Notes on plants in the area, including swamp/water plants.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, colour photographsdandenong ranges national park, indigenous vascular plants, weed management

Black and white photographWritten on back of photograph: "Les Mabus, Bedford Rd, Ringwood feeding lyre bird in Sherbrooke Forest".

Black and white photo showing a group of four or more people walking in Sherbrooke Forest between mountain ash trees. Treeferns are also visible. Created by the Australian News and Information Bureau.

Booklet. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 12 page booklet on the habits, life etc of the lyrebird as witnessed by the author at Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, between 1932 and 1935. List of contents on front cover. Printed in 1936 by W. D. Vaughan, Kew, Victoria. Catalogue sticker ''2202 MOR'' on front cover. Handwritten in ink on front cover ''With the author's compliments''.D. J. Morganbooks, collections, ornithology, alec h chisholm collection, d.j.morgan, lyrebirds, sherbrooke forest, ornithology

Fern gully in Sherbrooke Forest. A bridge with long log sides crosses a creek. Tree ferns edge the track.

This is a local history of the Shire of Sherbrooke in Victoria, Australia, documenting its development. The cover front has a beautiful green toned scene of the forest trees with the title printed at the top in pale green lettering outlined in black. The author is printed in yellow at the bottom. The title page lists the publishing details with Original pen and ink drawings by Jillienne Winzenried printed at the bottom. There is an Acknowledgements page, Foreword, Contents and Introduction. At the back, Chapter 18 is a Prologue, followed by three Appendices, Endnotes and an Index. Throughout the book are black and white photos as well as coloured ones, maps, illustrations, lists, advertisements. The back cover has a photograph with a black surround depicting a woman seated looking at autumn leaves. Pp. 374 non-fictionThis 374-page work traces the history of the Shire of Sherbrooke in Victoria, Australia. It covers the region's development from before European colonisation up to the bicentennial year. Sherbrooke Forest is a prominent 800+ hectare section of the Dandenong Ranges National Park, located about 40 km east of Melbourne. Famous for its towering Mountain Ash trees and dense fern gullies, it is a premier location for spotting wild lyrebirds, wallabies, and cockatoos. The forest offers popular hiking trails, including the walk to Sherbrooke Falls, and multiple picnic areas like Grants Picnic Ground. australian history, dandenong ranges - history, dandenong ranges - tourism and travel, tourism - victoria, sherbrooke forest - victoria

Sepia photo shows a track through bush at Belgrave. Tall gum trees in foreground. Treed hill in background with houses visible among the trees. Presumably taken from near Sherbrooke Forest.

Black and white photo of Sherbrooke Forest in 1968. A group of people in summer attire are walking along an open track between treeferns and tall gum trees. Created for the Australian News and Information Bureau.

Photo shows a bend in the road, Belgrave, most likely on Monbulk Road below Sherbrooke Forest. An unmade road crosses a small gully. A group of three or so young people are leaning over the bridge railing. The area is heavily treed. A BEND IN THE ROAD hand-wriiten in ink below the photo on the album page

Various news articles pertaining to the January 1962 Victorian bushfires in the Dandenong and Healesville districts which by the third day had encompassed large areas of the State. Specific Eltham Shire districts mentioned include Panton Hill and Hurstbridge on page 1, Warrandyte on page 2, 3, 4 and 5, Hurstbridge, Smith’s Gully, Kinglake on page 3 and 4, Strathewen, Kangaroo Ground, Panton Hill, St. Andrews, Smith’s Gully on page 4 and Pound Bend, Smith’s Gully and Warrandyte on pages 20-21 • They Flee Night Peril, p1 (Illust.) • Their grim picnic; A flash fire strikes, p2 (Illust.) • Night of terror as towns quitted, p3 • Fought till he dropped, p3 (Illust.) • Rain in fire area, p3 • Wye River town goes, p3 • Black Friday Hero Dies In Fire; with wife, grandsons, p4 • Surrounded!, p4 (Illust.) • Main street houses ablaze, p4 • Hurstbridge is evacuated, p4 • Scores jump in river at Warrandyte, p5 • Hills people leave homes, p5 • “Fire” cry at Parlt., p5 • Blind – he’s safe now, p5 (Illust.) • Police Chief Runs Battle, p7 • From Fire Front: Hospital treats 34, p7 • Firms send help, p7 • Tragedy and Ruin: Third Day; Ferntree Gully; Warrandyte; Pound Bend; Smiths Gully; Escape for 18, pp20-21 (Illust.) • Church was a haven for the hurt, weary, p39 (Illust.) • A home is lost, p40 (Illust.) tom fielding collection, victorian bushfires - 1962, victorian bushfires – 1962, panton hill, hurstbridge, five ways crossroads, warrandyte south, dandenongs, upwey, mt. evelyn, monbulk, olinda, sassafras, st. andrews, warrandyte, christmas hills, yarra river, mitcham, whitehorse roiad, donvale, park orchards, metropolitan fire chief, w.t. aldridge, loughnan’s hill, ringwood, woori yallock, leslie ockwell, linda ockwell, kalorama, healesville, daylesford, fire damage – buildings, wye river, portland, eganstown, ballarat, sherbrooke park forest, forest commission headquarters, kallista, r.t. seaton, montrose, yallourn, central gippsland, smith’s creek, black friday, geoffrey ockwell, ronald ockwell, preston town hall, e.j. tenner, strathewen, kangaroo ground, eric farnsworth, adele farnsworth, robin farnsworth, roy cleland, ann cleland, belgrave, sassfras, kaloramalice commissioner porter, mansfield, box hill hospital, pound bend, ferntree gully, ferntree gully state school, w. carew, ann quinton

Photo shows a team of cattle (bullocks, cows or steers) hauling a log down to the sawmill. A huge piece of timber is clearly seen chained to the dray. Heavy timber both sides of the road, most likely present-day Sherbrooke Forest. c.1920.

Photo of the falls in Sherbrooke Forest. Huge amount of large rocks in and around creek bed. Ferns grow up sides of banks. Low volume of water indicates dry season. At the top of the falls a man sits with another person who appears to be a woman. c.1920.

George Broadbent was a Geelong-born cyclist record-holder, who produced from 1896 the most comprehensive and detailed maps of Victoria until his death in October 1947. His son had taken over map production in 1945. This map of the Dandenongs c 1970s details tourist sites and walking tracks. This map shows streets and walking tracks and tourist sites significant in the Dandenongs c. 1970s.Front of fold-out map titled 'The Dandenongs No. 199', produced by Broadbents. Folded out, one side is a street map of the Dandenongs. The other side includes a street index, a list of tourist sites, a list of walking tracks, a map of Sherbrooke Forest, and a map of key approaches from the city to the Dandenongs.On front: ' No. 199 / The / Dandenongs / Broadbents / Broadbents / Maps & Guides / A DIVISION OF / THE PAUL HAMLYN / GROUP'broadbents, dandenongs, 1970s, tourist sites, walking tracks

Photo of Jacob's Ladder in Sherbrooke Forest. Looks to be water under the bridge at the bottom of the photo. Very steep wooden steps going up through ferns. There is a wooden seat halfway up the visible steps, to the right of the steps. There are three signs attached to a tree on the right side of the photo near the creek. The sun is shining on the ferns.

This album is made of strong cardboard now held together by ribbon and it contains 17 images taken around Belgrave in the early 1920s. The photographer is unknown but it could have been Charles Ladd, engraver, farmer, and amateur photographer, who lived with his family in Dewhurst. The photos are of local beauty spots in the Sherbrooke Forest, Lipscombe's Hill, Biffin's Hill and Selby trestle bridge areas. Several people appear in various photos and appear to be a group of family and/or friends.

Photo of a worker bringing in a log on a dray with what appear to be narrow steel wheels. Dray is being pulled by eight or ten steers or small bullocks. Heavy bush and tall, straight timber on side of the road. Most likely Sherbrooke Forest. Road bends to left behind team then possibly to the right, going up a small rise. The man could be well-known bullocky Bill Martin. He is dressed in a wellworn hat, a pale shirt with sleeves rolled up, and darker pants, and is carrying a long, slender stick or possibly a whip in his right hand.

Many sawmills operated in Gembrook in the forest to the east from early colonial settlement days. The opening of the narrow-gauge train line in 1900 assisted the expansion of this industry. This postcard is circa 1900s. This and other postcards and photos came from the estate of David Moyle (1938-2015) who was a police officer in Emerald during late 1960s-early 1970s, and subsequently at Belgrave in the early 1980s. David Moyle was closely associated with the now defunct Sherbrooke Historical Association.This postcard is significant because of its evocation of Gembrook's early timber industry. it is also part of a collection belonging to a community member who had a close association with a local historical society.Sepia postcard with rounded corners featuring photograph of unmade Main Road in Gembrook. The Ranges Hotel which opened in 1902 is just visible on the left. The view is towards the west.On front at bottom, printed: 'MAIN ROAD - GEMBROOK' On back printed at the top: 'POST CARD' Underneath that is printed: 'SPACE FOR CORRESPONDENCE' and 'SPACE FOR ADDRESS' On back is handwritten message: 'J Brooks / 16 notts Sawmills / well fixed / Gembrook'david moyle, police, emerald, belgrave, timber mills, gembrook, brooks, 1900s