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Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, Norman Houghton, Rail Centre Colac, 2014
Colac was the centre of a spidery rail network over which were carted anything and everything by Victorian Railways, the common carrier throughout the area. The main line through the region was the 35 km rail route from Birregurra (and thence to Geelong) though Colac to Pirron Yallock (and thence to Warrnambool and Port Fairy) from March, 1877, to July, 1883. The first branch line ran from Irrewarra to Beeac in 1889, which then extended in stages to Cressy and on the Ballarat. The second branch line was the 31 km long Birregurra to Forrest in 1891. The cost of building railways into mountainous terrain meant the third branch line was a narrow-gauge 2 foot 6 inch line, first of all to Beech Forest in 1902, and then to Crowes in 1911, for a total of 71 km. The final rail connection was the 16 km branch from Colac to Alvie to facilitate the transport of onions, opening in 1923. Each line had its own character and peculiarities derived from its foundation, geography and economic base. As a general rule, the loadings on the branch lines had greater output tonnage than inwards, the reverse of the main line. The lines traversed agricultural and timber areas where inputs like seed, grass, fertiliser and labour were minor, compared with the output, timber, wool, cream, butter, cheese fruit, potatoes, onion, grain and livestock.Rail Centre Colac. Rail stations in the Colac Otway Shire, 1877 to 2014. Norman Houghton. 1st ed. Norman Houghton; Geelong (Vic); 2014. vi, 262 p.; illus., maps, index. Soft cover.colac; cressy; forrest; beech forest; crowes -
Friends of St Brigids Association
Book, The prayer of the faithful. approved by the Australian Episcopal Conference for use throughout Australia. 1966. Melbourne, Vic.: Advocate Press
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Friends of St Brigids Association
Book - Still Stands the Schoolhouse by the Road : The Old National School at Koroit and Early Education in the Western District, Uhl, Jean. 1987. Still stands the schoolhouse by the road : The Old National School at Koroit and early education in the Western District.. Koroit, Vic. : Koroit and District Historical Society, 1987 xii, 84 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm
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Friends of St Brigids Association
Book - By These We Flourish : A History of Warrnambool, Sayers, Charles Edward, and Peter Yule. 1987. By These We Flourish : A History of Warrnambool. Warrnambool [Vic.] : Warrnambool Institute Press, 1987 xviii, 359 p., [36] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm
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Friends of St Brigids Association
Book - “Journey in Faith” Koroit Catholic Parish 1886-1986, Russell, John.J. 1986. “Journey in Faith” Koroit Catholic Parish 1886-1986. [Koroit, Vic.]: Timothy J. Auld
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Friends of St Brigids Association
Leatherwood honey for Gall : A convict marries an immigrant Girl, Reddrop, Mary. 2000. Leatherwood Honey for Gall : A Convict Marries an Immigrant Girl. Blackburn, Vic. : PenFolk Publishing, 2000 viii, 210 p. : ill. (some col.), facsim., maps, ports.; 21 cm
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Friends of St Brigids Association
Why Oh Why? The poems of Frank O’Brien, O’Brien, David. n.d. Why Oh Why? The poems of Frank O’Brien. Ringwood, Vic
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Friends of St Brigids Association
Book - Back to Koroit, November 10 to 18, 1951 : Souvenir Booklet, National Library of Australia, and Back to Koroit. 1951. Back to Koroit, November 10 to 18, 1951 : Souvenir Booklet. [Koroit, Vic.] : Publicity Committee for the General Committee [i.e. Back to Koroit Committee], 1951 [72] pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
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Friends of St Brigids Association
Book - A green and pleasant land, or the story of Koroit, 1836-1970, McCorkell, Harry Allan. 1970. A green and pleasant land, or the story of Koroit, 1836-1970. Koroit [Vic.] : "The Koroit Sentinel" for the Mayor, Councillors and People of Koroit, 1970 150 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm
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Friends of St Brigids Association
Book - Croppies, Celts, and Catholics : The Irish in Australia, McConville, Chris. 1987. Croppies, Celts, and Catholics : The Irish in Australia. Caulfield East, Vic. : Edward Arnold, 1987 167 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm
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Friends of St Brigids Association
Book - A Shamrock beneath the Southern Cross : An History of the Shire of Belfast, Marriott, Pamela M. 1988. A Shamrock beneath the Southern Cross : An History of the Shire of Belfast.[Warrnambool, Vic.] : P. Marriott, 1988 184 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm
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Friends of St Brigids Association
Book - From the Murray to the Sea : The History of Catholic Education in the Ballarat Diocese, Blee, J, and Catholic Education Office (Ballarat). 2004. From the Murray to the Sea : The History of Catholic Education in the Ballarat Diocese. Ballarat Vic: Catholic Education Office and Indra Publishing
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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Craft - Ship Model, Portuguese Carvel, 1999
The Mahogany Ship is today regarded as a legend and refers to an ancient wreck that is purported to lie beneath the sand beside Armstrong Bay, several kilometres west of Warrnambool, Its location is currently unknown. For well over a century the mystery of this ship has fascinated Australians because the existence of such a vessel could throw a different light on the earliest phases of exploration of eastern Australia by Europeans. The story is that in January 1836 a party of whalers from Port Fairy travelled to the mouth of the Hopkins River in search of seals. Their boat overturned and one man was drowned. The three survivors were walking the 30 kilometres back to Port Fairy along the coast when, about halfway along, they discovered the wrecked ship in the dunes. It is said that Captain John Mills, who was in charge of the whaling station at Port Fairy promptly visited the wreck with several of his men, including Hugh Donnelly. Donnelly who was the originator of that version of events is now regarded as unreliable. Local history researcher Joan Fawcett believes Donnelly could not have visited the wreck in 1836 because he did not arrive in Victoria until 1841. The "mahogany" description can be traced to a letter from Port Fairy builder, architect and surveyor John Mason and published in the Melbourne Argus in 1876. He said he had seen the hull in 1846 and it "had the appearance of either cedar or mahogany." In 1884 Argus journalist `The Vagabond' wrote that the hull was built of "Spanish mahogany" and six years later Mason wrote another letter saying it might not have been mahogany but red gum or ironbark from New South Wales. He was too late with this new description as the wrecks mahogany tag was here to stay all through the hull was not visible as it had disappeared beneath the shifting sands by 1880. A more reliable account was later presented by the former editor of the Warrnambool Examiner, historian Richard Osburne, who wrote about the wreck in his book History of Warrnambool (published 1887). In it the author remembers to have noticed a wreck in the hummocks between Belfast and Warrnambool, in 1847 or 1848; he stated it was much nearer Warrnambool than Belfast, now known as Port Fairy, going on to state “in fact, it was only two or three miles from the former place, to the west of the big hummock which was supposed to fill Warrnambool Bay with drift sand washed by the Merri River before the cutting was made.” Osburne followed up with a letter to the Port Fairy Gazette on June 25, 1876, during a period of heightened interest in the wreck, although he was unsure of the provenance of the ship he went on to state in his letter. “The old wreck was, in fact, miles away from the Port Fairy beach, and only about four miles from Warrnambool. In the years 1847 and 1848. I have often seen the wreck and I regret to say I do not believe she was a foreign ship at all.”The ship model is significant for its association with the Warrnambool story of what is now referred to as the Mahogany Ship, an ancient shipwreck. The model is significant as it is an interpretation of a Portuguese caravel and possibly associated with the early history and exploration of Southern Australia. The model is a fine example of a hand crafted ship made from plans, not from a kit. Some of the materials used for the model are significant to the Gembrook community in that the timber used is a portion from a 30-meter pine tree that fell onto and destroyed the 120-year-old Gembrook church building. The model is also a dedication to Edward Kermond, who grew up in Warrnambool and claimed to have seen the shipwreck in the dunes when he was a lad in the late 19th century. (See note section of this document for further information on the creator and donation of the subject item).Ship model, an interpretation of a mahogany Portuguese carvel vessel in a glass display case with wood frame and a description plaque. Model is made from dark stained wood. The three masted vessel is fully rigged, with a Portuguese-like flag on mast. Plaque is rectangular, free standing on a pedestal. The model was handmade by Joe Hilder (Senior) in 1999 from flooring obtained from the Gembrook Uniting Church in Victoria. Inscriptions, hand written, under base of case and on plaque.Under base, black felt tip pen “Ship & Case made From / Flooring from Gembrook uniting Church, Flattened in 1999 / By Large Pine Tree.” On plaque, white paint "This interpretation of the Fabled Mahogany Ship was made by Joe Hilder, Gembrook Vic. is displayed in the memory of the late Edward Kermond (Ted) 1887-1973, a Warrnambool son who claimed to have seen the original ship as a child." flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, ship model, mahogany ship, mahogany ship story, portuguese caravel, joe hilder, edward kermond, ted kermond, gembrook uniting church, gembrook storm 1999, port fairy whalers, belfast whalers