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 San Remo Beach showing the beginning of construction of the first Phillip Island Bridge in 1940.local history, photography, photographs, civil engineering, bridges, phillip island bridge beginning construction, black & white photograph, phillip island bridge, phillip island suspension bridge, john jenner, bryant west

Churchill Island has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series consists of candid photographs of everyday life taken by previous residents of the island.Black and White photograph of a suspension bridge linking San Remo and Phillip Island. Taken from a moving boat, with a small part of the boat visible in the bottom left corner.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil. Handwritten in pen on reverse: '1940. FIRST PHILLIP ISLAND BRIDGE. NOTE ABSENCE OFF ANY ELECTRICITY WIRES ACCROSS THE ENTRANCE. NO ELECTRICITY ON PHILLIP ISLAND UNTIL MUCH LATER.'churchill island, punt

The article relates the journalist's visit to Phillip Island, starting from Melbourne and describing features along the way, then at San Remo on mainland side of Phillip Island bridge, then Newhaven on the other. Other places visited include the main town of Cowes, the jetty and beach there, and the Nobbies (Point Grant), with views of the Seal Rocks offshore through telescope at the Nobbies. The writer also visited Summerland beach, described as a surf beach, with penguin and mutton bird rookeries. While not specifically referring to the Penguin Parade, the writer says the spectacle of seeing the penguins coming ashore is not to be missed. The brief military colony at Rhyll and the first Victorian 'garden' planted at Churchill Island in 1801 are also mentionedArticle is significant because it is an early (1950s?) tourist guide to Phillip Island's most popular tourist destinations. 3 column text under map of Phillip Island. Black print on white paper. phillip island, newhaven, , westernport, surf beaches phillip island, summerland beach, penguins, mutton birds, the nobbies, point grant, seal rocks, cowes, nobbies blowhole, rhyll, churchill island, nobbies telescope