2 Colour Photographs; 1 Showing Old Adelaide road sign. 1 Large group of people outside.roses gap

2 Colour Photographs; 1 Showing Old Adelaide road sign. 1 Large group of people outside.roses gap

This photo is from a collection by Edward Roper. taken between Dec 1870 and Jan 1871. The man in the photo was one of a party who accompanied Edward Rover (artist) at this time. This activity was described as a hunting party Photo sows man with gun under his arm and standing in thick bush. Ranges behind are those close to Rose's gaprecreation, sport, roses gap

Roses Gap Road at WartookPhoto shows car (T-Model Ford?) with trailer Young woman sitting on front fender, small girl standing on running board, with gerry can beside her Other people in back seat of car Young boy standing near trailer drinking from a cupRoses Gap Rad at Wartookrecreation, camping, access routes, roads

Wattle-bark stripping (bundling) at Roses Gap. The identity of the men is unknown.The photo shows two men kneeling in a clearing. They are both working on pieces of wattle bark and have piles of bark around them. There is thick bush behind the clearing.timber industries, wattlebark stripping, scenery, roses gap

The photo shows wattle-bark stripping, taking place at Roses Gap (western end). The identity of the men is unknown.The photo shows three men in a cleared area of bush, one is standing holding a bundle of wattle bark, another is behind and to the left of him also holding bark and a third is standing to the right and is scrapping bark from a tree above his head with a long stick . There is a hut in the background, the right side of which is just a frame. timber industries, wattlebark stripping, scenery, roses gap

Large Party of well dressed people sitting and standing on rock slabs beside a creek known as Falls Creek The number 2 in the bottom right hand corner relates to the fact that this was one of a number of Grampians photos from a newspaperrecreation, roses gap, scenery, waterfalls

Old buildings. The Quarry. Roses Gap Rd.quarrying, mt difficult quarry, buildings, heatherlie

Copies of photos, Axedale Camp 1990, Train of Knowledge 1987, Swimming sports, dressup day 1982 and Rose's Gap Camp 1998.bendigo, education, golden square primary school

Home in Roses Gap Laharum area Home of Hugh RussellPhoto shows man seated and reading book in front of timber lean to. Towel hanging over leaning door. Cast iron pot hangs from timer rail in foregroundbuildings, houses, people

Wattle and Daub home of Morgan family at Dadswell's Bridge. The house is surrounded by Bee hives with wooden palings in foreground, mountains in the background. The two gentlemen in the photograph are David Morris Morgan Jn on the left and John Richard Morgan on the right. David Morris Morgan came to Australia in September 1857.Black & white photograph of a scene featuring a simple Wattle and Daub dwelling. In a bush setting, mountains in background. Bee hives and wooden palings in foreground.Morgan House between Dadswell's Bridge & Rose's Gap Donation - Maurie Robson Left David Morris Morgan Jnr. Right John Richard Morganstawell

The photos show the Russell bee-hives at Roses Gap. The tree near the hut is the present site of Chinaman Lodge home. One of the copies is a transparency located at No 243 in the slide box.The photos show a group of bee-hives lined up in front of a timber shed. The hives and shed are in a clearing. There is a large tree near the shed and the clearing is edged with thick bush in the background. The two copies are of two photos taken at slightly different angles and distances from the shed.misc industries, bee-keeping, scenery, cherrypool

This photo has been copied from an article in the Weekly Times. The falls were in the Roses Gap area and there was once a track leading there. It is probable that the group went there by horse drawn vehicle.The photo shows a group of adults seated on a rocky outcrop at the base of a waterfall, in bushland beside a running creek (at left of photo). All are dressed formally.scenery, waterfalls

Jan 3rd, "This history of Rose's Gap police station is sketchy and rather short despite the fact that the lock up was built in 1860. The police station was closed in 1863. During its six years of operation, eleven mounted police were reported to have been stationed there" extract from Victoria's Wonderland: a Grampians history - Ch Roes Gap and Troopers Ck. Photo shows road past remains of police station Man sitting on fence rail at left of picture. Rocks on right side of photo. Opposite present Troopers Creek camping areaaccess routes, roads, buildings, police station

Marie Cook is an accomplished Australian tapestry weaver who draws inspiration from nature, memory, and everyday life. With decades of practice, including time as a weaver at the Australian Tapestry Workshop in the late 1970s, Cook translates subtle nuances of colour and texture into hand-woven works that celebrate the enduring tradition of tapestry. Based on the southwest coast of Victoria, Cook is dedicated to mentoring emerging weavers and preserving the rich legacy of tapestry weaving for future generations. Cook is known for two major tapestries, Wattle and Pink Heath, both woven in 1979 for the Sofitel Hotel in Melbourne. Each tapestry is 3 metres by 6 metres, taking a team of 4 – 8 weavers to complete. Wattle and Pink Heath have remained popular depictions of Australian flora and are still much loved by Melbournians. The works exhibited in this exhibition are based on observational drawings Cook made during a visit to Roses Gap in the Grampians/Gariwerd.

Marie Cook is an accomplished Australian tapestry weaver who draws inspiration from nature, memory, and everyday life. With decades of practice, including time as a weaver at the Australian Tapestry Workshop in the late 1970s, Cook translates subtle nuances of colour and texture into hand-woven works that celebrate the enduring tradition of tapestry. Based on the southwest coast of Victoria, Cook is dedicated to mentoring emerging weavers and preserving the rich legacy of tapestry weaving for future generations. Cook is known for two major tapestries, Wattle and Pink Heath, both woven in 1979 for the Sofitel Hotel in Melbourne. Each tapestry is 3 metres by 6 metres, taking a team of 4 – 8 weavers to complete. Wattle and Pink Heath have remained popular depictions of Australian flora and are still much loved by Melbournians. The works exhibited in this exhibition are based on observational drawings Cook made during a visit to Roses Gap in the Grampians/Gariwerd.

Marie Cook is an accomplished Australian tapestry weaver who draws inspiration from nature, memory, and everyday life. With decades of practice, including time as a weaver at the Australian Tapestry Workshop in the late 1970s, Cook translates subtle nuances of colour and texture into hand-woven works that celebrate the enduring tradition of tapestry. Based on the southwest coast of Victoria, Cook is dedicated to mentoring emerging weavers and preserving the rich legacy of tapestry weaving for future generations. Cook is known for two major tapestries, Wattle and Pink Heath, both woven in 1979 for the Sofitel Hotel in Melbourne. Each tapestry is 3 metres by 6 metres, taking a team of 4 – 8 weavers to complete. Wattle and Pink Heath have remained popular depictions of Australian flora and are still much loved by Melbournians. The works exhibited in this exhibition are based on observational drawings Cook made during a visit to Roses Gap in the Grampians/Gariwerd.

Marie Cook is an accomplished Australian tapestry weaver who draws inspiration from nature, memory, and everyday life. With decades of practice, including time as a weaver at the Australian Tapestry Workshop in the late 1970s, Cook translates subtle nuances of colour and texture into hand-woven works that celebrate the enduring tradition of tapestry. Based on the southwest coast of Victoria, Cook is dedicated to mentoring emerging weavers and preserving the rich legacy of tapestry weaving for future generations. Cook is known for two major tapestries, Wattle and Pink Heath, both woven in 1979 for the Sofitel Hotel in Melbourne. Each tapestry is 3 metres by 6 metres, taking a team of 4 – 8 weavers to complete. Wattle and Pink Heath have remained popular depictions of Australian flora and are still much loved by Melbournians. The works exhibited in this exhibition are based on observational drawings Cook made during a visit to Roses Gap in the Grampians/Gariwerd.

The original building situated to the right and rear of this complex was moved from Upper Halls Gap C1896. It was bought by James Balmain as a private residence having previously been a school. Additions were made to 'Bellfield' over the next 10-12 years and it became a guest house in 1910 when purchased by Mrs Matilda Thompson. It is likely that she is one of the ladies in the photograph. The message written on the one post card is: "wishing you the best of luck. and a speedy return to Halls Gap and good health from The Bakeryites. Front aspect of Bellfield Guesthouse with 3 ladies and 3 gentlemen on the veranda Wonderland Range in background, One post card has hand written message Total of 4 original postcards and 2 copies of sameThe Rose Series P 1666 Postcard with greetings message reads:" To Mr Ross, Wishing you the best of luck and a speedy return to Halls' Gap and good health from the Bakerites:accommodation, guesthouses, bellfield

This photograph is the same one printed in 1925 soon after 'Bellfield' became a licenced hotel. Unfinished letter on reverse side indicates that at least 2 postcards were sent to the same recipient Reads as: "Belfield Hotel Grampians 3/4/42 Dear Mother, Well here we are once more amongst the Gum trees and believe me it is great to smell the fresh air once more after so long with the Rubber trees. We are right in the hills with towering mountains on the East and West and after the way the wind blew through gap last night, I would not be at all surprised if that were not the method by which the Gap were made. Several times last night we thought the roof would blow off and now I have cut pegs for the window I hope the rattle does not annoy us anymore. It took us until nearly five to get here last night but of course we did not find the time dragging on our hands. At Ballarat we made a rush for some lunch just got it back to the carriage when the waitress came round for"Photograph shows front of building with Wonderland Range behind handwritten letter on reverse side dated 03/4/42Rose Series P 4914accommodation, hotels, bellfield

Photograph of Myrtlebank Guest House in Upper Halls GapGuest House and other buildings behind wooden fenceThe Rose Series P 13883accommodation, guesthouses, myrtlebank

Background on Bridle Path up Stony Creek Gorge Pre 1840 C. B. Hall, squatter on Mokepilly Run 1841-1842, first European to discover the Fyans Creek valley, the entrance of which became known as Hall's Gap. He later recorded that he followed a number of tracks which he assumed had been made by the Aboriginies and described one as "leading up a wild romantic glen and over on to the source of the Glenelg River". This could well have been the route taken up Stony Creek gorge by the first timber-cutters in this part of the Grampians to the saddle between the Wonderland and Mt. Difficult ranges known as Valley Gap 1850s/60s Timber cutters and shingle splitters were reported to be moving into the eastern side of the Grampians and by the mid 1860s there were a number of families connected to the supplying of timber to Pleasant Creek living in the "Hall's Gap ranges". John Wakeham, the first store owner in Pleasant Creek in 1854, established a timer-mill in upper Stony Creek Gorge in the late 1850s. Wakeham is credited for the clearing and levelling of the first bridle-path up the gorge. 1870s By the mid 1870s the track had been extended over Valley Gap to the Victoria Forest (the upper region of the Victoria Valley). McKeon's bullock team was known to have hauled red gum from the Valley to Stawell in the late 1870s and the 1880s. 1880s In 1887 an article in the Pleasant Creek news describes the Stony Creek Gorge track as "being a ledge alongside the mountain range, formed in the early days with the aid of earth and timber, along which the bullock teams used to travel to Horsham and plains of the Wimmera beyond." 1890s Gold was discovered in the catchment area of Stony Creek and by the end of the 1890s a new track was built from "near the junction of Fyan's and Stony Creeks, up the gorge to the diggings settlement. The mining Department had paid L300 for its construction and, when completed, the track was "three miles and 30 chains in length, the side cuttings at the narrowest part being 10 feet between" and "the watercourses which cross the track at various points" having been "filled up with rocks rolled down the sides of the hills, and consequently there can be no damage caused by bushfires which destroyed the former wooden bridges erected on the old track to Wakeham's saw-mill, the remains of which are still to be seen at the side of the diggings" The article goes on to further describe the track as one which "can with ease travel with a two horse conveyance either up or down" and that the workmen engaged in the construction of the track would be attending "a ball that night at McKeon's farm near the mouth of the gap to celebrate the successful completion of the undertaking". 1900s At what time the bridle path was extended beyond Valley Gap to the Wartook basin on the Mt. Difficult Range has not yet been determined. However, it is known that, by the turn of the century, people were travelling between Halls Gap and the caretakers' residence at Wartook Reservoir along what was now known as the "Bluff Road. Wartook's embankment had been constructed in 1887 and at that time there was already a track from Rosebrook Station homestead (near the present day Wartook Pottery) to the reservoir. Philip Rose owned both Rosebrook and Wartook Stations from the mid 1840s to the late 1850s and had regularly leased the Wartook basin to Cobb & Co. to rest horses there. 1920s Following the war of 1914-1918, tourism really took off in the Grampians, and Halls Gap rapidly grew. People would travel as far as they could on the many tracks then hike to the many lookouts being discovered by local tour guides. This led to the need for access across the range so that horse riders and the increasing number of vehicles could travel between Horsham and Halls Gap. To this end, the Bluff Road was improved and extended on 1929 and at its opening in March, 1930, by Lady Somers it was renamed the Mt. Victory Road.Map of Mt Victory Road and othersaccess routes, mt victory rd, bridle path, roads

Thomson's and Taylor's shops with the Halls Gap Hall further along the road. A number of 1950's vintage cars are parked along the main road. No. 13884 in the Rose Series of postcards.A strip of shops along a bitumen road. One shop is a garage with Atlantic signs and another has a sign that reads "Thomson's General Store". There are several cars parked along the road and eucalyptus trees in the background.buildings, shops

This is a postcard of the sports ground in Halls Gap, taken from Chatauqua Peak. It is No. 12197 in the Rose Series of postcards.The photo shows a round clearing (sports ground), seen from above, in the midst of bush. There are some bare strips in the middle of the field and a track around its perimeter. Some buildings are visible to the left of the field and a road runs behind it. There are more buildings just visible through the bush in the centre, on the far side of the road."The Rose Series P. 12197, Sports Ground, from Chatauqua Peak, Halls Gap, Vic" on bottom of postcard.recreation, sport

A postcard of Grampians heath. Sent by "Ethel" of "Hankelow", Halls Gap to wish her father a (belated) Happy Birthday.The postcard is of heath in full flower. Rocky ground can be seen in the right foreground."The Rose Series. P. 623 Native Heath of the Grampians. Vic." on bottom edge of postcard. A letter written from "Hankelow", Halls Gap on rear (see Additional Images for full text of letter).natural history, flora

A photo taken near Thomson's Store & cafe in Halls Gap. The back of the photo lists the names of the people as: Mollie Johnson, Gwen Stockton, Beth Evans, Julie D'Alton & Joy Stockton.The photo shows three women and two girls standing in front of a stone fence. There is a bush on the left behind the fence and to the right of the photo is a store with a truck loaded with drums and sacks and a wooden box of goods."Rose I(?) Oct 1950" written on back in blue pen. "Mollie Johnson, Gwen Stockton, Beth Evans, Julie D'Alton,Joy Stockton" written on bak in black pen.buildings, shops

Fred Paasch was born in Denmark in 1862. It is unknown when he arrived in Australia or when he settled in Halls Gap. He owned land generally in the area now occupied by the Halls Gap Supermarket where he established an orchard. See " Bridging the Gap " p.58-60 "Victoria's Wonderland" p.98-99.Shingle and slab house, chimney has loose brick base and tin flue. Four men in foreground. Freddy Paasch, owner of the house is seated in the centre. A number of hens feed in the near foreground. A climbing rose coyers the fence and part of the house roof.buildings, houses, people, paasch