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Pheasant Creek General Store and Post Office
Early photograph showing store and post office with owner passing mail to man with horse, while a man on dray talks to man with a dog.
Photograph of Pheasant Creek General Store and Post Office taken c.1935
post card depicting horse and cart crossing log bridge at Kinglake
early post card of Kinglake area including bridge and transport
post card of log bridge Kinglake
kinglake, post card, log bridge, horse cart
kinglake, state, school, primary, building
Photograph of KInglake State School original building with teachers residence attached, opened in October 1879 and burnt down in February 1927
Big Ben, tree, Kinglake
photograph of Big Ben, Kinglake
Donkey team with wagon at Kinglake Post Office
Photograph of Donkey team and wagon at Kinglake Post Office
Kinglake West corner with post office (formerly Tommys Hut) and Carman's garage on left. In the days of dirt roads.
Early photograph of intersection
Photograph of Kinglake West corner with the post office on the right and Carman's shop and garage on the left.
post office, kinglake west, tommys hut, carman
Photograph of original Kinglake West Primary (State) School building with children and families. School built in 1896 by the pioneering families as Education Department would not build a school. Built on land selected by the Snell family.
Only known photograph of the original school building
Photograph of original Kinglake West Primary School building
education, school, pioneers, kinglake west
Photograph
Early photo of general store and post office at Pheasant Creek, includes store owner handing mail to man with horse, with other man sitting on step
photograph taken c. 1937
post office, store, pheasant creek
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
