1922 map showing orchards in Doncaster East, Blackburn, Mitcham, Tunstall, Ringwood, Vermont, East Burwood, Tally Ho.vermont orchards, tunstall, ringwood, blackburn, tally ho, east doncaster

Black & white photo of dam and windmill at Doug Livermore's Orchard in Vermont. (see also NP500)Black & white photo of dam and windmill at Doug Livermore's Orchard in Vermont. (see also NP500)orchards, livermores orchard, dams and reservoirs

Coloured photo of demolition of cool stores on Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermontlivermores orchard, livermore, clem, morack road, vermont south, orchards

The Gordons were architects and were associated with many buildings still standing in Albury and Wodonga, St Patrick's Church and the de Kerilleau Homestead among them. They established Vermont Orchard on 74 acres to the south of the Wodonga settlement. Here they grew fruit and nuts for the domestic and export market. The enterprising family also set about transforming some of the land by clearing it, creating streets and making general improvements. It was the biggest subdivision in Wodonga at the time. The 234 allotments in the Wodonga Estate were put up for sale by auction in May 1890. A total of 200 people were said to have attended. Gordon, William, Charles and Vermont streets in Wodonga are named after the family. This bell was used at the Vermont orchard to signal the beginning and end of the working day, as well as lunch breaks.The Gordon Family orchard bell is made of cast iron. It includes the inscription "J. C. W../G./1858." This is thought to represent the initials of John Gordon and sons Walter Joseph and Charles Goodwin Sylvester Gordon. There is some conjecture about this due to the date "1858". John was born in London, England in 1823 and died in 1880. Walter is generally accepted to have been born in 1857 and died 1903. In one family tree Charles is recorded as being born on 28 January 1858 but his birth was registered in 1860. The mystery of the date is therefore not fully resolved.On one side of the bell "J. C. W../G./1858."gordon family wodonga, gordon and gordon architects, vermont wodonga

Coloured photo of 1938 International Orchard trucklivermores orchard, morack road, vermont, livermore, clem, orchards

Coloured photo of east into cool store and packing shed entrance on Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermontlivermores orchard, morack road, vermont, livermore, clem, orchards

Coloured photo looking east into cool store and packing shed entrance on Livermore's Orchard, Morack road, Vermontlivermores orchard, morack road, vermont, livermore, clem, orchards

Coloured photo looking past original buildings on Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermontlivermores orchard, morack road, vermont, livermore, clem, orchards

Coloured photo looking past buildings on Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermontlivermores orchard, morack road, vermont, livermore, clem, orchards

Coloured photo of Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermontlivermores orchard, morack road, vermont, livermore, clem, orchards

Coloured Photo of Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermontlivermores orchard, morack road, vermont, livermore, clem, orchards

This tree was planted by Mr. John Kirkpatrick on his orchard in Mitcham Road Vermont c1920. The orchard was next to the Wunderlich Tile Company.Coloured photo of Weeping Elm being transported to Campbell's Croft.campbells croft

This image was one of a series taken by Harold Millane in the late 1940's. They were printed onto post cards. Mary Millane, Harold's wife, printed captions on each negative with Indian ink. The series includes a variety of views of Mitcham, Vermont, Nunawading, Park Orchards and Doncaster East. The post cards were sold as souvenirs in the Millane shop on the N-E corner of Station Street and Whitehorse Road, Mitcham (originally the Mitcham Post Office).Clear photograph showing details of shops, vehicles, streetscape, lighting.Celluloid half plate B + W negative.Whitehorse Road Mitcham, Vic. hardy scott, h. s .beckwith, richards drapers, d. g. williamson, r. gracie, s. kelly, cenotaph, mitcham memorial hall

This item was used as a general purpose cart on the Livermore Orchard in Vermont and was donated by Mr. Livermore when the orchard was sold for housing development.|In the 1840's a vehicle known as a springcart, chaise cart, and family cart was the choice of colonist who needed to travel from town to town. It was light, well sprung, capacious and adaptable. It was used by all stratas of society. See ref.Two wheeled general purpose spring cart, used on an orchard. Also known as a 'Jingle'. It is painted green and terracotta. It was pulled by one horse and has internal measurements of 0.46M x 1.5M x 2.46M.The wheels are 1.1M in diameter.rural industry, livestock, transport, horse

Soft cover book of 40 pages with spiral wire spine. Compilation of images and descriptive timeline of the geology, geography and European settlement history of Canterbury Road.Soon after beginning at Burke Road Camberwell, Canterbury Road moves into the gentle hills of Canterbury, then on to Surrey Hills, Box Hill and Forest Hill. Further along past these three "hills" come three "monts" - Vermont, Heathmont and at its other end, Montrose, by then in the foothills of the Dandenongs. Grand homes and churches at one end, major and minor shopping centres along the 25km, factories now where farms were, big box stores, fast food outlets, train stations, resrvoir, traffic, residential stretches, modern apartment blocks, parklands, child-minding centres, sporting ovals, a sewage farm, hotels, quarries, commercial developments, plant nurseries, a golf course, bridges, memorials, Asian food shops, telecommunication towers, bushland, creeks, crossroads, traffic lights, mansions, orchards, swamps ... Delaneys Road, renamed Canterbury Road after a 19th century Victorian Governor, is a fascinating study in land use and history as suburban Melbourne has continually diversified and pushed outwards. Compiled by Heathmont History Group, Rita James, Les Prato, Betty Colbert, Jeff Leipold, Gerry Robinson (convenor).

non-fictionDr. Louis Lawrence Smith owned several model farms in Victoria including 280 acres below Dandenong Creek and west of Heatherdale Road from 1856smith louis lawrence, maggs joseph, pyko's orchard, haines russ

Black and white photo of Dam on Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermont.orchards, livermores orchard

Black and white photo of Dam on Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermont.livermores orchard, orchards

Coloured photo of demolition of cool stores on Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermontorchards, livermore, clem, livermores orchard, morack road, vermont

Black and white photo of Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermontlivermore, clem, orchards

.Black and white photo of Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermont. 2 copieslivermore, clem, orchards

Black and white photo of Livermore's house and orchard, Morack Road, Vermontlivermore, clem, orchards

Black and white photo of cabbage garden and old house on Canterbury Road beside Vermont State School. This was Mr. Tilson's house which was on part of the orchard.vermont state school, no. 1022

Coloured photo of Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermontlivermore, douglas ., clem, orchards

Coloured photo of packing sheds and cool stores on Livermore's orchard, Morack Road, vermontlivermore, douglas, clem, orchards