The Photographs of Len Johnston

Jacqueline and the Malmsbury Viaduct, 2006

"The Avenue of Poplars" Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2006

Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2006

Mollison St. 2006

The home and dispensary of Dr Edward Davy 1806 -1885 circa 1860, Mollison St. 2006
A physician, chemist and inventor who in London devised the electromagnetic repeater for relaying telegraphic signals
and invented an electrochemical telegraph in 1838 prior to his thirty years of country practice and public duty in Malmsbury.

"The Res" and the water is low, Malmsbury Reservoir, 2004
Built in the 1870s to supply water to the goldfields of Castlemaine and Bendigo. Photographed at the time of a seven year drought

Davit Base , Malmsbury Railway Station 2006
The railway extending north from Malmsbury to Castlemaine in 1862
with Malmsbury no longer the railhead.

"The Mill", formerly Blyth's Mill, 2006
Restored in the 1970s it has since been used as a restaurant and caters for weddings

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

Path along Barker St, 2006

Looking South towards Malmsbury 2002

Looking East, Malmsbury 2003
On the left is Tarrangower Estate - a Malmsbury Vineyard

Malmsbury Post Office Road, 2006
Mount Alexander is in the distance.

Mount Alexander Skyscape (Miniature), 2006
As a teenager in Melbourne I walked home along Mount Alexander Rd.
in the wee wee hours and wondered where on earth Mt. Alexander was.
Here it is in the distance near Castlemaine viewed from Malmsbury Post Office Road.
Mount Alexander Rd was the road from Melbourne to the gold diggings at Mt Alexander
(an earlier name for Castlemaine)and Bendigo on which Malmsbury was also located.

"The Pines", Malmsbury Post Office Rd, 2006
One of Malmsbury's early farms from the 1800s
Enchanting first time I saw it, hidden from the road with the intact cart in the shed
Since restored and habitated again.

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

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

"Sweetie"in the Fields, 2002

Discarded Farm Equipment, 2002
Single Mould Board Plough

The year's contestants for the annual "Malmsbury Sheep Kissing Competition" 2004

Lake and Bridge in Fog #1, Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2006

Lake and Bridge in Fog #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 Gardens - 2006
Baron Von Mueller, Director of Melb's Royal Botanic Garden contributed specimens to the establishment of Malmsbury's Gardens.
Work began in 1863 with the garden established by 1865.

Panorama with Light on Left Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2006

Spring Light, Malmsbury Botanical Gardens 2024

Resident geese, 2020

ccRoss St 2006 - looking North (Day) and looking South (night), 2006
To the joy of some and regret of others (self-included) these majestic poplars have since been removed

Lone Pine View, 2002
Near the Cemetery with a fine view of the Malmsbury Viaduct and Mt.Alexander in the distance

Magpies, RWS. 2005

Cockatoos, Ross St. 2011

Vineyard Cnr, 2025

At Home

Curtains, Jewel & Books , 2023

Magpie on a Cane Seat , 2024

Cockies on Garden Seat, 2024

Nearby

Jacqueline and Jag Mk2, 2006
Young's Road between Malmsbury and Lauriston

Spring - Youngs Rd, 2023

3 Graces and Lamb Gold, Malmsbury Post Office Rd 2025

Dusk, Malmsbury Post Office Rd, 2025

The Italian Gardens #1 Taradale 2005
During the late 1800s an Italian self-supporting community existed for some decades
between Malmsbury and Taradale on the banks of the Coliban River.

The Italian Gardens #2 Taradale 2005
Withered fruit trees line long unused paths on the property

Taradale Viaduct under a full moon, 2007

Mount Macedon under clouds and a full moont, 2006
A familiar nocturnal sight on the Calder to and from Melbourne