Aerial view of a portion of the Metropolitan Farm, showing Township, Werribee, 1956
Aerial view of a portion of the Metropolitan Farm, showing Township, Werribee, 1956

Werribee, about 27 km south-west of central Melbourne, is midway on the Princes Highway to Geelong. It is situated on the Werribee River, which has its headwaters north of Ballan.
Pastoral leaseholders included members of John Batman's Port Phillip Association. Rural amalgamation began in the early 1850s, shortly after a village reserve was surveyed.
Aerial view of a portion of the Metropolitan Farm, showing Township, Werribee, 1956
Stud Hereford cows and calves on the Metropolitan Farm, Werribee, 1958
School of Dairy Technology, State Research Farm, Werribee, 1958
Delivery of Cauliflowers, Werribee, 1958
Watton and Bridge Streets, Werribee, 2005
Threshing grain, Werribee, State Farm, 1916
Governor of Victoria, Earl of Stradbroke at Werribee Experimental farm, 1922
Werribee research farm, farmers' field day, 1933
Harvesting barley plots, State Research Farm, Werribee, 1934
Aeriel view of State Research Farm, Werribee, 1936
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