This photograph shows the homestead of the first selector to the Katandra district. The people shown are possibly the Prideaux family.A Copy of one of the earliest surviving photographs taken in the Katandra district.A4 size copy of original photographhomestead, prideaux, katandra, selector

The Prideaux family were the first selectors in the Katandra district. This would be the first house built and also would be one of the earliest surviving photographs taken in the district. A copy of a photo of the Prideaux homestead at Katandra c 1900. Unknown people in photographprideaux, homestead, selector, furphy tank, katandra

Black and white photograph of max Taylor, (Selector).clubs and associations, sport, greyhound racing

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. Show some of the every day activities of a Selectors family; washing dishes, milking the cow, washing clothes, storage, shearing, chasing the pigs, carting water, ploughing, feeding the calf, gardening. Markings: Life Of The Selectors. Set 432 No. 7. The Free Selector at Home ''Illustrated Australian News,'' June 10, 1882. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields

1895 picture of the home of George Dodd built c1880. Shows the Selector's Road made in the 1880s from Pig Lane in The Basin to the road in front of the Mt dandenong Hotel.The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.1895 picture of the home of George Dodd built about 1880 showing the road the selectors made in the 1880s from Pig Lane to the main road in front of the present Mt Dandenong Hotel near the present end of the Basin-Olinda Road. It was never gazetted as a road as the Bruces objected to it and landslides in 1891 closed it temporarily and later landslides closed it permanently.george dodd, dodd, mt dandenong hotel, selector's road, road, pig lane

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. Building appears to be a shed, there are 2 men and a bull at the shed. In the foreground is a woman with an apron on. Markings; Life Of The Selectors 1860-1890. Set 432 No.4. A Free Selector's Home - ''Victoria and its Metropolis,'' 1888. Vol. 1, p444. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. A Farmer his family in a wagon and a workman to the left of scene working. The home is constructed of vertical timber and a shingled roof. There is another timber building behind it possible for the workman to live in. Cattle, ducks and chooks. Markings; Life Of The Selectors 1860-1890. Set 432 No.3. A Victorian Selector's Homestead - ''The Australasian Sketcher,'' September 25, 1880. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. Women were always willing helpers with men's work. Markings; Life Of The Selectors Set 432 No. 13 ''The Pioneers'' by George Bell in '' The Story of the Camera in Australia.'' Cato, J., p33 (1955). Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields

Book was written & published by ex-local, Adrian Twitt in 1974. Donated surplus books to H.S. for sale (& keep one copy)( Set of 18)Book with Brown, Green cover with sepia photo of horse & cart near a wheat-bag stack Title: A Paradise of Twitts, the life and times of a Goulburn Valley selector (Adrian Twitt, 1974)book, family history, settlement, twitt

Diggers & Mining. Life Of The Selectors. Markings; Life Of The Selectors 1860 - 1890 Set 432 No. 14. That Map Again - Minimum of Conflict Between Squatter and Selector - ''Sydney Bulletin,'' October 20, 1883. Map of NEW SOUTH WALES. Showing territorial divisions for purposes of the proposed Crown Lands Act of 1883. That Map Again - Minimum of Conflict Between Squatter and Selector. There is one man drawn into each of the Eastern and Central Divisions. The Western Division is much larger and has a picture of a man with a club and a bottle of poison chasing a rabbit. Signed by Hob. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. 3 men clearing the land by hand (one appears to be a native). Hut in background. Markings; Life Of The Selectors 1860 - 1890. Set 432 No.12. The Enemy - a photograph of a painting by J. A. Turner. Picture titled: The Enemy. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields

Newspaper clipping"Note attached to image" Ringwood Bowling Club, 1959 Team selectors. Left- Gil Aird.

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. A selector sitting outside his home with his dog smoking a pipe, his jacket lays to his right on a block. He has a bucket with something in it. There is a plant box out side his hut, possible for herbs or some vegetables. Markings; Life Of The Selectors 1860-1890 Set 432 No.11. Sunday at Home - a photograph of painting by J. A. Turner. ''Sunday At Home'' is the title of the picture. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. 1. West Kangaloon. 2. East Kangaloon. 3. A Kangaloon Farm. Markings; Life Of The Selectors. Set 432 No.8. The Kangaloon District, neat Bowral, New South Wales - ''Illustrated Sydney News,'' April 3, 1890. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. 2 men, 4 cattle, 2 horses, timber hut with out building, and a cart sitting nearby. There has been a timber fence constructed behind the buildings. One man is using the cattle to pull timber, the other is using an axe to chop a large tree down. Markings; Life Of The Selectors 1860-1890 Set 432 No.9. Selectors Clearing the Forest - ''The Australasian Sketcher,'' Jan. 31, 1880. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. Man ploughing a field with 2 horses. A child alongside appears to be playing with the dog as the dog has a stick in its mouth. The home is in the background along with a shed. Markings: Life Of The Selectors Set 432 No. 10. On Our Selection - a photograph of a painting by J. A. Turner. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. Life Of The Selectors. Appears to be 3 miners driving a peg into the ground at night by the light of the lantern. Markings; Life Of The Selectors 1860-1890. Set 432 No.1. Selection at Midnight - ‘’Illustrated Australian News,’’ August 12, 1871. Visual Education Centre, Education Dept. of Victoria. Used as a teaching aid.Visual Education Centreeducation, tertiary, goldfields