These booklets were issued in 1944 to 1948 by the Warrnambool Progress and Tourist Association(established in 1927). Warrnambool was the winner of the Sun News Pictorial Quest in 1928, the ‘Ideal City’ and used this title to promote the city. There had been several Tourist Associations in Warrnambool prior to 1927 and all of them promoted Warrnambool as a health resort and an ideal holiday destination with the Sea Baths in Gilles Street and the beach close by. These guides were produced during and immediately post World War Two with rationing of petrol and other goods and most people in Victoria would not have been contemplating long and expensive holidays so Warrnambool with its rail service and beach facilities would have been seen as a possible holiday destination. The booklets contain information on the tourist attractions of Warrnambool and district, black and white photographs of buildings, events and scenic spots and advertisements for local businesses. Many of the advertisements also contain photographs of business premises.These booklets are of interest as they contain photographs of Warrnambool in the mid to late 1940's and advertisements for many business operating at that time.[.1] 56 page booklet. The apricot cover has red printing and a picture of a young woman holding a beach ball aloft on the front. The white pages have black printing & blue coloured photographs. The last page is pink. [.2] 54 page stapled booklet. The pale blue cover has dark blue printing and a picture of a young woman holding a beach ball aloft on the front. There are three pink pages at the front. The remainder are white with black printing. This booklet contains a handwritten letter to the Warrnambool City Council and a yellow page typed reply acknowledging the donation. [.3] 48 page originally stapled booklet now held together with white cotton. The beige cover has dark blue printing and a picture of a young woman holding a beach ball aloft on the front. Name written in biro on front cover. There are blue and pink pages which contain photographs and an apricot coloured fold out map. [.4] 50 page booklet with rounded corners. The beige cover has brown printing and a drawing of a tennis player and golfer waving to two ladies in bathing costumes on the beach. There are sail boats, a mountain, clouds and a gum tree in the background. There are some coloured pages. [.1] The Ideal City WARRNAMBOOL ON THE SEA Victoria Australia Tourist Guide Where to Go! What to See! To Advance Warrnambool - "THE IDEAL CITY" Victoria's Premier Health and Holiday Resort - Price 6d. [.2] The Ideal City WARRNAMBOOL ON THE SEA Victoria Australia Tourist Guide Where to Go! What to See! To Advance Warrnambool - "THE IDEAL CITY" Victoria's Premier Health and Holiday Resort - Price 1/- [.3] The Ideal City WARRNAMBOOL ON THE SEA Victoria Australia Tourist Guide Where to Go! What to See! To Advance Warrnambool - "THE IDEAL CITY" Victoria's Premier Health and Holiday Resort - Price 1/6 Handwritten in biro Terry O'Sullivan - WCC 20/2/06 [.4] The Ideal City WARRNAMBOOL Victoria Australia ON THE SEA Happy Holiday Health Resort Surfing Boating Shooting Tourist Guide Where to Go! What to See! To Advance Warrnambool - "THE IDEAL CITY" Victoria's Premier Health and Holiday Resort - Price 1/6 Handwritten in biro 1948 warrnambool, ideal city, warrnambool tourist guide, warrnambool progress and tourist association, warrnambool tourism, warrnambool business advertisements

Also enlargement 18 x 25, also sepia toned copy from postcard titled Mrs Baker's, Lakes Entrance. Guest House conducted by Mrs Zelie Alphonsine Baker, previously Lake, nee Ducret. Husband George 'Brinet' Baker. Later proprietors were Mrs Syd Ashton, 1930's, and Gerlands, 1950's. Site now occupied by Lakes Photographics, King and Heath shops, all Myers St (west side) to Church StBlack and white photograph of St Rosieres Boarding House. showing weatherboard residence, corrugated iron roof, half veranda at front, timber awning over windows of gabled room. George - Briney - Baker and wife Zelie at front fence. Lakes Entrance Victoriatourism, guesthouses, architecture

Date made November 1991Black and white photograph of Peels Ferries ticket office during construction. It shows a small timber framed construction with viewing tower or skylight on top of the roof, flagpole with flag, two men completing roof. Built on edge of lake, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.construction, waterfront, tourism

Date made 18 January 1997Colour photograph of the sign at Comer's Landing, North Arm. It shows an anodised metal plaque set on a metal support, depicting the history of the Tea Rooms, run by Mrs Comer during the 1930's. Lakes Entrance Victoriatourism, businesses

Date made September 1991Black and white photograph of a concept plan for a proposed multi million dollar tourism complex to be built on Bullock Island, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.Bullock Island Resort Gippsland Lakes islands, development

Date made January 1997Colour photograph showing charter boat Mulloway MB544, owned by Antony Heath, taken in North Arm. Thick vegetation on far bank. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, boats and boating, tourism

Date made 9 September 2000Colour photograph showing people on board Peels ferry, Thunderbird, at jetty during weight tests. Two other fishing boats in background. Lakes Entrance Victoria waterways, boats and boating, tourism

Sepia photograph taken from a boat on Mitchell River. Appears to be one of the ferries travelling between Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance. Boy on bow of boat. Victoriawaterways, boats and boating, tourism, transport

Date made January 1946Black and white photograph of eleven people standing and sitting on the stern of a launch moored in the North Arm, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.boats and boating, waterways, tourism

Black and white small format photograph of an unidentified white hulled launch moving down North Arm, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.waterways, boats and boating, tourism

Also black and white copy with ornamental edge 17 x 26.5 cm, and another copy 19.5 x 30 cmBlack and white photograph showing excursion boats at New Works jetties, people on jetties. S S Gippsland tied to jetty on left and another small steamer. P S Tanjil tied to jetty on right. Roofs of works buildings and twin gable roof of J Carpenter's house on right. Several small row boats and small sail boat. Lakes Entrance VictoriaNew Works from Hummocks Cunninghamships and shipping, jetties, tourism

Black and white photograph showing entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean - Bass Strait. Photo shows rebuilt western pier with crane on end of pier, loose rocks. Launch - possibly Peels 'Blackbird' in the entrance. Lakes Entrance Victoria boats and boating, tourism, waterways, piers

Black and white photograph showing rocks, jetty and crane west of entrance piers. Peel's launch Blackbird on left and Bellbird at jetty at Lakes Entrance, Victoriaboats and boating, jetties, tourism

Black and white photograph of former Peels tourist ferry Lenna Bird at Post Office wharf at Lakes Entrance Victoria.boats and boating, tourism

Also black and white copy 10 x 15Black and white photograph showing MV Blackbird, a similar launch at back, plus three smaller boats on left, off Comers Tearooms landing at top of North Arm. Thick vegetation on bank. Lakes Entrance VictoriaTourist Launches and Kiosk, North Arm, Lakes Entrance (Bulmer Copyright)waterways, boats and boating, tourism, tearoom

Four black and white small format postcards 6 x 8.5cm, slightly different view of the boat coming down the waterway.Black and white small format postcard showing Peels Tourist Ferry MV Blackbird leaving Comer's North Arm Jetty. Steep wooded banks, reeds along the shore. Lakes Entrance VictoriaNorth Arm Launch Trip, Lakes Entrance (on reverse)waterways, restaurant, boats and boating, tourism

Also one black and white enlarged copy 13 x 21 cmBlack and white photograph showing tourist launch Blackbird and MV Earlie moored in Tambo River. Shows tourists about to board vessels. Two smaller boats tied to opposite bank, buildings above the road. Large old tree on right of people. Boat skipper in white coat and cap. Swan Reach Victoriawaterways, boats and boating, tourism

Black and white small format postcard showing Peels Tourist Ferry MV Blackbird leaving Comer's North Arm Jetty. Steep wooded banks, reeds along the shore. Lakes Entrance VictoriaNorth Arm Launch Trip, Lakes Entrance (on reverse)waterways, restaurant, boats and boating, tourism

Black and white photograph showing MV Lochard at jetty at top of North Arm. Well timbered bank opposite, lady on jetty. Lakes Entrance VictoriaBarbara Willis, 1951. Loch Ard trip to North Arm (on reverse)jetties, waterways, boats and boating, tourism, people

Note on back says - Snowy Mountain Tour, M V Loch Ard, North Arm, Lakes Entrance, Tuesday April 17 1956, where we had morning teaBlack and white photograph showing MV Loch Ard in North Arm at tearooms jetty, shows several people on the boat and others on the landing. Thick vegetation on opposite bank. Lakes Entrance Victoria waterways, boats and boating, tourism, people, tearoom

Road between Swan Reach and Tambo Upper follows river bank opposite cliffsBlack and white photograph print showing tourist launch, possibly 'MV Blackbird' on Tambo River below the cliffs, taken from another boat. Tambo Upper Victoria waterways, boats and boating, tourism

Second copy existsBlack and white postcard showing two white tourist ferries, Peel's, at Comer's Jetty at top of North Arm. Several people on boats and on jetty. Boy on bank at bottom right hand corner of photo. High wooded banks, some dead vegetation on shoreline. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Landing at the North Arm Lakes Entrance (Bulmer photo)vegetation, waterways, boats and boating, tourism

Black and white photograph showing S S Tambo, trail trip 1882 on Tambo River shows large crowd on boat, bunting flying from mast, two small row boats either side. Thick bush on far bank. Post and rail fence going into the water lower right hand corner. Camp oven or boiler and camp fire lower left hand corner. Tambo Upper Victoriaboats and boating, tourism, waterways

Also second identical copyColour photograph of a holiday house, built over the water at Box's Creek, a motor cruiser moored beside the house. Metung Victoriawaterways, tourism, boats and boating

Black and white photograph of a tourist launch travelling upstream between high tree covered banks on the North Arm, Lakes Entrance, Victoria. waterways, topography, tourism, boats and boating

Also an enlarged copy in brown tones 10 x 15.5Black and white photograph of Mrs Comer's rustic Tea Rooms on the North Arm. It shows a rough bush construction, outside seating and tables, surrounded by bushland. Group of tourists seated at tables. Lakes Entrance Victoriatearoom, tourism

Black and white photograph of the North Arm at Comer's Landing, North Arm, showing a tree covered steep bank opposite Mrs Comer's Tea Rooms, viewed over the back of a tourist launch. Lakes Entrance Victoriarestaurant, tourism, waterways

Black and white photograph of the North Arm, showing hire boat jetty covered with flood waters caused by a high tide, four hire boats and rowing boat at jetty. House visible on top of Kalimna Heights in background. Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, tourism, businesses

The images in the Bogong Village Collection were displayed in Bogong Jack’s Tavern for over 20 years and were donated to the Falls Creek Museum when the Tavern closed in 2021. In 1939, the State Electricity Commission of Victoria established a field headquarters at Bogong to house workers and their families for the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme which ran from the 1930s to the 1960s. The workmen's camp was originally started with tents and was called Junction Camp. By 1947, the village supported 300 workers and their families. It included 40 houses, a hostel for single staff, a post office, a police station, a medical centre, and a primary school. The staff hostel was known as Kiewa House. At the completion of the Scheme, in the 1960s, the village was opened to public/tourism use. In 1968 the Victorian Education Department acquired the camp buildings and four houses from the State Electricity Commission of Victoria to establish an Outdoor Education Centre which operated for over 50 years. The Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme was privatized in the 1990s and sold to Southern Hydro, before being acquired by AGL in 2005. In 2023 the Grollo Group signed a 73 year sublease on Bogong Village and has plans for its redevelopment as a workers’ village.These images are significant because they capture the development of Bogong Village as an important element of the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme in Victoria.Two black and white images featuring houses in Bogong Village in January 1946. They are constructed of weatherboard, with brick chimneys and tin roofs. Timber steps lead up to the front door and a garden has been planted in front of the house.bogong alpine village, bogong high plains, bogong houses 1946