Ladies bathing boxesPhotograph Ladies bathing boxes on stone reef with two women and a man standing in frontbathing boxes, ladies, beach, south, ocean, sea

South Beach 1975 After stormBlack and white photograph of South beach with houses in backgroundSouth beach Afternoon May 1975south beach, storm, sea, houses

South Beach 16/05/1975 stormBlack and white photograph of Storm waters lashing South BeachSouth Beach 16/05/1975 storm The Port Fairy Gazette Phone 14 Printers Publishers Stationerssouth beach, storm, houses, ocean, sea

South Beach DevelopmentColoured photograph of Drain being dug for South Beach Estatesouth beach, development, drain, sea, ocean, reef

South Beach DevelopmentColoured photograph of Hills above South Beach Estate looking to seasouth beach, development, west, farmland

South Beach Development drain being dug for storm waterColoured photograph of Male with brush cutter , large mechanical digger in backgroundsouth beach, development, people, digger, drain, ocean, sea, reef

South Beach Developement Coloured photograph of Houses at South Beach between grassland and seasouth beach, development, hill

South Beach Development south beach, development, road making, street, ocean, sea

South Beach Development Coloured photograph of Large tip truck with load of bluestone sea in background407/24 (since removed) south beach, development, truck, bluestone, ocean, sea

Seacombe House Formerly named The Stag Cnr Sackville and Cox Streets Port Fairy John Sanders (Saunders) first came to Port Fairy in charge of the "Sally Ann" owned by the Henty family of Portland. He left the sea behind in 1844 and established the "Sally Ann Inn" named for his old ship, on the site of the present day Star of the West hotel. After selling the Sally Ann Inn to John Taylor he acquired the land on the South west corner of Sackville Street and erected a detached cottage facing Sackville Street for which he obtained a licence to sell alcohol and named the premises The Stag Inn. He died in 1850 and his wife leased the Inn to John Mason. By 1852 a large two story rendered bluestone building had been constructed on the corner site. The second un rendered section was probably added in 1854. Abijah John Brown became licencee in 1855 and made the Stag the centre of entertainment for the district, with many balls, dinners and concerts taking place there. It boasted "a billiard room and a twenty stall stables and coach house". By 1861 Abijah Brown had left The Stag and Lennox Trew was now owner and licencee. It came up for sale in 1869 but failed to sell. After Trew's death in 1886 it was sold to a syndicate and opened as a boarding school. It later became a Coffee Palace and Accomodation house named Seacombe House, and in the 1950's a motel was built on the old stable site. It is still a Hotel Motel and a restaurant which has revived the old name of "The Stag". Black and white Photograph of 2 story rendered building with multi paned windows and power pole on cornerhotel, lennox trew, abijah brown, john sanders, john saunders, john mason., sackville street, cox street, stag inn, stag hotel, seacombe house, coffee palace

The marble shown in this photograph was collected by Mr Leo Brady from the Bank Street site of the Public Baths that were built there in the late 1800’s. These were sea baths and the water was pumped across from the South West Passage via a windmill.This is was all that remained of the public sea baths. The Historical Society also has two small pieces of marble and a long bolt that held the marble togetherColoured photograph of the broken marble base of one of the baths at the Public Bathsemployee, industry, marble, public baths, leo brady, bank street

The Dredge 'Pioneer' brought in to clear sand drift from the Moyne river caused by the South West passage sweeping throughBlack and white photograph of a dredge in Moyne riversea, river, moyne river, south west passage, pioneer, deredge, ship

The mining company in Seddonville New Zealand purchased a small steamer, SS Lawrence, to transport coal, but in 1891 the vessel was wrecked at the mouth of the Mōkihinui river. The remains of the ship can sometimes be seen today at low tide on the beach on the south side of the Mōkihinui River mouth.Black & white photographship, boat, sea, river, ss lawrence, steamer, coal, new zealand, mokihinui river, shipwreck

South Beach Port FairyEarly view of South Beach Wave breaking over rocks at South Beachbeach, sea, seascape, ocean, waves

Illustrates conditions at South Beach post WW1Black & white photographBathing Beach Port Fairybeach, sea, seascape

PhotographBishop and Gray- South-West passage Port Fairybeach, sea, seascape

South Beach The Dusty MillerBlack and white photograph of large wave breaking over dusty millar reefThe Dusty Millerbeach, sea, seascape, dusty miller, south beach

South Beach bathing boxesColoured post card of South Beach taken from the West and depicts the bathing boxes in the backgroundSouth Beach Port Fairybeach, sea, seascape

Early photo South BeachReflects change in the coastline over the yearsBlack and white seascape of South beach showing the bluestone shore and the wooden swings to the rightSouth Beach Port Fairybeach, sea, seascape

Two Diving boards at the South BeachThis image was taken at a time when health and safety rules were unknown and the public took risks we may not today. Black and white photograph of 2 diving boards situated at the South Beach. (Pea Soup)beach, sea, seascape, diving board, south beach

Black and white postcard of South Beach Bathing boxes and swingsbeach, sea, seascape, south beach, bathiing boxes, swings, pea soup

East Beach looking Southeast beach, dune, sea, ocean, life saving, equipment, rubber boat, path

East Beach looking Southeast beach, norfolk pines, dune, ocean, sea

South Beach 2000south beach, 2000, rocks, ocean, sea, dune

South Beach reef, bluestone, rocks, sea, ocean

South beach reefs of bluestone rock Two coloured photographs of South Beachsouth beach, rocks, bluestone, sea, ocean

South Beach south beach, marram grass, dune, ocean, sea

South Beach tall shipsouth beach, ship, sea, ocean, reef, rocks

South Beach tall shipsouth beach, ship, sea, ocean, rocks, bluestone

Pea soup South beachColoured photograph pea soup, south beach, rocks, ocean, sea