This is the before photograph used in the 150 years display Lakes Entrance 1858 to 2008 paired with image 3729.1Black and white photograph of blacksmith shop, man shoeing horse, two men looking on, two wagons shown Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Village Blacksmith E J Wyld General Blacksmith Waggon and Coach builder etc Cunninghame Agricultural Implements made and repaired Horses carefully shodbusinesses, pioneers

This is the after photograph used in the 150 years display Lakes Entrance 1858 to 2008 held in 2008 paired with number 03729Colour photograph of Lakes Entrance Tyre Service on the site of Wylds Blacksmith situated on the corner of Esplanade and Carpenter Streets Lakes Entrance Victoriabusinesses, local history

Maranui was Kelvin House before it became Maranui This is the before paired photograph used in the 150 year,Lakes Entrance 1858-2008 display.|The after paired photograph number 01217.1 Also one 12 x 16 framed photograph used in room displayBlack and white photograph of Hoopers Maranui Guest House. A timber double storied building, hip roof, sun shades over upper windows, seat on ground floor veranda, lattice fence, side view of Prince Regent theatre beside building. Water tank on stand. Lakes Entrance Victoriafences, guesthouses, architecture, room display

On the original site of the Hoopers Maranui Guest House. Lakes Entrance Victoria. This is the after paired photograph used in the 150 year Lakes Entrance 1858-2008 display.Colour photograph of Bellevue Hotel on Esplanade, . Lakes Entrance Victoriaguesthouses, hotels

This is the before paired photograph used in the 150 year Lakes Entrance 1858-2008 display.|The after paired photograph number 02373.1|Also one 12 x 16 framed photograph used in room display.Black and white postcard of the Whiters Camp Park, showing entry from Roadknight Street. Homestead, picnic shelter, sign beside entry gives mileage to towns between Lakes Entrance and Melbourne. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Lakes Camp Park, Lakes Entranceresort, room display

The Australasian swamphen is a visually striking and socially complex bird found across Oceania. It can be found in eastern Indonesia (specifically the Moluccas, Aru, and Kai Islands), Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Australia. As a member of the rail family (Rallidae), it belongs to the diverse order Gruiformes, which also includes cranes and other rail species. Like other rails, it possesses relatively short wings and a strong, elongated bill, both adaptations suited to its semi-aquatic wetland habitat. This swamphen is easily identified by its deep blue-purple plumage, prominent red frontal shield, and sturdy red legs. It primarily inhabits swamps, marshes, and other wet lowland areas, though its range has expanded to include pastures, roadsides, and farmland due to significant landscape modifications over the past 150 years. Unlike many wetland birds, it is highly adaptable and thrives in both natural and human-altered environments. Its diet is similarly flexible, consisting mostly of plant material such as grass stems, shoots, and leaves, but also including invertebrates and, on occasion, the young of other bird species. This specimen was misidentified as a Purple Swamphen in original catalogue records and is part of a collection of almost 200 animal specimens that were originally acquired as skins from various institutions across Australia, including the Australian Museum in Sydney and the National Museum of Victoria (known as Museums Victoria since 1983), as well as individuals such as amateur anthropologist Reynell Eveleigh Johns between 1860-1880. These skins were then mounted by members of the Burke Museum Committee and put-on display in the formal space of the Museum’s original exhibition hall where they continue to be on display. This display of taxidermy mounts initially served to instruct visitors to the Burke Museum of the natural world around them, today it serves as an insight into the collecting habits of the 19th century.This specimen is part of a significant and rare taxidermy mount collection in the Burke Museum. This collection is scientifically and culturally important for reminding us of how science continues to shape our understanding of the modern world. They demonstrate a capacity to hold evidence of how Australia’s fauna history existed in the past and are potentially important for future environmental research. This collection continues to be on display in the Museum and has become a key part to interpreting the collecting habits of the 19th century.This taxidermy specimen is of a Australasian swamphen which is mounted standing on a wooden platform and has a paper identification tag tied to its upper left leg. The specimen has dark colouring on its back and head with a purple-blue coloured neck, breast and belly. The bill is oversized and is orange/red which is the same colour as the frontal shield on the bird's face. The eyes are made from a red and black glass and the legs of this specimen are orange. The legs are elongated and the toes also long and unwebbed. 17e. / Purple Gallinule / Catalogue Page 35 / taxidermy mount, taxidermy, animalia, burke museum, beechworth, australian museum, skin, reynell eveleigh johns, bird, australian birds, swamphen, moorhen, purple bird, hen, purple swamphen, water bird

St Hilda's Church Everton, WW1 Roll of Honour - contains 16 names of members of the Everton Community in Victoria who served during the First World War including Nursing Sister Alma Louisa BENNETT (1890-1922) who trained at Melbourne General Hospital. She moved to Western Australia and continued nursing until the advent of World War 1. She immediately sought to enlist but was not granted her request until 1916 and was eventually sent for nursing duties in India. Her arrival coincided with the first convey of wounded after the fall of Kut in Mesopotamia. She was immediately given charge of a ward at Victoria Hospital. The following year she was appointed Matron of the hospital ship "Herefordshire" which transported sick and wounded soldiers from the mouth of the Tigris River to Bombay. Her next appointment was to the 34th Welsh Hospital at Deolali 150 miles from Bombay. The hospital was huge and she took charge as Matron. After 17 months at Deolali BENNETT was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal First Class one of the highest distinctions in the British Nursing Service. When peace was declared she travelled to England where she continued to nurse in an Army Hospital. During her stay she was invited to Buckingham Palace where she was presented with Red Cross Medal by King George V. BENNETT returned to Victoria and was invited to join the nursing staff at Melbourne's Epworth Hospital with prospects of becoming Matron. Ill health intervened and she died in September 1922. Item said to be made by the family of Gilbert and Richard Heywood both KIA and listed on honour roll.St Hilda's Church Everton Honour Roll contains 16 names of members including Nurse BENNETT, from the Everton Community in Victoria who served in WW1 Carved timber frame and mounting with 16 names in gold coloured paint listed in two columns."St Hilda's Church Everton' "Roll of Honour" "The Great War 1914 to 1918" Sister Bennett/Heywood G/Heywood R/Levett W/Lowry F/Mason T.A/Mason E.H/Mason H.G/MacKay M/Morrison J/Morrison W/Norman W/Rickards R/Steens C.T/Ward C/Welch J.everton, 1914-1918, roll of honour

Originated in the United Kingdom in 1822 with a motto "No man Is At All Times Wise" and a maxim of "Justice, Truth and Philanthropy". A branch of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes was formed at Bogong by Grand Lodge Officers from Melbourne and other members. The ceremony was held at Lewis Camp Mess (Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme) with a world record of 78 new members initiated and a world record of over 100 pounds was raised. Another branch, No. 150 was opened in Mt Beauty. The Bogong and Mt Beauty lodges combined in 1948 and organised a Christmas treat for all children of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria working on the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme.Historical: The Bogong R.A.O.B. was formed circa Sept. 1946 and the Mt Beauty R.A.O.B. in 1948. It was a popular organisation in Bogong and then in Mt Beauty during the construction of the K.H.E.S. This club shows how important social clubs were in making up part of the community thus making it socially historic as well. It was a voluntary charitable organisation with a complicated ceremonial tradition and enjoyed by its participants. The donor, Brian William John Bourke was a cook at the pub and other places around the town. He had lived in the area since the 1950s and passed away 2019 and is buried at Tawonga Cemetery.Small brown leather case with attached handle and sliding clips on each side. The corners are reinforced with steel.The hinge appears to be stitched on and is held by an attached leather strap on the right side. Inside: the lid has a material open gathered pocket holding 4 small books and 4 thin booklets / papers. The case holds 2 large leather red and gold cuffs, 1 red with gold decoration apron, 1 red ribboned necklace with a personal badge and 1 of the lodge and 2 short ribbons (one green and 1 blue) with badges attached including the Mt Beauty badge on horns. 1 cardboard roll with B W J Bourke / Mt Beauty on the outside and 4 certificates rolled inside. These are dated 1964, 1970, 1974, 1974 . See also KVHS 0084, KVHS 0945, KVHS 1441 Brian William John Bourkeroyal antediluvian order of buffaloes, bogong, mt beauty, charitable organisation, lewis camp mess, r.a.o.b.

Grampians (Sunrise over the Saw Mills). Part of a collection of Photographs by Mr. O.G. Armstrong as commissioned by the Shire of Stawell for the Inter-colonial and Paris Exhibition in Melbourne in 1866. The Grampians were first sighted by Major Thomas Mitchell on the 11th of July 1836. Four days later he and a small party climbed its highest peak and named it Mount William. Owing to the lateness of arrival at the summit they had to spend a very cold and miserable night. Whilst in the Grampians, which he so named because of their likeness to his native Scotland. He collected about 150 plants and sent them to the Professor of Botany, John Lindley at the University of London. It is now known there about 900 different flowering plants in the Grampians, over one third of all those growing in Victoria. stawell industry

Bendigo might have been one of Victoria's largest towns in 1871 but its population was just 20 percent of what it would grow to 150 years later.Bendigo Advertiser half page article and one black and white photo of Bendigo in 1875bendigo, population

This is the before paired photograph used in the 150 year, Lakes Entrance 1858-2008 display.|The after paired photograph number is 01178.1Black and white postcard of Central Hotel. Picture includes horse drawn vehicle, bicycles, group of people, bluestone retaining wall at edge of lake also timber Jetty. Lakes Entrance Victoriahotels, waterfront, transport

Copy is faded and stained|This is the paired before photograph used in the 150 year Lakes Entrance 1858-2008 display.|The paired after photograph number 01182.1|One other framed 12 x 16 photograph used in room display.Black and white photograph of the Club Hotel, showing a large weatherboard building, iron roof, three chimneys, partly surrounded by wooden picket fence. Large hiproofed building at right. Hotel has observation gallery included at rear of building. Bluestone wall at lake edge in front of hotel. Four people standing at front of hotel. Lakes Entrance Victoriahotels, tourism, architecture, people, room display

Also copy as postcard 10 x 14, also copy in cameo 18.5 x 25|This is the before paired photograph used in the 150 year, Lakes Entrance 1858-2008 display.|The after paired photograph number is 01190.1|Also one 12 x 16 framed photograph used in room displayBlack and white photograph - in cameo - of Broomes Federal Hotel. Photo features gas light, vintage cars, dead weeds on sandy beach at lake edge. Building appears to consist of three neighbouring houses connected to make a large rambling guesthouse. Guests sitting or leaning on fence, and dozen more seated on grass by the gas light. Lakes Entrance Victoriaguesthouses, architecture, waterfront, transport, room display

Paired photographs used in the 150 years Lakes Entrance 1858 to 2008 display held in 2008. Black and white copy of postcard showing people sitting on beach, children wading in water on ninety mile beach near Eastern pier Lakes Entrance Victoria 1910. Second black and white photograph taken at same location in 1992people, beaches, local history

This is the after photograph used in the 150 years Lakes Entrance 1858 to 2008 display held in 2008. Paired with image 03737 Colour photograph of Eastern Wharf Harbecks Jetty aka Scallop Wharf with scallop boats moored, slipway in background Lakes Entrance Victoria waterways, jetties, fishing industry

Paired with image 03733.1 for display at 150 years Lakes Entrance 1858 to 2008 held in October 2008Black and white postcard of lake foreshore at Cross Landing showing framework for drying fishing nets near shoreline jetties over water near steep shoreline in distance Lake Tyers Victoriaocean, topography, fishing industry

This photograph was paired with image 03733 for display Lakes Entrance 150 years 1858 to 2008 held October 2008. Lake Tyers Beach originally known as Cross's Landing.Colour photograph of Lake Tyers taken from the car park below the Water Wheel Tavern looking N.E. showing waters of lake against steep shore Lake Tyers Victoriaocean, topography

This is the after photograph used in the 150 years Lakes Entrance 1858 to 2008 display held in October 2008 paired with image 03731 for displayColour photograph of west side of Red Bluff showing vegetation on the bluff rock and sand at the base situated on ninety mile beach Lake Tyers Victoria waterways, topography

Paired with image 03731.1 for display in 150 years Lakes Entrance 1858 to 2008 held in October 2008Sepia toned postcard west side of Red Bluff showing a group of eight men and five women and a child. Sand washed away exposing vast rocky beach, short vegetation on rocky bluff. Women wearing full length skirts and wide brim hats with veils, men in three piece suits dark in colour on ninety mile beach Lake Tyers VictoriaThe Bluff Lakes Entrancetopography, fashion

Other number 03726.1 This photograph was used in Lakes Entrance 150 years display held in October 2008Black and white photograph of six Oil workers Keith Scarce and Neil Smith identified at the rear of St Rosieres 1930 where they had their meals, Lakes Entrance Victoriapeople, oil and gas industry

This photograph was used in the 150 year Lakes Entrance 1858 to 2008 display as the before picture paired with colour photograph number 03727.1 as the after picture size 10 x 15 cm road now paved with many buildings showingHistoricBlack and white photograph of Palmers Road looking south towards the sand dunes and ocean, teatree along the side of the road photographers shadow in foreground, Lakes Entrance Victoriatopography, sand dunes

This photograph was used in the 150 year display Lakes Entrance 1858 to 2008 paired with image number 03728 as the after pictureColour photograph of old Bunga Road crossing this was part of the old coach road which went from Lakes Entrance via Lake Tyers to Orbost, Lakes Entrance Victoriaroads and streets, development

This was a section of the coach road to Orbost in 1858. Also shown are two 2008 colour photographs of the same scene which were used in the before and after photograph 150 years Lakes Entrance 1858 to 2008 display held in 2008Black and white photograph of horse team pulling covered wagon across the bar at Lake Tyers which was a section of the coach road to Orbost at the time Lake Tyers Victoria. animals, transport, roads and streets

The photograph shows the Northcote engine house and cable tram depot in High St Northcote looking southeast. Has the verandah of a ladies' draper shop on the right side of the photograph. Negative also held. Letter dated 14-2-1961 - one page only to Ken ? noting the history of the depot from Noel Gipps.Yields information about the Northcote cable tram depot early 1950s.Black and white photograph with notes on the rear and Negative. Has the number "150" in pencil in top right-hand corner. In ink "Melbourne Victoria, Northcote engine house & car shed (with letter) High St Northcote. See letter for full details. Taken prior to electrification of Bourke St cable lines (1950-55).tramways, cable trams, northcote cable trams, northcote depot, high st northcote

Originally holiday home of Hon. Mr W Pearson (MP?)|Also a larger second copy|This is the before paired photograph used in the 150 year, lakes Entrance 1858-2008 display.|The after paired photograph number is 0132.1.|Also one 12 x 16 framed photograph used in room displayBlack and white photograph of Victoria House Guesthouse, showing extensive gardens, gable roof with deck chairs on veranda surrounding main building. Lakes Entrance VictoriaWith compliments from Victoria House, Mrs V Russell Symmonsguesthouses, tourism, architecture, room display

East & West Crosscuts, North & South of Shaft, Hustler's Reef Mine Bulletin No 33, Plate No XIX. Map shows main shaft and smaller drawing of section with different stone encountered. Also gives location in relation to the shaft, e. g. 225'E & 150'S of Shaft. Reference diagram to show the different stone and features encountered. Geological Survey of Victoria emblem. Signed by H A Whitelaw, Underground Survey Office Bendigo, September 1913. mining, parish map, hustler's reef mine, east & west cross-cuts north & south of shaft, geological survey of victoria, h a whitelaw, underground survey office bendigo

non-fictionThis publication was compiled for the 1998 Show of the Berwick and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society Inc. to celebrate 150 years of agricultural competition in Victoria.agricultural competition, berwick show society, george pritchard harvey wilson, mornington farmers' society, port phillip farmers' society, jw 'jack' rae oam

This photograph was one of ten photographs donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village by Fred Trewartha. Frederick John Fox Trewartha (Fred) was a well-known Warrnambool businessman. He was born in Beeac near Geelong in 1920 and came to Warrnambool with his family as a very young child. He was apprenticed to his father John, as a saddler and later opened his own shop on Raglan Parade. He then moved into working with tarpaulins and canvases for the trucking industry. Fred was keenly interested in photography (and was a member of the Warrnambool Cine Club), yachting and boat building. He kept his yacht moored at Port Fairy for many years and participated in sailing events locally and interstate. He also built boats with his sons. He had the opportunity to meet many older sailors and it's thought this photo (and others in the set) may have been given to him by one of these men. Fred Trewartha died in 2016 in Warrnambool. Shipping was the cheapest and most practical means of carrying produce and goods during the period 1840-1890. Regular domestic steamer services commenced in the Warrnambool district in the late 1850’s and by 1870 the passenger trade was booming. Four coastal traders made regular stops at Warrnambool in the 1880's - S. S. Julia Percy, S. S. Dawn, S. S. Nelson and S. S. Casino. The S.S. Julia Percy (later named Leeuwin) was an iron passenger-cargo steam ship built in 1876. At one point in time the Julia Percy would sail from Warrnambool to Melbourne every Friday and return from Melbourne to Warrnambool every Tuesday. The cost of a return ticket for a Saloon Fare was £1.0.0. The Julia Percy was built in Glasgow by Thomas Wingate & Company, Whiteinch, in 1876 for the Warrnambool Steam Packet Company, which commissioned it for trade in Victoria’s western district. It was first registered in Warrnambool, Victoria in 1876. Two steamships, the Julia Percy and the Nelson, collided on 25th December 1881. The Julia Percy was at that time owned by its first owners, the Warrnambool Steam Packet Company, and she sailed under the command of Captain Chapman. It had left Melbourne the evening of 24th December, with about 150 passengers, sailing in fine weather through Port Phillip Heads around 9pm. It was headed for Warrnambool, Belfast (now named Port Fairy) and Portland. The Julia Percy was off Apollo Bay when Captain Chapman was woken by the ship’s whistle after midnight, the steamer Nelson being on a collision course with the Julia Percy. The Nelson struck Julia Percy midship. Boats were lowered from the ship (apart from a damaged lifeboat) and about 30-40 of the passengers boarded the Nelson. The engine room and the forehold were checked and found clear of water. The company manager, Mr. Evans, had been on the Nelson, so he boarded and inspected the Julia Percy and the decision was made to continue on to Warrnambool with the passengers as there appeared to be no immediate danger. However, Captain Thomas Smith said the Nelson was taking on water, so Julia Percy followed it for about an hour towards Melbourne on standby in case of need. Then Julia Percy turned around towards Warrnambool again. Shortly afterwards the Nelson turned to follow her, the ships stopped and passengers were returned to Julia Percy, and three from Julia Percy boarded the Nelson. Both ships proceeded on their way. Julia Percy passed Cape Otway light afterwards, signaling that there had been a collision. It was discovered later that one of the passengers was missing, then thought to have boarded the Nelson but later thought to have fallen into the sea and drowned while trying to jump from Julia Percy to Nelson. There had been 3 tickets purchased under the same name of that passenger “Cutler”; a father, son and friend named Wordsworth, which had caused quite some confusion. No further mishap occurred to either ship and both the Julia Percy and the Nelson reached their destinations safely. An enquiry was instigated by the Victoria Steam Navigation Board regarding the cause of the accident between the two steamships, in connection with the death of Cutler who was supposed to have lost his life by the collision. The enquiry resulted in Captain Thomas Smith having his master's certificate suspended for six months. The Julia Percy changed hands several times. Its next owner was the Western Steam Navigation Co (1887), managed by Mr. T.H. Osborne (the company’s office was on the corner of Timor and Liebig Streets - its north-western wall is now part of the current Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery.) The Melbourne Steamship Co became the next owners (1890), followed by William Howard Smith and Sons (1901) for use in Queensland coastal trades and then it was bought by George Turnbull in 1903 and used for local mail contract in Western Australia. The Julia Percy was sold to the Melbourne Steamship Company Ltd. (1906) and re-named the “Leeuwin” but continued in her Western Australian coastal run. It was converted into a coal hulk in Melbourne in 1910 as a result of damaged caused when it was driven against the jetty at Dongara during a gale. The ship was eventually dismantled and scuttled off Port Phillip Heads on 28 December 1934. The steamship "Dawn" was a 522-ton coastal trader built in 1876 and the vessel operated around the Victorian west coast from 1877 until 1898 for the Portland & Belfast Steam Navigation Co. sailing between Melbourne and Portland, via Warrnambool. The vessel was then owned in October 1885 by the renamed company, Belfast & Koroit Steam Navigation Co., until March 1896 when its ownership moved to W Howard Smith & Sons Ltd. This Melbourne company used the ship to service most ports around Australia. Captain F. Chapman took over from Captain Jones and served on the SS Dawn from 1898 until 1900 when he took command of the SS Casino. On September 4th 1880, the three masted clipper ship, "Eric the Red" struck Otway Reef, near Cape Otway. The S. S. Dawn, under the command of Captain Jones, was returning to Warrnambool from Melbourne, its sailing time different to its usual schedule. The provedore of the Dawn, Benjamin Lear, heard cries of distress coming through the portholes of the saloon. He gave the alarm and the engines were stopped. Cries could be heard clearly, coming from the land. Captain Jones sent out crew in two boats, and fired off rockets and blue lights to illuminate the area. They picked up the three survivors who were in the long boat from "Eric the Red". Two men were picked up out of the water, one being the owner’s son who was clinging to floating kerosene boxes. At daylight the Dawn then rescued the 18 men from the floating portion of the deckhouse, which had drifted about 4 miles from where they’d struck the reef. Shortly after the rescue the deckhouse drifted onto breakers and was thrown onto rocks at Point Franklin, about 2 miles east of Cape Otway. Captain Jones had signalled to Cape Otway lighthouse the number of the Eric the Red and later signalled that there was a wreck at Otway Reef but there was no response from the lighthouse. The captain and crew of the Dawn spent several more hours searching unsuccessfully for more survivors, even going back as far as Apollo Bay. On board the Dawn the exhausted men received care and attention to their needs and wants, including much needed clothing. Four men (three crew and one passenger) died. A week after the shipwreck, the Australian Government had also conveyed its thanks to the Captain and crew of the S.S. Dawn - “Captain Griffith Jones, S.S. Dawn, The Hon. Mr Clark desires that the thanks of the Government should be conveyed to you for the prompt, persevering and seamanlike qualities displayed by you, your officers and crew in saving the number of lives you did on the occasion referred to. The Hon. The Commissioner has also been pleased to award you a souvenir in commemoration of the occasion, and a sum of 65 pounds to be awarded to your officers and crew according to annexed scale. I am, &c, W Collins Rees, for and in the absence of the Chief Harbour Master.” The Awards are as follows: - Crew of DAWN'S lifeboat-Chief Officer, Mr G. Peat, 15 pounds; boat's crew-G. Sterge, A.B., 5 pounds; T. Hammond, A.B., 5 pounds; J. Black, A.B., 5 pounds; H. Edwards, A.B., 5 pounds. Dinghy's Crew-Second Officer, Mr Christie, 10 pounds; boat's crew -F. Lafer, A.B., 5 pounds; W. Johnstone, A.B., 5 pounds; Mr Lear, provedore, 5 pounds; Mr Dove, purser, 5 pounds. Captain Jones receives a piece of plate. (from “Wreck of the ship Eric the Red” by Jack Loney). Medals of Bravery were awarded to the Captain and crew of the S.S. Dawn by the President of the United States, through the Consul-general (Mr Oliver M. Spencer), in July 1881 “ … in recognition of their humane efforts in rescuing the 23 survivors of the American built wooden sailing ship, the Eric the Red, on 4th September 1880.” The men were also presented with substantial monetary rewards and gifts. The city of Warrnambool’s care of the survivors was also mentioned by the President at the presentation, saying that “the city hosted and supported the crew ‘most graciously’. The Medal of Bravery awarded to Nelson Johnson is in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village in Warrnambool. Prior to 1882, and the arrival of the S. S. Casino, the "Dawn" was the only steamer to be able to navigate up the Moyne River at Port Fairy and unload at the wharf. The other regular steamers had to anchor in the bay instead. In February 1891 (as reported in The Age newspaper) the "Dawn" became the first vessel to berth alongside the newly completed Warrnambool Breakwater. The occasion was celebrated with a number of prominent townspeople assembling on board to "participate of a glass of wine". In 1895 the owners of the S.S. Dawn, the Portland and Belfast Steam Navigation Co., wound up and sold out to the Belfast Company who took over the Dawn for one year before selling it to Howard Smith. It took over the Melbourne to Warrnambool run in 1906 when the S. S. Flinders was sold. The S. S. Dawn was condemned and sunk in Suva in 1928. The State Library of Victoria has a lithograph in its collection depicting the steamer Dawn and the shipwrecked men, titled. "Wreck of the ship Eric the Red, Cape Otway: rescue of the crew by the Dawn". The third ship depicted in the photograph was thought to be the S. S. Coorong but there was a question mark next to its name. The photograph was thought to have been taken in 1885 and it's possible the S.S. Coorong was working in Clarence River, N. S. W. by this time. The steamer "Coorong" was built in 1862 by J. G. Lawrie of Glasgow. It was an "iron screw" steamer of 304 tons. It had many owners including Joseph Darwent of Adelaide (1863 - 1871), McMeckan Blackwood and Company, Melbourne (1871 - 1877), Mount Gambier Steamship Company Ltd. (1877 - 1881). William Whineham, Port Adelaide (1882), John See and Company, Sydney (1884 - 1892) and the North Coast Steam Navigation Company Ltd, Sydney (1892 - 1910). In 1911 it was hulked in Sydney Harbour and in 1921 it was being used as a coal hulk at Sydney. It had been originally imported into South Australia for the Port Augusta trade (primarily transporting goods needed by the early settlers) however the owners recognized that it had too much space for that purpose, so it was moved to work on the Adelaide to Melbourne line. Its passenger accommodation was enlarged and it enjoyed a "first class reputation" and by 1874 had made 313 voyages between Melbourne and Adelaide. Its captains included Captain McLean, Captain Ashton and Captain Dowell. In 1867, when 25 miles west of Cape Otway, while travelling from Adelaide to Melbourne, it came across the crew of the schooner "Black Watch" who had abandoned ship after it began quickly taking on water. The crew (six men) were able to get away in a small boat with a compass, chart and few candles. They were "excessively cold from exposure to the weather" when the S. S. Coorong picked them up. In 1877 the Coorong ran aground when entering the Outer Harbour at Adelaide (but was not damaged) and in 1882 it was stranded (for a short time) near Curdies Inlet (Victoria) with some slight damage to its bottom plates. Note - A ship with the same name "Coorong" (a coal carrying barque) was often on the Newcastle / Wollongong to Adelaide route also stopped several times in Warrnambool in the mid 1880's. The photograph has the label "Chuck Photos" printed on the front. Thomas Foster Chuck (born 1826 in London) was a photographer and entrepreneur who arrived in Victoria in 1861. The following year he produced and toured a "Grand Moving Diarama" of dramatic painted scenes from the Burke and Wills expedition. By 1866 he had established a photography studio in Daylesford and later he returned to Melbourne where he opened a studio in the Royal Arcade. In 1874 a collection of Chuck's photographs won a gold medal at the Annual International Exhibition in London. Throughout the 1870's he took over 700 individual photographs of prominent citizens for his historical photographic montage titled "Historical Pictures of the Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria" which is now in the collection of the National Library of Australia. By 1888 he had sold his Melbourne studio and had established a studio in Ballarat (with his son Thomas Henry Chuck). In 1886 they produced an album titled "Warrnambool and District 1886, Western Hotel - J. Fox proprietor" containing over sixty large photographs of local coastal scenes and seascapes, for the use of patrons of the Western Hotel. This photo (of the three steamers in Lady Bay) was taken at this time and is in the album. Thomas Chuck died on December 7th, 1898, in Albert Park, Melbourne and his son Thomas Henry continued to operate the photography studio in Ballarat into the 1920's.This photograph is a significant record of several of the well-known coastal traders (S. S. Julia Percy, S. S. Dawn and possibly S. S. Coorong) that sailed along the southwest coast of Victoria for many years - transporting goods and passengers between Melbourne and Warrnambool in the 1880's. They are also significant in the role they played in the history of Warrnambool and the other coastal ports they visited as well as being examples of the dangers and hazards associated with navigating the waters along the southern coast of Australia. It is also a good example of a photograph taken by a well-known and significant photographer of that era.Black and white photograph of three steam ships anchored in Lady Bay, Warrnambool. They each have a funnel and two masts and are side on to the beach. A small rowboat with a crew can be seen on the far right. The words "CHUCK-PHOTO" are on the bottom left of the photograph. On the back of the photograph is the name and telephone number of the donor (handwritten in black ball point pen) and the names of the three steamships and date written in uppercase letters in dark blue ink. There is a four-figure number stamped in the centre of the back.Front - "CHUCK-PHOTO" Back - Name of donor and telephone number "6944" "JULIA PERCY, DAWN & KOORONG(?) IN LADY BAY 1885"flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, great ocean road, fred trewartha, s. s. julia percy, s. s. dawn, s. s. nelson, s. s. casino, leeuwin, steamer, steamship, coastal trader, warrnambool steam packet company, captain chapman, victorian steam navigation board, western steam navigation company, melbourne steamship company, william howard smith and sons, portland and belfast steam navigation company, w howard smith and sons ltd, eric the red, captain jones, medal of bravery, rescue, moyne river, warrnambool breakwater, lady bay, s. s. coorong, mount gambier steamship company, black watch, thomas foster chuck, chuck photos, chuck photography

CEMA Art Collection. Part of "A Community View: 150 years in Portland Screenprint Exhibition". Part of Angela Gee residency 1983 and 1984.Screenprint of torso and head of a woman. The woman is wearing a long-sleeved top, a large necklace, and a brown hat with large feathers. The background is yellow wit light brown wallpapered patterning. No Matt. Wooden frame with gold edging and glass glazing.Front: 1834 1984 Portland Commemorative Print (lower left, stamp) 1/20 A Gee The Organist (lower centre) John Cain (lower right) (signature, brown ink) Premier of Victoria (black ink stamp) Back: (no inscriptions)

x, 150 p.; 21 cmnon-fictionThis book explores the construction, operation, and eventual closure of the railway line in South Gippsland, Victoria. (AI generated)koo wee rup (vic.), mcdonalds track railway