Colour photograph of a potato stall at Newlynnewlyn, potatoes, sale, sign

Digital photograph showing potatoes groing in the red dirt at Dean.agriculture, soil, farming, horticulture, potato, hepburn, dean

The potato was grown at Fred Mundy's farm, Orbost.This photograph is a reflection of social life in the first half of the 20th century. It is a whimsical, fun photograph.A black / white photograph of a potato which has been dressed as a doll.on back - "Farquhar" on front - "Potato grown at Fred Mundy's"

Vision Australia Foundation library user Lorna Hayter listening to a talking book as she scrubs potatoes in her kitchen.1 colour photograph of woman in kitchenThe Age @19/10/94vision australia foundation, talking books, lorna hayter

The Dandenongs have historically been regarded as good potato growing country due to the deep volcanic soil. Gembrook became the centre of the local potato industry from the 1930s with newly arrived Italian migrants becoming successful potato growers there. The peak period for potato growing in Gembrook was the 1970s and 1980s. This handbook for growing potatoes whilst produced in England and referencing English conditions may have been helpful for some local growers.Potato growing was an important local industry, particularly in Gembrook, from the late 19th century to the 1980s.Booklet divided into eight chapters about selecting and growing potatoes and getting them to market. Colored and black and white drawings, maps, graphs and photographs. 34 pages.On front cover: 'BY / DR. D. G. HESSAYON / AND / P. G. FENEMORE / potato growers handbook / 3/6d' On back cover are publisher details.potato growing, gembrook

Collection of Frances WarrenMetal potato chipper with wooden handle. (zinc plated steel) Box shaped with sliding mechanism for forcing potato through the cutting area.'Villa' Potato Chipper. Australian. Made in England.domestic items, utensils

This medal, dated 1858, was awarded to local farmer Marcus Macartney by the Victorian Agricultural Society on the 21 April 1858, for the prize 'PotatoesThe medal is of local historical significance"for its association with the early promotion of agriculture in Victoria through public shows and competitions in the 1850's; and its link to the emergence of the Koroit-Tower Hill area,with its rich volcanic soil, as a properous farming district, especially for potato-growing." (Helen Doyle, Significance Assesment: Koroit & District Historical Society.)Circular medal with small knob on top.Äround circumference/""EXTRA PRIZE VICTORIAN AGRICULTUREAL SOCIETY. Engraving on medal "Potatoes/Awarded To/Mr Marcus Macartney /April 21st/1858 Reverseägricultural shows, potatoes, koroit, tower hill

144 p.; 21 cmnon-fictionA History of Puffing Billy's Railway.puffing billy railway, narrow gauge railway

index, ill, maps, p.144.non-fictionA brief illustrated history of the 2'6" Puffing Billy railway from Upper Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook in Victoriavr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, puffing billy - victoria - history

Peearl Rose ? Jessie ClarkFive younger Ladies Kneeling in park under a treereligion

Charles Henry Fulford was a Wonga Park orchardist. He was the first child born in the Eight Hour Pioneer Settlement at Wonga Park. He was born 4/8/1896 and married 11/2/1922 Violet May Hooper at St Mark's Church of England Wonga Park (being the first wedding held at that new church building) He lived initially in Paynters Road with his parents and later in Fulford Road. He had two sons and six daughters - Dorothy Isabel born 11/12/1893, Violet May born 19/5/1928, David Walter born 24/9/1926, Madge born 7/8/1928, James Henry born 17/6/1930, Betty born 4/12/1934, Ethel Beatrice born 19/5/1939 and June born 29/1/1943White coloured card with Blue printing

The potato’s were called plastic spuds. Peter James Dodd No 217842, refer 2436.2P for his service history..1) Wallet cover, waterproof light canvas, green colour. .2) Book, The M16AI Rifle Operation & Preventative Maintenance. Cardboard cover with cartoon, 30 pages. The manual uses cartoon busty blondes as part of the exercise. .3) Various small pieces of dehydrated potatoes from rations supplied in Vietnam..1) “V44 Made in Australia 1945 D up arrow D F up arrow 12”, “517842 DODD PJ” book, wallets, potatoes

Coloured postcard photograph showing four men digging potatoes in a field.harvest, agriculture, potatoes

Coloured postcard photograph showing four men digging potatoes in a field.Printed on back of card: "Published by F. Harrison, Rutherglen"harvest, agriculture, potatoes

The Grinton Collection. Peeling spuds, Soldiers on board ship on the way home. Refer Cat No, 1280 for Jack Grintons service details.Photograph framed. Photograph - black and white photograph on paper depicting four men peeling potatoes with ship's wall and deck area. Frame - Timber, light varnish finish, Perspex front, cardboard backing."Group 5: Quota 45 - Journey Home" "M. Peeling potatoes".framed accessories, camera on the somme, ww1, 38th bn, grinton, hmat karmala

This is one of a batch of ten negatives apparently taken close to the same time in Gembrook in the early 20th century. This negative shows a young girl, entitled 'Miss Heath' standing in the foreground near a bullock team pulling a cart loaded with sacks of possibly potatoes or grain. A man is kneeling on top of the sacks doing some adjustments. There are two other negatives in this batch of the same bullock team with one of them featuring the same girl. There is also another negative showing the same girl playing backyard cricket. This negative provides a glimpse of the early 20th century cartage in Gembrook.Negative showing a girl standing in the foreground near a bullock team which is pulling a cart loaded with sacks of possibly potatoes or grain. A man is kneeling on top of the sacks doing some adjustments. The negative has been kept in a packet which is not original.Handwritten on packet: 'Miss Heath with Bullock Train / Gembrook'gembrook, bullock team, miss heath, potatoes, early 20th century

This negative is one of a batch of ten images taken apparently around the same time at Gembrook c. early 20th century. This one is of a child (titled 'Miss Heath') standing in front of a bullock team pulling a cart loaded with sacks of possibly potatoes. Two other negatives feature this same girl: one standing with the same bullock team and the other playing backyard cricket. An additional negative features the same bullock team with no people.These negatives provide a glimpse of early 20th century cartage in Gembrook.Black and white negative showing girl standing in front of bullock team which is carting a load of sacks of possibly potatoes or grain. A man is standing next to the bullock team. An open gate is visible in the foreground. The negative has been kept inside a packet which is not original.Handwritten on packet containing negative: 'Miss Heath with Bullock train / Gembrook'gembrook, bullock team, miss heath, potatoes, early 20th century

Twisties showbag, no content: paper bag with paper handle, with yellow and red design; one side advertising Twisties and showing a cartoon character carrying a bag of the snack; the other side advertising potato chips[obverse] Twisties / The wholesome super snack / [reverse] Enjoy Snack Potato Chips /food

This photograph shows Gladys Marriott, aged 15, in the potato fields of her father's property in Moorabbin. Her cousin Graeme (centre) and younger brother Alfred (right) are with her. Moorabbin is a suburb in the City of Kingston that was originally established as a rural market gardening communityThe Marriott property in Moorabbin was adjacent to a secret wartime wireless receiving station established in March 1942 in Chesterville Road, Moorabbin. The station was established on requisitioned market garden properties, and soon housed WRAN (Women's Royal Australian Navy) personnel and up to 35 US Navy servicemen. The Navy personnel intercepted Japanese coded communications and then despatched these by motorbike messenger to Queens Road, St Kilda where the Directorate of Naval Communications and the code-breaking unit called FRUMEL (Fleet Radio Unit - Melbourne) were housed. The information intercepted by the wireless receiving station helped shape the Allied response to Japan's advances in the Pacific. Declassified defence records show that this unprepossessing station handled some of World War II's most sensitive secrets, however the local community were unaware of its significance. Gladys Marriott, working on her father's property, would regularly take the family's cows to graze in the fields adjoining the station with no concept of what the Navy personnel were doing. Black and white photograph of a young woman and two small boys standing around a wooden crate filled with potatoes. They each have potatoes in their hands. They are standing in a field. Handwritten in red ink: A 601 / 72% Handwritten in black ink: CHAP 6. Handwritten in black ink: GLADYS STOTT (MARIOTT) / DURING WAR YEARS / With Spybase Storymarket garden, children, farming, local production, world war ii, wireless receiving station, moorabbin

Digital ohotograph of potatoes growing in a paddock at Dean.victoria, hepburn shire, farming, agriculture, cropping, potatoes, gum tree, dean

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

Interior surfaces are abrasive, rather like coarse sandpaper. Turning the handle rotates the potatoes or other vegetables, causing them to rub against the surfaces and so losing their skin.'Pronto' potato or other vegetable, peeler. Burgundy enamel tin on the outside, grey abrasive interior surface.Pronto The "Pronto" Peeling Machinepotato peelers, food processing equipment

The Annual Sports Day in the 1920s featured a number of novelty races such as 'Thread the needle, Siamese or, in this case, Potato. The Touchstone 1926 does not include a report for the Annual Sports Day so the 'JS' cannot be confirm but could be Joyce (Sarah) Bathurst (1934) or Jean (Smith) (1934). Silver plated egg cup with spoon slit in base; engraving on base. Engraved on base: C.P.L.C. Sports 1926 / Under 10 Potato Race / J.S. potato-race, sports, clarendon-presbyterian-ladies-college, 1926

A particular triumph for Alfred Joseph Towers was his win at the Romsey and West Bourke Agricultural Society's Annual Potato Show in 1927, taking the trophy from the best potato growers in Victoria, and from the Romsey district in particular, which at that time was famed for its potato production and quality. His father, David Towers, came second in the cup competion. Romsey and West Bourke Agricultural Society, Annual Potato Show, 14 June 1927, Second Prize, for Cup Competition, exhibited by D. Towers (Beech Forest). A.R. Wilson, President: H.M. White, Secretary.romsey; west bourke; potatoes; prize;