The WW2 Commando memorial cairn was unveiled at Tidal River on 15 November 1964 by the Lieutenant Governor of Victoria Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Herring. Former WW2 Commandos march under their Association banner to the cairn for the dedication ceremony.This was the first dedication of a significant WW2 Commando memorial. The Victorian Governor, Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Herring, unveiled the Commemorative Cairn that has become the de facto national Commando memorial.Rectangular colour glossy print photograph of former WW2 Commandos marching at Tidal River.From Don Bergmanww2, world war ii, australian commandos, independent companies, australian commando association, tidal river, wilsons promontory national park

This was the "Order of service" for the inaugural unveiling of the WW2 Commando Cairn at Tidal River, Victoria. Lt General Sir Edmund Herring, Lt Governor of Victoria addressed the assembly, 2 Commando Company soldiers were the Guard of Honour, and the 4/19 PWLH Regt band played. This was the first official memorial to WW2 Commandos, located at Wilsons Promontory where the Commando units were first trained. A memorial ceremony is held in November each year since 1964. Honour rolls of WW2 and post-WW2 Commandos who died in battle or training were added in 2011.2 sheet quarto (four sides) white semi-glossy paper with black type and logo. Order of service.Niltidal river wilsons promontory commando memorial cairn ww2 honour rolls post-ww2 national

An examination of the origins of over 400 names in and around the Bass Strait, including Victorian areas from Cape Otway to Lakes Entrance and the north coast of Tasmania.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsbunerong, bass strait, tasmania, place names, bassian isthmus, king island, otway coast, port phillip bay, western port bay, wilsons promontory, cape barren island, flinders island, king island

Provides an account of the origins and histories of local names in the South Gippsland region.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsbunerong, kulin, gunnai, kurnai, brataualung, seaspray, phillip island, mirboo, wilsons promontory, woodside, foster, inverloch, leongatha, wonthaggi

Identification by E.B. Littlejohn, T.H. Kneen 17 June 1992 and F.Ted Tyrrell, April 1994: J.W. Newell seated with pipe, R.A. Grant seated 2nd from left, (both Staff), students 2nd from right Erica Ball (1949) (1946), bottom right-hand corner Mervyn Davis.Copy of b/w photograph, laminated. Group of Burnley students and staff on an excursion in Wilson's Prom 1947.On reverse, "Burnley Students Wilson's Prom 1947."excursion, wilsons promontory, 1947, jim newell, t.h. kneen, f.ted tyrrell, j.w. newell, r.a. grant, erica ball, mervyn davis, group staff and studdents

57 slides and 1 negative. (1) "1947 Rolling the surface," in front of the newly constructed Administration Building. (2) "5-5-60 Same tree 7 months later-New Growth." (3) Men standing around a large horticultural machine. (4) "Lawns Housing Com" Aug "66?" (5) "Flemington Racecourse." (6) "Mustard-Cover Crop. 1960." (7) Tree climbing. (8) "Grafting-scions. BHC." (11) "Mildura-Soil Probe Oct 67." (12) Virus tested stock trees & layout Flemings Apr 70." (13) "Best's Winery Mar 75." (15, 16) Best's single student and group. (17) "Ploughing-Diagram to show incomplete cover of trash? Farm Practices." (18) "Spraying Hand Equipment for Insect Control in and around Buildings USA Yearbook 1952." (19) "Pasture Harrows." (20) "Mould Board Plough-Tractor." (21) "Disc Harrows-Offset-Tractor." (22) Tyne Cultivator-for Tractor." (23) See B91.258." (24) Burnley College libary. (25) "Irrigation-Delver Tatura 12/59." (26) "Tatura 12/59 Delver Ferguson T." (27) "Wilson's Prom? date." (28) "Wilson's Promontary Nov 1960 lunch." (29) "W. Prom." (30) Camp 1957 Wilson's Promontary." (31)" Longeronong Field Day 1964 Machinery Combination (Small)." (32, 33) "Longeronong Field Day 1964 Machinery Cultivating." (34-36) Photographs of plants in book. (35) Alnus? (37) "Meterosideros excelsa." (38) "Rhipsalidopsis rosea." (39) "Protea neriifolia." (40) Banksias-Species." Insects: (41) "Lacewing larva." (42) "Mites Aug 75." (43) "Yellow Mite, Red Spider (Arachnida)." (44) "Jassid-Life Cycle 9/51." (45) "Grape Fruit Crop (Florida) Destroyed by Fruit Fly. Animals without backbones." (46) "Jassid-Vegetable 9/51." (47) "Field Day 57 (Fruit Fly-Enlarged)." (48) "Field Day 57 (Fruit Fly-Stages)." (49) Insect Life Cycle. (50) "Comatibility (sic) Chart." for Insecticides & Fungicides. (51) "Insecticides-Toxicity." (52) "Life Cycle of the Leather Jacket." (53) "Grasshopper-Head Dissected Mouth Parts." (54) "Types of Antennae." (55) "Spider Mites USA Yearbook 1952." (56) "Cultivator." (57) "Organic Phosphates." (58) Negative Isopogon anemonifolius.administration building, lawns, flemington racecourse, mustard-cover crop, tree climbing, grafting, mildura, soil probe, pests, machinery, excursions, tatura, library, wilsons promontory, plants, alnus, zygocactus, schlumbergia, feijoa, acca sellowiana, protea neriifolia, banksia, isopogon anemonifolius

Box of slides. Mostly photographs of plants in pots labelled with different chemicals in soils Oct, Dec 89. 2 Jun 90 "Proteoid Roots, Pladiges".Stamped "OCT 02" and labelled "Wilsons Prom./Greenhouse"wilsons promontory, plants, pots, proteoid roots, pladiges, diseased soils, diseased trees, metalaxyl, n.p.k., plantations, fenamiphos, chemicals in soils

Miscellaneous slides labelled "BHC Historical". Some individually labelled. 1, 2 and 5. of a display "trees to serve the community". "VPRI" (Victorian Plant Research Institute). 10 and 11. of "Wilson's Prom" 1950's. 12. "Apiary" 13. "Students Planting Wattle" beside the Yarra Oct 72. 17. "Native Park Area" 1960's. 14. Garden view.burnley horticultural college, trees, community, vpri, victorian plant research institute, wilsons promontory, apiary, students, wattle, garden views, yarra boulevard

Coloured photo of Group from Eastern Region Historical Societies' weekend at Wilson's Promontory.hillier, andrew, gray, bill, beryl, eastern region historical societies

Darren ? about to pull the stringColour photograph of a net of bay school whiting about to be unloaded on deck of fishing boat off Wilsons Promontory, Victoriaboats and boating, fishing industry, waterways

Framed colour photograph featuring an aerial view of Waratah Bay, the beach and Sandy Point . Wilsons Promontory can be seen in the distance.

Aerial colour photograph titled "Tidal River Wilson's Promontory. Laminated and block mounted on foamcore board. Text panel lower edge.

Original donated by Justine Curry (née Mitchelson) 1954 in a photograph album B09.0004. Copy of black ans white photograph of Students, T.H. Kneen and his children gathered around a campsite on an excursion to Wilson's Promontory. Used in the Centennial Display in 1991.students, t.h. kneen, children, campsite, excursion, centennial display, justine curry (née mitchelson), wilson's promontory

RealismHENDERSON, John Black Born 1827 London, England Died 1918 AustraliaRecto: Titled l.c. ink"Bad Saddle, Wilsons Promontory" Verso: On mount board u.r., pencil "Wilsons/Prom"landscape.

Black and white photo of Peter Sutton sitting on the end of a wooden picnic table playing an accordion. Written on the back: Peter Sutton. Last lighthouse keeper at Wilson's Promontory (?)photo, individual, peter sutton, peter ellis collection, peter sutton

Photo taken from Minawie|At this time Southern Hunter owned by Ted Jones, Skipper Darren Jones.|Minawie owned by Wayne SmithColour photograph of fishing net containing four tons of school whiting being hauled aboard a fishing boat, the Southern Hunter off Three Mile Beach, Wilson Promontory Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, ocean

This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.A colour photograph of a balancing rock at Wilson's Promontory mounted on green card in a temporary timber frame. If you are able to assist with information on this artist or artwork please email using the link below right.art, artwork, photography, wilson's promontory, available

The lamps were pioneered by the British Navy in the late nineteenth century and introduced by the Royal Australian Navy after 1918, and continue to be used to the present day. Manufactured in 1960, the Wilsons Promontory lamp was provided to the lighthouse by the Department of Shipping for signalling ships but was also used for communicating with Cliffy Island, 18 nautical miles away. This type of lamp was renowned for its brilliant light, and lightkeepers from the two lightstations ‘used to practice their signalling with each other, as its effective use was reliant on precise positioning of the scope which is located on top of the lamp’. The inside of the case is imprinted with ‘RAN (Royal Australian Navy), and details on the lamp include a serial number, the date of 1960 and the initials of the Department of Transport, which at that time incorporated the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service. Another Aldis lamp and case with a date of 1960 is held at Cape Nelson and third lamp and case is at Point Hicks; (date unconfirmed but possibly 1943). A fourth lamp and case formerly at Cape Schanck disappeared from the collection sometime between 1995 and 2003.Aldis lamp and case (WPLS 0003.2; likely provenance) The lamps are not rare in museum collections however the Wilsons Promontory example has a confirmed provenance to the lightation and has first level contributory significance as a fine example of the Aldis lamps that were distributed to lightstations throughout Victoria and Australia.1. Handheld black signaling lantern with trigger mechanism. Glass front with inner reflective disc. Black electrical cord is attached with a two pronged plug at the end. 2. Black painted wooden box for transporting lantern. brass catch, leather handle. Grey electrical cord inside plus transformer. Hinged lid. The Aldis lamp is portable, hand held visual signalling lamp with trigger mechanism and inner reflective disk used for optical communication via Morse code. The concave mirror is tilted to focus the light into pulse signals. Larger versions of the lamp are fixed on ships or pedestals and have shutters in front of the device that are opened and closed to transmit signals. Wilsons Promontory’s black metal Aldis lamp and attached electrical cord has a black painted wooden carrying case with metal clasp and leather hand grip.1. On trigger;"AP16413" Around V shaped protrusion attached to lamp "AP197873 / AEI .LTD 59" Beneath screw on face;"AD16415" Inside lamp, under glass;"ADMIRALTY PATTERN 16409 / 5 INCH HAND SIGNALING LANTERN SERIAL No. 212 Year 1960 / AEI PTY LTD SYDNEY" •2. Box. On brass plate below handle."ADMIRALTY PATTERN 16409 / BOX FOR TRANSPORTING LANTERN / PATTERN 16409" Inside box on side of metal insert attached to inside of box;"EXTRA LOW VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER / MADE BY / M.Brodribb, Melbourne/ cat & APP / No v/QR / 1811A / 50 / 60 va / CONT. 55 c / RATIO 240, 12 V TAPS " Top of metal box on sticker;"C of A / D.O.T 143076 / 12 V 5A" On Bakelite plug on metal box;"EXTRA LOW VOLTAGE"

The grey painted heavy wooden, homemade box has a freehand inscription in black on outside, which reads ‘LEVINGS To MAAT IS’. The writing refers to Alan and Marlene Levings, who began their twenty-two year career in lightkeeping with a posting to Tasman Island, off Port Arthur, in the 1960s. After four years they moved to Maatsukyer Island off south-west Tasmania, Australia’s southern-most lightstation, followed by postings to South Bruny, Eddystone Point and Wilsons Promontory. The robust box journeyed with the Levings through their postings to five lightstations and came to rest at Wilsons Promontory when Alan retired. It is not known whether the box was used in an office or domestic context. The movement of people and objects is a significant and unique theme that runs through the history of Australia’s lightstations. This historical process relates Victoria to the much bigger story of Australia’s network of lightstations. Alan Levings has been described as an extremely interesting character and artist. When Levings was a lightkeeper at Wilson’s Promontory, delivery of goods was by boat, then off the boat by a winch and onto the back of a truck. For this reason, packing boxes in earlier years had to be extremely robust. Today, anything that is not carried into Wilson’s Promontory Lightstation by foot, comes by helicopter, eradicating the need for heavy packing boxes such as Levings’. This humble box has first level contributory significance for its reliable provenance which traces its journey through five lightstations; for its association with a former lightkeeping family; and for contributing to an understanding of the pattern of lightstation life.Wooden box, light blue/grey painted. Made of horizontal pieces of timber with some tin reinforcment on the sides. Writing in black on side of box.On side of box in freehand,"LEVINGS To MAAT IS"

The airliner, Miss Hobart a four engine DH86, went missing in the vicinity of Wilsons Promontory on a flight from Launceston to Essendon on the morning 19 October 1934. The Desoutter VH-UPR was one of the planes involved in the search. The Desoutter aircraft VH-UPR was later owned by Nhill garage owner FJ Williams and was at Nhill for seven years from 1946.News print poster, red paper with black and blue print1. STAR, Plane Search Drama Supplement to The Star, October 20, 1934 Printed by Wilson and Mackinnon, Melbourne 2. WORLD NEWS, Most talked of woman in the world. Tragedy on the naked mountain. Supplement to the WORLD NEWS, Wed October 24, 1934 Printed by 'The Sun' newspapers LTD

Black and white photographs. Students engaged in various activities. (1) and (2) Group of students at the beach, probably Wilson's Promontory. (3) Student examining nodules on a medick (Medicago lupulina). (4) Student chopping out the stump of a eucalypt. (5) and (6) Student standing among vegetable crops in the Orchard. (1) On reverse, "Gil Schlapp." (2) On reverse, "Richard Rowe '72." (3) On reverse, "Geoff Kenna Examining nodules on a Medic Tuesday 11th July '72." (4) On reverse, "Alan Bedggood Chopping out stump of gum tree Tuesday 11th July '72." (5) (6) On reverse, "Pam Bull." . All stamped 1.5.72 or 2.8.72.students, activities, beach, gil schlapp, richard rowe, geoff kenna, pam bull, alan bedggood, students working outside, orchard, vegetable crops, wilson's promontory, medick, medicago lupulina

Type used by RAAF Radar station Wilsons Prom (RS 14) for backup communications 1942 - 1946. This is an AR8 radio receiver with a brown face and various dials and switches; They functioned as a set and were manufactured in 1938 at the Ashfield, Sydney workshop of AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Ltd, later AWA Ltd), Australia’s largest electronics manufacturer and broadcaster. They are rare outside Australia as they were seldom exported to other air forces, and remained in service until the late 1950s.202 An AT5 transmitter and AT5 coupling unit are held in Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum.203 The three units in the Wilsons Promontory Museum were deployed by the RAAF in WWII and represent the types of communications equipment used at the 14 Radar Station, Wilsons Promontory. It is not known, however if these particular examples were used at the lightstation and are part of the same set. They have interpretive relevance to the collection, but their significance to the lightstation is dependent on whether they have a direct historical association with the radar station that operated there. The units will have first level contributory significance if it is confirmed they were used at the Wilsons Promontory Radar Station.The units will have first level contributory significance if it is confirmed they were used at the Wilsons Promontory Radar Station.Radio tuning unit, brown metal face with multiple dials & switches.Yes

Type used by RAAF Radar station at Wilsons Promontory Lightstation (RS 14) for backup communications 1942 - 1946. This is an AT5 MF/HF 50 watts radio transmitter with black face and multiple dials and switches; There is also an AR8 radio receiver with a brown face and various dials and switches; and an AT5 radio aerial coupling unit with black face and dials and switches in the WP collection. They functioned as a set and were manufactured in 1938 at the Ashfield, Sydney workshop of AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Ltd, later AWA Ltd), Australia’s largest electronics manufacturer and broadcaster. They are rare outside Australia as they were seldom exported to other air forces, and remained in service until the late 1950s. An AT5 transmitter and AT5 coupling unit are held in Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum.The three units in the Wilsons Promontory Museum were deployed by the RAAF in WWII and represent the types of communications equipment used at the 14 Radar Station, Wilsons Promontory. It is not known, however if these particular examples were used at the lightstation and are part of the same set. They have interpretive relevance to the collection, but their significance to the lightstation is dependent on whether they have a direct historical association with the radar station that operated there. The units will have first level contributory significance if it is confirmed they were used at the Wilsons Promontory Radar Station.Radio receiver, grey metal face with multiple dials & switches