Came to Australia from Glasgow in 1865 and ran from Portland to Melbourne, then to New Zealand when gold was discovered there. In 1880 ran on the Melbourne-Geelong passenger and freight service. A Crimean War ship she had many collisions and ‘incidents’ during her long life, and became known as a ‘collision specialist’.B&W photographship, boat, sea, river

Framed limited edition 4 plate lithograph. Donated through the Australian Gifts Programme by Katherine Littlewood.gem, paddlesteamer, printmaking, kenneth jack, available

john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, boats, lake wendouree

john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, lake wendouree, steamboat

john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, rowing boat, steamer

john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, steamer, lake wendouree

john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, steamer, lake wendouree

Made from the wood from the S S EdinaThe ship the wood gavel is made from had the distinction of being "the longest Serving Screw Steamer in the World" She was built by Barclay & Curle in Galsgow in 1854 and was scrapped in Australia at Coode Island Footscray in 1957. The same wood was used to make the Chairman's chair in Carlton's Board room.Double headed wood gavel used to control Carlton FC board meetingsSmall brass plaque with the words " Made From The Wood From the S S Edina".

This publication has a hard cover with blue boards and a pictorial dust jacket. It consists of 264 pages.This book contains contributions from 16 writers who have first-hand knowledge of the Murray River area. It provides a comprehensive picture of the river in all its aspects. It gives a fascinating look at one of Australia's most important geographical and historical features. Contributors and chapters in this book are: - 1. Past, Present and Future – G. V. Lawrence 2. The Structure of the Murray – Edmund D. Gill 3. Seeing the Murray – Graeme Kinross Smith 4. The Mountains at the Source – Elyne Mitchell 5. The Explorers – Leigh Betheras 6. The Irrigators – G. Arch Grosvenor 7. Murray Water Conservation – W. G. L. Harrison & K. E. Johnson 8. The Murray River Steamers – Ian Mudie 9. Pioneer Days: A Story of Seventy Years Ago – Dorothy Roysland 10. Birdlife of the Murray Valley – John Eckert 11 .Aborigines in the Murray Valley, How We Learned the Story – H. A. Lindsay, The Aboriginal Occupation – Norman B. Tindale 12. Fish of the Murray River – John S. Lake 13. Native Plants of the Murray Valley – J. H. Willis 14. Murray Wildlife – K. N. G. Simpsonmurray river, australian geography, settlement on the murray river, native plants, aborigines in the murray valley, murray valley flora and fauna

This building was constructed at Old Gippstown from materials at hand. It was named after the garage operated in Maffra by W.O. (Bill) Fulton, blacksmith, garage proprietor and later state member of parliament. A large rectangular-shaped corrugated iron shed, used as a Garage. It has a gabled roof made of corrugated iron. There is a billboard on the front of building's roof.motor garage, old gippstown, west gippsland, gippsland, gippsland heritage park, goldfields, coal mine, victorian era, moe, historical village, petrol station, w.o. (bill) fulton, old gippstown heritage park, latrobe valley, buick hearse, chevrolet tourer, hudson hearse, stanley steamer, plume texaco, shell, cor, petrol pump