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Vern Mc Callum CollectionDigital copy of monochrome photo. Taken in Portland in 1859. 'Windsor Cottage', residence of James Fawthrop. Blue stone cottage with peaked roof, containing attic. Roof is shingled. Verandah with fancy edging visible on 3 sides of cottage. Captain Fawthrop, a woman and young man standing in garden in front of cottage.

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Black and white photo of the causeway across Wattle Creek end of Fawthrop Lagoon. Lagoon visible on left. Taken from bottom of Magazine Hill.Back: 'Causeway Portland' - handwritten, black inkfawthrop lagoon, portland

Blue A4, heavy paper, dark blue print, folded. Town of Portland Fawthrop Lagoon Commemoration Day programme, Sunday, 22 May 1983

Glass plate negative. Two men and two women in a clinker built dinghy on Fawthrop lagoon. Estimated dress to be late 19th, early 20th Century.

Negative for a black and white photograph. Image shows Bird sanctuary (Fawthrop Lagoon) View across water to Portland. Wooden fence - ? boundary of walkway, trees in foreground

Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: General view: Aerial view West showing wharf and canal areas. November 1959 - typed.port of portland

Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: 1959 - black biroport of portland

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These letters came to Portland on the 'City of Sydney' under Captain Henderson. This ship was owned by the Henty brothers.|Displayed in glass bottle in History House for __ years.Hand-written letter in glass bottle. Letter written by Mr William Jones, Launceston, to his daughter Eleanor Rebecca Jones, staying with Captain James Fawthrop at Windsor Cottage, Portland.Front: - Back: -

Black and white photo. Original photo 7731 7731 - Black and white photo of the causeway across Wattle Creek end of Fawthrop Lagoon. Lagoon visible on left. Taken from bottom of Magazine Hill.Back: '56' in pencil

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Believed to have been used at Portland Customs House during the time that Captain James Fawthrop was Harbour Master, 1853 - 1868. Hung on the wall of the Portland Custom House during his period of office as Portland Harbour Master.James FawthropGlass fronted wooden case containing a thermometer and a 'vapour pressure' barometer.Front: yellow sticky label with number 4001 on back of case.james fawthrop, portland customs house, maritime technology

Four black and white photos attached to grey cardboard a) Bentinck St. looking south, from post office b) 'Burswood' from a distance c) Causeway across Fawthrop Lagoon d) Portland lifeboat in gardens (no shelter)Front: 'Bentinck St, looking from post office' - black ink, handwritten, right of a) '(Burswood) Henty's Old Home' - black ink, handwritten, left of b) '(Causeway)' - black ink, handwritten, left of c) '(Lifeboat) Portland now in gardens' - black ink, handwritten, left of d)portland, streetscape, town

Small wooden, footed bowl with inlaid 'E'. Made by Ernest York of Mildura from wood from a Portland gun carriage rescued from the edge of Fawthrop Lagoon in the 1950's. The white of the 'E' is bone and the shadow is ebony from Africa. made as a gift for Elsie Rose

Photograph of a painting (c.1826) of captain James Fawthrop, Portland's First Harbour master. The painting was executed when he was doing his training in seaman ship at age 22. It is a head and sholders portrait. He is wearing a coat over a buttoned vest, and a neckerchief. He had short, curly hair.

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Sheet of 12 contact prints of rephotographed photographs. Identifying numbers 5726 a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l (a) S.S. 'Dawn' at Railway Pier (b) Macs Hotel (c) Dr. C. Grier, Res. Julia Street (d) Bentinck Street, South from All Saints (e) Captain James Fawthrop (f) Bridge over Salt Creek (g) 'Prospect' (h) 'Windsor Cottage' (i) Bentinck Street from sea (j) London Hotel (k) 'Greenmount' (l) British fleet at anchor in Portland BayFront: (b) Macs Hotel (l) British fleet in portland Bay, Sept 30 1891 CN-865-G

Sheet of 12 contact prints of rephotographed photographs: (a) 5 young women on dam wall (b) sailors (c) Bentinck Street, looking north from Post Office (d) Julia Street looking east from Percy Street (e) Railway line and Duttons (Nuns) Beach towards Whalers Bluff (f) Fawthrop Lagoon (g) sailors (h) Post Office (i) River, bush close to banks both sides (j) Botanic Gardens (k) Town and Port of Portland reproduced from III London News (l) North side, Julia Street looking west, Bank AustralasiaFront: (c) Bentinck Street approx. 1900 (d) Julia Street, portland Nicholls (h) Portland Post Officeportland scene, street scene, photography, portland harbour, portland seafront, julia street

Sheet of 12 contact prints of rephotographed photographs. Identifying numbers 5725 a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l (a) Bentinck Street from sea (b) James Robertson store (c) Bentinck Street south from All Saints (d) Fawthrop Lagoon (e) Henty Beach Cliffs (f) Bridge over Salt Creek (g) Res. Dr. C. Grier, Julia Street (h) Group of men sitting/standing outside wooden building (i) Henty Woolstores, Julia Street (j) S.S 'Dawn' tied up to railway pier (k) All Saints Catholic Church (l) Cliffs at Henty Streetfrom the front: (b) James Robertson store (c) Bentinck Street, Portland - Nicholls (e) Cliffs above Henty Street (f) Bridge over Portland drain (i) Henty Woolstore and Observer buildings, Julia Street

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