The foreword to the exhibition was written in 2006, prior to Malmsbury being bypassed by the Calder Highway...

Post Office Road, Malmsbury 2006
Prior to the recent upgrading of the road. Mount Alexander is in the distance

Mount Alexander Skyscape (Miniature) Malmsbury 2006
As a Melbourne Boy in the early hours I used to walk home along Mount Alexander Rd.
One night I actually wondered where Mt. Alexander was... Here it is!

"The Pines"Malmsbury 2006.
One of Malmsbury's earliest farms from the 1800s

Post Office Road, Malmsbury 2006.
Parts of Post Office Rd are cobbled from the Gold Rush days.

Post Office Road No.2 Malmsbury 2006
Photo prior to the recent upgrading of the road

Emu, Post Office Road. Malmsbury 2006.
Although native to the area, this emu is believed to have derived from those released some years ago following unsuccessful commercial ventures.

Emu, Post Office Road No.2 Malmsbury 2006

"Sweetie" in the Fields, Malmsbury 2002

Discarded Farm Equipment, Malmsbury 2002
Single Mould Board Plough

Looking South towards Malmsbury 2002

Looking East, Malmsbury 2003
In the distance is Tarrangower Estate one of Malmsbury's fine Vineyards

Mount Macedon in Moonlight. Mount Macedon 2006
Not Malmsbury at all!....but something those of us living here pass to and from Melbourne

Jacqueline and the Malmsbury Viaduct, Malmsbury 2006.
When completed Malmsbury's was the largest bluestone viaduct in Victoria.

Lake and Bridge in Fog. Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2006

Lake and Bridge in Fog No.2 Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2006

Malmsbury Viaduct in Fog, Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2006

Panorama with Path and the Viaduct, Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2006

Malmsbury Botanical GardensMalmsbury 2006
Baron Von Mueller, Director of Melbourne's Royal Botanic Garden contributed specimens to the establishment of Malmsbury's Gardens.
Work began in 1863 with the gardens largely established by 1865.

Panorama with Light on Left Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2006




 



Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2006




 



"The Avenue of Poplars"Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2006
Remaining trees from "The Avenue of Poplars" with replacement plantings




 


The Pethica's House, Malmsbury 2006
This was the home of Dr Edward Davy around 1860. The doctor was an exceptional man.
He was one of the important pioneers of Electric Telegraphy in London
prior to his thirty years of country practice in and around Malmsbury.

 

 



"The Mill", formerly Blyth's Mill. Malmsbury 2006.
Restored in the 1970s. Lately it has been used for functions and as a conference centre

 

 



Path in Barker St, Malmsbury 2006

 

 



Ellesmere Place Malmsbury, 2006
Leading to the Malmsbury Cricket Ground... the MCG

 

 

 

Lone Pine View, Malmsbury 2002
Situated near the Cemetery with a fine view of the Malmsbury Viaduct and Mt.Alexander

 

 

Jacqueline and the Mk2, Malmsbury 2006
Between Lauriston and Malmsbury on Lauriston Road

"The Res" and the Water is Low. Malmsbury 2004.
Built in the 1870s to supply water to Castlemaine and Bendigo and part of the Upper Coliban Scheme.

This year's contestants for the annual "Malmsbury Sheep Kissing Competition"

The Italian Gardens No.1 Taradale 2005
During the late 1800s an Italian self-supporting community existed for some decades on the banks of the Coliban River.

The Italian Gardens No.2 Taradale 2005
The withered fruit trees line paths on the property.

Locomotive Crane,Malmsbury Railway Station 2006
The railway extending north from Malmsbury to Castlemaine in 1862 meant that
Malmsbury was no longer the railhead or end-point of the railway,
marking a decline in the town's prosperity.

Ross St 2006 - looking North (Day) Malmsbury 2006

Ross St 2006 - looking South (Evening), Malmsbury 2006

Taradale Viaduct under a full moon, 2007