Part of a collection of Rose & Valentine Postcards. Copied by John Jansson 1984Black & White Postcard of Cowes pier and Jetty shed - CopyFrom the Pier Cowes Phillip Island Victoria - Rose Series P656local history, photography, photographs, postcards, view cowes, phillip island, black & white postcard - copy, jetties, cowes pier, jetty shed

Part of a collection of 'Rose & Valentine' series of Post Cards. Copied by John Jansson 1984Black & White Postcard. Rock formation known as The Pinnacles at Cape Woolamai.Rose Series P678. The Pinnacles, Cape Woolamai, Phillip Island, Victoria.local history, photography, photographs, postcards, phillip island, black & white postcard copy, the pinnacles, cape woolamai

Part of a collection of 'Rose & Valentine' series of Post Cards. Copied by John Jansson 1984Black & White Postcard. View of the Nobbies Road with horse and trap about to cross bridge.The Rose Series No. 3427. The Road to The Nobbies, Cowes, Phillip Island, Victorialocal history, photography, photographs, postcards, black & white postcard copy, the nobbies, nobbies road, phillip island

Part of a collection of 'Rose & Valentine' series of Post Cards. Copied by John Jansson 1984Black & White Postcard. View taken looking towards Cowes along a tree lined walkway known as "Lovers Walk"The Rose Series P3403. The Lovers Walk, Cowes, Phillip Island, Victoria.local history, photography, photographs, postcards, black & white postcard copy, lovers walk, cowes, phillip island

Part of a collection of 'Rose & Valentine' series of Post Cards. Copied by John Jansson 1984Black and white postcard. Beach scene, large headland in mid-ground, group of people in foreground and the mainland way in background. Fairly dark photograph, people hard to distinguish.Low tide at Shelly Beach, Phillip Island. Valentine Series No. 41local history, photography, photographs, postcards, black & white postcard copy, beach scene, phillip island, shelly beach

Part of collection donated to the Museum by Mr. Bernard Grayden. 1975S.S. "Plover" leaving Cowes Pier, crowded with people.S.S. Plover leaving Cowes, Phillip Island. Valentine Series M4916local history, maritime technology, boats documents, postcards, ferries, jetties, phillip island, sepia postcard, ss plover, cowes jetty, bernard grayden

Part of collection donated to the Museum by Mr. Bernard Grayden. 1975Postcard showing bridge across creek leading to The Shell Tea Rooms.The Shell Tea rooms, Cowes, Phillip Island. Valentine Series M4845local history, documents, postcards, tea rooms, cowes, phillip island, sepia postcard, the shell tea rooms, bernard grayden

Part of collection donated to the Museum by Mr. Bernard Grayden. 1975A small building - known as Tea House - near sand dunes at rear of Shelly Beach.The Tea House at Shelly Beach, Phillip Island. Valentine Series No. 42local history, documents, postcards buildings, historic, the tea house, phillip island, sepia postcard, tea house behind shelly beach, bernard grayden

Part of collection donated to the Museum by Mr. Bernard Grayden. 1975View of people near rocks at low tide, Shelly Beach.Low Tide at shelly Beach, Phillip Island. Valentine Series No. 41.local history, documents, postcards, shelly beach, phillip island, sepia postcard, bernard grayden

Part of collection donated to the Museum by Mr. Bernard Grayden. 1975View of man driving horse and cart with dog, crossing bridge on unmade road (Road to Nobbies)The Road to the Nobbies, Cowes Phillip Island, Victoria. The Rose Series P3427local history, documents, postcards, horse and cart, cowes, phillip island, sepia postcard, bridge

Part of collection donated to the Museum by Mr. Bernard Grayden. 1975Postcard showing Pier and Mangroves at Rhyll.View of Rhyll, Phillip Island, Victoria. The Rose Series P 3432local history, documents, postcards, mangroves at rhyll, phillip island, jetties, sepia postcard., rhyll, mangroves, bernard grayden

Paper. Colour. Different coloured arrows show troop movements in Brunei and Labuan Islandmap ww2. north borneo

A collection of 18 photographs taken by Mrs Haines' sister whilst on an excursion to Phillip Island from Mt Barker High School in South Australia. 217-01 Photograph of the Cowes Pier taken from foreshore. Ferry at centre left and crowd of people on end of pier. 217-02 Photograph taken from the end of the Cowes Pier with Isle of Wight Hotel in the background. 217-03 Photograph of the Killara Ferry leaving Cowes with a crowd of people on board. 217-04 Photograph of waves surging over Bridal Veil rock platform in foreground. 217-05 Photograph of wave breaking over rock platform on the South Coast of Phillip Island. 217-06 Photograph of the Suspension Bridge from San Remo. 217-07 Photograph of a Guesthouse Dining Room. Tables covered with white cloth and fully laid, including floral arrangements. 217-08 Photograph of the War Memorial at Cowes with the pier in background. 217-09 Photograph of seals on Seal Rocks Phillip Island. 217-10 Photograph of a koala on the trunk of a Gum Tree. Handwritten on the back of the photo - "Roberta, a pet koala". 217-11 Photograph of children rolling down dune onto the beach. Children and adults standing at water's edge. 217-12 Photograph of the Killara at San Remo taken from the Suspension Bridge. 217-13 Photograph of a group of school children with teachers, young girl in the foreground, on rocks at Smith's Beach. 217-14 Photograph looking along the Suspension bridge from Newhaven end. Group of people walking toward San Remo. 217-15 Photograph of Suspension bridge from Newhaven beach. 217-16 Photograph of Mrs Melbourne and Mrs Haines sister. 217-17 Photograph of Seal Rocks taken from a boat. 217-18 Photograph of Theni Beddams - Headmistress of Shelford and Ila Tattersall (Mrs Haines) Sybil Robinson's sister together with four sailors.cowes pier phillip island, the killara ferry, ferries, wildlife - seals, wildlife - koala, suspension bridge phillip island, phillip island coastline, smith's beach, lover's walk cowes, lover's walk cowes phillip island, war memorial cowes phillip island, seals on seal rocks phillip island, seal rocks phillip island, mrs haines

Framed page from unknown magazine. Reproduction of lithograph by J.W. Alexander depicting match at Staten Island between unknown players. Caption states: 'A GAME OF LAWN TENNIS, STATEN ISLAND CLUB GROUNDS - DRAWN BY J.W. ALEXANDER - SEE PAGE 653'. Number '23' handwritten on backing of frame. Materials: Ink, Paper, Wood, Cardboard, Metal, Glasstennis

The photograph shows the view of the shore and Lady Bay with the Breakwater and Middle Island all visible. It was taken to show that the Flagstaff Hill area was unlikely to have any further development between it and the Bay, with the view of development of the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. This photograph, a print, is one of a set of five that show the site of Flagstaff Hill. The photographer was John Lindsay, Founding Director of Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village, with the words "Photo J Lindsay" on the back. It was taken in the early 1970s during the initial stages of the development of Flagstaff Hill as a Museum and Maritime Village. The photographs belonged to the donor's grandparents, who lived in the Warrnambool district of Allansford/Naringal. The photograph is a record of the site and surrounds of Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village before its development and opening in 1975. It shows the Surfside Holiday Park, Surf Lifesaving Club, and the Breakwater. The photograph is significant for recording the location and condition of the Lower Lighthouse on the Hill.Coloured photograph, glassy print, one of a set of five. Flagstaff Hill's Lower Lighthouse is in the foreground above the Surfside Holiday Park. To the right of centre is the Surf Lifesaving Club. In the background is Lady Bay and the Breakwater and Middle Island, with the Southern Ocean the other side. The photograph's paper has the printer's watermark and a pencilled inscription on the back. The early 1970s scene was photographed by John Lindsay, Warrnambool.Label on the back: "VIEW OF THE BAY FROM the southern boundary of the Ports and Harbours land. No development below this area is likely to obstruct the view, due to the steep grade down to the Southern boundary of Flagstaff Hill property." Handwritten in pencil: "Photo J Lindsay"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, 1970s, photograph, surfside holiday park, lady bay, flagstaff hill site, john lindsay, lower lighthouse, lower light, surf lifesaving club, breakwater, middle island, ports and harbours

WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and it's Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century, there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 per cent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 per cent reference and 40 per cent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items has become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850’s to the late 1950s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr R. Pattison. Pitcairn Author: Rev Thos. Boyles Murray Publisher: Society For Promoting Christain Knowledge Date: 1860 Further Information: The Islands, The People and the PastorThe label on spine cover has typed text R.A. 994.8 MUR Pastedown front endpaper has the name J. Chambers in handwriting and the date 1878 Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Warrnambool Public Library Flyleaf has a stamp from Warrnambool Public Libraryflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, warrnambool public library, pitcairn

Photograph a part of the John Cook AlbumView looking east from the new Beacon Tower (1979) back along the Island. Cat Bay in the distance on the left and Bass Straight on the right.the nobbies phillip island, cat bay phillip island, john cook, coloured photograph

Collection of Newspaper clippings from Scrap Book 1960 - 1973Photo and article about the two new 171ft Towers at San Remo and Newhaven for carrying electricity to Phillip Island. Photo is part of one of the towers.electricity towers phillip island, jean jamieson

Article in The Age newspaperArticle on visit of the Premier, Mr Dunstan, to Phillip Island to discuss the proposal for a bridge between San Remo and Newhaven and also to discuss preservation of the Koala.local history, documents, newspapers, bridges, phillip island, koalas, black & white newspaper clipping, san remo, newhaven

Article from a collection of newspaper cuttings from October 1968 to July 1971Article about the proposed re-appointment of the Wonthaggi Sentinel as the official paper for the Shire of Phillip Island opposed because of lack of attendance at council meetings. phillip island, shire of phillip island, wonthaggi sentinel

Newspaper clipping 1968Article on restoration of grave of Miss Eliza Coghlan at Phillip Island. She was 113 when she died and at that time was regarded as the oldest woman in Australia.phillip island, miss eliza coghlan, grave restoration

Article from a collection of newspaper clippings from October 1968 to July 1971Article about the re-enactment of the shooting of Captain Grossard to take place at the Back to Phillip Island celebrations. Also an article about the Nobbies Kiosk phillip island, captain grossard, back to phllip island celebrations, nobbies kiosk

Article from a collection of newspaper clippings from October 1968 to July 1971Article about the filthy state the Teenage Club of Cowes left the Shire Hall in and the Shire of Phillip Island Council has placed them on probation.phillip island, cowes, cowes teenage club

The beach east of Erehwon Point, Cowes, Phillip Island, Victoria, showing remains of Jetty with Mornington Peninsula in the background. The Rose Series P 3402The Rose Series P.3402 The Beach, Cowes, Phillip Is. Viclocal history, postcards, the beach, cowes, phillip island, sepia photograph, ian reiher, beach

Collection of newspaper clippers in scrap book dated 1960 - 1973Newspaper article concerning the building of new bridge Phillip Island - San Remo; expected completion date; industrial dispute; photograph of old bridge"Sad, but it had to go"local history, newspapers, building of new bridge, phillip island - san remo 1967, jean jamieson

Built as a home for Mrs Jessie Smith - it was later used as a billiard room and finally as the Penguin Cafe. Mrs Smith was a member of the 'Small' Family of San Remo. She was the only Estate Agent in Cowes until 1954. Mrs Smith was in her late nineties when she died in 1977.The Penguin Cafe was built as a home for Mrs Jessie Smith. It was situated in Thompson Avenue on the east side near Chapel Street and the Phillip Island Bakery.local history, photographs, buildings, historic, buildings - historical, coloured photograph, john cook, phillip island, penguin cafe, cowes

Colour photo. The photo show lake Weeroona with a tree in foreground and the small island. Written on bottom in white pen: 'The swimming pool, Bendigo' and 'No 4'bendigo, tourism, lake weeroona