The Peterson family were early settlers in Moorabbin Shire and established a market garden in East Boundary Road East Bentleigh. Vic Peterson - waistcoat, with Dick Marriott seated - ( brother in -law ), 2 unknown men and 7year old Geoff Peterson - Poliomyelitis as a baby- sitting in front with his walking sticks. The crop is cabbages that would be harvested and sent to the Melbourne markets.The early settlers like the Petersons and Marriotts, in the Parish of Moorabbin County of Bourke after Henry Dendy's Special Survey Brighton 1841, established market gardens, fruit & flower gardens, poultry & dairy farms, vineyards as well as shop businesses, blacksmiths, chemists, nursing homes and schools & Churches.Black & White photograph of Vic Peterson and 3 men & boy on his market garden in East Boundary Road East Bentleigh c1925 re-digitised 2005back ; handwritten information unsignedwagons, vulcan trucks, draught horses,, peterson vic, marriott dick, cabbage crops, vegetable crops, poliomyelitis epidemics 20thc , elster creek, plateways moorabbin shire, smith j l; smith mary ann, stanley helen, smith vic, smith harry redvers, chaff cutter, horse drawn carts, toll gates brighton, motor cars 1900, steam engines, early settlers, bentleigh, mckinnon, parish of moorabbin, city of moorabbin, county of bourke, moorabbin roads board, shire of moorabbin, henry dendy's special survey 1841, were j.b.; bent thomas, o'shannassy john, king richard, charman stephen, highett william, ormond francis, maynard dennis, market gardeners, vineyards, orchards

Fabbro's market garden. Much of the creek side land is now called Barrak Bushlands, a title that is fairly recent after the Shire of Eltham purchased the land, including the last section in 1993/94. About this time the area on the west side of Falkiner Street was purchased by a private developer and developed as housing. The area in Bell Street opposite the Eltham High School was purchased by the State Government is recent years and is called Fabbro Fields. When times became tough and vegetables were no longer bringing in the money, Maurie started selling the fertile top soil. He scraped much of the top soil into mounds and these mounds are now visible, covered in grass as one walks along the Diamond Creek Trail through there.Two black and white photographs 1. ploughed land Fabbro's market garden Eltham South c.1960s 2. field of crops 1970farming, market gardens, eltham, eltham south, fabbro, falkiner street, george w bell collection

Market Garden LandscapeMarket Garden Landscape. Oil on board, 29 x 39cm - AR0062

3881A Old Chinese Market Gardener's Dwelling, Oak Street, Golden Square, September 1980 3881B Chinese Pomolo Tree, Bridge Street, Bendigo, 1980chinese of bendigo, market gardens, pomolo tree

Copy of a Photo of a painting by P.O.Dare. Image Depicts Dan Lowe at the market garden in Stawell

Ill, p.159.non-fictionThe failed attempt by the allies to capture the Rhine bridges and shorten the warworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - germany, operation market garden

Lowe. George & Danny Market Gardenstawell

Members of the Marriott family arrived in Port Phillip in 1857. However it was John and Jane Marriott who in 1876, (after toiling hard since their arrival in1871, for very little gain), first leased, then purchased in 1882, 30 acres with a four-roomed house in East Boundary Road, in the area then called East Brighton. (Now known as East Bentleigh). The land they purchased had previously been a part of the 1841 Dendy Survey. Over the following years, John and his four sons with hard work and determination became prosperous vegetable growers and purchased further land in the area. Following John's retirement and subsequent death in 1903, the land was passed to his sons, and then onto the Marriott grandchildren. The family continued to remain very prosperous and successful vegetable growers. This lovely photo of Geoff Marriott bears testament to just one of the many families steeped in the tradition of vegetable growing which significantly contributed to the prosperity of the Shire, and its subsequent development into the City of Moorabbin. The photograph of Geoff Marriott of the Marriott family represents a typical example of the MANY early market gardening families, some names less prominent, but who with their labours contributed to the prosperity and the development of the community of the Shire of Moorabbin. This group of early pioneers, over many years, were a singularly important group responsible for the growth of schools, churches, the Mechanic's Hall, and were active in local government. Large coloured photograph, taken in 1969, showing Mr Geoff Marriott with his horse-drawn plough pulled by "Duke" the Clydesdale horse, and accompanied by "Smoky", his dog, working in his market garden, Brady Road, East Bentleighhorse, brighton, moorabbin, pioneers, settlers, fruit, markets, vegetables, plough, mayors, moorabbin shire, moorabbin roads board, marriott geoff, marriott john, marriott jane, market gardens, horse drawn plough, city of moorabbin

Paperback book of 783,13 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, 1 map, music, portraits. Includes indexnon-fictionOral history of market gardening families in Southern Victoria. This book provides an insight into the families who established the vibrant horticultural industry in Melbourne's south east.market gardening, plunket, burgess, clayton, teagle, cochrane, brownfield, woff, le page, daff, ying gooon, bruton, marriott, city of moorabbin, vegetable gardening, draught horses

Digital copy of colour photographfred mitchell collection, 2008, silvan, market gardens, queens road

Digital copy of colour photographfred mitchell collection, yarra valley, 1980, market gardens

Colour photograph

Black and white photographs. (A) and (B) Heinz Food factory, lecturer probably Eric Smith. (C) and (D) Students at the Heinz Food factory, probably Graeme Kneen in background. (E) to (I) Students at Delmore Market Garden amongst sweetcorn, Lecturer Graeme Kneen?. (J) to (M) Students at Delmore Market Garden, lecturers Graeme Kneen and W.J. Nicholls. (N) to (Q) Students at Delmore Market Garden.heinz food factory, students, graeme kneen, delmore market garden, sweetcorn, w.j. nicholls, excursions, bill nicholls, eric smith

In the early 1980s the firm of Watson, James & Rogers merged with the partnership of Every & Every and became the iconic “Rogers & Every” as known today. The firm is still located on Bull Street. https://rogersevery.com.au/about/Deed of partnership between Herbert Bennett and Frederick Taylor. Dated July 1919. Concerning a market garden at Longlea to be styled "Bennett and Taylor".Signatureswatson james & rogers, bendigo, legal documents, rogers & every, partnership, market garden, frederick taylor

Ceramic bowl found in hut belonging to Georgie Ah Ling, who operated a market garden for about 70 years on the edge of the township of Donald. Hand-molded blue and white ceramic bowl. Outside of bowl has underglaze blue decoration of flowers, leaves and Chinese characters. Saw toothed decoration, with one line underneath, around outside rim. Half moon shape lines, with two lines through them, decorate inside rim. Two lines around inside base with one Chinese character in centre of inside base.One Chinese character on inside base of bowl. Four Chinese characters and five plant symbols on outside of bowl. ceramic, bowl, hut, georgie ah ling, market garden, donald

Reading spectacles found in hut belonging to Georgie Ah Ling, who operated a market garden for about 70 years on the edge of the township of Donald. Round glass, gold coloured wire framed spectacles in a hard covered case lined with dark blue material. Gold and dark blue suppliers sticker, partly torn, on inside lid of case.Sticker on inside of case partly torn, but probably reads "W. R. Swaby F.V.O.A. Jeweller Donald". reading spectacles, hut, georgie ah ling, market garden, donald

The first picnic was held in association with the Market Gardeners and Fruit Growers’ Association on April 3, 1884 at Lilydale. Groups of market gardeners travelled by train with their families from Cheltenham, and stations further north, to Lilydale at a cost of three shillings and six pence for adults and two shillings for children under 15 years. On arrival a band played music to accompany dancing ‘on the green’, and foot races were held as well as other sporting events. This pattern of activities was followed for more than fifty years although the location of the picnic changed and the mode of transportation varied.Black and white image of men and women sitting and standing together around a picnic laid out on the ground in front of them. Handwritten in pencil: A25 - CHAP 3 Handwritten in red ink on a white square sticker: A25 / 71%market garden, picnic, celebration, seaside, community

Circa late 1800s early 1900s a horse-drawn plough, potato digger, is one example of the implements that were widely used by early market gardeners in the Shire of Moorabbin. The flat plate, seen to the right of the photo, dug down into the ground below the potatoes and "scooped" them up. Behind the plate, two driving chains on cogs, (these chains are missing from our exhibit), then "rocked' the dug potatoes to loosen the soil from the "spuds". The potatoes were then harvested by hand. Very large tracts of land in the Shire of Moorabbin were planted with potatoes. Harvesting commenced in October, into November and on into December. Potatoes were a necessary food staple. The market gardeners were always in a rush to be first to get their potatoes to market, and hence the best price. Some market gardeners were so keen to be the first to market, (and get the most money), that they dug their potatoes "green" (or new). The only downside of this practice was that these early potatoes had to be handled with extreme care as their skins were very loose, and came off easily - so decreasing their profits.As well as taking their produce to the Melbourne and St Kilda markets, they also sent produce off to Sydney markets. It is interesting to note that a group of Chinese market gardeners were the first to access the Sydney market. .Following the 'Dendy's Special Survey' 1841 and the Crown Land Sale of 1852, land allotments were sold to pioneer settlers who established market gardens in the area of Moorabbin Shire. During the 1850s gold-rush population boom the number of market gardeners increased significantly spreading throughout the Moorabbin Shire. Potatoes were considered a staple foodstuff, so crops were regularly sown throughout the whole Moorabbin area. Circa late 1800s early 1900s. A horse-drawn plough potato digger is an example of the machines used by early market gardeners in Moorabbin Shiremelbourne, sydney, markets, vegetables, potato, dendy henry, st kilda, market gardeners, gold rush, moorabin, chinese gardeners, ploughs

David Londey's parents George Longmore Londey and Doris May Londey purchased a property in 1929 - 1930 in Kangaroo Flat to establish a market garden, which operated until the late 1950s. The house was previously known as "Tweedside" and was situated near Crusoe Road and the Calder Highway in Bendigo.An eight page black and white typed memory from David Londey of his life living at his home 'Londey's' in Kangaroo Flat.londey's, tweedside, market garden, crusoe road

The Peterson family were early settlers in Moorabbin Shire and established a market garden in East Boundary Road East Bentleigh. Horse drawn wagons traveled along Plateways to take their crops to the Melbourne Markets . With the advent of the motorcar the market gardeners gradually purchased trucks to transport their crops. Roads were being surfaced but ruts and flooding caused upsets and bogging of these trucks. The journey was quicker but unlike the Horses, these trucks could not drive themselves back to the farm.The early settlers like the Petersons and Marriotts, in the Parish of Moorabbin County of Bourke after Henry Dendy's Special Survey Brighton 1841, established market gardens, fruit & flower gardens, poultry & dairy farms, vineyards as well as shop businesses, blacksmiths, chemists, nursing homes and schools & Churches.Black & White photograph of a Vulcan truck driven by Vic Peterson, loaded with Cauliflowers from his market garden in East boundary Road East Bentleigh c 1929.Back Handwritten information unsgnedwagons, vulcan trucks, draught horses,, peterson vic, marriott dick, cauliflower crops, vegetable crops, poliomyelitis epidemics 20thc , elster creek, plateways moorabbin shire, smith j l; smith mary ann, stanley helen, smith vic chaff cutter, horse drawn carts, toll gates brighton, motor cars 1900, steam engines, early settlers, bentleigh, mckinnon, parish of moorabbin, city of moorabbin, county of bourke, moorabbin roads board, shire of moorabbin, henry dendy's special survey 1841, were j.b.; bent thomas, o'shannassy john, king richard, charman stephen, highett william, ormond francis, maynard dennis, market gardeners, vineyards, orchards

PART OF ORIGINAL DAM OF MR. HARRIS' MARKET GARDEN, SUTHERLAND STREET, CLUNES. OWNED BY HOLMANS PRIOR TO HARRIS..1 ORIGINAL MOUNTED SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF HARRIS MARKET GARDEN AND DAM - SEBASTOPOL GARDENS .2 COPY OF THIS IMAGE PRINTED FROM NEGATIVE ON PHOTO PAPER .3 POOR QUALITY COPY ON PHOTO PAPERPART OF ORIGINAL DAM - WAS HOLMAN'S PRIOR TO HARRISlocal history, photography, photographs, harris family

Aged 17, Edwin Thomas Penny took over the 10 acres of freehold land held by his deceased father, Thomas Penny. Edwin Penny developed a reputation as an innovative orchardist and market gardener who grew apples, plums, passion fruit, peaches, pears, and lemons, and between the trees he planted potatoes, rhubarb and other vegetables.Sepia toned digital image of the Penny family. Back row left to right: Clifford Penny, Reubin Penny, Edwin Penny. Front row left to right: Albert Penny, Edwin Thomas Penny, Hilda Penny and Lytton Pennymarket garden, orchards, fruit, vegetables, moorabbin, cheltenham

Chinese market-gardener’s watering-cans on a wooden yoke. This item was authenticated by the Bendigo Historical Society, and is said to be quite rare. It consists of two large galvanized watering-cans each with a pouring spout, suspended by chains from a well-used wooden yoke. The cans would each have been filled with water, then carried a distance into the market garden and used to water crops. The cans and yoke alone are very heavy, one can only imagine how heavy they were when filled with water.As profits from the gold-fields petered out the Chinese immigrants, (nearly all single men), were forced to seek other occupations. Many moved into furniture building in the East Melbourne area, whilst others went into market gardening . A significant number of Chinese men, realising the potential of the sandy, fertile soil, with a good supply of water, in the Shire of Moorabbin, leased tracts of land in that area to establish a market garden and grow produce for the increasing population of MelbourneAfter the Dendy Special Survey in1841in Brighton, Victoria, the first sale of Crown Land, taking in the whole Shire of Moorabbin, occurred in 1852. These allotments of land were eagerly bought up - some by speculators - although many were either worked by the owner, or leased out as market gardens and "fruit gardens", (orchards). Chinese market-gardener’s watering-cans suspended by chains on a wooden yoke. This item was authenticated by the Bendigo Historical Society, and is said to be quite rare. It consists of two large galvanized watering-cans each with a pouring spout, suspended by chains from a well-used wooden yokebrighton, gardeners, bentleigh, orchards, vegetables, dendy henry, market gardens, chinese settlers, pioneers moorabbin, water wells, creeks

115 Jasper Road, Bentleigh East was a market garden owned by James Allan. In 1880 the property was transferred to David Grewar (Gruar) who had married James' niece Mary Allan. In 1926 part of the land was subdivided and sold as residential blocks. The block with the house pictured remained in the family until 1969. The land now forms part of Our Lady of Sacred Heart College. The description of the land owned by David Kidd Grewer (also spelt Gruar) in 1885: Fourteen acres or thereabouts at the corner of Jasper Road and Patterson’s Road East Brighton being part of Crown Block of 5720 acres Parish of Moorabbin County of Bourke being land comprised in Certificate of Title Volume 1344 Folio 268692 on which is erected a 4 roomed brick house with 2 rooms of wood at the rear and stable and a 2 roomed weatherboard cottage valued as under: 14 acres of land less crops £629.0.0 4 roomed brick house £250.0.0 Other buildings £50.0.0 2 roomed weatherboard cottage £35.0.0 Early pioneer family of the City of Moorabbin.Black and White photo in picture framegrewar, market garden, moorabbin, bentleigh, jasper road, housing, pioneer, james allan, orchard

William John (Bill) Pill born 1894 Diamond Creek, son of Jessie Ann Whatmough and John Henry Pill. A modestly successful market gardener, growing tomatoes, at Cottles Bridge. He was murdered in his cottage on 21 December 1958. Contents Photograph: William John Pill. Photographs (4): Pill's Cottage, Cottles and farm Bridge 1936. Magazine article: "Tortured!", pages 23-27, "Killers at Large" Southdown Press 1970. Story of the murder of Bill Pill. Newspaper article: Death Puzzle; Who was the callous killer?; Diamond Valley News, Tuesday, February 6, 1979, p1 Newspaper article: Recluse Bill knew his murderers by Eric Foster; Diamond Valley News, Tuesday, February 6, 1979, p19. (On the reverse side, page 20, "Using glass with flair", an article about leadlighting and stained glass artisan Max Sherlock and his wife Roma moving to their new home, "Bateman" in Sweeneys Road, Eltham and an exhibition of Leadlighting and Stained Glass by Rod Sherlock opening at Eltham Gallery on February 7, 1979.)Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcwilliam john pill, bill pill, cottles bridge, ada pill, detective sergeant frederick adam, tim powder, senior constable k lloyd, herbert funnell, first constable leonard dugdale, henry pascoe, detective inspector c petty, john henry pill, jessie ann pill nee whatmough, market garden, murder, steve whatmough collection, leadlight, stained glass, max sherlock, roma sherlock, rod sherlock, bateman, sweeneys road, eltham gallery, exhibition