Emerald Museum has an extensive photographic collection related to Nobelius' Gembrook Nursery as well as the surrounding Emerald district.
Emerald has a fascinating history full of interesting people and events so visit the Museum to find out for yourself.
Here is just a selection from our image archives - click on an image to see the larger version:
Nobelius Gallery
Emerald district
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Emerald Station
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Main Rd Emerald
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Avonsleigh House
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Anderson's store on Beaconsfield Rd corner
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Beaconsfield Rd
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Central part of Gembrook Nurseries
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Nobelius' Gembrook Nursery at Emerald
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Bosisto's Eucalyptus Oil advertisment
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Eucalyptus still
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Fruit growers' picnic
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Jim Madigan the Emerald Butcher
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Mahoney's Mill Belgrave - Selby
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Snow fall on Nobelius nursery
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View from Emerald
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Mailman Mr Middleton
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Glass cold frames for nursery propagation
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Kilvington Drive changed to its current name in 1960
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Moffat's store
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Stuart's Store on Monbulk Rd corner
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Emerald Fire Brigade at the old Fire Station (now Emerald Men's Shed)
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Moving Emerald Hall in the 1940s
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Mr Couper the Butcher
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Mrs Ferres (left) and George Ferres at the A'Vard Picnic Ground Rotunda
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Packing shed and rows of trees
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Packing Shed and remaining nursery
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Packing Shed and nursery in 1980s
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Packing Shed and Nobelius Heritage Park today
Post Office in Main Rd Emerald
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Raspberry growers' picnic 1910 - Edgar Charman's bullock team
Bush hut at Gembrook
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East Emerald Primary School circa 1890s (East Emerald is now Avonsleigh)
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Sack race 1992 picnic in park
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Clearing forest to make more land for the Nobelius' Gembrook Nursery
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Tivoli built 1918-19 (from newspaper)
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Emerald Football Club Premiers 1945
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Emerald Lake
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Emerald postcard
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Fred Robert's Taxi
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Gardener's cottage
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Coupers_butcher_1900.jpg
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Bullock team near Fairy Dell
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Original Stuart house 'Cascades' Telopea Rd Clematis
Portion of Nobelius Gembrook nursery
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Raspberry Growers' Picnic 1910 - Edgar Charman's bullock team
Tom Leggett the milkman
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Alf Stuart at 'Cascades' swimming pool on Menzies Creek 1918
Emerald Country Club lake
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Emerald Station
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George Walter A'Vard and workers at mill
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Gold water race on Menzies Creek
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Legges Store on corner of now Kilvington Drive and Belgrave-Gembrook Rd - now National Bank site
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Macclesfield Post Office circa 1900
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Nobelius trees for sale
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A'Vard Picnic Ground on Menzies Creek by Avard Rd with the band rotunda (now reconstructed in Nobelius Heritage Gardens
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