SYD RYDER INTERVIEW PART 3. BILLY HICKS

Ashfield Sawmill

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

View of Jericho. Maybe the settlement at Clark’s Flat in the Lilt Valley.

PURCELL FAMILY COLLECTION. MOVING CATTLE ON MT STIRLING

Settlers’ Cottage

Tolmie Sports Day 1986

Early photograph of the Roman Catholic Church, Hunter Street, Mansfield

Remains of the Sir John Franklin Mine – near Woods Point

Len Lynch and Russ Womersley (b. 4/10/1904, d. March 1979) in front of the Shire Municipal Centre, Mansfield after 1966. The ladies in the background are Helen Mullins and Kathy Waters.

Police monument – complete with urn – John Fogarty admires finished result.

Mt Buller Chalet – Mt Buller

Neil O’Halloran & Susan O’Halloran

Mansfield Fire Brigade at Murchinson

Photograph showing the end of The Bluff

SPIRIT OF THE SNOWY

Ashfield Sawmill, 1996. The last days before closing. Shows the circular sorting table and the growing stack of sized and graded cut timber.

Abandoned claim

POEM: SONG OF THE AVON

DICK FORREST AND PETER PURCELL, TAKING CATTLE INTO MITCHELLS CREEK FOR SUMMER GRAZING 1978-1980. AT JAMIESON RIVER