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Photograph (item) - Black and white photograph, Talbot Drive, Marysville, Unknown

  • Shows two horse riders riding along Lady Talbot Drive in Marysville in Victoria. The road is a corduroy road and leads through a forest of large trees and tree ferns. The title of the photograph is printed along the lower edge of the photograph.

    Talbot Drive, Marysville

Historical information

An early black and white photograph of Lady Talbot Drive in Marysville in Victoria.

Significance

Lady Talbot Drive a 24 kilometer scenic rainforest car journey which passes a number of walks and waterfalls in the Yarra Ranges National Park. Lady Talbot Drive is named after Lady Sarah Elizabeth, the wife of Sir Reginald Talbot, who was the Governor of Victoria from 25th April, 1904 to 6th July 1908.
This road was originally constructed as a corduroy road (or log road) is a type of road or timber trackway made by placing logs, perpendicular to the direction of the road over a low or swampy area. The result is an improvement over impassable mud or dirt roads, yet rough in the best of conditions and a hazard to horses due to shifting loose logs.

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