Film - Video (DVD), Neisha Forbes et al, Tales of Old Nillumbik; stories of life in years gone by - Plenty Historical Society, 15 November 2005

Historical information

A series of talks held October - December 2005 at the Eltham Living and Learning Centre which allowed Nillumbik Historical Societies to record the verbal history of the area with some of the well known residents of Nillumbik and surrounds
Recorded and edited by Marie Ryan of Plenty Valley FM
Speaker: Neisha Forbes 15th November 2005
This session covers the early settlement of Plenty. Learn about the mills situated on the Plenty River from the 1840s. Early industry such as fruit growing, poultry farming, goldmining, rabbit skinning and how they contributed to the development and employment of the area and in the case of rabbit skinning the development of other industries in Victoria during the Depression

Physical description

DVD converted to MP4
01:01:12 duration
264MB

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