Also and enlarged copy 04905.1 25 x 15 cm Mrs Cobden claimed to have discovered oil at Lake Bunga and purchased many shares during original excitment and tried to claim reward money for her supposed discovery. This bore obtained crude oil in 30 ft of oilsand. Total depth 1275 feet, not further developed.Black and white photograph of Mrs Cobden taken at Lake View company well in Butcher's Paddock Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Also a second photograph of a visitor at rig taken in 1930 04906.1 11 x 7 cmBlack and white photograph of burning off gas at mid-west oil well at night crowd watching identified are Mr K Lyne Geologist in charge in white shirt, Mr H Dod SA Oil supervisor in white helmet Charles Downward, Dave Bilsoin, Don Campbell, Jim Kennedy, Don Ricardo, Bill Hopgood, Gladys Beyer Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

A sepia toned laminated photograph showing Billy Michael drilling for Mac's Oil Wells Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Also an enlargement 04908.1 25 x 14 cm. Keith Scarce was a rig hand on this site for short timeSepia toned photograph of oil derrick SA Oil Co No 8 Well situated off Myers Street at rear of present Secondary College Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Shows more detail than 04908Black and white laminated photograph of SA Oil Company No 8 well east of Myer Street at rear of present secondary college Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Possibly taken prior to first load of oil being shippeed to Melbourne from Lakes Entrance October 1930 per SS TambarBlack and white photograph which appeared in Weekly Times Newspaper showing officials of SA Oil Wells Company,man standing front of truck Mr AW Imray Director of SA Oil Company other visitors and workmen gathered around a small truck with barrels stacked on tray at Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Black and white photograph showing visitors to oil works showing SA Oil Wells Company truck with oil barrels on back. Man in suit wearing hat on right of three men in foreground is Mr AW Imray Director of SA Oil Wells Company, Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Black and white photograph showing eight men around a tap, man kneeling appears to be lighting gas associated with underground water from a drill site, on left Mr AW Imray Director of SA Oil Wells Company Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Sepia toned photograph of oil bore off Myers Street looking towards Jemmy's Point. Derrick is constructed of timber, located in what was known as Butcher's Paddock O'Neills Road Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Oil water emulsion was fed into concrete vats where up to 95 percent of water was drained off plant situated at end of track to Midwest No 1 boreBlack and white photograph showing the dehydrationplant which separated the oil from original emulsion sityuated in the gully east of Capes Road off Myer Street Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Also a second copy 20.5 x 14 cm with inscription Charlie May working Oil Bore Lakes Entrance late 1930s donated by Jo Hickson 2016 04916.1Black and white photograph of Charlie May left and Charlie Carpenter collecting oil from the bailing tool at the Mid West bore Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Construction commenced 1942 concluded 1947 250,000 gallons of oil produced from shaftBlack and white photograph of Lakes Oil Limited Company's Deep Shaft production field, image shows derrick over pilot bore headframe over main shaft engineroom, storage tanks, offices and other necessary buildings, looking east from Myers Street Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Also two similar black and white photographs taken at samew time at different angles. 04918.1 and .2 9 x 9 cmBlack and white photograph of jacket of first oil/gas platform being built at Barry Beach South Gippsland Victoriaoil and gas industry

Also another colour photographs taken at same time 04919.1 10 x 12 cmColour photograph of oil/gas platforms under construction at Barry Beach South Gippsland Victoriaoil and gas industry

Black and white photograph of jacket for offshore drilling platform under construction. Four huge cranes at work and in foreground the massive steel and concrete wharf at Barry Beach Marine Terminal near Welshpool Victoriaoil and gas industry

Black and white photograph of the steam driven Nought 40 pile driver which hammered the piles through the hollow legs of jacket and a further 150 feet into the sea bed, Bass Straitoil and gas industry

Also a colour photograph of a platform in distance Bass Strait 04922.1 9 x 11 cmColour photograph of an Esso Supply boat towing a barge in Bass Straitoil and gas industry

Colour photograph on board a drilling platform in Bass Straitoil and gas industry

Colour photograph of Esso Supply boat Makaira at Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Colour photograph of Esso Supply boat Pacific Commander anchored in Bass Strait.oil and gas industry

Colour photograph of supply boat Kurnai Tide returning to Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Black and white photograph of tugboat Eileen B Ingram aground on ninety mile beach, four men on shore one wearing wetsuit gas pipeline in foreground Gippsland Victoriaoil and gas industry

Photograph number 224/9/11Colour photograph of Esso BHP concrete structure Bream B ready for production in Bass Straitoil and gas industry

Photo number 223 17 11Colour photograph of Esso/BHP concrete gravity structure West Tuna ready for production in Bass Straitoil and gas industry

Sign has been removed and replaced with other informationBlack and white photograph of Esso BHP sign at viewing area Jemmys Point Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Black and white photograph of Westcoast Energy Project Manager Jack Kavannah and BHP Manager of Community Affairs Barry Milliken at pipeline Impact presentation held at Belleview Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry

Black and white photograph of representative from BHP at revegetation project funded by BHP East Gippsland Victoriaoil and gas industry

Also two other black and white photographs of raging flood waters during same flood event. 04933.1 10 x 17 cm and 04933.2 18 x 24.5 cmBlack and white photograph showing flood waters flowing through a camping park with two large tents and a caravan surrounded East Gippsland Victoriaoil and gas industry

Colour photograph taken during floods of part of Esplanade Lakes Entrance Victoriaoil and gas industry, restoration

Earlie was built for R G Brownlow of Eagle Point built at Sydney 1900 c sailed from Sydney to Gippsland Lakes by R G Gilbert Brownlow. To Renmark 1985A colour photograph of the motor launch Earlie on the Murray River Renmark South Australiafloods, fishing industry