Soon to be available from Printer early December 2019. Post Cards of Blackwood. Cost $1.50 each plus postage.
For copies posted to you contact – margothitchcock@bigpond.com
Original photos were taken from old glass negatives by Margot Hitchcock Historian for the Blackwood Historical Society. (copyright)
Blackwood Post cards from old photos – Photo One – The old Swing Bridge at the Mineral Springs, Blackwood, Victoria.
On back of post card –
- SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT MINERAL SPRINGS, BLACKWOOD. circa 1910. The presence of Mineral Water was said to have been discovered by the Chinese miners in Blackwood. The first wooden bridge was built in 1889 and was washed away in a flood in 1909.The rotunda over the far Iron Spring pictured was first built in 1891.
Photo copyright Margot Hitchcock and the Blackwood Historical Society. www.blackwoodpublishing.com
Photo Two – British Lion Mine in Barrys Reef Blackwood, Victoria.
On back of post card –
- BRITISH LION MINE, BARRYS REEF BLACKWOOD. CIRCA 1909. The Mine was working in 1886 where 6 men made a fortune with 560 ozs. of gold obtained from one crushing. In 1906 the Mining Registrar’s returns was 1,1097 ozs. of gold obtained to 200 feet from the surface. Photo copyright 2019 Margot Hitchcock and the Blackwood Historical Society. www.blackwoodpublishing.com
Photo Three – Old photo of the Main street of Blackwood with the Hotel on right and the General Store on left.
On back of post card –
- Blackwood showing Martin Street and the General Store on left and the Blackwood Hotel on right. C. 1890. © Copyright Margot Hitchcock, Blackwood Historical Society. www.blackwoodpublishing.com 2019.
