The Country Roads Board was established in 1913 to maintain major roads in Victoria. Previous to this all roads were the responsibility of the local councils. The Public Records Office has digitised much of the CRB's photographic collection, you can access them here. This post shows the South Gippsland Highway photographs from the old Shire of Cranbourne area; the Princes Highway photos from the old Shire of Berwick area, can be seen here.
South Gippsland Highway section 1 - maintenance tent: Cranbourne - Dandenong Road, 1914.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 14_00191_B
Brunt's gravel pits near Cranbourne, 1913.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 13_00183
South Gippsland Highway Section 1 - between Cranbourne and Tooradin -
recently reconstructed, 1936.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 36_00144
South Gippsland Highway Section 1 - between Cranbourne and Tooradin -
recently reconstructed, 1936.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 36_00145
South Gippsland Highway Section 1 : between Five Ways and Tooradin, 1945.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 45_04174
Bridge across Tooradin Inlet on South Gippsland Highway - Section 1, 1927.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 25_00075
Bridge across Tooradin Inlet on South Gippsland Highway - Section 1, 1927.
The Tooradin Garage is the building behind the bridge.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 25_00076
Bridge across Tooradin Inlet on South Gippsland Highway - Section 1, 1927.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 25_00077
South Gippsland Highway Section 1 : reconstruction near Koo-Wee-Rup, 1934
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 34_00103
South Gippsland Highway Section 1 : reconstruction near Koo-Wee-Rup, 1934
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 34_00104
Timber bridge over main drain at Koo-Wee-Rup - South Gippsland Highway - Section 1, 1913.
I don't know what that building is behind the car, in fact, I am not even sure this is actually Koo Wee Rup, despite of the label.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 13_00177
South Gippsland Highway Section 1 : bridge over S.R. and W.S. [State Rivers & Water Supply Commission] drain beyond Kooweerup, 1938.
I am unsure where this actually is.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 38_00572
South Gippsland Highway - section 1 - Lang Lang River looking upstream with old bridge in background, 1928.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 28_00178
Old bridge over Lang Lang River on South Gippsland Highway - section 1, 1927.
Photographer: Country Roads Board VPRS 17684 Image 25_00072
CRB's photographic collection can be accessed here. This post shows the South Gippsland Highway photographs from the old Shire of Cranbourne area; the Princes Highway photos from the old Shire of Berwick area, can be seen here.
This post, which I compiled, first appeared on my work blog Casey Cardinia Links to our Past.
