Watton and Bridge Streets, Werribee, 2005
Watton and Bridge Streets, Werribee, 2005
Werribee, about 27 km south-west of central Melbourne, is midway on the Princes Highway to Geelong. It is situated on the Werribee River, which has its headwaters north of Ballan.
Pastoral leaseholders included members of John Batman's Port Phillip Association. Rural amalgamation began in the early 1850s, shortly after a village reserve was surveyed.
Watton and Bridge Streets, Werribee, 2005
Threshing grain, Werribee, State Farm, 1916
Governor of Victoria, Earl of Stradbroke at Werribee Experimental farm, 1922
Werribee research farm, farmers' field day, 1933
Harvesting barley plots, State Research Farm, Werribee, 1934
Aeriel view of State Research Farm, Werribee, 1936
The School of Dairy Technology and Dairy Research Institute, Werribee, 1942
Hand-hoeing lettuce, Werribee, 1955
Buildings and water supply, State Research Farm, Werribee, 1918
Control Gates on Outfall Sewer at Metropolitan Farm, Werribee, 1955
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