Historical information

William Dower took up 10 acres at Mt Dandenong in 1898. He secured a property known as Cambridge Gardens which was located between the present Mt Dandenong Tourist Road and Yarrabee Road. William and his wife Elizabeth had seven sons (Will, Harry, Bert, Walter, Joe, Edgar and Robert) and four daughters (Emmy, May, Ada and Ruby). There was a two room slab hut on the property when they took possession and they added another five rooms using trees from the property.
The Pig and Whistle Tea Rooms referred to in the inscription is now Tatra Hut.

Physical description

Sepia coloured photograph (copy of an original) showing a cottage in the centre of a cleared area with a fence at the front and a significant dead tree left of centre. There is an inscription typed below the photograph.

Inscriptions & markings

1911 Cambridge gardens, Mt Dandenong (Opposite Pig and Whistle Tea Rooms showing the original Main Road)