MOUNT DONNA BUANG 4080 ft
O’SHANNASSY AQUEDUCT CARRIED WATER FROM THE UPPER YARRA RANGES TO A RESERVOIR OUTSIDE OF MELBOURNE FROM 1911 UNTIL THE 1970s
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTENNAE ATTACHED TO THE GRAIN SILOS
FACTORY CLOSES
1990s
UPPER YARRA DAM IS COMPLETED
1956
1964 ALL ABOARD
FINAL TRAIN SERVICE DEPART WARBURTON
SANITARIUM HEALTH FOODS FACTORY
1936
1912
THE SANITARIUM OR ‘HYDRO’ IS OPENED ON SIGNS HILL
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SETTLEMENT IN WARBURTON BEGINS TO BRING NEW RESIDNETS AND A NEW MANUFACTURING AND WELLNESS INDUSRTY
ADVENTISTS
1911
O’SHANNASSAY AQUEDUCT CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPLY WATER TO MELNOURNE
1906
WARBURTON RAILWAY LINE OPENS TO PASSENGERS
ADVENTIST RUN SIGNS PUBLISHING BEGINS OPERATIONS ON THE NORTHERN BANKS OF THE YARRA
1863
YANKEE JIM OPENS MINING OPERATIONS IN THE YARRA VALLEY THE SETTLEMENT AT YANKEE JIM CREEK IS NAMED WARBURTON, LATER OLD WARBURTON, BETWEEN THE TUGWELL RANGES AND MOUNT LITTLE JOE
EAPRY EXPLORATION OF THE UPPER YARRA VALLEY BY ROBERT HODDLE
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SETTLERS CALLED THEM THE YARRA YARRA TRIBE, THE WURUNDJERI PEOPLE LIVED ALONG THE YARRA RIVER, THE BIRRARUNG. THE CORANDERRK STATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1963 TO HOUSE AND TEACH FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE INCLUDING WILLIAM BARAK
1845
1859 GOLD!
FLOODING CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE TO MINING OPERATIONS
TIMBER MILLING BECOMES A PRIMARY OCCUPATION OF THE AREA WITH LARGE AREAS OF FOREST FELLED TO SUPPLY MELBOURNE
TIMBER
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2000
1950
1934 FLOOD
1926 FIRE 1913 FIRE
1901 FEDERATION 1900
1863 FLOOD
1854 EUREKA STOCKADE
1850
1835 MELBOURNE ESTABLISHED
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MOUNT VICTORIA SIGNS HILL SITE OF THE ORIGINAL ADVENTIST SETTLEMENT UNTIL FLOODS IN THE 1930s
WARBURTON, A TOWN ON THE BANKS OF THE YARRA...
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ADVENTIST SETTLEMENT CONSISTED OF THE CHURCH, SIGNS PUBLISHING, HEALTH FOODS FACTORY, SANITARIUM RETREAT AND LATER THE HOSPITAL
EXTENSIVE LUMBER AND TIMBER MILLING DURING THE LATE 1800s
ORIGINAL WARBURTON RAILEYWAY LINE CONNECTING TO LILYDALE AND HEALSVILLE
The town
Narrowing the focus to the thread of the Yarra through the township of Warburton. Tracing the historical progression of the township as well as the morphology of the main street and settlements