123 Mortlake High Street praised for its "lightness and simplicity". "Mortlake Terrace" (1827) is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. The Museum of London holds a wood engraving of people at The Limes, as it was then called, watching the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. "The Limes – Mortlake: 1872" is taken from "London: A Pilgrimage" by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré, 1872. Jerrold describes how "the towing paths presented to the view of the more fortunate people upon the private river-side terraces, a mixed population ..." The house was, at the time, the residence of a Mr Marsh Nelson. 123 Mortlake
Mortlake, Victoria a Catholic primary school, St. Colmans, with around 30 students. There is also a Kindergarten. Mortlake is located between two major agricultural districts: Hamilton to the north-west for the wool industry, and to the south-east, the dairy industry. Farms in the area exploit the rich volcanic soil for both farming practices. One of the town's most famous industries, Clarke's Pies, which made pies for distribution all over Victoria, announced in January 2007 that the company had been sold to Patties Foods and that production would cease in early March 2007, leaving around 50 people out of work. Clarke's regularly featured