Historical information

The Red Gem started as a potato packing house in Gembrook in the 1950s. The brand name of Red Gem Potatoes signified ‘Red Soil Potatoes from Gembrook’. Julian Dyer is a descendant of the original founding family of Red Gem.

Significance

Julian Dyer's family were early settlers in Gembrook.

Physical description

Black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper. The black and white photograph depicts Julian Dyer smiling in a knitted sweater leaning against a natural wood railing, while just behind him is a car parked on gravel in front of the corrugated iron Red Gem building with two large windows on the right side of the building with a concrete walkway leading up to the door of the building just right of the windows and four smaller windows on the left side of the building with a bush planted on the left-hand side as well.

Inscriptions & markings

Obverse;
RED GEM PA /