Hand-hoeing lettuce, Werribee, 1955
Hand-hoeing lettuce, Werribee, 1955

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.
Hand-hoeing lettuce, Werribee, 1955
Buildings and water supply, State Research Farm, Werribee, 1918
Control Gates on Outfall Sewer at Metropolitan Farm, Werribee, 1955
Metropolitan Farm Township, Werribee, 1956
Cattle on the move at the Metropolitan Farm, Werribee, 1956
Aerial view of a portion of the Metropolitan Farm, showing Township, Werribee, 1956
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