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Greensborough

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Victorian Collections

Victorian Collections serves as a comprehensive digital repository for over 100,000 cultural artifacts and historical records maintained by community organizations throughout the state. This portal…

By Up The Creek

Chapter 4Colonial Era (pre-1900)Early Settlement Federation Era Interwar Period Post-war Era Up the Creek - Early Days in the Arthurs Creek District

The Batman Apple Tree

Located on the eastern bank of the Plenty River at Greensborough, the so-called Batman Apple Tree serves as a living relic of the region's pioneering…

By Bruce G. Draper

Batman, John Bosch, J.A.Flintoff, Frederick Flintoff, T.

Chapter 45Modern Era Post-war Era Up the Creek - Early Days in the Arthurs Creek District

Frank Dalby Davison’s Bush Diary

In 1951, the noted Australian author Frank Dalby Davison (1893–1970) and his wife Marie settled at Folding Hills, a small dairy and pig farm in…

By Bruce G. Draper

Davison, Frank Dalby Davison, Marie Draper, Bruce G.Richardson, John

Chapter 17Colonial Era (pre-1900)Early Settlement Federation Era Interwar Period Modern Era Post-war Era World War I Up the Creek - Early Days in the Arthurs Creek District

Ryders Flat Reserve

Located within the Arthurs Creek district, Ryders Flat Reserve occupies land originally selected in 1870 by Christina McDonald and later developed by the Ryder and…

By Bruce G. Draper

Draper, Charles McDonald, Christina McDonald, Ewen McDonald, John

Chapter 19Colonial Era (pre-1900)Up the Creek - Early Days in the Arthurs Creek District

Murder of Henry Hurst by Burke the Bushranger

On 4 October 1866, the bushranger Robert Burke arrived at Hurst’s station on the Diamond Creek, resulting in a violent confrontation that led to the…

By Bruce G. Draper

Abbott, Joseph Barry, Redmond Burke, Robert Hammett, William