Also another colour photograph of same bird watching tower 04710.1Colour photograph of the bird watching tower on Rotamah Island showing a timber hut and viewing platform supported on four timber poles accessed by steel ladders. Tower situated amongst coastal banksias Gippsland Lakes Victoriapeople

on back of card Fish 32 Francis St Bairnsdale Hemmings were early Lakes Entrance familySepia toned postcard showing R Hennings Tea Rooms on Esplanade Cunninghame Group of ten adults and children outside shop with group of children outside next shop Lakes Entrance VictoriaCunninghame Gippsland Lakessettlers, buildings, genealogy

Black and white photograph of east end of Club Hotel showing garden summer house and picket fence in front, Lakes Entrance VictoriaHotel Gippsland Lakeshouses, floods

Photograph taken after barge was purchased from Elliott family before being towed to Lakes Entrance for Entrance Centenary celebrationsBlack and white photograph of Lady Harriets barge moored with mast removed and lying on deck, small jetty bottom left hand corner, Silt jetties with Jones Bay in distance limb of gum tree overhanging top left corner could be on the Mitchell River near Bairnsdale Gippsland Lakes Victoriabusinesses

Black and white postcard showing part of Princes Highway below Jemmys Point, undeveloped Bullock Island New Works area and Entrance in distance Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrance Gippsland Lakesroads and streets, transport, township, waterways

Black and white postcard showing road into Metung around Bancroft Bay showing house on hill in background possibly John McMillans Burilda, lady with hat in foreground viewing scene, boat shed below, Metung VictoriaMetung Gippsland Lakes via Sale routepeople, houses

Black and white postcard taken from mouth of Chinamans Creek showing large residence overlooking Bancroft Bay in distance village of Metung VictoriaView at Metung Gippsland Lakes (Bulmer Copy)boats and boating, waterways

This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.Map of gippsland lakes

Advertisement on reverse 'Gippsland Steam Navigation Co Proprietary Limited Bairnsdale Melbourne Line SS Wyrallah 302 tons Twin Screw leaves Bairnsdale every Saturday Morning leaves Melbourne every Wednesday Cargo Received at Bairnsdale Wharf Daily Office opposite lower wharf Bairnsdale J B Carpenter Branch Manager'Black and white postcard showing SS Wyrallah steaming quietly in the Mitchell River with man standing at rail of forward deck, passengers on lower and upper after decks Gippsland VictoriaSS Wyrallah (Trading between Melbourne and the Gippsland Lakes)ocean, recreation

291 p. : ill. ; index; refs.; maps; 22 cm.In broad terms, my approach to writing this book has been to present, firstly -- as far as is possible, a general historical background to Raymond Island and it s subsequent development since first being opened up for settlement; secondly, to record the background histories of some of the early settlers; thirdly, by featuring a number of present-day residents, to convey an image of the type of person who today chooses to become an islander and thereby becomes part of a small community that, even in 1986, is 'different'.urbanisation -- raymond island -- gragin ( the aboriginal name for raymond island) -- gippsland lakes, other: local history -- kurnai -- gunai.