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Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, early 20th century
The hotel at Bonang was also known as Clancy's Hotel, Bonang, after its licensee, William Clancy. It operated from the late 1890s until early 20th century. William Clancy was aslo the postmaster at Bonang. A post office operated at Bonang from at least 1859. At the time Bonang was "a small, scattered collection of buildings marking the intersection of the Bonang Highway and the McKillops Bridge Road" ( from Regional Heritage Assessment 1996). As the mining activity declined the township became even smaller as many of the population moved to Orbost,, a larger settlement. This is a pictorial record of Bonang, a small settlement approximately 50 km north of Orbost. The buildings in the photograph no longer exist.A black / white photograph mounted on grey card. there are stains from water damage on the mount. It is a photograph of two single-storeyed timber buildings fronting a wide dirt road. On the right is the Bonang Hotel with four men in suits standing on a verandah. The building on the right is the Bonang Post Office and there are three men outside it. the photograph has been posed. on back - 'Grandma Clancy owned the hotel & Uncle Will had a gold mine which he worked"bonang bonang-post-office bonang-hotel clancy-william clancy's-hotel-bonang -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photographs, second half 20th century
These photographs are pictorial records of the signs at the Orbost town entry points.Three black / white photographs. 3277.1 is a sign on stone pillars at the top of a hill - "WELCOME TO SNOWY RIVER COUNTRY ORBOST TURN LEFT". 3277.2 shows a road leading into a town. There is a sign on the left - "ORBOST" and a service station on the right. 3277.3 shows a row of newly planted trees between a road and a school.3277.1 on back - "WELCOME TO SNOWY RIVER COUNTRY - ORBOST sign - Princes Highway - Newmerella" 3277.2 on back - "East Gippsland Shire Sign on eastern approach to ORBOST., in Salisbury Street, near Orbost Secondary College" 3277.3 on back - "Tree planting in Salisbury St, Orbost in front of Orbost High School looking west towards Orbost township"photographs-orbost orbost-township-entry salisbury-street-trees town-entry road-signs-orbost -
Orbost & District Historical Society
Container - Plastic bag/container, plastic bag SNOWY RIVER CO-OP
A plastic produce bag from c.1990s used for promotion of the SNOWY RIVER PRODUCE Co. which was famous as a sweet corn producer. The sweet corn was grown locally under contract by farmers in the Orbost district and marketed through the Co. This company no-longer exists (2022).a rare item to survive as evidence of the Snowy River Produce CoA white plastic bag, printed on both sides with green print. One side has a drawing of a bucking horse and rider, and the other side a piece of yellow coloured corn. The bag has a hand hold opening. Size of bag: H-504mm W-362mmSide 1: SNOWY RIVER PRODUCE. FRESH FROM THE FARM SNOWY RIVER CO-OP PRINCES HIGHWAY MEWMERELLA Side 2: SNOWY RIVER CO-OP FAMOUS FOR SWEET CORN PRINCES HIGHWAY NEWMERELLA phone (051) 541878orbost, sweet corn, farming produce, snowy river produce co. -
Orbost & District Historical Society
Functional object - Bell, hand-held, Early 20th century, c.1900s
The settlement of Cabbage Tree Creek is located on the Princes Highway, 27 km east of Orbost in East Gippsland. The creek, which flows through undulating forest, takes its name from the patches of Cabbage Fan palms growing along its course. A school commenced classes in 1913, but enrolment was small and at times the school operated part time with several other small schools in the area. The school building served as a hall for the district. About 1946 two sawmills commenced operations at Cabbage Tree Creek, and the Forests Commission ranger was stationed in the area. The increased population allowed the school to have more teachers and make improvements. In 1953, a new prefabricated building was erected on a new site. However, by the 1970s employment in the timber industry was unstable and the population decreased. By 1974 the school again had only one teacher and eventually closed in 1993 to amalgamate with the Orbost primary School in Ruskin Street, Orbost. (Ref. VictorianPlaces)The school bell is a signal that tells a school's students when it is time to go to class in the morning and when it is time to change classes during the day as well as when students are dismissed from school. In most schools today it will be a tone, siren, electronic bell sound, a series of chimes, or music played over an intercom but often still called "the school bell". This item reflects the history of Cabbage Tree Creek as well as the technological changes in the school system.Brass bell with incised double lines on bottom edge and top near handle, featuring descriptive notation on front face. Bell has long wooden handle shaped and incised with four lines at base before brass housing with singular screw holding handle in place. Object is showing signs of wear, with blackened handle and patches of green oxidisation.SCHOOL BELL / SS No 3812 / CABBAGE TREE CREEK / PRIMARY SCHOOL / 1913-1993 / FORMALLY INCORPORATED / INTO / ORBOST / PRIMARY SCHOOL / 1994cabbage tree, east gippsland, cabbage tree creek, cabbage tree creek primary school, orbost primary school, school bells -
Orbost & District Historical Society
framed certificate, January 2003
This certificate was presented at the East Gippsland Shire Council Australia Day celebrations on 26.1.2003. The veiling of McKillops bridge was a 'Year of the Outback' event. The event was organised by Orbost resident, Sr Helen Barnes RSJ. to show solidarity with rural people. The local community transformed the bridge into "a symbol of communal love and hope", when its sides were draped with hundreds of personal messages. McKillop's Bridge, located high in the Snowy Mountains, is named after George McKillop, a pioneering explorer of the area. The bridge is a vital link for isolated farming communities living beyond the Bonang highway. The Veiling of McKillops Bridge was a significant community event.A large framed certificate. An Australia Day Community Event certificate for January 2003. The frame is silver The certificate has white, green and blue print on a blue background.presented to "Veiling of McKillops Bridge on frame corner AMS by East Gippsland Shie Council signed by Cr P. Bommer (mayor)mckillops-bridge-veiling east-gippsland-shire-council-australia-day -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Vic Roads Centenary 1913 -2013, 2013
The publication, VicRoads Centenary: Keeping Victorians Connected for 100 Years, looks at the people and projects that define VicRoads’ history. Written by current and former VicRoads’ employees, the publication details the organisation’s portfolio of major projects, which includes the Great Ocean Road, Hume Highway and Eastern Freeway. Other sections report on Victoria’s world-first road safety initiatives, VicRoads’ use of technology and sustainability measures. (ref VicRoads) This item is one of several books donated by David Jellie at a presentation to Orbost Historical Society. He was a contributor to the book and was the engineer for the Snowy River Bridge (Princes Highway) at Orbost 1974-1976.This book is a useful reference tool on the history of road construction in Victoria including East Gippsland.A thick, bound paperback book, titled "VicRoads Centenary Keeping Victorians Connected for 100 Years". On the front cover is a black/white photograph of two men working on a road. One has a pick. The book contains the history of VicRoads, photographs, maps and advertisements. Some are b/w. Others are coloured.vicroads book roads snowy-river-bridge jellie-david -
Australian National Surfing Museum
Sticker, SAVE BASTION POINT, Circa 2010
This colour sticker was produced and distributed Australia wide by the SAVE BASTION POINT CAMPAIGN to support their environmental campaign to stop a breakwall being built across the popular surf break - Bastion Point in Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia. The breakwall is supported by the local fishing community and local council. If built it would destroy one of the most popular surf breaks in East Gippsland.This sticker represents a local environmental campaign which has gained state and national attention. Full colour gloss car sticker featuring graphic artwork of Bastion Point and the website for the SAVE BASTION POINT campaign (based in Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia)Web address - www.savebastionpoint.orgsurf, bastion point, mallacoota, breakwall, surfrider foundation, east gippsland, save bastion point -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Reports, Large Cats, Thylacenes and Large Predators Sigtings, 1975-1985 and 2002-2011
The folder of correspondence is the result of a Freedom of Information request made to the Department of Sustainability and Environment in 2011. The folder was collected for research being conducted by David Waldron.Folder of correspondence and newsclips relating to "Big Cats" and other large predators. Please note: sections of this file are closed to protect the privacy of correspondents.australian mythical animals collection, david waldron, brian waters, moonambel, joyce collins, ian smith, thylacene, marrarkuli, burragorang, m.g. hornocker, mt bepcha, billywing upland, john a. henry, bryan wlaters, ken bodinnar, harcourt, kevin farley, fowlers bay, carolyn hodges, puma, macarthur, paynesville, john aldreson, animal damage control, mountain lion, bryan walters, cougar, big cat, maryborough, joan kirner, bernard mace, tasmanian tigers, d.g. willey, calder highway sightings, kevin phelen, mt richmond national park, feral cat, felis catus, lancefield, pyalong, broadford, pyalong pantherleopard, porsche park, dick shaw, big cats in victoria, peter hall, lyn sellens, south gippsland, plaster cast, foot cast, unidentified wildlife, john seeback, michael moss, carnivores, halls gap, halls gap puma scats, kooreh, ballan, ballan large cat, a.g. kerr, south gippsland tasmanian tiger sightings, central victorian puma, otways, wilsons promontory, john higgins, tasmanian wolf, j.k. depmster, vermin, lion, cooper's creek, warrego river, dingo, thylacinus cynocephalus, mirboo north, newham, operation puma victoria, australian skeptics, kangaroo ground, rare fauna, black wildcat, pyalong panther, bob warneke, black puma, maryborough puma, creswick panther, cape bridgewater, pyrenees panther, footprints, daisy hill, bung bong, phantom puma, geranium springs, maurice hornocker -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Map, Survey of Dividing Range between Yarra Yarra and Western Port - William Wedge Darke, 1843
Extract - Ringwood, Place of Many Eagles - Hugh Anderson (1974): William Wedge Darke, from Hereford, England, was a nephew of John Helder Wedge of the Port Phillip Association, who was also a surveyor. William's most important work was probably his survey of the Dividing Range and the country between the Yarra River and Western Port, completed in May 1843, and during which he made a traverse between the Mullum and Dandenong creeks along the higher ground that he labelled the "best line of road from Melbourne". This road was for many years the major route to Gippsland and to the higher country about Alexandra and Mansfield, sometimes known as White Horse Road, and now Maroondah Highway.Surveyor's relief map of features to the east of Melbourne including Yarra Yarra River, Mullum Mullum Creek, Anderson's Creek, Dandenong Creek.Transmitted to the Surveyor General with my letter of 10th May 1843 (signed) Wm Wedge Drake, Assistant Surveyor. Scale: two inches to a mile. Descriptive remarks include upstream area of Yarra River - "impassable, appears to have been formerly a lake", and to the south - "barren and scrubby swamps of the Western Port Country". Marked tracks include "best line of road from Melbourne", "track to Dandenong", "Road to Port Albert may probably be found on this range", "Best line to Upper Yarra". Several huts also marked. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Photographs, x3 Colour, Highett Gasworks c1974, 1974
3 of 5 photographs of the Highett Gasworks c 1974 The Brighton Gas Company was established 1877 by local residents including Thomas Bent. Initially all went well for residents as gas light replaced kerosene lamps and street lights were installed. However disruption to supply, poor quality and failure to reach all house lead to dissatisfaction. Thomas Bent therefore began the Central Brighton and Moorabbin Gas Company 1885 and a price war ensued. This was unsustainable and the two companies amalgamated in 1877 supplying gas from the New Street Works site. 1930 this Company expanded to Highett where it had purchased 45 acres adjacent to the train line. 1927 a gas holder was built connected to the Brighton works 1936 construction began on a complete gas-making unit and the Highett Gasworks, Nepean Highway, began supply 1939. 1950 an extension program was completed. However by 1965 , with the discovery of Natural Gas offshore in Bass Strait, changes to Gas distribution were apparent. At first some of the facilities at Highett were used to distribute the gas piped from Sale, Gippsland. However after conversion of 450,000 homes to Natural Gas the Highett site was redundant. The gasometers were removed 1978. Moorabbin Council obtained part of the land for public recreation purposes. ( Dr. G Whitehead KCC Historian ) c2012 the Moorabbin Justice Centre / Magistrates Court of Victoria was built and further development of the area for apartments proceeds. The establishment of the Brighton Gas Company 1877 and the Highett Gasworks 1885 brought bright lighting to houses, businesses and streets in Moorabbin Shire and cooking ovens and heating improved the living conditions of residents. 3 x Colour photographs of the Highett Gasworks c1970bass strait gas, highett gasworks, brighton gasworks 1877, central brighton and moorabbin gas company 1885, whitehead dr. graham, magistrates court of victoria, horse drawn carts, toll gates brighton, motor cars 1900, steam engines, early settlers, bentleigh, parish of moorabbin, city of moorabbin, county of bourke, moorabbin roads board, shire of moorabbin, henry dendy's special survey 1841, were j.b.; bent thomas, o'shannassy john, king richard, charman stephen, highett william, ormond francis, maynard dennis, market gardeners, vineyards, orchards -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Shipping using Webb Dock, Williamstown and various River Yarra berths, Ron Laing, 1986 - 1999
A set of 83 photographs of shipping using Webb Dock, Williamstown, various river berths and movements in the Yarra River 1986-1999transport - shipping, piers and wharves, ron laing, mairangi bay, columbus australia, michigan highway, anro australia, toyofuji 8, columbus america, union rotoma, searoad tamar, antwerpen, contship jork, queensland star, kha bhum, columbus new zealand, city of port melbourne, dock express ii, direct kea, samas spirit, arafura, contship action, searoad mersey, ville de capella, australia bridge, juthia bhum, direct eagle, columbia star, torrons, hakuyou maru, berlin express, tourcoing, rabelis, bass trader, zim brisbane, australian advance, sea venus, morning light, matilda bay, ooclexporter, qiutte, lloydiana, direct kookaburra, nichigon maru, era, golden crux ii, canopus, stolt sincerity, ionikos, iron gippsland, ehjin, eclipse, satucket, irene, paum monarch, torbon spirit, cgm, la perouse, amvella -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names on the Princes Highway between Melbourne and Sydney : their origins, meanings and history, 2000
Place name list in a specific area. Giving descriptions and meanings.Maps, b&w illustrationsdandenong, genoa, south coast nsw, yarra river, moruya, kiama, captain cook, east gippsland, rosedale -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1940 c
Also a black and white postcard of highway bridge over the Latrobe River Rosedale 05412.1 9 x 14 cmBlack and white postcard of camping reserve showing picnic shelter and two fire places set in timbered area and glimpses of highway bridge through trees Rosedale VictoriaThe Camping Reserve Rosedalebuildings, transport -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Synan Peter, Highways of Water- How shipping on the Lakes shaped Gippsland, 1989
A history of the Gippsland Lakes Victoria as a transport system for trade with in the lakes and river systems, and coastal and interstate tradeships and shipping, land settlement, waterways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Gardner, P D, Names on the Omeo Highway, 1991
Names on the Omeo Highway, Victoria, between Bairnsdale and Omeo; their origins, meanings and historysocial history, historic sites, land settlement -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Harrison, Eileen and Landan, Carolyn, The Hume Highway. A Pot Pourri of Stories and Scenes Today and Yesterday, 2011
A moving account of the changes and disruptions to the Aboriginal communities of Gippsland seen through the life story of Eileen Harrison, a Kurnai woman and artist.aboriginals -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Boyes, Rosemary B.E.M, Australian Shipowners and their Fleets. Book 17, 1978
Stories and photographs illustrating a little of the Hume Highway between Melbourne and AlburyCopy of inscription in Sutherland family history file.roads and streets -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Rose Series, 1925 c
Post and rail fence beside highway and no vegetation on sand dunes eastern part of Cunninghame ArmBlack and white postcard showing view of Cunninghame Arm from Jemmys Point, gravel Princes Highway, North Arm bridge and end of town Lakes Entrance VictoriaNearing Lakes Entrance on the Princes Highwaytownship, waterways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, H D Bulmer, 1922 c
Image clearly shows new alignment of Princes Highway around Jemmys Point and part of the original high road to the first bend above North Arm BridgeBlack and white postcard aerial view of the western area of the town, Bullock Island and Snake Island and waterways Lakes Entrance VictoriaAerial View Lakes Entrancewaterways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1922 c
Also three postcards showing different views of the road around Jemmys Point 05281.1, .2 and .3Black and white postcard showing view of new alignment of the Princes Highway on Jemmys Point and part of the original high steep road approaching Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe New Road Lakes Entranceboats and boating, tourism, waterways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1926 c
Black and white photograph of temporary bridge at Swan Reach collapsed highway bridge in background Swan Reach Victoriawaterways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1950 c
Two other black and white photographs of tree ferns and scenery along the Princes Highway 05316. 1 and 5316.2Black and white photograph of Princes Highway as gravel road at Victoria N.S.W. border looking south to Victoriahotels -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/04/2014 12:00:00 AM
Traffic was reduced to single land temporary traffic lights were installedColour photograph showing a Vic Roads staff member standing beside a landslip on the Princes Highway at Jemmys Point Lakes Entrance Victoriabridges -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1945 1950 c
Also a very damaged photograph of Vic Fish and a mate 05052.1 6 x 6 cmBlack and white photograph of Vic Fish and two mates working for CRB possibly Bonang Highway between Bonang and Orbost Victoriatransport, hotels -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1/09/1992 12:00:00 AM
Truck was carting beef to Orbost driver escaped with minor injuriesBlack and white photograph showing wrecked refrigerated meat truck after accident on Princes Highway at Bennett's Brook near Swan Reach Victoriarailway, transport -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph
Also a black and white postcard Omeo Highway 05192.1 and .2Black and white photograph of Tambo River along the Omeo Highway Victoriabuildings -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1970
Postcard has long personal message on reverse.Colour postcard taken at a bend in the Princes Highway approaching Lakes Entrance, showing a car travelling downhill, two cars parked with five people viewing the entrance from Bass Strait. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, dredging, islands -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 2009
Kinkuna Amusement Park was opened 19 December 1987, closed 2002, building demolished or removed, land sold and subdivided into residential allotments.Copy colour photographic print showing Kinkuna Amusement Park on Princes Highway, owned by Joe and Shirley Walters. Photo shows main building and restaurant, mini golf, long taboggan on hill, garden and other attractions. Lakes Entrance Victoriaentertainment, recreation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1952
Date made June 1952Black and white small format photograph of flood waters in Mechanics Street, Mechanics Hall and residences on opposite side of street surrounded by water. Glimpse of Princes Highway in distance. Lakes Entrance VictoriaFloods in Mechanics St, Lakes Ent. 1952halls, floods, township -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Engelander John Co Pty Ltd, 1980
Colour postcard showing Antique Car and Folk Museum at 20 - 24 Princes Highway. Vehicles parked in front include a log wagon, large Fowler steam traction engine, a motor buggy and a penny-farthing bicycle. Lakes Entrance VictoriaAntique Car and Folk Museum Lakes Entrancehouses