Eltham Cemetery - Artistic Recollections Booklet

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The imagery within this panel exemplifies the
orchard industry in the area. While the train line
to Eltham was opened in 1902, it was extended
to Hurstbridge to support the fruit industry.
This panel incorporates an historic panorama of
an orchard and a photograph of bee keepers in
the Hurstbridge and Diamond Creek area. The
presence of bees are vital to any fruit growing
enterprise.
The featured plant in this panel is the cherry plum
or Prunus cerasifera, which now commonly grows
alongside our creeks and rivers as a reminder of
the fruit industry of our forefathers. It is for this
reason that this is the only panel that does not
contain an indigenous plant.
and BeesWITH CHERRY PLUM
PHOTOGRAPHS
View of a beekeeper and hives
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Photographer Albert Jones
Panorama showing orchards
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Photographer Albert Jones
INFORMATION
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