Photograph number 224/9/11Colour photograph of Esso BHP concrete structure Bream B ready for production in Bass Straitoil and gas industry

Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'. Signed by the author.george bass, journeys, australia, bern cuthbertson, matthew flinders, elizabeth, boat, norfolk, ship, historical reenactments, explorers, 18th century, discovery, exploration

Signed by Thomas Horton.anderson family, crime, settlement, explorers, port victoria, western port, wonthaggi, pioneers, victoria, biography, history

Photo number 223 17 11Colour photograph of Esso/BHP concrete gravity structure West Tuna ready for production in Bass Straitoil and gas industry

Also a second black and white photograph of vessel 04821.1 7 x 11 cmBlack and white photograph showing the Esso work boat Lady Penelope towing disabled yacht Moga in Bass Straitboats and boating, oil and gas industry

Black and white photograph of the steam driven Nought 40 pile driver which hammered the piles through the hollow legs of jacket and a further 150 feet into the sea bed, Bass Straitoil and gas industry

Newspaper cutting includes photograph of Plaque commemorating the landing of Bass at Westernport. The Plaque is at Bass and photograph also shows Hon. Roy Ward MLC who unveiled the Plaque.Plaque unveiled to commemorate landing of explorer Surgeon George Bass at Westernport January 5th 1798. Account of voyage from Sydney to Westernport includes summary of achievements of Bass and description of his whale boat.local history, documents, newspapers, george bass, newspaper, george bass, newspaper, commemorative plaque, phillip island historical society

Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'. Inscribed 'Presented to Phillip Island Historical Society by Jean Edgecombe August 1988'.natural history, australia, flinders island, tasmania, furneaux islands, bass strait, description, travel, history

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