Betty Gerrish with her Lincoln and Corriedale sheep at Alcheringa, Maindample, VIC, July 1999.

SYD RYDER INTERVIEW PART 10. TOWONGA SCHOOL DAYS

Mansfield Higher Elementary School Staff

Reefer’s Hotel

MANSFIELD MOUNTAIN COUNTRY FESTIVAL

John Allan Cameron

Granny Perrin and Aunty Rhoda

‘Rossdale’ at Howes Creek

Banjo’s Australia – The poems of A. B. Paterson. Man seated in blue shirt is ‘sugarbags’ William Francis Arbuthnot. The dog beside him is Bill and the red dog, near the bank, is Red.

CATTLE OR WILDERNESS, BIRREL RESIGNS, FAIR DINKUM

The railway stationmaster’s house

Merrijig Rodeo – Steven Arbuthnot

WEATHERBEATEN WISDOM. COLOURFUL CHARACTERS OF THE VICTORIAN HIGH COUNTRY.

Ted Canterford

Early Matlock, rebuilt after the fire of 1873. In 1873 Matlock was destroyed by fire.

SCOTS LEAD THE WAY

Yarra Falls

Remains of equipment at the Royal Standard Mine – Royal Standard near Woods Point

PLAYING JOHN WATER’S SONG

Many men standing on the platform of a locomotive for hauling firewood, Walhalla. Locomotive is on a railway track over a trestle bridge.