Summary
Black and white negative of Robert and Davidina Angus in front of a wattle & daub house in Yellingbo, Victoria, 1900.
Wattle and daub is a traditional building technique in which a woven lattice of wooden strips, known as 'wattle,' is coated or 'daubed' with a sticky mixture typically made from wet soil, clay, sand, and straw.
Yellingbo is located approximately 50km from Melbourne. The town's name is derived from the Woiwurrung language of the local Wurundjeri people and translates as 'today'.
Description of Content
An elderly man and a woman in front of a small house. There are vines around the building and the chimney on the left appears to have been patched with corrugated iron.
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Mrs W Symes, 02 Dec 1987
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Photograph, film base, Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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[Link 1] accessed ec 21/5/2026
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Keywords
Gardens, Post & Rail Fences, Closer Settlement Scheme, Architecture
