Series[UMA-SR-000001984] Photographic prints taken by Jack Lockyer O'BrienAccession[1965.0004] Papers of Jack Lockyer O'BrienIdentifierUMA-ITE-1965000400174Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentA stencilled and painted internal door and architrave in Reedy Creek Homestead, Reedy Creek Road, Reedy Creek, near Broadford, Victoria. Some parts of the Homestead date from the late 1850s and the main wing was added in about 1880. John Lockyer O’Brien (1905-1965) was an historian at the University. His collection of about 4,000 photographs was taken in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Many of them capture the architecture and streetscapes of inner-city Melbourne when the area was in transition between its then 19th century topography and working-class status prior to large-scale demolitions to made way for the construction of the Housing Commission high-rise blocks, and middle-class migration back to the inner-city and subsequent renovation and gentrification of its housing. He was also interested in the early architecture of country Victoria and photographed 19th century homesteads, hotels, churches, banks, railway stations, as well as humbler buildings. He and his wife Laurie owned and resided in a double-storey Georgian-style bluestone house in Hanover Street, Fitzroy.
Inscription: "Reedy Creek Homestead near Broadford" is written in pencil on the back of the photograph.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnitBWP Album 0166Conditions of Use and ReproductionThis image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission of University of Melbourne Archives. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online
O'Brien, Jack, Reedy Creek Homestead, Reedy Creek, Victoria. (c 1958), [UMA-ITE-1965000400174]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 10/12/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/265886
