black and white photographs showing slightly different views of the boats decorated with flags and bunting, and the celebration. Other craft, include 'Anchovette', 'Sheila', 'Little Michael', and 'U77'. Also one other photo shows choir onboard the 'Anchovette', also one other photograph shows lots of people on foreshore watching the ceremony.Black and white photograph taken during a Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Shows fishing boats decorated with flags and bunting, Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, jetties

black and white photographs showing slightly different views of the boats decorated with flags and bunting, and the celebration. Other craft, include 'Anchovette', 'Sheila', 'Little Michael', and 'U77'. Also one other photo shows choir onboard the 'Anchovette', also one other photograph shows lots of people on foreshore watching the ceremony.Black and white photograph taken during a Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Shows fishing boats decorated with flags and bunting, Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, jetties

black and white photographs showing slightly different views of the boats decorated with flags and bunting, and the celebration. Other craft, include 'Anchovette', 'Sheila', 'Little Michael', and 'U77'. Also one other photo shows choir onboard the 'Anchovette', also one other photograph shows lots of people on foreshore watching the ceremony.Black and white photograph taken during a Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Shows fishing boats decorated with flags and bunting, Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, jetties

black and white photographs showing slightly different views of the boats decorated with flags and bunting, and the celebration. Other craft, include 'Anchovette', 'Sheila', 'Little Michael', and 'U77'. Also one other photo shows choir onboard the 'Anchovette', also one other photograph shows lots of people on foreshore watching the ceremony.Black and white photograph taken during a Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Shows fishing boats decorated with flags and bunting, Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, jetties

black and white photographs showing slightly different views of the boats decorated with flags and bunting, and the celebration. Other craft, include 'Anchovette', 'Sheila', 'Little Michael', and 'U77'. Also one other photo shows choir onboard the 'Anchovette', also one other photograph shows lots of people on foreshore watching the ceremony.Black and white photograph taken during a Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Shows fishing boats decorated with flags and bunting, Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, jetties

black and white photographs showing slightly different views of the boats decorated with flags and bunting, and the celebration. Other craft, include 'Anchovette', 'Sheila', 'Little Michael', and 'U77'. Also one other photo shows choir onboard the 'Anchovette', also one other photograph shows lots of people on foreshore watching the ceremony.Black and white photograph taken during a Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Shows fishing boats decorated with flags and bunting, Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, jetties

black and white photographs showing slightly different views of the boats decorated with flags and bunting, and the celebration. Other craft, include 'Anchovette', 'Sheila', 'Little Michael', and 'U77'. Also one other photo shows choir onboard the 'Anchovette', also one other photograph shows lots of people on foreshore watching the ceremony.Black and white photograph taken during a Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Shows fishing boats decorated with flags and bunting, Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, jetties

Little Michael owned by John Free, sunk east of Lake TyersBlack and white photograph taken during a Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Shows fishing boats decorated with flags and bunting, Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, jetties

Colour photograph of fishing boats at Eastern Wharf, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.fishing industry, jetties, ships and shipping

Color photograph distant view of Eastern Wharf, showing fishing boats at jetty, pelican in foreground in water. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, jetties, township

Colour photograph distant view of boats at Eastern Wharf, includes boat on slip, other fishing boats tied at jetty, buildings on Esplanade in background, grass on sand opposite side of Lake, in foreground. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, jetties

Colour photograph showing fishing boats moored at Bank Jetty. Boats identified, Charisma, Melas Star. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, ships and shipping, jetties

Colour photograph of boats at Bank Jetty, includes sailing vessel Alathea in foreground, seven other fishing vessels, two identified as Melas Star, Charisma, and sand and grass along foreshore. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, tourism, jetties

Colour photograph of boats moored at Post Office Jetty. Tourist launch Stormbird, also fishing boats Cath Lena and Sharben. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, tourism, jetties, boardwalk

Three other photographs in album of similar views of the construction of the sand transfer station.Colour photograph showing building of sand transfer station on eastern side of Entrance. Flagstaff visible in background in photo progress. Lakes Entrance Victoriawreckage, fishing industry, ships and shipping, world war 1939 - 1945

Article in Lakes Post Newspaper 25 October, 2000 re wreckage found 12 nautical miles S.W. of the entrance and 3.2 nautical miles off the beach.Colour photograph showing Arno Blank, owner / skipper, and crew of scallop boat Sonja with WW2 aeroplane wreckage dredged up in Bass Strait, at Lakes Entrance, Victoria.wreckage, jetties, ships and shipping, world war 1939 - 1945, fishing industry

Also indistinct copy 11.5 x 15.5 cmBlack and white photograph of MV Henry-Leith at Eastern Wharf. A Shell tanker truck on wharf has 44 gallon drums behind tank. Lakes Entrance Victoriaships and shipping, waterfront, fishing industry

Second photograph closer view. 'Kiangah' built of spotted gum by Bulls Shipyard, Metung for Harry RoseColour photograph of fishing boats at Eastern Wharf. Kiangah in centre of image. Lakes Entrance Victoriaislands, ocean, fishing industry, waterways

Schooner 'Coringle' built 1905 to carry maize from Snowy River to Lakes Entrance. (See book Sailing Ships and Paddle Wheels, by J C BUll, page 139)| Also photocopy of page of bookBlack and white photograph of auxiliary schooner Coringle moored possibly at Marlo. It has three very tall masts, sails furled. Marlo Victoriacamping, waterways, fishing industry

Miss Phillips album donated by R ClarkBlack and white photograph of a fishermen's camp at Lake Tyers, showing two tents and a timber hut on shore of calm waterway. Lake Tyers Victoriafish, waterfront, fishing industry

Also two other copies 6.5 x 8.5Black and white small format postcard of the Narrows, and Reeves Channel of Lake King, Gippsland Lakes, showing Rigby, Fraser and Flannagan Islands opposite the steep shoreline of the mainland. Taken from Jemmys Point. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Narrows from Kalimna Lakes Entranceislands, waterways, fishing industry

Second copyColour photograph of the south eastern shore of Rigby Island, Gippsland Lakes. It shows the scrub covered hummocks in the background, Hopetoun Channel, dumped sand which connects Snake Island and Rigby Islands, groynes into Narrows from Rigby Island. Fishing boat with scallop dredge moored in sheltered bay inside a groyne. Lakes Entrance Victoriaocean, waterways, topography, fishing industry

Black and white photograph of the eastern rock wall of the entrance to Bass Strait from the Gippsland Lakes, at Lakes Entrance, Victoria.fishing industry, islands, waterways, boats and boating

The king of the straits, offshore powerboat race with Lakes entrance as a destination was not repeated due to adverse weather conditionsColour photograph of the entrance, Bullock Island and Reeves Channel. Taken from Jemmys Point during the King of the Strait offshore powerboat race. It also shows the built up groynes at the entrance to the North Arm. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, waterways

Also black and white copy 9 x 14 cmSepia photograph showing lake, Cunningham Arm, in front of three houses on dunes at New Works. House on left is harbour masters, centre is harbour engineer's house and on right is house of contractor John Carpenter. Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, fishing industry, boats and boating, waterfront

Second copyBlack and white photograph showing aerial view of the entrance to the Gippsland Lakes, shows Cunninghame Arm, North Arm, Reeves River and Hopetoun Channel, Rigby Island and Snake Island, the barrier on right foreground. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, islands, aerial photograph, fishing industry, coast

Date made January 2009Colour photograph, closeup view showing old tramline and remains of old wooden western pier, reinforced with rocks, and partly covered with sand buildup, at Lakes Entrance, Victoria.fishing industry, jetties, shipwrecks, ships and shipping

Date made January 2009Colour photograph showing signboard for New Works West, Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park, sign on sandy beach, thick scrub behind. Lakes Entrance Victoriashipwrecks, fishing industry, jetties, ships and shipping

Rocket shed (built 1890) was used to store rockets used to warn ships coming through the entrance of dangerous conditions.Colour photograph showing brick rocket shed on sand dune at the entrance to the ocean. Scrub around shed, entrance and western pier behind and ocean in distance. Lakes Entrance Victoriaships and shipping, waterways, fishing industry

Sepia photograph showing the SS Despatch sinking outside the piers. Shows three row boats with three or four men standing in each boat and a glimpse of the hull of the Despatch just showing the name. Actual picture in oval shape on card. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLast sight of the Dispatch Cunningham Sept 22nd 1911shipwrecks, memorials, fishing industry