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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Container - Chocolate Box, Waratah Cafe Chocolate Box, 1910-1930
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Displayed at History ...Displayed at History House.Apricot coloured cardboard box with lid and blue cotton handle. Glued at sides. Gold lettering within a decorative border on front and back. Decorative motif on lid. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Model Ship, MacKenzie and Co, Clan MacDougal Model Cargo Ship, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Port of Portland ...Port of Portland CollectionModel of a ship. Hull is painted in black (above water line) and burgundy (below water line). Ship has three masts, a smoke stack (black with red stripes) and a white super structure with portholes. Supported on brass stands. Housed in a timber and glass case. Label in case.Front: T.S.M.V. Clan MacDougall Length BP 475', Breadth 64'-6", Depth 41½. Built by the Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. for Clanline Steamers Ltd., London.port of portland collection -
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Functional object - Lens, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Lens was once the spare ...Lens was once the spare lens of the Cape Nelson Lighthouse.|Lens on display in MDC, with interactive component provided by the piece of broken lens - for handling. Investigations underway to use a low-watt light in the lens, which is in working order. Photos in Supplementary File.Glass lens with steel supports, painted black with bronze hinges and latches. From Cape Nelson Lighthouse - spare lens. Base for display purposes - section of contemporary concrete pipe.Front: (no inscriptions)lighthouse, cape nelson lighthouse -
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Plaque, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Port of Portland ...Port of Portland CollectionBronze plaqueFront: 'The construction of Portland Harbour commenced at this point November 1952'. verso- 'Portland Harbour Trust Commissioners, 1950'port of portland -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Booklet, Tide, Time and Distance Table for 1919, 1918
Arthus Oswld Dixon was an Officer on several ships, serving in the Merchant Navy and the Royal Australian Navy during First World War.Dark coloured cloth bound commercially printed book of tide tables.belonging to Arthur Oswald Dixonarthur oswald dixon, tides, sea, seafarers, crew, sailors, seamen, officers, royal australian navy, ran, wwi, first world war, great war, liverpool, red cliffs -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph, Portland Guardian (1842-1964), 30 June 1962
The Port of Portland opened in 1959. Straight after the Mission had the desire to establish a Mission at this location. A building was found in November 1961 on Cliff Road (AR 1961). After alterations and renovations, it was officially dedicated and opened the 30 June 1962. The Portland Mission was the fourth building to be opened in Victoria.small b & w photograph depicting outdoor empty chair setup for Mission to Seafarers outdoor service.stamp: K7020portland-victoria, 1962, dedication, opening -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Portland Guardian (1842-1964), 30 June 1962
The Port of Portland opened in 1959. Straight after the Mission had the desire to establish a Mission at this location. A building was found in November 1961 on Cliff Road (AR 1961). After alterations and renovations, it was officially dedicated and opened the 30 June 1962. The Portland Mission was the fourth building to be opened in Victoriasmall b & w photograph depicting outdoor Mission to Seafarers church service, with attendees seated in chairs.stamp: "PORTLAND GUARDIAN" PHOTO / COPYRIGHTportland-victoria, 1962, victoria, opening, dedication -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Portland Guardian (1842-1964), 30 June 1962
The Port of Portland opened in 1959. Straight after the Mission had the desire to establish a Mission at this location. A building was found in November 1961 on Cliff Road (AR 1961). After alterations and renovations, it was officially dedicated and opened the 30 June 1962. The Portland Mission was the fourth building to be opened in Victoria.Large rectangular (landscape orientation) monochrome photo, depicting 6+ clergymen gathered in a 'U' shape, conducting an outdoor servicePortland Guardian stampmission to seamen, portland, victoria, 1962, dedication, opening -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Journal (item) - Periodicals-Annual, Shiplovers' Society of Victoria, The Annual Dog Watch
This journal provides the reader with glimpses of the adventures and hardships of a seaman's life. Many of the stories are of sailing ships.Contributes to our knowledge of the importance of shipping and places on record those stories of the sea which would otherwise be lost.Contents Editorial - Harrow Morgan - 5 Sentinel’s of Gellibrand’s Point - Cliff Gibson - 6 Australia Day - C H Longstaff - 15 Capt. Joseph Ferrell Colton - Kenneth Shewan - 16 James Craig — A unique ship for the Southern Hemisphere - Hugh Lander - 20 The Wreck of the Isis - Margaret Grice - 29 Unusual Maritime Hazards - Capt. J Abernethy - 33 Crewing in Endeavour - Phoenix Arrien - 34 Finished With Engines - Ian L Barton - 45 Lighterage on Norfolk Island - Harrow Morgan - 53 Ship-owners Liability - ‘Flinders Bar’- 59 Nelson -Dr J H Leavesley - 61 The Knife Sheath - W P Shemmeld - 66 A Surfeit of Adventure - Stan Evans - 70 Cook’s Island - Jeremy Gadd - 75 Pig Overboard - Alf (Bluey) Thornton - 80 Educated - Noel Smith - 83 Jack Of All Trades - ‘Flinders Bar’ - 90 Tacking Ship Off Shore - Walter Frederick Stevens - 93 Australia’sMost Inland Shipwreck - Roy Stuart - 95 The Barwon Beer Crisis - R N Theile - 97 New Year Fireworks - Kenneth Shewan - 102 The Philadelphia Story - John Thompson - 104 AB Nuisance — Conclusion - Mick Hardware - 107 SSV Officers & TDW Editors - Kenneth Shewan - 108 Book Reviews - - 111sailing ships, steamships, shipping, seafaring life, shiplovers' society of victoria, dog watch -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Captain William Henty, Captain William Henty, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Displayed in History ...Displayed in History HouseBlack and white photo. Head and shoulders. Army Uniform.Front: Captain William Mervyn Henty -
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Film - DVD - 'Harry's War' 'No Way to Forget', c. 1996
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road DVD in black plastic case ...DVD in black plastic case. Photo of Harry Saunders front and back of case, same photos on front of DVD. -
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Tool - Saw, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road trades tools saw ...Sawtrades, tools, saw, carpentry -
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Domestic object - Glass, c. 1995
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Wineglass, gold rim ...Wineglass, gold rim on top, gold depiction of man under tree, 'BRANXHOLME BUSHWACKERS' above man and '20th ANNIVERSARY 1998' underneath, in gold. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Diorama, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Unknown Artwork, other ...Unknown -
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Tool - Caulking Screw, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Previously owned by Peter ...Previously owned by Peter Carrison, Bruce's father-in-law, a carpenter and boat-builder. Claimed to have been originally used by the Henty brothers.Caulking tool used for prying leaking wooden planks open so leak can be plugged with pitch and hemp. Has a wooden handle. -
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Functional object - Addressing Machine, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Displayed at HH. Portland ...Displayed at HH. Portland Town CouncilAddressing machine -
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Photograph - Photograph - Portland Social Amusement Club, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road The Portland Social ...The Portland Social Amusement Club was founded in 1897. Taken from Trove. Portland Guardian Monday May 26 1913: Portland Social Amusement Club. The members of the above Club celebrated the 16th anniversary of its foundation on Tuesday evening last, when the usual banquet. and social gathering was held. During the afternoon, a numerous band of the lady members attended at the, Free Library Hall and made the necessary arrangements, so that on arrival at the scene at 8 p.m. those attending were very pleasurably surprised to find most taste fully decorated tables actually groaning with the weight of all those good things which appeal so strongly, it is said, to the average man, and perhaps we may also add, woman also. At any rate, he would indeed be hard to please, who was not fully satisfied with all that was placed before him on that eventful evening. The attendance this year overtopped that of previous years, as over 80 ladies and gentlemen took part in what must be considered as one of the most successful of the many 'successful gatherings that have taken place. This 16th anniversary was the 431st ordinary gathering that had occurred, and, as the President (Mr. F. A.Row) justly said, it would appear that the Club, which many years ago was given but six months live, had proved the falsity of the attempted prophecy. After the principal business of the gathering had been transacted, the usual Club dinner speeches were made. The President gave "The King," which after being duly honored, was followed by the principal toast of the evening, "The day we celebrate." To Mr D. McDonald the toast of the Absent and Foundation members was entrusted, and as usual, that veteran discharged his duty well. II i cferred to the fact that of the 34 foundation members who started the Club in 1897,only five were present that evening. Mr W. T. Bennett, as one of the five referred to, responded, and hoped that in the glorious future that appeared before Portland, the Club, which had been started in the days of its adversity, would flourish in a like manner. Mr Grant proposed the toast of "Our Visitors." and in the name of the Club welcomed them to this the most important gathering of the year. Mr J. R. Woods responded in his usual happy way, and acknowledged that, until he had been the Club's guest during the years of his mayoralty of the town, he had no idea that it had enrolled among its members the number of ladies and gentlemen that it had or that its functions were upon the scale that he had since found to be the case. Mr G. H. .ennett upheld the claims of the ladies, especially those belonging to the Club. He evidently spoke with much feeling, and. waxed more than usually poetical in his eulogy of the graces and skill of the gentler sex. He rather upset the equilibrium of three of the younger portion of the gentlemen present by asking them to respond, but they all managed to "upstand" and make their acknowledgments. Mr T. F. Cruse was particularly happy in proposing the toast of. "The President and Members of Committee," who, he claimed, had done so much towards the success of the Club, and were deserving of the best that the members could give. Mr T. E. C. Henry, upon the invitation of the .President, responded,-end pointed out that [whilst it might appear that the work of the committee was light, it was not so in reality, as any member who desired a seat upon the Board would soon find out after.his or her election. The singing of Auld Lang Syne brought this portion of the entertainment to a close. In the dance which followed, some opportunity to view the ladies' dresses was afforded, and it could then be easily seen that the anniversary gathering of the Club was considered by the lady members at least, if not .by others, to be important enough to demand special treatment in the matter of dress. Many elaborate and beautiful costumes graced the scene, and everyone appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The function was kept going merrily until about 2 a.m.; when the break up occurred. During the gathering telegrams of con gratulation were received from Mr W. B. Shevill and also from Mr Jno. Homers, both old members, the former a foundation one. Mr O'Donnell apologised for his own and Mrs O'Donnell's absence.Photograph of Portland Social Amusement Club -
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Print - Label, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Two apple box labels ...Two apple box labels, white heavy paper, red and blue print. 'PORTLAND APPLES GROWN AND PACKED BY W.H. HANN & SONS' -
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Photograph - Photograph - View of geothermally-heated swimming pool with diving blocks, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Glenelg Shire Council ...Glenelg Shire Council RecordsView of geothermally-heated swimming pool with diving blocks. -
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Costume - Sash, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Plain green sash, cloth ...Plain green sash, cloth, hemmed, a narrow piece of lighter green ribbon attached to one of the long sides, abot a quarter of the way along. One join in the sash -
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Animal specimen - Ostrich Egg, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Ostrich egg Animal ...Ostrich egg -
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Photograph - Photograph - Portland Lifeboat, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Built in 1858 at the Port ...Built in 1858 at the Port and Harbour Master's yard in Williamstown Victoria, the Portland Lifeboat was overseen by Harbour Master Charles Ferguson. It is understood to have been constructed from the same moulds used to build the Port Fairy Lifeboat, designed by William White, in 1857. Both boats are similar to the lifeboats designed in England by James Peake and adopted by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in the UK. The Portland Lifeboat's 9.14 m (30 ft) long hull is double diagonally planked in New Zealand kauri, and many of the planks run from gunwale to gunwale in one piece under the inner keel section. Eucalyptus and oregon were used elsewhere and the local blacksmith made the iron work. The fastenings are copper. There are two flotation or buoyancy tanks at either end, with prominent whaleback style decking. Under the thwarts is a deck with scuppers so that the craft is both buoyant and self draining whenever large waves are taken aboard in rough conditions. The lifeboat was oar-powered with a sailing rig. The original rig was a lug mainsail, but this was replaced with a lug and headsail rig taken from a fishing boat in 1903. The lifeboat was manned by volunteer crews, mostly local fishermen from Portland. They maintained this service until 1915 when the boat was replaced with a new motorised craft. The lifeboat's most outstanding service was to the steamer ADMELLA in 1859 when the ship grounded on a reef off Cape Banks in South Australia, 150 km to the west of Portland. Survivors clung to the rigging in heavy seas for over a week and 89 people lost their lives in the shipwreck. Taken to the scene by the steamer LADY BIRD, the Portland Lifeboat was unable to assist until eight days after the ADMELLA's grounding when the seas abated enough for the lifeboat to manoeuvre close to the ship and rescue the last 19 survivors. Since its retirement in 1915 the lifeboat has been a memorial to those who manned it and those it rescued. For a long period it was on display in the Portland Gardens, first in the open and then under a canopy. In 2008 it was on display inside the Portland Maritime Discovery Centre, still in original condition complete with the rig from 1915. It is one of the oldest vessels of its type in Australia, and the world.Portland LifeboatPhotograph showing the Portland Lifeboatphotography, portland lifeboat, admella -
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Accessory - Sash, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Ancient Order ...Plain green sash, red fringe either end. *S, and crossed quill pens, gold and black, printed. Remains of faded red ribbon, 2 pieces, each about 1/4 of the way from each end, same side. Ancient Order of the Forestersancient order of foresters, accessory, costume, textiles, embroidery -
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Photograph - Photograph - public hot and cold baths, Portland, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Portland Baths public ...Guilded Frame - Embossed with acorns. Mount - Maroon. Inner frame - Gold. Baths - In foreground. Sailing ship moored at pier. "Kingsley" on top of cliff.portland baths, public baths, kingsley, social history -
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Film - Film - Fletcher Jones, Warrnambool and Portland views, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Displayed in History ...Displayed in History House, (Photo cabinet)Super - 8 film reel in yellow canister. Label inside reads:Front: Fletcher Jones, Warrnambool, Joes House and Garden Warrnambool Pop. Is. Jean. Laurie Warrnambool. Views. Hills & Healesville. Portland Views and Oil Rig. -
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Photograph - Photograph - Annie Clarke's Ladies School, Gawler Street, 1970s
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Anne Clarke was born ...Anne Clarke was born in Devon around 1814 and arrived in Portland in 1854 aboard the "Francis Henty". She opened Portland's first "Ladies School" which she operated until 1891. Many young ladies from the Western District passed through the school, and in some cases, two generations of girls. It is thought that before coming to Australia, Anne taught at a school for the daughters of clergymen at Cowan Bridge, Lancashire, aptly named the Clergy Daughters' School. It was attended by the Bronte sisters and is said to have inspired the Lowood School in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre". Anne Clarke never married and died in Portland in 1892.Photographic print of a rephotographed photograph. Image of single storey building, front view, verandah, wooden shingle roof. A number of girls of various ages and some adults, standing on verandah. Annie Clarke's ladies school, 52 Gawler Street.anne clarke, seminary for young ladies, gawler street, portland -
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Photograph - Photograph - Martin Bree, 1910-1930
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Photographs taken ...Photographs taken by Esther Winifred Hall (nee Smallpage) - great grand-daughter of Stephen George Henty. Taken in 1934 Centenary Celebrations in Portland. Donated by Ms. Mary Robinson, acting on behalf of Mrs. W.G. Hutchinson "Tellong", Blackwood River Drive, Balingup, W.A. 6253Black and white photograph showing a man and a dog in front of a paling fence. Man is holding gun to his shoulder in preparation to fire and dog sits to his right looking at the gun.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: Martin Bree -
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Photograph - Photograph - Panorama, 1987
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Back: For History House ...Panorama of 7 colour photos. View of Municiple Offices over bay. Shows History House, Cannons, Charles Street, War Memorial and Court House.Back: For History House - Taken 1987 while employed as cleaner for City Council/Regards/Robert (?) Morris.... (?) (blue pen, upper centre) -
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Book, Reid, Sir George Houstoun, My Reminiscences Sir George Reid, 1917
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Ex - Portland Free ...Ex - Portland Free Library Museum and Literary Institute, purchased 1/6/1917.Dark green cloth-covered board covers and spine. Black text and graphics on front cover. 16 photogravure plates.Front: Portland Free Library Museum and Literary Institute....purchased 1.6.17 (inside front cover, label) Back: (no inscriptions) -
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Geological specimen - Whale bones, n.d
... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Believed ...Believed to be confiscated by Department of Natural Resources from members of the public who had the bones in violation of the law. | 19/4/2000Various whale bones including |1 x top skull bone of Southern Right Whale |1 x jaw bone |1 x vertebrae |1 x rib |1 x eardrum