Significance
This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.'
It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.
Physical description
Digital image and 35 mm B&W negative
Subjects
References
- Old water mill, Plenty River SLV collection
- Scene on the Plenty River, near Bundoora SLV collection
- A TRULY REMARKABLE ADVANCE IN LAND VALUES AND GENERAL PROSPERITY PREDICTED IN RICH WHITTLESEA DISTRICTS (1927, November 11). Advertiser (Hurstbridge, Vic. : 1922 - 1939), p. 1 (AFTERNOON. : WHITTLESEA SPECIAL SHOW SUPPLEMENT) Not far away are the ruins of the old beautifully constructed water mill, which Miss Johnstone's father knew as a hive of industry, but which now lies covered with weeds. The reservoir robbed the mill of its. power, and so again the demands of the city have killed a picturesque and profitable industry, and 'tis a far far cry from the old mill to the whirling wheels of the dusty factory.
