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Photograph (Item) - Black and white photograph, Tommy's Bend, c1900

  • Shows a group of six men sitting and standing in the middle of a corduroy road that leads through the forest. One of the men is standing at the rear of a carriage. In the background can be seen a campfire with a billy can suspended above it. The men are all dressed in suits and hats. The road is surrounded by forest. The title of the photograph is along the lower edge in black ink. On the reverse of the photograph is a stamp from the Armstrong Collection at 42 Station Street in Sandringham in Victoria.

    Tommy's Bend

Historical information

An early black and white photograph taken at Tommy's Bend near Marysville in Victoria.

Significance

An early black and white photograph taken at Tommy's Bend near Marysville in Victoria.
Tommy's Bend is a stretch of road 10 kilometres from Marysville on the Woods Point Road up to Lake Mountain.
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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