Also in the album is a copy of a newspaper article from the Lakes Post Wednesday July 27 1994 featuring Bernie Grant who spent 17 years working to keep at bay the shifting sands of the channels of the lakes and rivers of the Gippsland LakesBlack and white photograph of suction pump from the dredge Paynesville at Eastern wharf, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.dredging, jetties

Date made December 1992Colour photograph of pump from dredge Paynesville at Eastern Wharf, shows name of makers - Ruston, Lincoln England. Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, dredging

Article in the Lakes Post Newspaper April 14, 1999 about the sand transfer system launch.Colour photograph of the sand dredge April Hamer, dredging in close. Back view of two men standing on the shore. Lakes Entrance Victoriadredging, jetties

Wooden stocked anchor was dredged up in April 2004, off Rigby Island, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.Colour photograph showing lakes dredge Sandpiper off Rigby Island, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.dredging, jetties

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 second identical copyColour photograph of a section of the North Arm adjacent to Ferndale Parade, shows the rear view of six houses, five small boats moored at lake edge. Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, houses, waterways, boats and boating

Metung originally named RoshervilleColour photograph taken from Bancroft Bay, showing the Metung Hotel, three of Bull's cruisers at waters edge, Powerlot residence on hill top, other residences on hill side. Metung Victoriawaterfront, hotels, jetties, retail trade, boats and boating

Black and white photograph of aerial view of Kalimna escarpment, Princes Highway, road to Kalimna Hotel, scattering of buildings including Gainsborough House, in distance is North Arm bridge, footbridge to undeveloped Bullock Island with rock groynes in place. Part of eastern pier of entrance at Lakes Entrance, Victoria.jetties, waterways, topography, township

Black and white photograph of aerial view of Kalimna Heights, showing scattered buildings, Princes Highway around side of cliff, western end of township, North Arm bridge, footbridge to Bullock Island, and rock groynes. Track to lookout and signal beacon visible. Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, jetties, waterways, vegetation

Colour photograph showing workman using digging machine to remove sand from inside entrance pier at Lakes Entrance Victoria.waterways, jetties, machinery, public works

Small format photograph showing rusted travelling crane at entrance piers. Steam boiler still attached. Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, vegetation, waterways, boats and boating

Black and white photographic postcard of an illustrative collage of two wood engravings, one showing view of the Western Spit of the natural entrance, with a steamer anchored and three cottages on the bank. The second illustration shows the wreck of the trading schooner Latrobe, at the natural entrance. Lakes Entrance VictoriaView of the Western Spit, 1878 (Wood engraving form Australasian Sketcher, Sale Regional arts Centre)jetties, public works

Date made July 1989Colour photograph showing the entrance, lakes and Lady Harriets barge moored beside Bullock Island. Fishing boat coming through the entrance. Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, public works, waterways

The dredge 'Wombat' owned by John Carpenter, contractor for stage one of cutting the entrance from the lake through to ocean - Bass Strait. Photo shows channel partly dredged and men on work platform in front of dredge.Black and white photograph showing bucket dredge Wombat removing sand from between piers. Dunes on western side on left, lakes in background, hills of Kalimna and Nungurner in distance. Work platform in front of dredge with workers. Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, occupation, waterways, public works

Also two identical copies|Also one 9 x 13 potograph in spares boxBlack and white photograph showing building of the entrance piers. Works building and houses on dunes at left, partially built pier on right background. Wombat dredge in centre. Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, waterways, public works

Black and white photograph showing man in diving suit, holding diving helmet, machinery on tram lines, second man on left of photo at Lakes Entrance, Victoria.waterways, jetties, boardwalk, public works

Black and white photograph of the entrance and Bullock Island showing the western end of Bullock Island formed by successive dumping of dredged sand. Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, ocean, waterways, public works

Two other copies black and white, 9 x 14cmBlack and white photograph showing piers and entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean Bass Strait. Western pier shows concrete extension, eastern pier shows workshed at end. Lakes Entrance Victoriaclothing, jetties, public works

Note on back - Dear Aggie, Met mother Friday evening, train arrived in Melbourne between 6 & 7. Jessie.Colour photograph showing early view of new wooden piers, a few people on pier and on beach. Strand of barbed wire across foreground. Lakes Entrance VictoriaCunninghame, Victoriaboardwalk, jetties, ocean, public works

Sepia photograph showing entrance from ocean Bass Strait to Gippsland Lakes. Early wooden piers, trading ship being towed out through entrance by small steamer, beach and boardwalk in foreground. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrancejetties, ocean, waterways, public works

Colour photograph showing newly constructed piers at entrance from ocean Bass Strait into Gippsland Lakes. People on beach, ladies in long skirts, men in suits. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrance 1906 (E Bowen, Stationer, Sale) (on back)jetties, machinery, ocean, public works

Black and white photograph showing piers and entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean Bass Strait. Few people on boardwalk on piers. Lakes Entrance Victoriaboardwalk, jetties, waterways, public works

One other copy slightly sepia tinted 12 x 19cmBlack and white photograph showing piers and entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean Bass Strait. Work in progress on concrete extension to western pier showing cranes and machinery in use. People on beach and piers. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrancewaterways, jetties, boardwalk, public works, ships and shipping

Black and white photograph showing entrance piers and entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean Bass Strait. Extensions to both piers completed. Visitors on pier and boardwalk. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrancewaterways, jetties, fences, machinery

Postcard printed in Germany has serrated edging. Also another sepia toned copy 10 x 15cm.Black and white postcard showing SS Wyralla steaming out entrance into Bass Strait, lot of smoke. Workshed on end of eastern pier. No-one on piers or beach on left of eastern pier. Boardwalk on right on end of pier. Tramline visible.boardwalk, jetties, restaurant, waterways

Second copy 10 x 15 brownish toningBlack and white photograph showing piers at entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean Bass Strait. Sailing boat in entrance. Kiosk on sand between eastern pier and boardwalk. Few people on beach. Lakes Entrance VictoriaEntranceboardwalk, jetties, restaurant, waterways

Black and white photograph showing wooden piers with newly completed concrete extensions. Rough seas breaking in entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean Bass Strait. Kiosk by boardwalk closed. Lakes Entrance Victoriaboardwalk, jetties, waterways