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Box Hill Historical SocietyPhotograph - Businesses - Saw Mills
... ...Timber industry establishments...Bird Station Saw Mills and timber yard Timber yards Timber workers Horse drawn vehicles Bird> P. Aumann> H. Industries Businesses Timber industry establishments Typed label on rear of photo states 'The original of this photo was given to Harry Aumann when he bought the timber for his home in Harris Gully Road in 1901.' ...Premises - possibly Whitehorse Road entrance. Employees standing in front with horses and carts.B&w photoTyped label on rear of photo states 'The original of this photo was given to Harry Aumann when he bought the timber for his home in Harris Gully Road in 1901.'p. bird station saw mills and timber yard, timber yards, timber workers, horse drawn vehicles, bird> p., aumann> h., industries, businesses, timber industry establishments -
Box Hill Historical SocietyPhotograph - Businesses - Saw Mills
... ...Timber industry establishments...Bird Station Saw Mills and timber yard Timber yards Industries Businesses Bird> P. Timber industry establishments B&w photo Photograph Businesses - Saw Mills ...P. Bird Station Saw Mills & Timber Yard - possibly Main Street entrance with employees standing in foreground.B&w photop. bird station saw mills and timber yard, timber yards, industries, businesses, bird> p., timber industry establishments -
Box Hill Historical SocietyPhotograph - Businesses - Saw Mills, 1911
... ...Timber industry establishments...Timber merchant, Clisby Street, Box Hill (site of Box Hill Plaza Shopping Centre) taken in 1911. See Page 17 "The days before Yesterday". One version of the photograph appears to have been used in some sort of advertising either a flyer or newspaper advertisement. Clisby Street Industries Businesses Bird> P. Bird's Timber Yard Whitehorse Plaza Timber yards Advertising "The Days Before Yesterday" Timber industry establishments ...The premises and employees of P. Bird, Timber merchant, Clisby Street, Box Hill (site of Box Hill Plaza Shopping Centre) taken in 1911. See Page 17 "The days before Yesterday". One version of the photograph appears to have been used in some sort of advertising either a flyer or newspaper advertisement. B&w photo; & Bromide2 copies of same photograph with different inscriptions: (a) 'With Mr P. Bird's Compliments, 1911',(b) 'Ring Up Tel. 120 Canterbury, Send for Price List' clisby street, industries, businesses, bird> p., bird's timber yard, whitehorse plaza, timber yards, advertising, "the days before yesterday", timber industry establishments -
Box Hill Historical SocietyPhotograph - Businesses - Saw Mills
... ...Timber industry establishments...Bird Station Saw Mills and timber yard Timber industry establishments B&w photo Photograph Businesses - Saw Mills ...Timber yard in Whitehorse Road, Box Hill B&w phototimber yards, bird> p., p. bird station saw mills and timber yard, timber industry establishments -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumAudio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Mrs Vanessa McDonald, 9 November 2000
... Following the decline in the mining and associated industries during the early-mid-twentieth century, the Beechworth district experienced a period of general economic decline. On the east side of the Dingle Range, Mrs. McDonald's father, William Henry Collins, felled timber and the family were pioneer apple orchardists. The establishment ...Mrs. Vanessa McDonald was born in Beechworth in 1917. Christened, Agnes Bertha Collins, Vanessa changed her name in 1960. Mrs. McDonald's family's connection with gold mining in the district reach back to the first of Beechworth's gold rushes, when her great grandfather, a Dutchman who adopted the name Charles Collins, arrived in 1851-1852. Mrs. McDonald spent her childhood in the isolated hamlet of Stanley, in the area known as 'Little Scotland', where she recalls helping her mother to raise younger siblings, picking apples and walnuts on the family farm, and roaming the hills for wildflowers. As a young woman Mrs. McDonald attended religious and social gatherings in the local community. In 1940 she went to Melbourne to work as a mothercraft nurse during the Second World War. She met her husband at a Beechworth football match and was married at the Stanley Methodist Church in 1941. The gold diggings known as the 'Nine Mile' became the hamlet of Stanley, after the British Prime Minister, Lord Stanley, in 1858. By the late 1850s, Stanley boasted schools, an athenaeum, a church, a weekly newspaper and several hotels and other civic infrastructure to cater for a growing population. The area attracted large numbers of Chinese miners, whose presence was frequently resisted. Like other early Victorian mining settlements, Stanley was a hotbed of political and racial tensions during the gold rush. One side of the Nine Mile Creek was known as 'Little Scotland’, the other, 'Little Ireland'. A number of Christian denominations built congregations and churches in Stanley, including the Church of England, Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, and Presbyterian Church. Stanley became part of the United Shire of Beechworth in 1871. By 1880 timber was being cut and two sawmills were established by 1887. River-dredged gold mining consumed vast amounts of timber from the forests in the area, and in 1931 the first of several softwood plantations began. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth'. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Following the decline in the mining and associated industries during the early-mid-twentieth century, the Beechworth district experienced a period of general economic decline. On the east side of the Dingle Range, Mrs. McDonald's father, William Henry Collins, felled timber and the family were pioneer apple orchardists. The establishment of apple orchards in Stanley reflects changes to how land was used and contributes to our understanding of the historical development of rural communities following the gold rush. Mrs. McDonald's recollections are significant for understanding family and social life in a small rural town in years leading up to the Great Depression and prior to the Second World War. This oral history recording may be compared with other oral histories and items in the Burke Museum's collection. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Vanessa McDonald /listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, emigration, gold rush immigration, victorian gold rush, mining families, apple orchard, forestry, forest plantation, little scotland, stanley, twentieth century history, regional australia, rural australia, farming, harvest festival, great depression, dingle range, the nine mile, australian wildflowers, high country wildflowers, mothercraft nurse, rural and regional women, social history, collins, mrs. vanessa mcdonald, building community life, shaping cultural and creative life, fruit growers, family history, changes to land use in regional victoria -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.Photograph - digital, LJ Gervasoni, Murtoa Stick Shed 00031, 13/08/2011
... industry in the mid nineteenth century. Bulk storage had been developed in North America from the early 1900s. NSW began building substantial concrete silos from 1920-21. In Western Australia, farmers' co-operatives, who had to supply their own bulk storage from 1934-5, pioneered the use of low-cost horizontal sheds of timber and corrugated iron for bulk storage. Following its establishment...industry in the mid nineteenth century. Bulk storage had been developed in North America from the early 1900s. NSW began building substantial concrete silos from 1920-21. In Western Australia, farmers' co-operatives, who had to supply their own bulk storage from 1934-5, pioneered the use of low-cost horizontal sheds of timber and corrugated iron for bulk storage. Following its establishment ...From the Victorian Heritage Register statement of significance H0791 The Marmalake/Murtoa Grain Store, originally the No.1 Murtoa Shed, is located within the Murtoa Grain Terminal, adjacent to the grain elevator tower and railway line. The shed is 280m long, 60m wide and 19m high at the ridge with a capacity of 3.4 million bushels. The hipped corrugated iron roof of the shed is supported on approximately 600 unmilled hardwood poles set in a concrete slab floor and braced with iron tie rods. These poles are the reason for use of the term "stick shed". With its vast gabled interior and the long rows of poles the space has been likened to the nave of a cathedral. An elevator at one end took wheat from railway trucks to ridge level where it was distributed by conveyor along the length of the shed, creating a huge single mound of grain. Braced internal timber bulkheads on either side took the lateral thrust of the wheat, and conveyors at ground level outside the bulkheads took wheat back to the elevator for transport elsewhere. Wheat had been handled in jute bags from the start of the Victorian wheat industry in the mid nineteenth century. Bulk storage had been developed in North America from the early 1900s. NSW began building substantial concrete silos from 1920-21. In Western Australia, farmers' co-operatives, who had to supply their own bulk storage from 1934-5, pioneered the use of low-cost horizontal sheds of timber and corrugated iron for bulk storage. Following its establishment in 1935 the Victorian Grain Elevators Board (GEB) planned a network of 160 concrete silos in country locations, connected by rail to the shipping terminal at Geelong. By the outbreak of the Second World War there was a worldwide glut of wheat, and Australia soon had a massive surplus which it was unable to export. Only 48 silos had been established under the Victorian Silo Scheme so far, and wartime material and labour restrictions prevented progress with this scheme. The storage deficit had become an emergency by 1941 as Britain obtained its imports from North America, rather than over the lengthy and difficult shipping route from Australia. In 1941 the GEB, under chairman and general manager Harold Glowrey, proposed large temporary versions of the horizontal bulk storage sheds already in use in Western Australia. The proposal was approved by the Victorian Wheat and Woolgrowers Association, who considered the use of shed storages as a longer term proposition. After initial resistance from the Australian Wheat Board, some of whose members represented wheat bagging interests, the Commonwealth and Victorian governments agreed to split the costs, and Murtoa was chosen as a suitable site for the first emergency storage. The main contractor, Green Bros, commenced work on the No.1 Murtoa Shed in September 1941, deliveries of bulk wheat began in January 1942, and the store was full by June of the same year. In the following years the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (later CSIRO) conducted valuable research and experiment on the impacts and control of insect pests at the Murtoa No.1 shed. With these discoveries, and the development of more effective pesticides, use of the No.1 shed and the larger No.2 shed, erected in 1942/43, continued for many years. The No.2 shed was demolished in 1975. By the 1990s, pest resistance to pesticides and requirements for both pest free and insecticide free grain rendered open storage of this type unviable. The No. 1 store was also becoming increasingly expensive to maintain, and its use was phased out from 1989.Image of the Marmalake/Murtoa Grain Store which is of historical, architectural, scientific (technical) and social significance to the State of VictoriaDigital colour image of the interior of the Marmaduke . Murtoa grain storage facility better known as the Stick Shed. The shed was constructed in World War Two to store grain. The supporting columns are trees.marmalake, murtoa grain store, wheat store, stick shed, murtoa -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - DAVID BANNEAR, THE GOLDFIELDS LANDSCAPE - PROPOSED TALK, 2/11/2023
... industry. The need for wood further increased with the advent of deep quartz mining that required timbers for shoring up the shafts and tunnels. At some point in time it became necessary for timber to be carted long distances to fulfil the need. Between 1878 and 1884, the government set up 5 nurseries to try and rectify the shortage of native softwoods and encouraged the growth of State plantations and the thinning of trees to encourage growth of those remaining. 1907 - Creswick School of Forestry and Forest Management was started 1919 Establishment of the Forests Commission and the planting of many pine plantations 1924 Establishment of the first fire spotting towers Forest management tasks became a main project for "Susso" recipients during the Great Depression and again for internees during WWII....industry. The need for wood further increased with the advent of deep quartz mining that required timbers for shoring up the shafts and tunnels. At some point in time it became necessary for timber to be carted long distances to fulfil the need. Between 1878 and 1884, the government set up 5 nurseries to try and rectify the shortage of native softwoods and encouraged the growth of State plantations and the thinning of trees to encourage growth of those remaining. 1907 - Creswick School of Forestry and Forest Management was started 1919 Establishment of the Forests Commission and the planting of many pine plantations 1924 Establishment of the first fire spotting towers Forest management tasks became a main project for "Susso" recipients during the Great Depression and again for internees during WWII. ...The goldfields resulted in the almost complete denuding of trees for access to the gold bearing land, for firewood and for the tanning industry. The need for wood further increased with the advent of deep quartz mining that required timbers for shoring up the shafts and tunnels. At some point in time it became necessary for timber to be carted long distances to fulfil the need. Between 1878 and 1884, the government set up 5 nurseries to try and rectify the shortage of native softwoods and encouraged the growth of State plantations and the thinning of trees to encourage growth of those remaining. 1907 - Creswick School of Forestry and Forest Management was started 1919 Establishment of the Forests Commission and the planting of many pine plantations 1924 Establishment of the first fire spotting towers Forest management tasks became a main project for "Susso" recipients during the Great Depression and again for internees during WWII.An 8 page document by David Bannear about the various industries of the Bendigo Goldfields and their effects on terraforming the local environment david bannear, central goldfields -
Narre Warren and District Family History GroupBook, Narre Warren & District Family History Group Inc, Casey Cardinia Collection - Nar Nar Goon Information File, 2005
... establishment of the Mount Ararat pastoral run in 1844, followed by land sales in the 1850s and 1860s. Many settlers came from Ireland, particularly from the Monteagle estate in Limerick. The arrival of the railway in 1881 was a turning point, facilitating timber and agricultural industries...establishment of the Mount Ararat pastoral run in 1844, followed by land sales in the 1850s and 1860s. Many settlers came from Ireland, particularly from the Monteagle estate in Limerick. The arrival of the railway in 1881 was a turning point, facilitating timber and agricultural industries ...Nar Nar Goon, a town in Gippsland, Victoria, has a rich history dating back to the mid-19th century. Originally part of the Kulin nation, the area was home to the Boon Wurrung people. The name "Nar Nar Goon" is believed to come from a Boonwurrung word referring to either the koala or the rakali. European settlement began with the establishment of the Mount Ararat pastoral run in 1844, followed by land sales in the 1850s and 1860s. Many settlers came from Ireland, particularly from the Monteagle estate in Limerick. The arrival of the railway in 1881 was a turning point, facilitating timber and agricultural industries. Several sawmills operated in the area, transporting timber via wooden tramways to the railway station. By the early 20th century, Nar Nar Goon had developed into a thriving township with a general store, hotel, butcher, baker, and garage. The town had strong Catholic roots, with a church opening in 1905. Over time, timber milling declined, and dairy farming became the dominant industry. In 2021, part of Nar Nar Goon was annexed to form the new suburb of Pakenham East. Today, Nar Nar Goon is known for its murals, historical buildings, and community spirit. It remains a small but significant town in Victoria’s history. [AI generated text]Folder containing a table of contents and various newspaper clippings and other information pertaining to the Nar Nar Goon area. The date the articles were published, and title of articles are listed below. 28 Sep 2005 War memorial face – lift shortfall 02 May 2007 Anzac Day 2007 13 Jun 2007 The way it used to be – Bernie Byrne reminisces 08 Jun 2005 Jack Egan 26 Sep 2007 Mark & Sylvia Jones – Nar Nar Goon Hotel Unknown Nell Van Den Berghe – obituary 14 Jun 2006 Dore’s Cottage 29 Nov 2006 Daisy Lia’s 80th birthday 2007 Bill Doherty 06 Feb 2008 Novelty milking comes around again 11 Jul 2007 Seven seas to home 08 Sep 2004 Bernie Byrne – memories are not a thing of the past 08 Sep 2004 Participation is the key for Jack (Payroli) 22 Oct 2008 Luck of the Irish – Michael O’Brien 03 Mar 2004 History found off the beaten track 04 May 2011 Racing to better health 16 Dec 2015 The Last Post - Light Horse & Field Artillery Museum 16 Jun 2021 Queen’s Salute for “Doc” - Bill Doherty 8 Apr 2015 Lindsays Have the Way to Stay United - Joan & Frank Lindsay 18 Feb 2015 Paddy at the Goon Pub - Paddy Henwood 8 Jun 2016 Bob the Inventor Missed - Bob Rose 26 May 2010 Jeff Talks Hawks and Parenting - Jeff Kennett 26 May 2010 Harry’s 90 Reasons to Party - Harry James 22 Jul 2015 The Goon’s Golden Reunion 17 May 2017 Ray Gets the Stan - Ray Coombs 14 Aug 2013 Jack of all Trades and Many Names - Jack Payroli 28 Sep 2016 Deb’s Strength Shone Through - Deb Bramley 12 Mar 2008 Marygoons Show Class - Nar Nar Goon- Maryknoll Cricket Club 12 Mar 2021 Club Mourns One of its Finest - John Byrne 17 Feb 2016 New Hope for Diggers - Military Museum 4 May 2016 Feed for Warhorses - Bernie Dingle 1 Feb 2017 Australia Day Award - Bernie Dingle 7 Nov 2007 Historian Revives Legendary Charge - Bernie Dingle 1 Feb 2017 Royal Stamp for a Museum of Service - Bernie Dingle 27 Apr 2016 First Anzac is Missed - Bernie Dingle 29 JUn 2016 Post Office for Sale 5 Jul 2017 Well Known and Loved - Jan Van Steensel 27 Apr 2016 Doc Remembers War 16 Feb 2011 Cream Couple Rise to the Top - Len & Mary Bramley 20 Jul 2022 William Joseph Doherty - Death & Funeral info 20 Jul 2022 Doc’s Led a Fortunate Life - Bill Doherty 20 Jul 2022 The King of Nar Nar Goon - Bill Doherty 20 July 2022 There was Only One Choice as the Goon’s First Legend 23 Aug 2023 A Firefighter’s Instinct - Kylie Shanks 28 Nov 2018 Ray did it His Way - Ray Coombs 15 Mar 2023 On the Right Side of History - Bernie Dingle 10 Apr 2024 A Pillar of the Community - Bill Bickerton 30 Oct 2024 Home to Racing Royalty 31 Oct 2024 Hyland Farm - for sale 24 July 2024 Dore a Much Loved Coach - James Dore 18 Sep 2024 A Celebrated Flag 14 Aug 2024 Family Roots Run Deep - Red Gem Potatoes 23 Sep 1987 Brydie a Sharer, a Carer and Loved by all - Brydie Cunningham 13 Mar 2024 Working ‘Til the Cows Come Home - Avonlea Holsteins 29 Oct 2025 Locals Tour Swamp’s Fascinating History 28 May 2025 Goon Find Mystery Man 11 Mar 2026 More Than a Century of Jersey Tradition 22 Oct 2025 Taking a Dive Into the Past at Heritage Event 29 Oct 2025 Revisiting Memories of the Swampnon-fictionnar nar goon (vic.), nar nar goon (vic.) -- history, bernie byrne, jack egan, mark & sylvia jones, daisy lia, bill doherty, michael o'brien, joan & frank lindsay, paddy henwood, bob rose, harry james, ray coombs, jack payroll, deb bramley, nar nar goon-maryknoll cricket club, john byrne, bernie dingle, jan van steensel, len & mary bramley, kylie shanks, bill bickerton, james dore, red gem potatoes, brydie cunningham
