 September 1992, "I think the spray operator is a student Rod Cantrill (1953) & the spray plant was a stationary unit reticulated through the orchard." and on 8 September 1992, "Note also irrigation spray lines at rear."Black and white photograph. Student spraying fruit trees in the Orchard with a hose. Irrigation spraying equipment in the background.spray operator, students, rod cantrill, orchard, stationary spray plant, student working outside, irrigation