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Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Lakes Entrance, 1997c
Colour print of aerial view looking south of western side of township. Shows housing on Kalimna Hill, North Arm, part of Bullock Island, Cunninghame Arm, the outer barrier and east pier of man made entrance. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, township -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - The Entrance, 1930c
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 -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Wombat, 1885c
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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - Alice McGregor Postcard Collection, 1900 - 1920
Alice McGREGOR Born: 1908; unknown parents. Possibly adopted by the Salter family? Electoral Roll 1936: Highland Terrace Kangaroo Flat. Alice Mary Salter and William Robert Salter living together; presumed to be sister and brother. William Robert Salter was killed in a MVA in Bendigo in 1937 aged 26. In Victoria in 1938, Alice Mary Salter married James Thomas McGregor (born Victoria 1917, died Victoria 1983, buried Fawkner Cemetery) Lived: 1968; 22 Wade Street Golden Square Alice McGregor Died: 1999 aged 91 at Anne Caudle Centre, Bendigo Buried: Kangaroo Flat Cemetery See additional research. Postcard Album of Alice McGregor contained 86 post cards.Postcard Album of Alice McGregor containing 86 postcards. See 1400 Coloured image entitled 'Storm off Brighton'. Dark moonlit night with rough seas. Just visible is a pier on the right. Lights of a house in background. Hull of a ship in centre? Addressee - Miss H.Y. Shatford, Watson's Creek, via Kangaroo Grounds, Melbourne Sender J Y D Dated Jan 31, 1906 postcard, collector, alice mcgregor -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Hopetoun Channel, 1946
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 -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Postcard - The Entrance, Valentine Series, The Entrance to the Gippsland Lakes, 1895c
Also a Black and white copy 11.5 x 18Colour tinted postcard of the entrance from Bass Strait to the Gippsland Lakes. It shows two small buildings on Bullock Island, groyne from Bullock Island across Cunninghame arm, sand inside entrance at western pier. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrance from Jemmys Pointislands, topography, waterways -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsletter, Newsletter, No. 85 July 1992
Contents: • 25th Anniversary 1967-1992 • Twenty Fifth Anniversary Meeting Panel: Images of Eltham with David Armfield, Piers Bateman, Wendi Henderson, Hilary Jackman and Lesly Martin • Andrew Ross School House Museum Project • Lots of Other News • Eltham Heritage Mural • 50 Year Residents’ Lunch • Eltham Cultural Heritage Tour The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Train Tickets, Victorian Railways, Ringwood and East Ringwood train tickets circa 1950s
Train tickets used from Ringwood to various locations and a pram storage ticket. See also 3334.Five train tickets:; 1. Blue Ringwood to Blackburn; 2. Ringwood to Geelong - half blue/half brown; 3. Ringwood East to Williamstown Pier- 2 tickets buff colour; 4. Storage ticket for a pram - buff with green central strip -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - view of Henty's Beach, Portland, 1930s
Black and white photo, white border. View of Henty Beach Portland, looking north to water tower, Whaler's Bluff, spire of the All Saints Catholic Church. Cars on beach in foreground, numerous people on sand / in water, Railway Pier and Baths visiblephotography, henty beach, portland, whalers bluff -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Henty Beach, Portland, 19/11/1934
Black and white photo, Henty Beach Portland, centenary celebrations, 19 NOV. 1934. View from top of cliff looking towards All Saints. Crowd of people on viewing platform on cliff top, horses, crowds, cars, flag pole, piers.henty beach, seascape, coastline, beach, 1934, centenary -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - "Our Life?", "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" protest, Pat Grainger, Sep 1987
This object was one of several 'arts' projects against the SCDC Bayside development. proposals, funded by the Uniting Church's 'Social Justice and the City Project' in 1987. Posters urged residents to take part in the Sept. enquiry into the Environmental Effects statement. "Our Life?" One of three "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" series protest posters. This shot in front of Station Pier luxury condominiums to suggest exclusive enclave proposed for Bayside development (and meet sponsor's theme of 'Equity and Access')public action campaigns -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Coate Family, 1900
Sepia toned photograph of thirteen members of the Coate family Tom, Dave, Arthur, Ned, Joe, Mary, Jade, grandfather Lou, George, Lily. Some in photograph being members of Coate Brothers contractors for strenthening the Lakes piers, Lakes Entrance Victoriagenealogy, fashion -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - The Entrance
Black and white photograph showing piers and entrance from ocean - Bass Strait. Concrete extensions completed, kiosk next to boardwalk. Appears to be cold day, few people about, wearing coats and sheltering behind tussocks, kiosk window half open.boardwalk, restaurant, waterways, beaches -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Tramline, 1997
Date made 18 January 1997Colour photograph of the sign depicting the history of the tramline which connected the stone quarry at the head of the Mississippi Creek to the North Arm. It shows an anodised metal plaque on a metal support, during the construction of the stone piers of the entrance to the Gippsland Lakes. Lakes Entrance Victoria transport, historic site -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Tramline, 1977
One of persons named Rex Fish.Colour photograph of a large pile of granite rock left on the bank of the North Arm. This rock was quarried at Mississippi Creek and conveyed by tramline to the North Arm where it was loaded into barges and conveyed to the entrance for stabilising the piers. Four people in photo. Lakes Entrance Victoria public works, quarries, historic site -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Bridges, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1991
This photo appeared in the Lakes Post Newpaper 24 July 1991Black and white photograph looking under the decking of the new Princes Highway concrete bridge over Toorloo Arm, showing the support pier shaped to fit the camber of the curved bridge. Timber bridge in left of image still in use. Toorloo Arm Victoriabridges, construction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Memorandum, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), War Loan Rally and RAAF Flying Boats at St Kilda Pier, 22/03/1946 12:00:00 AM
War Loan Rally and RAAF Flying Boats at St Kilda Pier, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th March 1946. 2 copies of memo from JM Harry, Dist Traffic Superintendent, to Depot Masters, Hanna St, Malvern & Glenhuntly depots.Several notations written in red pencil across both copies.trams, tramways, letters, instructions, events, display, raaf, st kilda -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide, David Verrier, 5/02/2002 12:00:00 AM
Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph by David Verrier. Tram A 294 at the Port Melbourne terminus Route 109. Has the Station Pier buildings in the background. Tram in Yarra Trams livery. Photos taken 5/2/2002.In ink: "Tues 5/4/02 294 Route 109 Port Melbourne"trams, tramways, port melbourne, a class, route 109, yarra trams, mont albert, tram 294 -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, Caire, Nicholas John, Swing Bridge Sale Victoria c1905, 1905c
Latrobe Bridge Sale Victoria in closed position . The operating machinery is still visibleBlack and white photograph of the Latrobe Bridge, in its closed position. The operating machinery is visible, plus the unique pier structure of the central span. In the rowing boat moored along side the river bank, a person wearing a boater hat is seated. Sale Victoriawaterways, bridges, civil engineering -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Jill Barnard et al, Welcome and Farewell: The Story of Station Pier, 2004
In the mid-nineteenth century, Victoria’s primitive maritime infrastructure was not coping with the volume of passenger and cargo traffic arriving in and departing from the burgeoning gold-fevered colony. However, the opening of Railway Pier at Port Melbourne in 1854 greatly improved the situation. Railway Pier serviced the steamships, which plied Port Phillip Bay and the Victorian coastal waters beyond, and also offered berths for vessels on the regular runs to other Australian colonies and to overseas destinations. However, as the larger and more powerful steamships of the early twentieth century found berthing increasingly difficult at Railway Pier, the need for a more modern pier became apparent. By 1930, the new Station Pier had replaced its predecessor. Itself extended and upgraded several times including during the past decade, Station pier still offers every contemporary convenience to shipping services using its busy facilities, just as did its predecessor Railway Pier, 150 years ago. The Victorian Government commissioned Welcome & Farewell to celebrate the 150 years since the opening of the Railway Pier. In doing so, it was mindful that the story of the site is not limited to its contribution to national and state economies, or to its physical development. The Government wanted a history that would also speak to ordinary Victorians, and other Australians, of their own experiences of this significant place. For indeed the Station Pier site has played its part in almost every milestone or phase in our history: at moments of celebration and commemoration, during economic booms and depressions, during times of war and peace. It has also won a place in the hearts of ordinary individuals affected by the welcomes and farewells they have experienced there: those for visiting royalty and celebrities, for servicemen and medical personnel off to war or returning home, for migrants from distant countries and refugees from war zones, for friends and family travelling for personal, professional or cultural reasons. Welcome & Farewell thoughtfully examines Station Pier’s significance and offers a splendid visual panorama of the experiences lived out there between 1854 and 2004.Illustrated large-format book with 224 pages [36] p. of plates. : ill., maps, ports.Bibliography: p. 199-201non-fictionIn the mid-nineteenth century, Victoria’s primitive maritime infrastructure was not coping with the volume of passenger and cargo traffic arriving in and departing from the burgeoning gold-fevered colony. However, the opening of Railway Pier at Port Melbourne in 1854 greatly improved the situation. Railway Pier serviced the steamships, which plied Port Phillip Bay and the Victorian coastal waters beyond, and also offered berths for vessels on the regular runs to other Australian colonies and to overseas destinations. However, as the larger and more powerful steamships of the early twentieth century found berthing increasingly difficult at Railway Pier, the need for a more modern pier became apparent. By 1930, the new Station Pier had replaced its predecessor. Itself extended and upgraded several times including during the past decade, Station pier still offers every contemporary convenience to shipping services using its busy facilities, just as did its predecessor Railway Pier, 150 years ago. The Victorian Government commissioned Welcome & Farewell to celebrate the 150 years since the opening of the Railway Pier. In doing so, it was mindful that the story of the site is not limited to its contribution to national and state economies, or to its physical development. The Government wanted a history that would also speak to ordinary Victorians, and other Australians, of their own experiences of this significant place. For indeed the Station Pier site has played its part in almost every milestone or phase in our history: at moments of celebration and commemoration, during economic booms and depressions, during times of war and peace. It has also won a place in the hearts of ordinary individuals affected by the welcomes and farewells they have experienced there: those for visiting royalty and celebrities, for servicemen and medical personnel off to war or returning home, for migrants from distant countries and refugees from war zones, for friends and family travelling for personal, professional or cultural reasons. Welcome & Farewell thoughtfully examines Station Pier’s significance and offers a splendid visual panorama of the experiences lived out there between 1854 and 2004.port melbourne, station pier -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Souvenir Envelope, 1984
Two Australia Post souvenir envelopes - Victoria's 150th anniversary (Portland. First settlement). Cream coloured, envelope, full colour design on front of envelope shows Edward Henty, view of township, thistle, pier and council logos. Reverse has shows 150th.australia post, souvenir, victoria 150th -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph, 31st October 1869
This photograph was taken at the scene of the fire on the LIGHTNING, in Corio Bay, Geelong on 31st October 1869. The American clipper ship LIGHTNING was a 3 masted, fully rigged extreme clipper ship. She was commissioned by James Baines, of the Black Ball Line in Liverpool, England, during the time of the Australian Gold Rush for the trade of passengers and cargo between England and Australia. Her cargo listed early consignments of livestock and animals, including rabbits sent to Thomas Austin of Barwon Park, Winchelsea, Victoria. The LIGHTNING was built in 1854 by shipbuilder Donald McKay, of East Boston, USA. She was described as spacious and comfortable, and one of the smartest ships known. The LIGHTNING set many speed records for her sea crossings, and became one of the most famous of the racing clippers and one of the fastest ever launched. In 1854, with Captain ‘Bully’ Forbes and Mate ‘Bully’ Bragg, LIGHTNING made the return trip from Melbourne to Liverpool in only 64 days, 3 hours and 10 minutes; a record for all time. Captain Enright became the new Master of LIGHTNING soon afterwards. He has been described as one of the finest mariners in the Australian trade. One of Captain Enright’s innovations was to publish a ship’s paper called The Lightning Gazette. (Captain Forbes had left to captain the SCHOMBERG.) In January 1855 Capt. Enright sailed the LIGHTNING from Liverpool with over 700 passengers and returned home carrying gold as her cargo. In 1857, for a very brief time under Capt. Byrne the LIGHTNING was used as a troop ship, taking British officers and soldiers, stores and ammunition, to fight in India. In 1859 she then returned to her run between Liverpool and Melbourne, apart from 1867 when she made a special trip between Melbourne and Port Chalmers in New Zealand. In 1869 the LIGHTNING was sold to Thomas Harrison of Liverpool, and she continued to sail for the Black Ball Line. Master of LIGHTNING, Captain Henry Jones, sailed her to Geelong in October 1869, and whilst docked, he had her loaded with a cargo of wool, copper, wire, tallow and other goods. At about 1am on 31st October 1869, whilst still docked and fully laden, a fire was noticed on the LIGHTNING. Efforts to extinguished the fire were unsuccessful, so she was towed to the shoals in Corio Bay, where she eventually sank, losing all cargo but no lives. The area is now known as Lightning Shoals. The LIGHTNING is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register VHR S415. She is historically significant for being one of the fastest wooden ships ever built, the first clipper built in the USA for British owners and being the worst shipping disaster in Geelong's history. It spent its whole career carrying cargo and immigrants from England to Australia.Black and white photograph of the burning of the clipper Lightning in Corio Bay Geelong, Sunday Oct 31st 1869. Photograph shows the Lightning in the process of burning, smoke billowing above the deck. Another sailing ship, plus several small boats, are in the bay, with a crowd on the pier.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, sailing ship lightning, extreme clipper ship, american clipper ship, record breaking clipper ship, james baines, black ball line, donald mckay shipbuilder, captain ‘bully’ forbes, australian immigration, liverpool to melbourne migration, captain enright, captain byrne, captain henry jones, corio bay geelong, lightning shoals geelong, rabbits introduced to australia, historic photograph of shipwreck lightning, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, clipper lightning, photograph -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Annual Report, H Thacker, The Geelong Harbor Trust Commissioners' Third Report for the year ending 31st December 1908, 1909
In 1908 the Geelong Harbor Trust commissioners were George Frederick Holden, Edward Harewood Lascelles and James Hill. The officers were Walter S. Crowle (Secretary), A.C. McKenzie (Engineer), Captain G.A. Molland (Harbor Master), E.R. Hitch, (Assistant Harbor Master, Portarlington.)Red soft covered foolscap report of 101 pages. Includes two photographic reproductions of teh New Cargo Shed on Yarra Pier, and Twin S.S. "G.F. Holden" (formerly the 'Pelican' (built in 1898 by Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, England, for the Western Australian Government).Seal of the Geelong Harbour Trust Commissionersgeelong, harbour trust, commissioners, report, finance, properties, dredging, portarlington, barwon heads, ocean grove, shipping, engineer's report, assets, liabilities, harbor trust, geelong harbor trust, grain shipping berthage, corio quay, cool stores, dock accomodation, floating plant, hopetoun channel, moorabool pier shed, sparrovale irrigation farm, thomas gibson-carmichael, yarra pier cargo -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland scene, 1960
Port of Portland AuthorityBack: 1960 - black ink.port of portland archives, henty beach, drill hall, bentinck street -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Harbour, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, harbour, portland, ocean pier, construction, crane -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Early shipping: Ocean/Railway Pier, n.d
Port of Portland AuthorityFront: Back- The shell company of Australia Ltd. Opening of Portland Installation. July 20, 1929. M.E Andrews Portland 'S.S Solen'- blue biroport of portland archives, portland harbour, ship berthed -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Container - Syrup dip containers, Thirst Aid Kiosk, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, 1950s
Syrup dip flavours/flavouring from Thirst Aid Kiosk on Station Pier, with six containers designated by stuck on labels: Caramel, 'Pine', Vanilla, 'Choc.', Straw and Spearmint. Unit has all ladles missing. Contains six Fowler's Vacola jars No. 31.'Spearmint' on label almost obliteratedbusiness and traders - kiosk, piers and wharves - station pier, edward j (ted) rohan -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Various ships at Port Melbourne, 1920 - 1940
Eleven scans of photographs from album of donor's father (Ray Gruneklee). Includes images of ship Edina (possibly a Bay day tripper) and several images of USA warships at Princes pier, possibly July 1925. Civilians in their finery have come to inspect the ships.built environment, piers and wharves - princes pier, armed services - foreign services, ray gruneklee, uss oklahoma, uss pennsylvania, uss seattle, uss nevada -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Warships at Princes Pier, Port Melbourne, Douglas Smallpage, 1920s
Late 1920's photograph taken on Princes Pier with warships probably American. Building on right was the electrical substation public toilets that later burned and was finally gutted 27 Jan 2001. The other customs shed is behind photographer Doug Smallpage. Gantries are in place.piers and wharves, doug smallpage -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Banner - Port Melbourne Citizens Action Group, Citizens Action Group
Made during the group's campaigns against the loss of railway, the SCDC Bayside development, Council amalgamations and building of road through Railway Reserve.Banner reading 'Port Melbourne Citizens Action Group Fighting for your Rights' '*Market redevelopment * Station Pier *Light rail *Freeway *Your Council' Hand painted onto flannel sheeting in back, purple, red, green and blue; edges hand-boundpublic action campaigns, societies clubs unions and other organisations, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, ian mckay, citizens action group