Historical information

Hutchings family

1. Wimmera River in flood below Whitehall running a banker c. 1920. Ted & Col Hutchings in foreground.
2. Wimmera River in flood looking downstream. No date but possibly same time as no. 1. from same place.
3. Looking over the Wimmera River to Island paddock towards Greens Creek
4. Wimmera River half a banker at Whitehall
5. Wimmera River in flood upstream from carpenter's shop looking towards engine house at Whitehall
5a. Wimmera River in flood. Left to right - blacksmith shop and carpenters' shop.
5b. Taken from the same spot with Emily & Ada Hole, E G (Ted) & Col Hutchings. Blacksmith shop & carpenters' shop, Whitehall.
5c. Wimmera River upstream from the carpenters' shop. Foreground is possibly Belladonna lilies which were all over the river bank in 1992. Whitehall.
5d. Looking downstream towards the loose boxes, Whitehall.
5e. Blacksmiths' shop and carpenters' shop from the pumping station. Wimmera River, Whitehall.
6. Wimmera River in flood at Whitehall.
7. Wimmera River half a banker in front of old hut at Whitehall.
8. Wimmera River Emily Hayes, Edward G (Ted) Hutchings & Colin J Hutchings.
9. Morrl-Morrl - Greens Creek Road opposite back paddock. Whitehall. Black Ford in distance. c. 1919
10. Whitehall woolshed north east aspect, Drive to the right of photo
11. Whitehall woolshed - north east aspect showing the drive to the right
11a. Whitehall woolshed - north aspect
11b. Same tree near woolshed
11c. Same tree again in centre, other trees came up after the 23 flood. Woolshed to the right out of photo.
12. Whitehall woolshed - south aspect, sheep entrance end
13. Whitehall. left to right, Stackyard, stables in the centre and the Wimmera River behind following the trees.
14. Whitehall horse paddock c. 1920. left to right, Machinery shed, stable in the centre. Homestead to the right in distance. There is no windmill.
15. Load of wool from Whitehall woolshed to right.
16. Whitehall c. 1920 before the windmill. left to right, garage and mens' hut. Wimmera river runs along the tree line.
16a. Stables, garage and mens' hut after the construction of the windmill. River behind.
17. Whitehall c. 1922. Note windmill addition. Garage to left, Mens' Hut to right. Jack Donnelly & Edward G (Ted) Hutchings with pet lambs. River behind trees.
18. Whitehall gardens. Summer house to the right, pine tree lined drive in the centre background. Ted & Col Hutchings on the lawn. C. 1920
19. Edward G. (Ted) & Colin J. Hutchings in Whitehall garden. Wimmera River in the background. The building behind the fence is the carpenters' shop which the family lived in while house was rebuilt after fire 15 Jan 1877
20. Whitehall c. 1920. left to right, cattle yard, killing house, Wimmera river behind the fence, and the loose box on the right. Black Orpington chooks in foreground.
21. Bay window (original blinds) in the master bedroom. Whitehall 20 Sep 1992
22. Master bedroom (original wallpaper) Joyce & Col Hutchings, Moyu, Ben & Rebecca Roe 20 Sep 1992
23. Col & Ted's bedroom (original) Marble mantlepiece had been removed. Whitehall. 20 Sep 1992
24. Whitehall kitchen. Large yellow meat oven to left of stove, bread oven far left, extreme right is oven where milk heated to skim cream. Chimney was a central one shared with meat oven. Bread oven chimney separate. 20 Sep 1992
25. Whitehall dairy, made of natural stone with dried brick corners. Entrance behind creeper which is over trellis. 20 Sep 1992. This building still remains in 1 Jun 2023
26. Inside charcoal lined meat cellar. Bottom right is concrete vat for pickling meat in brine. Top of brickwork slightly above ground level. Whitehall 20 Sep 1992
27. Fire foreground was stable flooring which was to left of photo. Machinery shed (thatch roof). 4 posts far left remains of cowshed. Large post in centre foreground is the gate post of corral. River to right. 20 Sep 1992
28. Whitehall machinery shed. Posts on far right are cow shed. Over the river is the island paddock. Wimmera river runs behind machinery shed. 20 Sep 1992
29. Posts of 10 sided corral. Killing house by side of gum tree in centre of photo on far side of corral. To left is one of the bales of the cowshed. Whitehall. 20 Sep 1992
29a. Similar photo in the 1920's. To the right is horsebreaking corral, then cow shed, loose box, haystacks and stable on left. Whitehall.
30. Dining room fire place put in the open fire of the mens' hut, only the chimney remains. To the left is the drive & river. Rebecca Roe, Col Hutchings granddaughter. 20 Sep 1992
30a. Looking down the Whitehall Drive. Mens' Hut (Jack Donnelly in doorway) and garage far left. 1920's
30b. The Drive, Whitehall taken from in front of the mens' hut. Wimmera River on the left. Gum tree on left still there 20 Sep 1992.
30c. Reverse from 30a. Whitehall drive from the front gate looking towards the mens' hut and garage. c. 1926
30d. Curly Donohue leaving for Warracknabeal. Ex mail contractor Omeo to Bright Victoria. C. 1926
30e. Looking down the drive towards front gate. Mens' hut on the right, river on the left.
31. Whitehall from the side. Building in centre behind David is separater room. 2 roomed hut to left of separater room and remains of mens' hut chimney. Photo 16 taken from similar spot. 20 Sep 1992
32. Benjamin Roe (Col Hutchings grandson) in the Carpenters' shop. The family lived in this building after the fire in the 1870's. Whitehall 20 Sep 1992
33. Ford across the Wimmera River at Whitehall (River abt. 5 feet higher than normal) 20 Sep 1992
33a. Wimmera River, Whitehall
34. Site of old bridge before Col Hutchings time. Tree in foreground to right still has bolt from bridge work protuding. A large post was in the centre of photo to make equal distance. 20 Sep 1992
35. Entrance to the old ford. Colin J Hutchings & his daughter, Moyu Roe. Wimmera River, Whitehall 20 Sep 1992
36. Summer house at Whitehall 20 Sep 1992 looking down to the orchard, dark green trees in distance old fruit trees.
36a. Edward & Colin Hutchings in front of the Summer house, Whitehall c. 1921
36b. Summer house looking towards front gate. Whitehall.
36c. Grey thrush in nest box which can be seen in previous photo with summer house in the background. Whitehall.
36d. Summer house from the orchard side. Whitehall.
37a. South side of Whitehall. First window Edith Sutherland's room, 2nd window, Ted & Col's room, bay window master bedroom
38. Taken in middle of front path looking towards front gate. Edith Sutherland in garden. Date palm in centre, cotton palm to left. Whitehall c. 1920's
38a. Garden at Whitehall taken from near the cotton palm.
39. Whitehall 20 Sep 1992 Bay window-master bed, small window to r. of bay-Colin Hutchings born in, front door, window to right-dining room, round the corner- drawing room, window on right, spare bed, verandah on left is spare bed.
39a. Whitehall c. 1920's Date palm on the right.
39b. Win, Colin T & Colin J Hutchings. Date palm in background. Whitehall 1943
39c. Edward George, Colin Thomas, Elizabeth Ambler & Colin James Hutchings wearing RAAF uniform. Date Palm in background. Whitehall c. 1943
39c. Front garden of Whitehall looking from the front right side of the house towards the drive & Wimmera River. Date palm on right, cotton palm on left 20 Sep 1992
40. Taken from bottom left corner of front garden looking towards the summer house. Cotton palm on right. River to the left.
41. Elizabeth A Hutchings beside master bedroom window. Whitehall c. 1920
42. Whitehall (photo of a painting by Wallace) owned by Colin T Hutchings 1982.
42a. Whitehall painting by Wallace after restoration now owned by Nick Hutchings 2021
42b. Whitehall c. 1923
42c. Taken from the side garden looking towards the right side of house. Front door is to the left out of photo. The cotton palm is to the left. c. 1923
43. Signpost showing Whitehall 20 Sep 1992, All ground up to the tree line behind the signpost was Whitehall property.
44. Colin T. Hutchings age 9 mths. Mar 1943 Whitehall
45. Colin James, Elizabeth Ambler & Edward George Hutchings. Front garden by the date palm, Whitehall c. 1939-40
45a. Colin James, Edward George, Edward Thomas Hutchings & E. Winifred May & Barney (dog) Whitehall. c. 1939-40.
45b. Colin James & Colin Thomas Hutchings during drought & World War ll c. 1944-45 in front of cotton palm, date palm to right.
46. Garden at Whitehall. Jack Donnelly on the hand mower. Cotton palm on left, date palm behind Jack and roof of carpenters shop to right.
47. Colin J Hutchings on tractor, E. Tom Hutchings behind. Whitehall, c. 1933
48. Jack Donnelly (Tad) & Colin J. Hutchings. Cotton palm to right. Whitehall c. 1917-18
49. Edward G (Ted) & Colin J Hutchings with cockatoo outside the dairy in rear garden. Whitehall c. 1923
50. Taken from the windmill looking across the roof of the mens' hut to the garden, orchard and drive in Winter time. House is behind the trees to right, Wimmera River to the left out of picture. Whitehall.
50a. Not labelled by Col Hutchings. It is an aerial shot looking towards the house in the trees & seems to be taken from the top of a tree...on the river side.
51. E. Tom Hutchings & George Chambers dam sinking. Whitehall.
51a. Tom Hutchings & George Chambers dam sinking. Whitehall.
51b. E. Tom Hutchings dam sinking.
52. Emily Hayes & Ada Hole (sisters) with Tom, Col & Ted Hutchings at the woolshed.
53. E T (Tom) Hutchings on reaper & binder. Whitehall.
54. Orchard looking towards the house. Carpenters' shop and river on the right. Whitehall.
54a. Orchard looking from the house, dark trees in background form part of the drive.
55. Grasshopper plague, Christmas Day 1933. Whitehall
56. Frost on the front lawn, Whitehall.
57. Little red hen & chicks with the river in the background
58. Edward (Ted) G. Hutchings muscovy ducks, hay shed and trees along the river in the background.
58a. Edward (Ted) G Hutchings muscovy ducks.
59. Swimming in the Wimmera River, either Ted or Col Hutchings in the foreground.
60. Looking towards the fowl house and pigsty, Whitehall.
61. Snake on the path, Whitehall. c. 1923
61a. E. Tom Hutchings killing a snake, Whitehall. c. 1923
61b. E. Tom Hutchings killing a snake, Whitehall. c. 1923
62. Notice of clearing sale, Stawell News & Pleasant Creek Chronicle on 5 Apr 1916 where the stock & whole of the household furniture was to be sold by James Hutchings widow.
63. Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987 Colin J Hutchings left and Belle Kindred centre looking at photo
64. Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987 Colin J Hutchings centre, Graham Stewart holding photograph on the right.
65. Colin J Hutchings & Bill Walker. Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987
66. Colin J Hutchings delivering a speech before the plaque unveiling. Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987
67. Graeme Williamson & Colin J Hutchings (2 'old boys') Greens Creek School Site 7 Jun 1987
68. Graeme Williamson talking to Moyu Roe (Hutchings) in background is May Williamson. Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987
69. Greens Creek SS, Edward (Ted) & Colin J Hutchings attended.
70. Original students of first Greens Creek School 7 Jun 1987 Back row left 1. Kindred 3. Colin J Hutchings 4,5,6 not known 7. Graeme Williamson Sitting left 1. Not an original 2,3,4, not known 5. Belle Kindred
71. Terrier at Greens Creek State School
72. The new school students Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987. Perry twins standing in centre and the teacher kneeling front left.
73. Will Rees water colour 1925 signature
74. Will Rees water colour 1925
75. Shearing at Kirkellar. Allen Simpson's
76. Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987 Colin J Hutchings left and Belle Kindred centre looking at photo
77. Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987 Colin J Hutchings centre, Graham Stewart holding photograph on the right.
78. Colin J Hutchings & Bill Walker. Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987
79. Colin J Hutchings delivering a speech before the plaque unveiling. Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987
80. Graeme Williamson & Colin J Hutchings (2 'old boys') Greens Creek School Site 7 Jun 1987
81. Graeme Williamson talking to Moyu Roe (Hutchings) in background is May Williamson. Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987
82. Greens Creek SS, Edward (Ted) & Colin J Hutchings attended.
83. Original students of first Greens Creek School 7 Jun 1987 Back row left 1. Kindred 3. Colin J Hutchings 4,5,6 not known 7. Graeme Williamson Sitting left 1. Not an original 2,3,4, not known 5. Belle Kindred
84. Shearing at Kirkellar. Allen Simpson's
85. Terrier at Greens Creek State School
86. The new school students Back to Greens Creek 7 Jun 1987. Perry twins standing in centre and the teacher kneeling front left.

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