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

  • Shows a horse drawn dray loaded with various items including a bucket which is handing from the rear. At the rear of the dray is a man who is looking at the pile of goods on the dray. Behind the dray there is another man wearing boots and carrying a long walking stick. The dray appears to be stopped in the dirt road which is surrounded by a forest of large trees and tree ferns. 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.

    Beech Forest Beyond Tommy's Bend

Historical information

An early black and white photograph of The Beeches, which is known as the Beech Grove, near Tommy's Bend near Marysville in Victoria.

Significance

An early black and white photograph of The Beeches, which is known as the Beech Grove, near Tommy's Bend near Marysville in Victoria.
Tommy's Bend is a stretch of road 10 kilometres from Marysville on the Wood's Point Road up to Lake Mountain.
The Beeches Rainforest Walk is a loop that starts at Taggerty Cascades before winding through Myrtle Beech and Mountain Ash woodland and is one of the many walking tracks in and around Marysville. It is accessible from Lady Talbot Drive which is 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.

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