Steels Creek History Portal
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung country

The living history of Steels Creek

Photographs, voices, and memories gathered from the families of this valley — from deep time to the present day.

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Oral history • People

Harvest time on the creek

Four generations of the Anderson family — fruit picking, floods, and the fires of 2009. A recorded conversation with Margaret Anderson, 84, who has lived on Steels Creek Road her entire life.

Anderson family Steels Creek Road Black Saturday
Community hall, c. 1938
The hall: a century of community
14 photographs • 2 oral histories
Steels Creek valley, 2012
Regrowth: the valley three years on
Photography series
Riordan family, 1902
William James Riordan
Orchardist • 1879–1961
A brief history of Steels Creek
Deep time
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung
Millennia of living connection
1850s–1890s
Pastoral settlement
Early vine-growing
Early 20th century
Orcharding & community
Hall and school established
7 February 2009
Black Saturday
Fires and loss
2010s–present
Recovery & renewal
New families and memories
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A photograph, a document, a family story — every contribution helps preserve this place for those who come after us.

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A project of the Steels Creek Community Group & Steels Creek Historical Society. We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the traditional custodians of this country.

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