Off to Boarding House Picnic 1913 in five horse drawn covered wagons. A group of women in hats and long dresses still waiting to board. A man in long white apron to right of photograph in front of vehicles. Large fir trees and gums in background.Boarding House picnic 1913Boarding House Picnic 1913local history, photographs, horse & wagon, picnics, sepia photograph, betty kus collection, horse drawn wagons, phillip island, bruce bennett

One of earliest buildings in Cowes main street. Largely painted wares advertised on front and two sides of H Gullifer's Corner Store.Corner store, Thompson Avenue. No neighbouring shops. Neat building. Six posts front and two sides. Six windows. Door in middle of wide "V" frontage. Two chimney pots at rear. Definition on front 1906 H. Gullifer Corner Store. To left "Ropes & Boots" to right "Groceries & Cordials". Beneath window on right "Summer & Drinks" "Ice Cream"local history, photographs, buildings - historic, h gullifer's corner store 1906, black & white photograph, betty kus collection, thompson avenue cowes, phillip island, bruce bennett

George Cox was in Gibraltar with the British Navy when he heard about "gold" in Australia. In his latter days, as the mailman, he was granted a fisherman's license which enabled him to build a hut on the foreshore below the Isle of Wight and eastward of the Jetty. This is shown in the photograph.Scene of beach and tongue of land leading to the beach. The Jetty shed is mostly obscured by trees. George Cox's hut is tucked into the sweep of corner on the foreshore, large trees behind it.The Rose Series P 673 Near the pier Cowes, Phillip Island, Victorialocal history, photographs, george cox's hut, cowes foreshore, sepia photograph, betty kus collection, george cox, mailman, foreshore hut, phillip island, bruce bennett

Granite Quarry opened at Cape Woolamai in 1891 by Chambers & Clutten of Melbourne, to supply stone for the facing of equitable buildings, Collins Street, Melbourne. Trolleys on rails brought stones to ship's side at low tide where a jib crane lifted them into the ship's hold. With high tide the ship was refloated.Granite Quarries Cape Woolamai on waters edge. A Cape Woolamai ancient crane in action. Very rocky point. Quarry attracted a community of 300 people.Granite Quarries Woolamailocal history, photographs, granite quarries, phillip island industries, sepia photograph, betty kus collection, granite quarry, cape woolamai, phillip island, bruce bennett

Beautiful beach very suitable for bathing on Cowes foreshore to left of the Pier.Mother and daughter in neck to knee bathing suits and caps, standing amongst rocks. The pier in the background.local history, photographs, bathers near the pier, phillip island, black & white photograph, betty kus collection, cowes foreshore, jetty, bruce bennett

Stanley Kennon originally owned Genesta House. It was sold to the Perry sisters, to Mr & Mrs Odlund, to Mrs Toovey Snr. and then to Mr H Billson who owned the guesthouse in 1935 - 36 when it burned to the ground.Front view close up of Genesta Guesthouse. The building of wood and corrugated iron roofing. Features turret front, two brick chimneys and sporting a Union Jack on flagpole, and Union Jacks draping across the verandah. The sign covering the front door says "Welcome Home". Two palm trees and a hedge are behind a picket fence and gate.local history, photographs, genesta guesthouse, cowes, phillip island, sepia photograph, guesthouses, bruce bennett, betty kuc collection

The Jetty first built in 1870 connected Cowes to Crib Point. The service for mail, provisions and visitors from the mainland. A bridge to the Island was built in 1942 from San Remo.View of Jetty from Mussell Rocks, in the foreground a grassy slope. Three figures amongst mounds of grass and overhanging Pine tree branch. A very picturesque view.local history, photographs, jetties, cowes, phillip island, black & white photograph, betty kus collection, jetty cowes, cowes pier, bruce bennett

In collection donated by N. M. & J. D. Archibald - Chicory Kiln AlbumIn Ventnor - Mr. Bert Grayden. Built of brick and corrugated iron, about 1907-8. Still in operation (1973). Iron tank next to brick kiln and iron annexe. Chicory Kiln AlbumNonelocal history, photography, photographs, rural industry, agriculture, chicory industry, coloured photograph, chicory kiln, ventnor, phillip island, bert grayden, n & j archibald

Leaf of Chicory - from crop, only the root is used. Leaves are cut off with knife or twisted off by hand. Part of a collection of Chicory Kiln Photographs and Chicory Items compiled into an Album by N.m. & J. D. Archibald.Dried Chicory Leaf taken from McFee's crop of Chicory grown on property at Rhyll. Chicory Kiln Albumlocal history, rural industry, agriculture, chicory industry, chocory leaf, phillip island, n & j archibald, mcfee