Physical description

"Hillcrest" on Mernda Road, Olinda. The home of the Devine Family. c1911
The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.

Inscriptions & markings

“Hillcrest” Mernda Road Olinda 1911. The home of the Devine family. The early settlement road passed to the left of the camera. House faced down over the valley of the Sassafras + Perrin Creek towards Kallista. The deviation to regrade the road passed to the right of the house.
It was in front of the house on the left hand side of the picture that Vera Devine and her school mates practiced the maypole dance under her tuition.