The illustrations are a light hearted look at the constant daily chores of a free settler and his family facing life on the landMono toned postcard featuring a collage of ten illustrations from the Illustrated Australian News 1882 titled The Free Selector at Homeagriculture, settlers, publication

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

A small green paperback book of the First Selectors of Mt. Evelyn who took up land after the 1869 Selection Acts - 1870 - 1890 with the land numbers. The information on the selections is listed alphabetically by name of listed selector. Some files were not found. The wrap around paper cover is a photocopy of the redrawn Parish map of the Mt Evelyn post-code area with selectors' names, Lot numbers and some current roads and streets shown. Inside the front cover is an explanation of the details within, a key to map lines, scale, and publishing details. pp.41.non-fictionJanice Newton researched the early selectors through Lands Department files and has documented the history on the Mt Evelyn Community Website.mt. evelyn - history, farms history, farming settlement, farming australia

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

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

This postcard shows a photograph originally captured by Nicholas John Caire (1837–1918), a prolific photographer living in Melbourne at the turn of the century and capturing much of southeast Victoria with dry plate photography. The original photograph, labelled 'Bush Hut' and held by the National Gallery of Victoria, had a slightly wider angle of the hut included. A 'Selector' was a landholder after the late-19th century who was allowed to 'select' a piece of crown land, apply for a license to occupy it. In Victoria, Selectors would buy half of the land for £1 per acre, and pay rent on the other half for seven years; after this period, if they had made certain improvements to the land (fenced it, built on it, and grown crops on at least 10% of it) and had paid off the balance of the purchase price, the land would become theirs permanently. This system was designed to limit the numbers of 'Squatters' - settlers occupying land without government permission - and make it more feasible for poorer small farmers and labourers to acquire land. However, a Selector's life was often difficult due to the risk of having land unsuitable for crop farming, and opposition from powerful 'Squatters' whose occupied land was being redistributed. The postcard was part of the A.G.J. Series, which included many Australian sights including other photography from Caire. It was published by A.G.J. in Saxony.This postcard depicts a home in the region built in a style common for the time. The Selection system exemplified by this image was in force throughout the region.This black and white postcard depicts a wooden bush hut surrounded by trees, with a man seated in front of his home. There is a label below the picture, and text on the reverse denoting the postcard (with the Post Card titles struck out by three straight lines) and a pencil illustration of a leaf. The reverse is divided in half by a vertical line, with one side intended to carry the address and the other a message.Front-Left, Below Image: "Copyright." Front-Centre, Below Image: "A Selector's Home, Dandenong Ranges." Reverse, Upper Left: "Printed in Saxony." Reverse, Centre: "POST CARD / $12 / ADDRESS ONLY" Reverse, Right: "AFFIX / STAMP" Reverse, Lower Left: "A. G. J. Series."dandenong ranges, mount dandenong

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

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

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

BHS CollectionDiggers & 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

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

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

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