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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, 02/03/1954
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Purple PHT stampport of portland archives, cape grant quarry -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, Portland, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, cape grant, quarry, portland harbour -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Quarry, Cape Grant, n.d
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, n.d
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, Portland, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, cape grant quarry, portland harbour, construction -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, 04/05/1954
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: Back- Purple PHT stampport of portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, Portland, n.d
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: Back- Purple PHT stampport of portland archives, cape grant quarry, portland harbour, construction -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, n.d
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: Front- ' Attention All Leading Hands! Swimming In This Area Is Strictly Prohibited! By order' - Written in black texta on front of photo.port of portland archives, cape grant quarry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, M Fish, 2000 c
Also a second colour photograph of Snowy River mouth taken from a different angle 05117.1 9 x 25 cmColour photograph of mouth of Snowy River from Cape Conran Road Marlo Victoriawaterways -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing, Black Silk Taffeta & Guipure Lace Pelerine, 1890s
The Fashion & Design collection of the Kew Historical Society includes examples of women’s, men’s, children’s and infants’ clothing from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items in the collection were largely produced for, or purchased by women in Melbourne, and includes examples of outerwear, protective wear, nightwear, underwear and costume accessories.Late Victorian black silk taffeta cape featuring extensive use of high quality guipure lace on the front and at the back. While the lace is in excellent condition, there is extensive splitting of the silk fabric. The cape was owned by one of the donor's maternal ancestors.capes, women's clothing, australian fashion, victorian fashion, costumes, micky ashton -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, R. Preston, Beech Forest: poison trolley, 1958, 8 January 1958
B/W. Poison trolley NG No.1 on the Gang Shed siding at Beech Forest on 8 January 1958. The Gang Shed is shown. In the right background the Otway Shire Secretary's house.beech forest; railways; -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Memorabilia - Wood Sample, about 1871
... cape-otway ...The American wooden ship Eric the Red was named after the Icelandic Viking Eric 'the Red-Haired' Thorvaldsson, who was the first European to reach the shores of North America in 980 A.D. The ship Eric the Red was owned by the Sewall family of Bath, Maine, between 1873 and 1877 it operated in the coal trade between Britain and America. It then operated on the South American guano/ nitrates trade, before again trading between Europe and New York. On this voyage the Eric the Red had been chartered to carry a full cargo of American merchandise including many exhibits bound for the international exhibition to be held in Melbourne in 1880. Eighty-five days out from New York with 23 crew and two passengers, the Eric the Red approached Cape Otway nearing the end of its long voyage. At 1 am on 4 September the weather was hazy with a moderate north-westerly wind, Captain Jacques Allen had all sail set except for the mizzen-royal and the cross jack sails doing 8 knots, and was steering by the light to keep 5-6 miles offshore and clear of Otway Reef. Returning to the deck after consulting his charts the ship bumped as it ran onto the Otway Reef. It struck a second time and then a heavy sea carried away the wheel ropes and the man at the wheel. A third bump carried away the rudder, and shortly after this the ship completely broke up - within twelve minutes it had disappeared but for floating wreckage and cargo. Captain Jacques Allen recounted that: "The mizzen topmast fell with all the rigging, but strange to say, not a man was hurt by it, although they were all standing about. As soon as I found out there was no hope I said to Ned Sewell, the owner's son, and the third mate on board "Stick to me, and hang on to this mizzen mast". I peeled off everything I had on except my drawers thinking I would be able to swim better without my clothes; and Sewell and myself, clinging to the mast, were washed overboard...It was a fearful sea; I have never seen anything like it". Attempting to swim to a more substantial raft of wreckage, and losing touch with young Sewell in the process, Captain Allen struck out: " Just as I left the spar my drawers got down my legs, and entangled them, and down I went. I managed to clear one of my legs and on coming up I managed to get hold of some floating timber. There was a clear space of water between this timber and the deck, except for the spare royal yard, and I again started, but the surf struck me and I went over and over. I managed to get hold of the spare yard, and after holding on to it for some time I managed to get to the deck. When I was pulled on to it I could not move, being so numb and cramped with the cold. The men had some blankets and other things which they had got from the passengers' room in the deck house, and they wrapped me in these. Shortly after I got onto the wreck we made out the steamer's lights, and as soon as she was within hearing distance the men haled. This must have been about half-past four the Captain of the Dawn sent two of his boats to cruise about, and at daylight, they picked us up off the wreck. We had drifted about four miles from the reef where the ship struck, all those who were rescued were more or less bruised. One man had two or three ribs broken, and another had some fingers crushed off. My left foot is very much hurt, and I am black and blue from head to foot. I never knew such ten minutes as that of the wreck, and I thought the time had come for me to 'hand in my checks'. The ship was worth about £15,000, and neither it nor the freight was insured one dollar". (Argus 14/9/1880). Three of the crew and one of the passengers had been swept away and drowned. Fortunately for those clinging to the remains of the shattered hull and floating wreckage, the steamer SS Dawn passed close by and the crew heard the distressed cries of the survivors. Boats were lowered and the survivors were rescued. The Dawn stayed in the area for several hours searching for more survivors. One body was found washed up at Cape Otway and was buried in the lighthouse cemetery. The captain and crew of the Dawn later received rewards and thanks from the United States consul for their efforts. The hull and cargo were sold for £410, and large rafts of floating wreckage and cargo washed up all over the Victorian coast. A section of the hull lies buried in the sand at the Parker River beach, an anchor is on the rocks at Point Franklin, a second anchor is on display at the Cape Otway lighthouse and parts of the ship are on display at Bimbi Park and the Apollo Bay museum. Various wreckage is located in a concentration off Point Franklin, but suitable diving conditions are rare due to waves and strong currents. At the time of the wreck parts of its were salvaged and used in the construction of houses and sheds around Apollo Bay, including Milford House (since burnt down in bush fires), which had furniture and fittings from the ship, and the dining room floor made out of its timbers. A ketch the Apollo was also built from its timbers and subsequently used in Tasmanian waters.The Eric the Red is historically significant as one of Victoria's major 19th-century shipwrecks. The wreck led to the provision of an additional warning light placed below the Cape Otway lighthouse to alert mariners to the location of Otway Reef. The site is archaeologically significant for its remains of a large and varied cargo and ship's fittings being scattered over a wide area. The site is recreationally and aesthetically significant as it is one of the few sites along this coast where tourists can visit identifiable remains of a large wooden shipwreck and for its location set against the background of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, and the Cape Otway lighthouse. (Victorian Heritage Database Registration Number S 239, Official Number 8745 USA) Wood sample from the wreck of the ship Eric the Red the wood is dark in colour and is very light in weight. Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwreck-artefact, eric-the-red, zaccheus-allen, sewall, 1880, melbourne-exhibition, cape-otway, otway-reef, wood-sample, s.s.-dawn -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - GAS CAPE, c.1940’s - 50’s
Rubberised fabric gas cape. On the inside there is hand written writing relating to machine gun procedures. military equipment - army, costumes - male, gas -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - Photograph of vessel 'Artisan' aground, Artisan
Between the years 1888 - when the Marine Board had been constituted - and 1901 there had been no fewer than 52 wrecks in Victorian waters. The Maritime Archaeological Unit list 736 shipwrecks in Victorian waters from the years 1800 to 1986.)Black and white photograph showing sailing vessel 'Artisan' aground near Cape Paterson, Victoria'artisan, shipwrecks, victorian coast, cape paterson -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Uniform Complete
Nurse in World War 2 Hat H089,Cape, Dress, Stockings U839, Shoes U111ww2, general -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Uniform Complete
WW2 Nurse (Hat H089, Cape U105, Dress U939, Stockings U839, Shoes U111)uniform, ww2, army -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - loading grain, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, grain, cape sable, maritime industry, portland harbour -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, n.d
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcards - Cape Bridgewater Bay, n.d
2 black and white photo postcards, 'Rose' series. View of Cape Bridgewater from the beachFront: 'THE ROSE SERIES, P.1121 COPYRIGHT' 'DISCOVERY BAY, PORTLAND, VICTORIA' - bottom border printed Back: Maker's details, logo -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Accessory - Badge - Bridgewater Sports, n.d
Metal badge, Bridgewater Sports New Year's Day with image of Cape Bridgewater and coast; roundcelebration, new years day, badge, cape bridgewater -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Negative - Glass Plate Negative - Coastline looking north from Cape Grant, 1890-1910
Glass plate negative. Image shows Portland coastline looking north from Cape Grant. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, 30/11/1953
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Purple PHT stampport of portland archives, cape grant quarry -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, n.d
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, 24/01/1968
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: 'JAN 24, 1968 ' - pencil top rightport of portland archives, cape grant quarry -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Quarry, Cape Grant, n.d
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, Portland, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, cape grant quarry, machinery, bulldozer, harbour development -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, cape grant quarry -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Quarry, Cape Grant, n.d
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Bridgewater Lakes, n.d
Con Kroker CollectionHand tinted photograph of Bridgewater Lakes, looking towards Cape Bridgewater. Discovery Bay in background. -
Maryborough Midlands Historical Society operating the Worsley Cottage Museum
Cup and saucer, circa 1800s
The donor is a descendant of Henry Bayles Ford, who was the light house keeper at Cape Otway for thirty years (1838-1878). Bayles' wife, Mary Ann had been governess for the Latrobe family. The original tea set was a gift to their daughter Agatha,, and the remaining cup and saucer has been passed down to her descendants.Porcelain cup and saucer, originally part of a tea set. Blue band on cup and edge of saucer. Cup rests on three feet. Grape vine motifs (colour) on cup, gold decoration on cup and saucer.1407 stamped on bottom of cup. Marking on saucer illegible.cup maryborough