Girls in water are in neck to knee swim suitsBlack and white photograph showing twin gable Carpenter House on dunes at New Works. Nine girls at waters edge preparing to swim, and two men and child on rocks. Picket fence across front of house. Lakes Entrance VictoriaSite 8 1916 (John Carpenter's house 1889) photo: W. Thomson, Clydebank, Sale. houses, waterways, recreation

Black and white photograph showing lake shoreline on western side of entrance piers, with rock retaining wall, walings and crane left middle distance and front of Schnapper cottage, dense vegetation on dune and some erosion to beach. Lakes Entrance Victoria machinery, waterfront, houses

Black and white photograph showing wooden piers at entrance to Bass Strait from the Gippsland Lakes. Buildings on sand dunes, Bullock Island and rock groynes. Photo taken from Jemmys Point showing shrubbery in foreground. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, topography, boats and boating, islands

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 Victoria waterways, public works, dredging

Black and white photograph showing walings along shoreline west of entrance piers and Schnapper Cotttage further along. Dense vegetation on dunes, several small boats on beach behind walings, Hopetoun channel right foreground. Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, waterfront

Written during the 1960s when surfing was burgeoning across Australia’s coast and Phillip Island surf beaches had become extremely popular, few management strategies were in place to control interaction of the public with the delicate flora and fauna of the coastal environments. There were few good access tracks, car parks, bins, toilets etc at coastal/surfing hotspots around the Phillip Island coast. A number of management issues occurred with the influx of surfers. These included dune erosion caused by surfers climbing dunes to see the surf before going on the beach; informal parking on wildlife habitat; numerous access paths from wherever cars were parked down to the beach cutting through habitat; illegal camping on foreshores; illegal lighting of fires on beach and in dunes; surfers’ dogs let out of the car while surfers were out on the water. The dogs were uncontrolled. Certainly some surfers behaved responsibly, as is almost invariably the case these days. However, in that era of this article few people understood the delicate nature of the coastal environment and that it need to be protected through public education, infrastructure and enforcement of regulations. As now, most rural Fire services were run by dedicated volunteers who faced many challenges in their roles as Country Fire Authority firefighters. However, it was not uncommon for visitors and locals to also assist with fire-fighting efforts.The article is significant in containing quotes from both sides of the discussion who were directly involved in coastal fire incidents on Phillip Island in the 1960s. It also indicates the large number of surfers visiting Phillip Island beaches, the volunteer nature of the firefighting service and the extra challenges they faced on Phillip Island as a visitor destination. The anonymous university student surfer who is quoted, also describes possible causes of the fires, methods he and his fellow surfers used to extinguish the fires and raise the alarm, and the way they assisted the volunteer firefighters . The reference to him breaking into one of the Summerland housing estate holiday houses is also significant because that housing estate was purchased over 2 decades by successive Victorian governments to remove management issues caused to the wildlife habitat on Summerland Peninsula.Photocopy of newspaper cuttings including 2 related articles. Five columns of black text on white paper with one poorly reproduced photo bottom rightphillip island, cat bay, country fire authority, artie murdoch, alf towns, frank dixon, barry thompson, newhaven-san remo rural fire brigade, penguin parade, cowrie beach, surfers, coastal fires

B.I.T. Papers Summer 1970-71, articles by various contributors, contents include, Building the Melbourne-Bendigo Railway, Engineering in Colonial Times, Source-Bordering Sand Dunes along the Loddon River & others, 66 pages with black and white photographs and maps..history, australian

Also four other black and white copies, one size 12 x 18 cm, two size 9 x 14 cm, and one size 10 x 15 cm, one of which was purchased from Helen ClothierBlack and white photograph showing buildings on dunes, and township of Lakes Entrance across lake, Cunninghame Arm. Buildings from left are school, harbour masters house, harbour engineer's house. Boardwalk in foreground. Kalimna Hill in background. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, vegetation, topography, township, historic buildings

Black and white photograph, showing eastern end of Rigby Island, Snake Island, at Lakes Entrance, Victoria. Reeves Channel below foreground hill, Hopetoun Channel between dunes and islands with fish pens in distance. Two people sitting on hill in foreground.islands, waterways, topography, room display

Navigation baskets were used to guide boats in and out of Lakes Entrance Sepia photograph showing flagstaff with navigation baskets on dunes at entrance to Gippsland Lakes. Two smaller baskets above yardarm, two larger baskets below yardarm. Lakes Entrance Victoria. Also black and white copy 20 x 13.5 cmnavigation, boardwalk, boats and boating, ships and shipping

East beach near Battery HillColoured photograph of Empty beach with scrub and picket fence in foregroundeast beach, battery hill, ocean, sea, dune, tea tree, tree

Black and white photograph showing, Schnapper cottage on western side of entrance. Dark weatherboards, front partially screened in, picket fence along front, rocks along shoreline, thick vegetation on dunes, tall century plant at rear of house. Lakes Entrance Victoria waterfront, historic buildings

also copies|Two black and white 8.5 x 14|Two black and white 16 x 25Sepia photograph showing view of entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean- Bass Strait, looking west towards Western Pier and dunes. Foreground on left shows gable roof of rocket shed and shipwreck bell on white post on right. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, sandbar, rocket shed

2 other copiesBlack and white small format postcard of bathers at the ocean beach. It shows a crowd of people on the sand dunes, remains of a brush fence, Southern Ocean and Red Bluff in distance. Taken from original tower, built for Royal Lifesaving Club. Lakes Entrance VictoriaBathers, Lakes Entrance topography, people, beaches, recreation

Colored photograph of footbridge over the Cunninghame Arm. It shows a flock of seagulls on the northern shore beside the approaches to the bridge, which has white painted railings, surf lifesaving club house on dunes in distance, several groups of people on footbridge. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, bridges, tourism

2 copies 6 x 9Black and white small format postcard of footbridge over Cunninghame Arm. It shows people on bare sand dunes in foreground boat moored beside bridge, motor vehicles parked along retaining wall on North shore with town buildings in background. Lakes Entrance VictoriaFootbridge Lakes Entrancebridges, waterways, township, people

Black and white postcard showing view from top of hill north of Lakes Entrance shows North Arm with west end of town Cunninghame Arm and sand dunes in distance. Track in foreground Myers Street known as Allens Hill in 1930 Lakes Entrance Victoriatownship, waterways, roads and streets

Colour photograph showing Lady Harriet barge moored at wharf in Cunninghame Arm mast and rigging intact. Bullock Island and sand dunes in background Lakes Entrance Victoria. Also an enlarged colour lamenated photograph almost identical 04673.1 29 x 19.5 cmbarges, boats and boating

Copied from a copy in possession of J WhadcoatBlack and white photograph showing view of seven cottages on dunes. View of several boats at jetties and on slipway, white shed on New Works wharf, Cunninghame Arm in front of cottages, part of Bullock Island showing some vegetation and one telegraph pole. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, islands, settlement

Also copy tinted postcard 10 x 15Coloured post card of the man made entrance through the sand dunes, taken from Jemmys Point. It shows the works and settlement at the entrance, Bullock Island and groynes to direct flow of lake waters towards entrance. Two men standing on Jemmys Point. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrance, Cunninghame, Victoriaislands, waterways, topography

One black and white copy 17 x 25Black and white postcard showing North Arm Bridge, Bullock Island and foot bridge northern end of piers at entrance to Bass Strait and sand dunes. Left foreground shows power pole and water bore and telephone poles along Princes Highway Lakes Entrance Victoria.The Entrance, Bullock Island, Lakes Entranceislands, bridges, waterways, topography

2 copies with inscription below|1 x 9 x 14|1 x 12.5 x 17.5|View of Flagstaff and Rocket Shed from the Eastern Pier of Lakes Entrance, this was the New Works, (photograph 1906c - A Maclachlan)|Enlargement black and white 20.5 x 28|Also copy in Caire P01049Black and white photograph showing two ladies on Eastern Pier, view of beach, dune and flagstaff on right, entrance and northern end of pier and works buildings on left, Kalimna escarpment in background. Lakes Entrance Victoria. Plus another photo of Eastern Pier looking toward the Entrance waterways, piers, boardwalk

Black and white photograph of women members of the Lee family at the family home The Hummocks on the sand dunes south shore of Cunninghame Arm. Shown are Mrs Kathryn Delahunty, Mrs Cathryn Lee nee Delahunty, Mrs Emily Carstairs nee Lee and Ina Carstairs Lakes Entrance Victoriagenealogy

Copied from photograph in possession of J WhadcoatBlack and white photograph showing stone piers at entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean - Bass Strait. Eastern pier on left, dune and western pier on right. Cranes and some work sheds on left. Navigation light on tip of Bullock Island on extreme right. Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, waterways, topography, township

East Beach looking Southeast beach, dune, sea, ocean, life saving, equipment, rubber boat, path

The Hulk of the Baang Yarnda on the North Arm foreshore. (Note in album)Black and white photograph showing view from Kalimna cliff overlooking North Arm and township, Cunninghame Arm and sand dunes out to Bass Strait. Hulk of old Baang Yarnda moored in North Arm, towed there in 1939 and left to rot. Thick vegetation in foreground. Lakes Entrance Victoria.township, waterways

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of a quiet time, in a gun detachment area at an Australian Fire Support Base, in the sand dunes, on the coast, South East of the 1st Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. The Battery was supporting Infantry in the area (circa June 1970).photograph, fire support base, 1st atf base, nui dat, phuoc tuy province, infantry, gibbons collection catalogue, photographer, vietnam war, denis gibbons, 105mm howitzer, nui thai vai mountains

Black and white postcard of west end of Bullock Island, showing rock groynes around island, wooden entrance piers in entrance to Gippsland Lakes from Bass Strait, sand dunes showing New Works houses and sheds. A tree branch across top and foreground shrubbery. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLooking towards Lakes Entrance (on front)islands, waterways, room display