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Brown's Mill Icy Creek. Burnt 13-1-1939 Neerim District

McLean log loading boom. Saxton's East Tanjil

Mangrove showing aerial roots - Avicennia officinalis. Tooradin

Alpine Ash. Mattock. Eucalyptus Gigantea

Log dump - salvaged fire killed timber East Tanjil

Log dump - salvaged fire killed timber East Tanjil

West Tanjil River after second fire 1st Jan 1939, 2nd March, 1940

Paling splitting on Saxton's Tanjil area (Fire killed Ash)

Jim Walker on boards finishing scarf fire killed Ash timber. West Tanjil

Jim Walker on boards finishing scarf fire killed Ash timber. West Tanjil

J.D. Walker's mill, West Tanjil. Interval view to show Dutch oven & other arrangements for burning sawdust under the boiler

Paling - splitting on Saxton's Tanjil Area. (Ned Simmonds splitting). Fire-killed Ash

Paling - splitting on Saxton's Tanjil Area. (Ned Simmonds splitting). Fire-killed Ash

Timber construction , Melbourne University Temporary Chemistry Lab

There were four Saxton brothers, Ben, Wilbur, John and Eric. Ben was killed in the 1939 fires. Eric worked the planing mill at Moe and Wilbur and John worked at West Tanjil. The person in this image is most likely Wilbur Saxton.

House construction - final stage in construct. Of timber home, Moorabbin

This shows two images of the head being lopped. The image on the left shows the axeman climbing to cut the head. the image on the right shows the axeman hanging as the head falls.

Timber Home construction, for tiled roof - Frankston

Timber Home construction for tiled roof front view

Timber construction. Melbourne University. Wooden redgum stumps and redwood floor bearers in position