Historical information
History at Work produced a number of Neighbourhood Postcards of various sites throughout Victoria.
Neighbourhood Postcards probes the memories of our local streets for histories of local people whose lives, play, work and pre-occupation have shaped our local communities today.
This set features Braybrook, a suburb of Shire of Braybrook and City of Sunshine, prior to the Council mergers in 1996, which created the City of Brimbank.
A walking tour map is included that allows one to visit the various points of interest featured in the postcards including The Munition Workers Housing Estate, The basalt plains of the west, Solomon's Ford, Quang Minh Temple, The animal by-products industry, Braybrook Radio Broadcasting Station, Peanut Butter Factory (ETA), Yvonne Barrett Australian Pop Singer, The Marin baluk, Melon Street, Doug Hawkins AFL Champion and Tottenham RAAF.
Physical description
Black & white copy of original including a Digital PDF file version,
Inscriptions & markings
Welcome to Neighbourhood Braybrook Postcards
Bringing you the curious & everyday history of local people and places
Subjects
- braybrook,
- munition workers housing estate,
- solomon's ford,
- quang minh temple,
- braybrook radio broadcasting station,
- peanut butter factory,
- eta,
- yvonne barrett,
- marin baluk,
- melon street,
- doug hawkins,
- les twentyman,
- alfred ravenhall,
- raaf no 1 store,
- myalla street,
- braybrook salvation army hall,
- darnley street,
- kingsford street,
- carlton street,
- joseph solomon
