One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip Island1923 photograph of the pupils and teachers of the senior grades of Cowes State School - No. 1282. local history, photography, cowes state school, senior grades, black & white photograph, john jenner, bryant west

Students were from Cowes State School. One of those students was Helen Forrest who believes it was in 1948. One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of stranded whale at Cat Bay with school children examining it. local history, photography, stranded whale, black & white photograph, wild life, whales, coastline, cat bay, john jenner, bryant west, cowes primary school

One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of the figurehead of the "Speke""Speke" sailing ship "Speke" wrecked Feb 1906 Figurehead reconstructed and erected by children of SS Cowes Nov 1941local history, photography, figurehead from the speke, black & white photograph, sailing ships, wrecks, the speke figurehead, cowes state school pupils, john jenner, bryant west

One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of pupils of Cowes State School being addressed by Councillor J. B. Grayden at tree planting on Cowes Esplanade 1944.local history, photography, cowes state school pupils, black & white photograph, cowes state school, cr j b grayden, tree planting, john jenner, bryant west

One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph from the air of Cowes State School and Residence c. 1960local history, photography, cowes state school, black & white photograph, education, schools, john jenner, bryant west

Saved from the ship Speke which ran aground on the coast of Phillip Island on the 22nd of February 1906. The figure head of the Speke was in the shape of woman, wearing a flowing white dress with blue cuffs and collar and carrying a large bunch of daffodils. It was originally nine feet four inches long. This sculpture went missing after the event and decades later the head only was re-discovered in Mr Thompson’s garage. It was then restored by Headmaster Kevin and the senior children of Cowes State school in 1940.The Speke was an all steel ship built in Wales in 1891. She was delivering wheat to Geelong and confused a bushfire in Cowes for navigation lights. Many local people salvaged goods from the resulting wreckage.Large wooden figure head, carved to resemble a woman. Painted aspects of hair, face, collar. Mounted on an undecorated wooden shield.phillip island, speke, kitty miller bay, figurehead, cowes state school