Physical description
Photograph mounted on stiff cardboard showing a group of adults and children attending a working bee to clear a site for the Mt Dandenong State School which opened on April 23rd 1901 following the relocation of a building from Ringwood to the site. The original school operated from a rented building from 1897 that was opposite the present school site.
NB: The attendees looked fairly well dressed for a working bee.
Inscriptions & markings
Handwritten on back of photo:
Working bee clearing site for Mt Dandenong State School years about 1899 - 1900 AD.