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Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Postcard - Scenes from around Lakes Entrance and Lake Tyers, H D Bulmer, 1930c
Includes Club Hotel, Jemmys Point , Footbridge , Buchan Caves Black and white collage postcard showing views of Lakes Entrance, Buchan and Lake Tyers Station residents to advertise local area East Gippsland Victoriasettlement, buildings, community facilities, aboriginal history -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Lakes Entrance, 1940c
Also black and white postcard of same view number 03853.1 size 8.5 x 14 cm . c1940Black and white aerial photograph of town looking west from Mechanics Street to Bullock Island with Kalimna escarpment and Rigby Fraser and Flanagan Islands in distance, Avenue of Honour Cypress trees on foreshore Lakes Entrance Victoriaaerial photograph, settlement, caravan parks, camping, ocean -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - North Arm Lakes Entrance, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1996 c
Black and white photograph of Frenchman's Gully, track to Wyanga Winery showing group of people walking towards designated pickup spot for Winery bus Lakes Entrance Victoriaaerial photograph, topography, settlement, lakes entrance -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - North Arm Lakes Entrance, 2005 c
Also two colour photographs of North Arm area taken from Leigh and Judy Davies Blair Road Lakes Entrance number 03859.1 and 03859.2 sizes 10 x 15 cm and 15 x 10 cmColour aerial photograph showing Kalimna in foreground, North Arm, towhship, Cunninghame Arm and across to ninety mile beach and Bass Strait ocean beach Lakes Entrance Victoriaaerial photograph, settlement -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Vehicle - Tip Dray, Prior to 1930s
A Dray is a type of dead axle wagon that was used to transport heavy loads or objects. They had a flat level floor and while some had no sides, others had box bodies and sides. Tip Drays (also known as Tip Carts, Muck Cart, Scotch Cart, Tumbrel or Putt in different parts of England) were smaller than other drays as their loads were heavy and usually only pulled by one horse. Their basic design included two wheels, a tipping body and shafts. The Tip Dray has a unique mechanism that allows the top to tip backwards to tip the load out of the back of the dray. The tipper was activated by a handle at the front allowing the driver to operate it while still having control over the horse. A Tip Dray was an indispensable piece of equipment in the days before tractors and mechanical trucks. They were used by farmers and carters to transport hay, rocks, bricks, gravel and rubbish etc. and because they were useful for dumping loads, they were favoured for use in road and railway construction. A photo in the collection of the Lorne Historical Society shows a tipping dray being used during the construction of the Great Ocean Road. They were part of the daily street traffic in towns and cities around Australia from the early days of settlement. In Australia in the early 1900's, carters began to join unions to protect their jobs and pay. N.S.W. had a "Trolley, Draymen and Carters Union", Queensland had a "Tip Dray Men's Association" and in W. A. the "Top Dray Driver's Union" had a "cessation of work" in 1911 when they were fighting for an increase in their day's wages. In 1910 a meeting of Tip Carters was held in Geelong at the Trades Hall to discuss the formation of a union (The Geelong Tip Dray Carters) which was a success and a schedule of rates for all carting, whether by contract or day labor, was fixed. By 1912 they had "labelled" more than 50 drays and had representatives on the "Trades Hall and Eight Hours Committee". By the mid 1930's and early 1940's, tip drays were being superseded by mechanical trucks and utes. However tip drays continued to be used in some circumstances. They were a practical solution to the problem of petrol rationing during W. W. 2. It was noted in a letter to the editor in the "Sunshine Advocate" in 1938 that a positive argument for continued use of Tip Drays for rubbish collection related to the idea that a horse drawn vehicle involved with lots of stops and starts at different houses (very like a milkman's delivery route) often involved the horse "driving itself" while the driver picked up the rubbish - something a motor truck was unable to do! Another article written in August 1935 and published in the Age in a parliamentary report into the rubber industry noted "tip drays had almost disappeared and in their place, metal was carted in 5 ton motor trucks" but the report went on to say that as a part of the Government relief work (during the Great Depression) the Government had "to some extent reintroduced the tip drays so that a greater number of men would be employed". This particular tip dray was owned by Mr. Oswald (Jack) Bourke. He used it to deliver dry goods from Sunbury to the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne several times a week in the 1930's and then (between 1945 and 1962) Mr. Bourke used it on the garbage round in Springvale Victoria for the Springvale Council. The Council owned three drays and the "No. 3" painted on this dray is in recognition of its original number. After the death of Mr. Bourke in 1990, one of Mr. Bourke's sons (Andy) found the dray in a shed and restored it. The sign writing on the back and side panels were added during the restoration. This Tipping Dray is a significant example of a horse drawn vehicle that was used by workers from the early days of white settlement through to the 1940's and even into the early 1960's. It was used in a range of "working class" occupations - road construction, railway construction, carting goods, rubbish collection etc. and would have been found in cities, country towns and on farms.A wooden and metal tipping dray with a box body and four sides. It has two iron and wooden wheels (with 14 spokes), two wooden shafts and a metal tipping mechanism. The back panel folds down to allow loads to be dumped out. It is painted in green and cream with sign writing on one of the sides and on the front and back panels. It features decorative painted lines and designs in burgundy, cream and light blue on most of the wooden parts. The tipping mechanism is on the front of the dray's left side and consists of a metal pin secured with a metal ring, and a lever.Front of dray - "No. 3" Side of dray - "A. & M. BOURKE / Contractors / LONGWARRY" Back of dray - "G.T. ANDREWS / QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET - Stand C23 / Phone DANDENONG 225"flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, shipwreck coast, tipping dray, dray, tip dray, tip cart, vehicles, horse drawn vehicle, springvale council, jack bourke, muck cart, scotch cart, tumbrel, putt, box body, oswald bourke, sunbury, queen victoria market, melbourne, no. 3 -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Migrant Ships for South Australia 1836-1850, 1983
This book by Ronald Parsons contains information on the emigrant ships coming to South Australia from 1836 to 1850, the type of migrant, the voyage out and the arrival in South Australia. The ships are listed alphabetically and include information on the captain, the size and type of ship, departure and arrival dates and the number of passengers. European settlement with free settlers commenced in South Australia in 1836 and in the next four years more than a hundred migrant ships came to South Australia.This book is of some interest to those in the Warrnambool area as many 19th century settlers in the Western District of Victoria had emigrated initially to South Australia. The book will be useful to family history researchers.This is a soft cover book of 130 pages. It has a brown cover with a sketch of a sailing ship on the front. The cover has been covered with plastic. There is a Contents page, an Introduction and information on South Australian migrant ships from 1836 to 1850. The book contains three sketches of ships. It is bound with glue.Front cover: ‘Migrant Ships for South Australia 1836–1850’ ‘Ronald Parsons’ ‘A Sketch of the Coramandel that arrived in Holdfast Bay January 1837’ history of south australia, emigrant shipping to south australia, ronald parsons, warrnambool history -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Leeming, Tarnia, Lake View Hotel, 2003
Research, interpretation and recommendations for management of the Lake View Hotel, Mallacoota, Victoria, by Forestec Student.land settlement, waterways -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Michael "Mick" Mulqueeney Stock Agent, Wodonga
Mick Mulqueeney was born in Kilmore and arrived in Wodonga in 1886, when it was Australia's greatest store cattle market. It was not unusual to see 10,000 cattle sold in a single day. For a few years he spent time overlanding large mobs of cattle from Queensland and the back country of N.S.W He settled in Wodonga and began business as a stock and station agent at Wodonga. He was the Wodonga representative of Edward Trenchard and Co, and other Newmarket stock agents but also conducted auctions on his own account. For several years, he was in partnership with Mr A. L. Wright. Following the retirement of Mr. Wright in 1902, Mick Mulqueeney then joined with Harry H Peck under the trade name of Peck Sons and Mulqueeney. This partnership was dissolved after about 10 years and Mick was bought out by New Zealand Loan. Later he continued in stock and station agency on his own. During this time, he also conducted a very extensive stock forwarding agency where tens of thousands of stock of all classes were shipped owing to the break of gauge from N.S.W, into Victorian trucks and vice versa. He was regarded by stock owners as a genius among stock. Michael also had a sound knowledge of land in the Wodonga district and when the settlement of returned soldiers onto the land was taking place he was appointed valuer of properties being considered by the Repatriation Department. Mick also became a Government stock inspector on the Victorian side of any stock crossing the border. At this time his forwarding agency was carried on by his son, Mr. Jack Mulqueeney. Michael Mulqueeney died on 19th June 1929 and was buried at Yackandandah, VictoriaThis photo is significant because it depicts an important member of the Wodonga community and an vital industry in Wodonga.Two black and white images showing a portrait photo of Michael Mulqueeney and the Mulqueeney family home.michael mulqueeney, stock agents wodonga, livestock sales wodonga -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book - Yalla-Y-Poora On The Fiery Creek, James Affleck, Yalla-Y-Poora On The Fiery Creek when the cannon's roar was stilled, 2023
... Settlements in Western Victoria. An edited compilation of settler ...Number Six in James Affleck's series of book on Soldier Settlements in Western Victoria. An edited compilation of settler families' own stories, combined with a reincorporation of a previously published history of the area, profiles of local people and organisations illustrated with maps, photographs and poetry136 page softcover book. Front cover has the Title: "Yalla-Y-Poora On The Fiery Creek when the cannon's roar was stilled" printed over a coloured print of Eugene von Guerard's painting of Yalla-y-Poora; Back cover: Three colour photographs soldier settlement farming family descendants, soldier settler house and tractor. Yalla-Y-Poora On The Fiery Creek printed on spine.non-fictionNumber Six in James Affleck's series of book on Soldier Settlements in Western Victoria. An edited compilation of settler families' own stories, combined with a reincorporation of a previously published history of the area, profiles of local people and organisations illustrated with maps, photographs and poetrysoldier settlement, yalla-y-poora -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Allen & Unwin, Aboriginal Victorians, 2005
This book by Richard Broome gives details on the history of aborigines in Victoria from 1800 to the present day. The sections on this book on the aborigines in the Warrnambool area, particularly those at the Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve, are of great local interest. The Framlingham settlement dates from the 1860s and is today an important centre for aboriginal culture and lifestyle. This book is of interest because it gives an overview of the history of Victorian aboriginals and the information it contains gives us a greater understanding of aboriginal culture. It is of interest also because of its sections on the Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve and this information will be useful to local researchers. This is a soft cover book of 467 pages. It has a brown cover with a photograph of two aboriginal boys on the front cover and yellow and white printing on the spine and back cover. The pages contain a preface, acknowledgements, four sections of printed material, recommended reading, endnotes and an index. The text contains many black and white photographs and sketches. framlingham aboriginal reserve, history of warrnambool -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book - Whisper Lake Tyers, Jack & Grace Whadcoat, 2017
... Tyers Victoria Settlement Topography Environment Whisper Lake ...An insight into the environment people and events at Lake Tyers Victoriasettlement, topography, environment -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Album, M Fish, East Gippsland Settlement
... Gippsland Victoria East Gippsland Settlement Album M Fish ...Many copied from publications of Bairnsdale, Metung, Lakes Entrance, Lake Tyers, including Whiter Family and Whiters Camp Park, Gill Roberts family and "Firefly" S.S. Dargo, P.S. Tanjil, Captain James Bull, Scone Cottage, Bancroft Bay, W H Glover Scarborough Hotel, J.C. Dahlsen, Kitty Johnson, Nelly Blair, Red folder containing 85 images of East Gippsland settlements and activities East Gippsland Victoriawaterways, township, ships and shipping, genealogy -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Gardner, P D, Names on the Omeo Highway, 1991
Names on the Omeo Highway, Victoria, between Bairnsdale and Omeo; their origins, meanings and historysocial history, historic sites, land settlement -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Mortimer Wallace Malcolm, History of Wonnangatta Station, 1985
The story of Wonnangatta Station in Victoria High Country, and the hardy people who settled and carved a living in the remote area.settlement, agriculture -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, LERHS, The First Years of Lakes Entrance, 1995c
Folder containing photocopies extracts from the Bairnsdale Advertiser 1960c subtitled Our Province in the Making plus extracts from Lakes Post newspaper 1990c titled The History of Lakes Entrance Victoriasettlement, transport, agriculture, waterways -
Mont De Lancey
Photograph - Family Photograph, Anker Family, 1886
... Victoria Farming Settlements Yarra Valley ORIGINAL HOME BUILT ...This photograph pictures the Ankers, one of the founding families of Wandin, Victoria, Australia. It shows the first home they built on their "Tooroonga Park" property, significantly one of the first waves of home in Wandin. It was provided to the Wandin Historical Society and serves as part of Mont de Lancey's extensive digital and physical records of early regional family histories and the history of Victorian settlement.Small A5 black and white photograph of Anker family. Features six adults in 1880s dress. From left to right: Selina Anker (daughter) in long sleeve dark dress, William Anker (father) in slacks and a dark hat, William Anker (son) in dark button up jacket, Emily Anker (daughter) in long sleeve dark dress, Ernest Anker (son) in light button up shirt with tie, and Emma Anker (mother) in patterned dress with skirt ruffles and trumpet sleeves. They stand in front of a light wood house with a brick chimney, surrounded by plants. On the back of the photo is an inscription describing the people and place pictured written by a researcher.ORIGINAL HOME BUILT ON "TOOROONGA PARK" PROPERTY / IN 1886. 55 QUAYLE ROAD WANDIN. / WILLIAM (WILLHEIM) AND EMMA ANKER (nee'HAND)Lilydale. / ELDEST OF THEIR 5 CHILDREN ELIZABETH WORKING AWAY. / Left: SELINA, WILLIAM (Father) WILLIAM (son),EMILY,ERNEST, / EMMA (Mother).tooroonga park, wandin, family photograph, anker family, historical homes, victorian history, regional victoria, farming settlements, yarra valley -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Stephenson Harry, Cattlemen's Huts of the High Country, 1980
A record of the early development of Victorias Alpine Region by pioneer cattlemen, early settlements long since abandoned and the families who established them, and the many huts built as refuges during harsh conditions, many huts destroyed by bushfires,sbeef industry, settlers -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, 055 Telephone Directory 1969, 1969
This telephone directory of 1969 has entries from the Camperdown, Casterton, Colac, Edenhope, Hamilton, Portland and Warrnambool districts. The directory came from the Nullawarre Post Office at the time when Charles Williams was the Post Master (mid 20th century) and delivered two runs of mail a day. His wife, Vida was the Post Mistress. Nullawarre is a small agricultural settlement 25 kilometres south east of Warrnambool and today has a general store, Post Office and school. This telephone directory, which has local provenance (Nullawarre Post Office), will be of great use to researchers as it contains the names and addresses of private individuals and businesses in the Western District of Victoria in 1969. It is also of interest as many of the entries give the names of the country properties at that time and the entries are listed separately under the names of the various towns. This is a soft-cover booklet of 392 pages. The front cover is multi-coloured and has a photograph of a parrot and the back cover has an advertisement in blue and white. There are 200 white pages and 192 pink pages of telephone numbers in Western Victoria in 1969. The printing throughout is black and the pages are very faded. communications, warrnambool, history of warrnambool, 055 telephone directory -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, LERHS, Life Stories of Seven Gippsland Women, 2017
Folder contains glimpses of the lives of seven women from mid 1800 to about 1970 Lakes Entrance Victoriasettlement, schools, transport -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, John Wells, Latrobe Valley Express- Gippsland History, 1980c
A folder containing newspaper articles which appeared in the Latrobe Valley Express over a fifiteen yer period. The articles cover a diverse range of subjects relating to the province of Gippsland Victoriafires, settlement, exploration -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, M Holding, Inquests Deaths Worant, Murphy
A folder containg inquests into deaths of two men Roland Worant and Martin Murphy each working on their own properties East Gippsland Victoriasettlers, land settlement -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Judy Hartley, Nowa Nowa A Journey through the First 100 Years, 2018
A collection of photographs facts and history from the proclamation of the settlement and township in the Victorian Gazette of December 1888 until becoming the thriving community in 1988 Nowa Nowa East Gippsland Victoriatownship, timber industry, railways -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Una Smith, Australia The First Hundred Years, 1976
A facsimile of volumes 1 and 2 of the picturesque atlas of Australia 1888 including short account of Australia as a penal settlement and establishment of separate states Victoriasettlement, exploration, australia -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Blakeman Elizabeth, Stories from Wairewia, 2017
A collection of oral and written aneedates and other documentation about life from settlement to recent times in the Wairewa Valley East Gippsland Victoriasettlers, education, arts -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Making their mark: The Victorians; by Susan Priestley, 1984_
... anniversary of the European settlement of Victoria victoria land use ...This text deals with the economic development of Victoria in the 19th and early 20th century.Published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the European settlement of VictoriaHard cover. 382 pages, illus., maps.victoria land use, victoria economic conditions, victoria history, victoria social conditions, susan priestley, melbourne suburbs -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Stevens Miranda, Tubbut Primary School, 2003
Research, interpretation and management of the Tubbut Primary School building, Tubbut, Victoria by Forestec Studenteducation, land settlement -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Simpson Marjorie M, S.S. 2535 Meerlieu 1883-1983, 1983
A history of the Meerlieu Victoria Primary School on the occasion of its Centenary including accounts of the settlement and development of the district.schools, settlement -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Walshe, Jemma, The Farm, 2004
Research, interpretation and management recommendations for The Farm, and early mining area at Deptford, near Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, by a Forestec student.mines and mining, schools, land settlement -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Ernst Jessica, Bullumwaal Cemeteries, 2004
Research interpretation, and management recommendations for the Bullumwaal Cemeteries, north of Bairnsdale, Victoria, by a Forestec Studentcemeteries, mines and mining, land settlement -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Rodwell, Daniel J, Battens Landing, 2005
Research, interpretation and management recommendations for Battens Landing site on the Tambo River, East Gippsland, Victoria.The River Tradewaterways, land settlement, mines and mining