Cottage adjoining the Port Fairy Hospital used by maintenance workersblack and white street scenecottage, home, port fairy hospital

Colour postcard with historic and modern photographs on front. The modern photos include Beacon, Russell GRIFFITHS and unknown female (both Welcomers). Reverse side has details of historic images and a message from Waterfront Welcomers Group."Welcome to Port Melbourne from the Waterfront Welcomers"piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - railway pier, transport - shipping, waterfront welcomers, russell griffiths, beacon cove, australis

This photographs depicts the Church of England at Port Said.Digital copy of black and white photograph. "Church of England at Port Said"charles marshall, world war 1

Black and white image of the Port Arthur Powder Magazine.port arthur, convicts, powder magazine

Black and white image of Port Arthur Model Prison.port arthur, convicts, model prison

A black and white image of a coastline at Port Campbell, Victoria.port campbell, beach, great ocean road

circa 1930. The Port Fairy Botanical Gardens were formed in 1856 making it one of the earliest gardens in Victoria. The first curator was James Prior, he was paid fifty-two pounds per annum. He was an outstanding curator having been apprenticed to the trade in England at the age of 12, his brother Edward in later years was the Curator of the Koroit Gardens. Prior retired in 1903. During the years of his curatorship Port Fairy was said to have the best gardens outside the city of Melbourne, he was constantly in touch with Baron Von Mueller and later Guilfoyle of the Royal Botanical Gardens of Melbourne. In the early years plants from all over the world were planted here with varying rates of success many of them sent by Baron Von Mueller. In the 1930’ and 40’s the gardens were still very beautiful, and the curator was Roy Manuell. The beautiful iron gates at the entrance were destroyed in the 1946 floods and were replaced in 1989 using some of the material from the original gates. From the 1950’s on the gardens went into a state of decline, much being taken up by the caravan park until in 1986, after a public meeting ‘Friends of the Gardens’ was founded when the entrance section was restored. Black and white Photograph of the botanical gardensIn The Gardens Port Fairybotanical, gardens, 1930, path, trees, hedge, griffith street

Earthenware cream and green port decanter (full) with cork and wax seal. Commemorates Welcome Home Parade 1987Australain vietnam Forces "Welcome Home Parade 87" commemorative "reunion"Tawny Portport decanter, welcome home parade 1987

Each new year's day there is a duck race at Port Fairy on the Moyne River. Colour photograph of rubber ducks in the Moyne River on new year's day. landscape, river, moyneyana, duck race, fundraiser, slsc, surf life saving club, port fairy, rubber ducks, moyne river