![]() Little girl standing at the back of a car on a snow covered bush road, Mt. Manfield, Alice, photographer, Unidentified little girl, standing in snow with a tree behind her, a dog at her side,, H2003.97/168Īlice captured both the majesty of the mountains alongside the human element – driving the snowy roads in an unsealed vehicle would certainly allow the weather in, and these three friends tumbling off their toboggan into drifts of snow. Her photographic archive is a wonderful collection of Victoria’s high country and its visitors in the early years of the 20th century. Later, based at the Mount Buffalo Chalet, Alice – now known as Guide Alice – shared her love and knowledge of the natural world. ![]() Drew, Michael, photographer, Looking through a snow covered ravine towards cloud covered valley, c.1900, H2012.171/10Īlice Manfield grew up at the family run Buffalo House guesthouse in the Buckland Valley and joined her father on his mountain tours for guests. He also travelled widely, and this image is taken at Mt Buffalo, looking over the clouds blanketing the Buckland Valley. Michael Drew lived in Berwick, and his photographs from that area are a rich resource. Some of these images are included in the Victorian Patents Office Copyright Collection. After travelling through Victoria he later focused on alpine and rural landscapes. Nicholas, following a childhood passion, first became a studio photographer in Adelaide, Clunes and then Melbourne. The impact of this colourised photograph by Nicholas John Caire is heightened by the mountainous vantage point, misted blue hills receding into the distance, with snowball fun in the foreground. With winter well upon us, these images from our photographic collections evoke some of the seasonal experience of snow, ice, and shadows as senses are sharpened by a chill in the air, the brightness and contrast of snow and subject, or the blanketing fogs.
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