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Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Warrnambool Tourist Guide, Warrnambool Progress Association, Warrnambool On The Sea Tourist Guide, The Ideal City, Where to Go and What to See, 1936
Warrnambool Tourist Guide 1936This is a booklet with a buff-coloured cover featuring an illustration of a woman water skiing. The back cover has blue printing. The pages contain a fold-out map, advertisements, printed text and black and white photographs. The pages have been stapled and then glued.non-fictionWarrnambool Tourist Guide 1936tourism in warrnambool, warrnambool progress association -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Beach Street buildings, Port Melbourne, Janet Bolitho, 1995 - 2002
Five colour photographs of Beach Street buildings .01 - The Sandridge Hotel on the way to becoming Sandridge Apartments (1995) .02 - London Hotel and Centenary Pylon (2002) .03 - Office building - Tempo Holidays - next to Pier Hotel (2011) .04 - Fox Hat & Co P/L building .05 - London Hotel with apartments (1995)built environment - commercial, built environment - domestic, beach street, london family hotel, fox hay timber and hardware pty ltd, london restaurant, tempo holidays, centenary pylon, business and traders - hotels -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - The Ideal City Warrnambool On the Sea, 1944-1948
These booklets were issued in 1944 to 1948 by the Warrnambool Progress and Tourist Association(established in 1927). Warrnambool was the winner of the Sun News Pictorial Quest in 1928, the ‘Ideal City’ and used this title to promote the city. There had been several Tourist Associations in Warrnambool prior to 1927 and all of them promoted Warrnambool as a health resort and an ideal holiday destination with the Sea Baths in Gilles Street and the beach close by. These guides were produced during and immediately post World War Two with rationing of petrol and other goods and most people in Victoria would not have been contemplating long and expensive holidays so Warrnambool with its rail service and beach facilities would have been seen as a possible holiday destination. The booklets contain information on the tourist attractions of Warrnambool and district, black and white photographs of buildings, events and scenic spots and advertisements for local businesses. Many of the advertisements also contain photographs of business premises.These booklets are of interest as they contain photographs of Warrnambool in the mid to late 1940's and advertisements for many business operating at that time.[.1] 56 page booklet. The apricot cover has red printing and a picture of a young woman holding a beach ball aloft on the front. The white pages have black printing & blue coloured photographs. The last page is pink. [.2] 54 page stapled booklet. The pale blue cover has dark blue printing and a picture of a young woman holding a beach ball aloft on the front. There are three pink pages at the front. The remainder are white with black printing. This booklet contains a handwritten letter to the Warrnambool City Council and a yellow page typed reply acknowledging the donation. [.3] 48 page originally stapled booklet now held together with white cotton. The beige cover has dark blue printing and a picture of a young woman holding a beach ball aloft on the front. Name written in biro on front cover. There are blue and pink pages which contain photographs and an apricot coloured fold out map. [.4] 50 page booklet with rounded corners. The beige cover has brown printing and a drawing of a tennis player and golfer waving to two ladies in bathing costumes on the beach. There are sail boats, a mountain, clouds and a gum tree in the background. There are some coloured pages. [.1] The Ideal City WARRNAMBOOL ON THE SEA Victoria Australia Tourist Guide Where to Go! What to See! To Advance Warrnambool - "THE IDEAL CITY" Victoria's Premier Health and Holiday Resort - Price 6d. [.2] The Ideal City WARRNAMBOOL ON THE SEA Victoria Australia Tourist Guide Where to Go! What to See! To Advance Warrnambool - "THE IDEAL CITY" Victoria's Premier Health and Holiday Resort - Price 1/- [.3] The Ideal City WARRNAMBOOL ON THE SEA Victoria Australia Tourist Guide Where to Go! What to See! To Advance Warrnambool - "THE IDEAL CITY" Victoria's Premier Health and Holiday Resort - Price 1/6 Handwritten in biro Terry O'Sullivan - WCC 20/2/06 [.4] The Ideal City WARRNAMBOOL Victoria Australia ON THE SEA Happy Holiday Health Resort Surfing Boating Shooting Tourist Guide Where to Go! What to See! To Advance Warrnambool - "THE IDEAL CITY" Victoria's Premier Health and Holiday Resort - Price 1/6 Handwritten in biro 1948 warrnambool, ideal city, warrnambool tourist guide, warrnambool progress and tourist association, warrnambool tourism, warrnambool business advertisements -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Emily and Katherine Brew of Lake Tyers Beach and Umut Gokeet with Syd Seagull, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1992c
Emily and Katherine Brew of Lake Tyers Beach and Umut Gokeet with Syd Seagull during holiday activities Gippsland VictBlack and white photograph showing Emily and Katherine Brew of Lake Tyers Beach and Umut Gokeet with Syd Seagull during holiday activities Gippsland Victoria people, events, social history -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Summer Holiday, 1967
Aerial view of a harbour with a jetty and a boat. At edge of water is a narrow beach and 4 houses (white with roofs painted in orange, yellow, white and pale blue). Seaweed and reefs are visible below surface of water. Framed in wood and board frame (white and grey).Front: Barnard 1967 (lower left, blue paint). Back: Phyl Barnard "Summer Holiday" 1967. -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Church of England Boys' Society at Mornington, Dec-16
An accompanying note reads: " SURREY HILLS CHURCH OF ENGLAND BOYS SOCIETY HOLIDAYS AT MORNINGTON 1916 / THOSE IN PHOTO:- / BACK ROW FROM LEFT:- / ERIC COLLINS / WALTER FROGLEY / REG DAY / H. (BERT) HUNT / CENTRE / FRANK SMITH / ROY SMITH / FRONT / STAN SMITH / ERIC SIMPSON / 1916."Black and white photo of members of the Church of England Boys' Society on holiday at Mornington in 1916. They are standing in front of a beach box and are identified as: Back row from left: Eric Collins, Walter Frogley, Reg Day, H (Bert) Smith Middle row: Frank Smith, Roy Smith Front row: Stan Smith, Eric SimpsonBlack and white photo - original and copy by Ken hall which measures 7" x 10"; original is mounted on maroon card.Front top of original in pen: " C.E.B.S. Camp Mornington 1916 / Xmas" Diagonally across front bottom RH cnr in pen "Yours truly / H.W.L. Hunt / 1917" Back top in ink: "C.E.B.S. XMAS CAMP MORNINGTON 1916 / Property now owned by MYERS" Centre: "STAN SMITH / 6 LONGVIEW ROAD / NTH BALWYN"church of england boys' society, sports and recreations, swimming, bathing costume, simpson, eric collins, walter frogley, reg day, bert hunt, herbert hunt, frank smith, roy smith, eric simpson, stan smith, 1910-1919, mornington -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Postcard, Trant - Postcarte - Carte postale, Postcard sent from Linton, 1907, 1907
The postcard was sent to Miss Reita Austin by D. Campbell in January 1907, while Miss Austin was holidaying at Sorrento. The postcard is postmarked "LINTON /VICTORIA" and is dated "JA 8 / 07".Black and white postcard photo showing young lady with hair loose over her shoulders, with grapes and leaves decorating hair, wearing strapless dress with flowers on bodice.Addressed to: "Miss Reita Austin, Ellerslie, Back Beach Rd, Sorrento. Postmarked: "Linton / JA 8 / 07 / Victoria". Message: "Dear Miss Austin, you ought to be enjoying your trip at the sea-side it is enough to melt anyone up. Am just sending silly P.C. with this mail. P.C's are very scarse in Linton and there are not many nice ones. With love D Campbell".d. campbell, reita austin -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetable/s, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), Set of 25 digital timetables - Yarra Trams, 2016
Set of 25 digital timetables generally applicable 2016 to 13/4/2017. Similar timetables ran during 13/4/2017 and 1/5/2017 over the Easter Holiday period up to when Route 58 (from route 8 and route 55) introduced and route 6 modified - see Reg item 2212 for details. List major stops only. All downloaded from the PTV website 9-4-17 as pdf files. Image files are htd2211iRx - x being the route number. Route 1 - East Coburg - South Melbourne Beach Route 3 and 3A - Melbourne University - East Malvern - and via St Kilda Beach Route 5 - Melbourne University - Malvern Route 6 - Melbourne University - Glen Iris Route 8 - Moreland - Toorak Route 11 - West Preston - Victoria Harbour Docklands Route 12 - Victoria Gardens - St Kilda Route 16 - Melbourne University - Kew Via St Kilda Route 19 - North Coburg - Flinders St Route 30 - St Vincent's Plaza - Etihad Stadium Docklands Route 35 - City Circle Route 48 - North Balwyn - Victoria Harbour Docklands Route 55 - West Coburg - Domain Interchange Route 57 - West Maribyrnong - Flinders St Route 59 - Airport West - Flinders St Route 64 - East Brighton - Melbourne University Route 67 - Carnegie - Melbourne University Route 70 - Wattle Park - Waterfront City Docklands Route 72 - Camberwell - Melbourne University Route 75 - Vermont South - Etihad Stadium Docklands Route 78 - North Richmond - Balaclava via Prahran Route 82 - Footscray - Moonee Ponds Route 86 - Bundoora RMIT - Waterfront City Docklands Route 96 - East Brunswick - St Kilda Beach Route 109 - Box Hill - Port Melbournetrams, tramways, timetables, yarra trams, route 1, route 3, route 5, route 6, route 8, route 11, route 12, route 16, route 19, route 30, route 35, route 48, route 55, route 57, route 59, route 64, route 67, route 70, route 72, route 75, route 78, route 82, route 86, route 96, route 109 -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Colour, Circa 1993
Edithvale is a suburb in the City of Kingston. It is located between Aspendale and Chelsea on the Port Phillip Bay and built within remnant areas of the Carrum Carrum swamp. The foreshore precinct comprises a wide sandy beach, with low sand dunes and numerous historic boat sheds. The suburb consists of older style dwellings and former holiday houses, combined with mid-century housing and newer homes. The large blocks are increasingly subdivided and the existing dwellings demolished to accommodate units and townhouses, thus changing the landscape of the area and reducing the tree canopy.The beachside suburb of Edithvale was previously part of the extensive Carrum Carrum Swamp. The area was once a source of fish and eels for the Mayone-Bulluk clan of the Bunurong people. Over time the area was drained and predominantly devoted to dairy farming and holiday houses. The farms were gradually sold and subdivided with a large number of homes built after World War II and in the 1960s. Edithvale is mainly residential with a shopping strip along Nepean Highway but little significant industry was ever established in the area apart from a plaster works and confectionary factory, both now closed.Aerial colour photograph of Edithvale as viewed from Alexandra Avenue in the north to Ella Grove Chelsea/Edithvale in the south. The area is built-up with residential housing and facilities including Edithvale Primary School, numerous churches and the Edithvale Railway station. Large sections depict the remnant Carrum Carrum swamp. Edithvale Common and the former "Duck Inn" (Melbourne Water/Friends of Edithvale Seaford Wetlands) can be seen. Edithvale Recreational reserve, the velodrome and Edithvale Public Golf Course are prominent. The image shows vacant land in the area now known as Aspendale Gardens and the newer residential section of Chelsea Heights is not developed. A bike path has been established to cover the secondary drain. The Golf Links Court residential development located off Hughes Avenue is a large vacant block.Yellow circular adhesive sticker on plastic Black ink (marker): * (asterisk) Black type on white adhesive sticker: P000108edithvale, aspendale, chelsea, carrum carrum swamp -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Herald and Weekly Times, "Sorrento: A favourite holiday resort", Dec. 1910
Image of page 33 of the 17 Dec 1910 issue of The Weekly Times with a photo page titled "Sorrento: A favourite holiday resort", featuring: 1 - Arrival of the Excursionists - photo shows the pier and a steamer with people walking to the tram 2 - Rocks on the coast 3 - The back beach from Point Coppin 4 - A glimpse of the business portion of Sorrento 5 - Tram terminus back beach 6 - A study (yacht) outward bound 7 - Point Coppin from the back beach 8 - View looking toward front beach from Amphitheatre road. see http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222543442Yields information about the Sorrento steam trams and Sorrento itself.Digital image from a newspapertramways, sorrento, steam trams, tourist trips -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Lake Tyers Beach, Google Earth, 2014
Colour photograph of Lakes Beachfront Holiday Resort showing Lake Tyers Beach Road, Barracouta Road and Salmon Road, walking track with ocean beach on Bass Strait in background, Bream Road in foreground, Lake Tyers Beach VictoriaLakes Beachfront Holiday Reocean, caravan parks -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Postcard - Postcard Folder set, George Rose, Rose Stereographic Company, 1880-1942
Each postcard folder in this set has no address, message or postage stamp. Postcard folders such as these were popular as holiday souvenirs in the early to mid-20th century and were kept in good condition by collectors. The size is convenient for posting to friends and relatives and packing as holiday luggage. Postcards in the early-to-mid-19th century were an inexpensive way to remember and share holiday scenes, as few people could afford a camera and the price of developing the photographs. The images on these postcards were produced from black and white lithographs of photographs taken at Warrnambool and the surrounding district during the early to mid-20th century. Publishing firms such as Melbourne-based Valentine and Rose purchased photographs from local photographers and reproduced them for sale. This set of postcard folders shows that more than one publishing company had access to the same or almost the same images. The photographs include street scapes, the Warrnambool Breakwater and Pier, Botanical Gardens, beach scenes, cliff formations, the Hopkins River, municipal buildings, the Post Office and the Soldiers’ Memorial. The postcard folders in this set of three are significant as a record of local history from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. The locations of the images match photographs and postcards in our collection that were taken at different times and provide a historical record of the Warrnambool and southwest Victorian locations, growth and changes.. The images record changes in the coastline, land, bay, buildings and other structures, roads, transportation and even the fashions of the times. Set of three postcard folders containing black and white images of photographed scenes showcasing Warrnambool and district between 1880 and 1942. The images were produced from lithographs of the original photographs and are printed on both sides of long strips of white photographic paper that are Z-folded into covers of textured card. Some of the images are repeated in all three folders. Folder 8665.1 - the cream-coloured folder was produced by The Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd. Melbourne and contains 15 photographs, some of which are also in the blue and the green folders. Folders 8665.2, the green folder, and 8665.3, the blue folder, were published by Rose Stereograph Co, Armadale, Vic. Each contains the same twelve images, but they are presented in a different order. flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, warramble, postcard, postcard folder, warrnambool scenes, picturesque views of warrnambool, picturesque views of warramble, lady bay, port of warrnambool, breakwater, warrnambool breakwater, viaduct, merri river footbridge, merri river suspension bridge, suspension footbridge, merri river mouth, hopkins river mouth, proudfoot's, fanny nelson, nelson's boatsheds, nelson's boathouse, boathouse, hopkins river boathouses, flett's boathouse, flett, george rose, image of a rose, rose series, rose stereograph co, rose stereographic company, lighograph, armadale victoria, lady bay beach, beach scene, lower light, concrete footbridge, 1922 footbridge, viaduct road, rose postcard, new concrete bridge, 1945, 1890, 1922, small footbridge, 1872 footbridge, 1872, merri river estuary, stingray bay, postcards, shipwrecked coast, maritime museum, souvenir, warrnambool local scenes, hopkins river, botanic gardens, soldiers’ memorial, pier, post office, municipal buildings, merri river, proudfoot’s, the cliffs at shelly beach, the road to sandy beach, tourism, photographs, visitors, travel, scenes, local history, mid-20th century, 1940s, 1950s, rose stereograph co armadale. vic, valentine publishing co. pty. ltd melbourne, valentine publishing co. pty. ltd sydney -
City of Kingston
Postcard - Postcard, Colour, E. Soffa, Half Moon Bay, c. 1920
... promoting the Black Rock area. Beach Holiday Leisure Boating Bathing ...Postcards began to be produced in Victoria from 1876. Between 1900 and 1920, picture postcards in Australia became an incredibly popular phenomenon. People could cheaply and easily send messages, without the formality of a letter, and they provided a cheap form of souvenir. Eventually, every event of significance was commemorated in some way with a postcard, and this led to the development of a ‘picture on one side and a message/stamp on the other’ postcard we are familiar with today. They were also a popular form of advertising. This postcard appears to be one in a set of postcards promoting the Black Rock area.Colour postcard from a hand tinted photographic image depicting the foreshore at Half Moon Bay, Black Rock. There are people in the foreground wading in the sea, a man sitting in a small boat near the shore, several other boats around, people deeper in the water in the background, and a range of beach shacks/bathing boxes in the far background.beach, holiday, leisure, boating, bathing boxes, recreation, foreshore, seaside -
City of Kingston
Postcard - Half Moon Bay, E. Soffa, c. 1920
... promoting the Black Rock area. Postcard Beach Landscape Holiday ...Postcards began to be produced in Victoria from 1876. Between 1900 and 1920, picture postcards in Australia became an incredibly popular phenomenon. People could cheaply and easily send messages, without the formality of a letter, and they provided a cheap form of souvenir. Eventually, every event of significance was commemorated in some way with a postcard, and this led to the development of a ‘picture on one side and a message/stamp on the other’ postcard we are familiar with today. They were also a popular form of advertising. This postcard appears to be one in a set of postcards promoting the Black Rock area.Postcard with photographic image which appears to have been hand tinted depicting Half Moon Bay beach at Black Rock. In the foreground in tea-tree bush, the foreshore has beach shacks on it, along with many small boats moored in the bay. A long jetty enters the bay. The photograph has been taken from the cliff top. Printed in red ink on the top right hand corner of the image is "Pier, Half Moon Bay".postcard, beach, landscape, holiday -
City of Kingston
Postcard - Postcard, Colour, E. Soffa, Cliffs, Half Moon Bay, c. 1920
... promoting the Black Rock area. Beach Holiday Black Rock Photography ...Postcards began to be produced in Victoria from 1876. Between 1900 and 1920, picture postcards in Australia became an incredibly popular phenomenon. People could cheaply and easily send messages, without the formality of a letter, and they provided a cheap form of souvenir. Eventually, every event of significance was commemorated in some way with a postcard, and this led to the development of a ‘picture on one side and a message/stamp on the other’ postcard we are familiar with today. They were also a popular form of advertising. This postcard appears to be one in a set of postcards promoting the Black Rock area.Colour postcard with a handtinted photograhic image of the cliffs at Black Rock beach, known as Half Moon Bay. People can be seen picnicing on the sand with tide out and a portion of seawall is visible.beach, holiday, black rock, photography, hand tintin -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph - Vessel S. S. Casino in Lady Bay Warrnambool, 1920's - 1930's
This photograph was one of ten photographs donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village by Fred Trewartha. Frederick John Fox Trewartha (Fred) was a well-known Warrnambool businessman. He was born in Beeac near Geelong in 1920 and came to Warrnambool with his family as a very young child. He was apprenticed to his father John, as a saddler and later opened his own shop on Raglan Parade. He then moved into working with tarpaulins and canvases for the trucking industry. Fred was keenly interested in photography (and was a member of the Warrnambool Cine Club), yachting and boat building. He kept his yacht moored at Port Fairy for many years and participated in sailing events locally and interstate. He also built boats with his sons. He had the opportunity to meet many older sailors and it's thought this photo (and others in the set) may have been given to him by one of these men. Fred Trewartha died in 2016 in Warrnambool. Warrnambool by the 1920's and 1930's had become a popular holiday destination with visitors arriving by steamer and train. It was during these decades that a "Surf Bathers Association" began in Warrnambool in response to the growing popularity of local sea bathing. They worked with the local council to develop a "Beach Improvement Fund" and a comprehensive plan of "Beach Improvement" which included erecting and maintaining beach boxes, building a kiosk, improving paths and roads to the beach, planting marram grass on the sand dunes, building new enclosures for vehicles and horses and generally making the beach more attractive for visitors and townspeople. The 1930's was also an era when free "Herald" Learn-to-Swim classes were being held throughout Victoria. In 1931 it was reported in "The Age" newspaper that "over the past week in Warrnambool, 250 pupils had passed through the hands of the local life saving club swimming instructors". The Port of Warrnambool - In the early years the Port of Warrnambool was a busy port. Steamships and sailing ships were frequent visitors to the port. Steam navigation companies were plentiful, carrying passengers and freighting cargo such as coal, timber, food, livestock, furniture, hardware and haberdashery between Melbourne and the ports along the southwest coast of Victoria, including Warrnambool. The carts would take their loads into the township for distribution. The Breakwater was built (using 32 ton blocks of concrete) between 1874 and 1890 to provide ships with greater protection from the Southern Ocean. The Lifeboat and Rocket House - The coastline of South West Victoria has had over 600 shipwrecks and many lost lives; even in Warrnambool’s Lady Bay there were around 16 known shipwrecks between 1850 and 1905, with eight lives lost. In 1859 the first Government-built lifeboat arrived at Warrnambool Harbour and a shed was soon built to house it, followed in 1864 by a rocket house to safely store the Rocket Rescue equipment. In 1878 the buildings were moved to the Breakwater area, and in 1910 the new Lifeboat Warrnambool arrived with its ‘self-righting’ design. For almost one hundred years the lifeboat and rocket crews, mostly local volunteers, trained regularly to maintain and improve their skills, summoned when needed by alarms, gunshots, ringing bells and foghorns. Some became local heroes but all served an important role. By the end of the 1950s the lifeboat and rescue equipment had become obsolete. The S.S. Casino was a passenger and freight steamer built in Dundee, Scotland, in 1882 for the Newcastle and Hunter River Steam Navigation Company of N.S.W. She weighed 425 tons gross with a length of 160.4 feet, beam of 24.1 feet and a depth of 10.2 feet. She had saloon accommodation for 35 people, a fore cabin for 25 more people, and she carried 300 tons of cargo. While on her delivery journey on May 30th 1882, the S.S. Casino called in at the Port of Warrnambool for coal, narrowly escaping going ashore in gale force winds due to the quick action of the pilot. At that time, still at anchor, she impressed the directors of the Belfast and Koroit Steam Navigation Company so much that they bought her immediately; she was ideal for trade along the West Coast of Victoria. (The Belfast and Koroit Steam Navigation Company was first managed by Messers. Saltau and Osburne and after the passing of Mr. Osburne, by produce merchants Messers H. Sautau and Sons, who had a hay and corn store and shipping agency on the corner of Liebig and Koroit Streets in Warrnambool. ) The S.S. Casino became “the most famous steamer to operate in Victorian waters along the West Coast” by author Jack Loney. Captain Boyd was her first Master, followed by Captain Chapman, who stayed with her from 1890 until 1924. Captain W. Robertson followed for a short term, and then Captain Middleton then took command from 1925 - 1932. An article published on Monday 11th June 1932 in The Sun News Pictorial (Melbourne) giving a detailed history of S. S. Casino said "owned by Port Fairy interests, she was an integral part of the town's development ... for a long time, her arrival in Port Fairy was an event, the townspeople going down to the wharf to see her come in". It also said "Except when the weather was bad, the Casino hugged the coast on her trips and passengers obtained wonderful views of the sandstone terraces and caves. A little time ago every member of her regular crew except one, was a Scotsman." The S.S. Casino had several mishaps during her life. One was on 3rd January 1898 when she collided with the S.S. Flinders in Apollo Bay with minor damage. Another was on 24th October 1924 when she grounded on a reef at Point Hawdon near Grey River and most of her cargo (of Christmas goods) had to be dumped into the sea. Then in February 1929 she was ‘holed’ when she struck a submerged object as she entered Lady Bay, Warrnambool. In the years following the turn of the century, the S.S. Casino remained the only regular trader with normal passenger accommodation along the West Coast. From 1882 she had made at least 2,500 voyages on the one run. On the morning of 10th July 1932, after attempting to berth at Apollo Bay jetty in heavy seas, Captain Middleton decided to take her out into the bay and wait until the seas abated. It was not realised that the anchor used to steady her as she manoeuvred to her berth had pierced her hull. She put about and headed for the beach but sank. Captain Middleton and nine others lost their lives; nine people were rescued including the two female passengers. Captain Middleton had been in charge of the S.S. Casino for seven years. He was the first ship’s Master to lose his life in a shipwreck in the West Coast trade. In June 1932, the directors of the Belfast and Koroit Steam Navigation Company had proposed to celebrate the completion of fifty years of trading by the steamer Casino in August, but tragically the Casino was wrecked only one month later (and "was only one month off completing its fifty years of valuable service between Melbourne and Portland.") Flagstaff Hill’s collection has a photograph of a portrait of Captain Chapman, a ship model of the S.S. Casino that shows both forms of power under which she sailed, steam and sail. The ship is painted green and flies three flags. The inscription across the case of the ship model, incorrectly dated, tells the sad story of the wreck of the ship and the loss of lives on July 10th 1932 at Apollo Bay. A print in the Collection shows S.S. Casino underway in the heavy sea off Point Lonsdale, another two photographs show her at the Port of Warrnambool, leaving from the Breakwater in Lady Bay and another identifies the S.S. Casino as a ship from the Belfast and Koroit Steam Navigation Company. (Belfast is the original name for the township of Port Fairy).This photograph is significant because of its association with the coastal trader S.S. Casino and its significance to trade along Victoria's West Coast in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The wreck of the S.S. Casino is considered an important part of Victorian and Australian cultural heritage and as such has been declared and protected as an Historic Shipwreck under State and Commonwealth Law in the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act (1976). It is also significant as it shows the early years of tourism in Warrnambool and the important role the beach played in the lives of residents and visitors.A black and white photograph (with colour tinting) showing Lady Bay in Warrnambool with the Breakwater in the background. The S. S. Casino is moored at the Breakwater and the lifeboat shed and a coal train can be seen on the Breakwater. Six swimmers are standing in the water. On the back of the photograph are the donor's name and telephone number (written in black biro) and the name of the S. S. Casino and its tonnage written in blue ink. A blurred number has been stamped on plus a "M' written in pencil.Donor's name, address and phone number / "S. S. Casino" / "500 TONS" / "REG" "- - - 09 " (blurred numbers) / "M"warrnambool, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, lady bay, breakwater, fred trewartha, frederick john fox trewartha, surf bathers association, sea bathing, swimming, warrnambool beach, beach improvement fund, port of warrnambool, steamships, lifeboat house, rocket house, lifeboat crew, s. s. casino, belfast and koroit steam navigation company, saltau and osburne, captain middleton, apollo bay, apollo bay shipwreck -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Riviera Beach Resort, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/09/1994 12:00:00 AM
... Holiday Concepts Riviera Beach Resort Rowe Street...Black and white of Holiday Concepts Riviera Beach Resort...Holiday Concepts Riviera Beach Resort Rowe Street ...Holiday Concepts Riviera Beach Resort Rowe Street comprising seven self contained villas on timeshare concept Lakes Entrance VictoriaBlack and white of Holiday Concepts Riviera Beach Resort Rowe Street comprising seven self contained villas on timeshare concept Lakes Entrance Victoriatourism, accommodation, land development