The Community
Community projects are a way we can all work together as a community. This has been a part of Whitland’s history and past, where the community grew potatoes as a way of funding improvements, eg, contributing to building the Whitlands Primary School in the 1930’s. See some pictures below (click the arrows to scroll through)
November 2016. Photo by Jenny Ashby
The Whitlands team that got the (rather large) rock installed, November 2016. Photo by Jenny Ashby
Bert Bullen out the front of the former Whitlands post office. c. 1940s
The Carroll wedding in November 1944 was the first wedding in the Whitlands chapel.
Circa 1960
Leo snr and Kevin marvelling at a huge Whitlands frost
The bark hut the Day family lived in. It was not uncommon for families to live in bark huts in the early period following European settlement.
c 1933, original house on the corner of the Powers Lookout road
Alex, Alice, Dorothy and Charles Dunning. This photo was taken between 1938 and 1941.
Photo courtesy Margaret McSherry, Brisbane
Bob and Cath Reid on the front porch after the first summer in 1973. This was the Dunnings’ first house and was built by the Whitlands community in the 1930s
Photo courtesy Jane Chalmers
Built by the community in the 1970s
Whitlands residents from the 1880s to the 1940s
Photo courtesy Jill Schiller
Photo courtesy Jill Schiller
Photo courtesy Croucher family
c. 1990
Photo courtesy of Burder famliy
Photo courtesy of Burder family
GARDENS
Many of the locals are passionate gardeners, growing food, flowers and all manner of trees and shrubs. The climate can be challenging but the soil is fertile - see some examples below…
VINEYARDS
The plateau is home to many beautiful vineyards, growing a mix of cool climate varietals destined for a wide range of wines…
Views
From various spots along the Whitlands Plateau, magnificent views reveal themselves. Mount Buffalo, Mount Cobbler & Mount Buller are particularly captivating, especially when snow capped.
Whitlands State School No. 4536
There is more details on he School on the History page, but scroll through here for more fascinating pictures…
Industry & Development
The industrious history of Whitlands is detailed here…click through for more photos
The seasons
The inland climate patterns of Whitlands give distinctive and dramatic seasonal changes…click the arrows for more pictures.