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Postcard (item) - Black and white postcard, Rose Stereograph Company, Stevenson's Falls, Marysville, Victoria, 1916

  • Shows Steavenson Falls in Marysville, Victoria. Shows the bottom cascade of the waterfalls flowing across rocks. Across the top of the cascade lies a fallen log. On the reverse of the postcard is space to write a message and an address and to place a postage stamp. The postcard is unused.

    Stevenson's Falls, Marysville, Victoria

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  • Shows Steavenson Falls in Marysville, Victoria. Shows the bottom cascade of the waterfalls flowing across rocks. Across the top of the cascade lies a fallen log. On the reverse of the postcard is space to write a message and an address and to place a postage stamp. The postcard is unused.

Historical information

A postcard in a series produced by the Rose Stereograph Company as a souvenir of Marysville.

Significance

A black and white photograph of Steavenson Falls, Marysville, Victoria. The Steavenson Falls is named after the Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, John Steavenson, who arrived in Victoria in the early 1860s. At 84 metres high, Steavenson Falls is Victoria's tallest cascading waterfall. The falls are split into roughly five cascades, with the last of these plunging into a small, picturesque rock pool. This postcard was produced by the Rose Stereograph Company as a souvenir of Marysville.

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