Warrandyte Pictorial Heritage 1950-1959

Timeline 1950 to 1959

1950s Most vertical mine shafts filled in by Mines Dept
1953 Morton’s Goldmining Lease established, Upper Monument shafts dug, sited on south side of Fourth Hill above Gold Memorial Drive, closed 1965
1954 Automatic telephone exchange opened
1955 Dec – new bridge opened
1955 June - swimming pool proposed
1955 World Scout Jamboree at Clifford Park
1957 new telephone exchange opened

1946 Scout Jambouree Clifford Park

1957 (October) The newly built bridge (35 mm color slide by the author)

1957 (October) Yarra, Looking upstream from the new bridge (35 mm color slide by your author)