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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1900
Image appears to be copied from an original postcard, maker unidentified|Also and enlarged copy of photograph 27 x 17Colour photograph of the LookOut Tree on Jemmys Point, shows a dead standing grey box tree supported by two logs and with a ladder over thirty feet long attached for access to the four branches used as a viewing platform. One person sitting on top, man in Indian dress halfway up ladder. Lakes Entrance Victoria.LookOut Tree at Lakes Entrance Cunninghame, Victoriahistoric sites, navigation, transport -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1910
On back of original 'What price our Yankees climbing trees?'Black and white photograph copied from a postcard showing three men on top of the LookOut Tree at Jemmys Point, tree supported by two logs, 35 foot ladder against tree for access on top, man and woman in buggy and boy on horse watching photographer. Lakes Entrance, Victoriahistoric sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1910
Black and white small format photograph of the LookOut Tree at Jemmys Point, showing dead tree supported by two logs, a woman two-thirds of the way up the 35 foot ladder which reaches the top. Lakes Entrance, Victoriahistoric sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Bulmer H D, 1915
Also copy 15 x 10 same imageBlack and white photograph copied from a postcard of the LookOut Tree on Jemmys Point, shows the standing dead grey box tree supported by two heavy logs, a 35 foot ladder attached for access to top. Lakes Entrance Victoria.historic sites, navigation, people -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1929
Also, two enlargements, 10 x 15 cm, and one enlargement 17 x 25 cm, all purchasedSmall format postcard showing the first observation lookout erected on Jemmys Point, Lakes Entrance, Victoria, showing a timber structure about 30 feet high with a fenced platform on top, narrow ladder leading straight to top from ground. Five people on ground, three on platform. Old LookOut Tree standing in background.On reverse, 'LookOut Jemmys Point, Lakes Entrance'historic sites, navigation, fences -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1940
Black and white small format postcard of the timber observation lookout at Jemmys Point, Lakes Entrance, Victoria, showing the updated and safer steps from ground to observation deck, with fenced landing at halfway point. Old log and seat still nearby, signal light on steel tower a short distance away.historic sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Valentine Series, 1940
Black and white small format postcard of the timber observation lookout at Jemmys Point, Lakes Entrance, Victoria, showing the timber tower with observation deck, signal light on steel tower nearby. Top of old standing lookout tree just visible.Jemmys Point Lakes Entrancehistoric sites, navigation, world war 1939 - 1945, room display -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Bulmer H D, 1943
Also two larger copies, 11.5 x18 cm and 17 x 25.5 cm|Also an original in good order 02269.04|This is the before paired photograph used in the 150 year Lakes Entrance 1858-2008 display.|The after paired photograph number 02269.1|Also one 12 x 16 framed photograph used in room display.Black and white postcard of the timber lookout tower on Jemmys Point, Lakes Entrance, Victoria, showing the lookout between the old lookout tree, and the steel signal light tower. Below the lookout is a timber shed built during WW2 when tower was used by Kalimna Air Observors Corps. In foreground is a wooden seat replacing the old log shelter and seat.Jemmys Point Lakes Entrancenavigation, room display -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Price Wendy, 2008
This is the after paired photograph used in the 150 year Lakes entrance 1858-2008 display.|The before paired photograph number 02269|Also one 12 x 16 framed photograph used in room display.Colour photograph lookout tree and steel signal light tow on Jemmys Point. Lakes Entrance Victoria.historic sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Bulmer H D, 1950
Black and white postcard of the timber lookout on Jemmys Point, with the signal light on steel tower nearby. Lakes Entrance Victoria,The Lookout, Lakes Entrancehistoric sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, The Rose Series, 1950
Identical copy 10 x 15Black and white photograph copied from a postcard showing the timber lookout tower and signal light on Jemmys Point, old lookout tree in background appears to have some of the top missing. Lakes Entrance Victoria.historic sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1950
Date made January 1950Black and white small format photograph of the timber lookout on Jemmys Point. Lakes Entrance Victoriahistoric sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1960
Also one other photograh similar showing steps, landing, and Carpenters Chev car parked.Black and white photograph of the timber lookout on Jemmys Point, steel tower with signal light in background, base of old lookout tree visible on left of image. Lakes Entrance, Victoria.historic sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1920
Sepia photograph of a tall tree on James Rowes property at Kalimna West. This tree was a landmark for shipping at sea off Lakes Entrance during late 19th and early 20th Centuries. It was later struck by lightning, cut down and hewn into sleepers and beams. Kalimna West Victoriahistoric sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1927
Black and white photograph of the Lookout Tree on Jemmys Point showing a standing dead grey box tree supported by two long timbers. Access to the top via a 35 foot ladder. Thelma Roder standing on top beside signal structure, two women and child standing near base. Lakes Entrance Victoria,historic sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1990
Colour photograph of the old lookout tree on Jemmys Point, showing a standing dead grey box tree, remains of three branches at top which once held a platform and signal structure. Two timber seats on lawn at base, roadway in foreground. Lakes Entrance, Victoria,historic sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1990
Colour photograph of the old lookout tree on Jemmys Point, showing a standing dead grey box tree, remains of three branches at top which once held a platform and signal structure. Two timber seats on lawn at base, roadway in foreground. Lakes Entrance, Victoria,2008historic sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1990
Colour photograph of the old lookout tree on Jemmys Point, showing a standing dead grey box tree, remains of three branches at top which once held a platform and signal structure. Two timber seats on lawn at base, roadway in foreground. Lakes Entrance, Victoria,historic sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1990
Colour photograph of the old lookout tree on Jemmys Point, showing a standing dead grey box tree, remains of three branches at top which once held a platform and signal structure. Two timber seats on lawn at base, roadway in foreground. Lakes Entrance, Victoria,historic sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1944
Named in photo - Group Captain W Garing, Wing Commander D Kingwell, Squadron Leader W Leggett, Flight Lt C Patterson, Squadron Leader L Matheson, Miss J F Muir, Mr Frank Dugan, Mr D WilliamsBlack and white photograph taken of the officials at the opening of the Volunteer Air Observors Corp tower on Esplanade, Lakes Entrance Victoriahistoric sites, navigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Gippsland Steam Navigation Co, 1905
Advertisement on reverse 'Gippsland Steam Navigation Co Proprietary Limited Bairnsdale Melbourne Line SS Wyrallah 302 tons Twin Screw leaves Bairnsdale every Saturday Morning leaves Melbourne every Wednesday Cargo Received at Bairnsdale Wharf Daily Office opposite lower wharf Bairnsdale J B Carpenter Branch Manager'Black and white postcard showing SS Wyrallah steaming quietly in the Mitchell River with man standing at rail of forward deck, passengers on lower and upper after decks Gippsland VictoriaSS Wyrallah (Trading between Melbourne and the Gippsland Lakes)ocean, recreation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1880 c
George Carpenter was manager of Lakes Navigation Company and other shipping businessesSepia toned photograph of George Carpenter showing slightly balding man with dark hair and moustache wearing white shirt with turned down collar, Ascot tie and single breasted jacket with welted breast pocket Melbourne Victoriareligion -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1950c
Sepia toned photograph of Pine Hill, formerly Merrangbaur House, showing the tree which for many years was a Lakes Entrance landmark and a navigation sign for boats entering the original entrance. Guest house is visible on brow of hill. Lakes Entrance Victoriaguesthouses, tourism -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1926
4997.1 and .2 photos of Bullock Island and the entrance, .3 Bullock Island Footbridge, .4 Rigby and Snake Islands, .5 Rigby Island Reeves ChannelBlack and white photograph of light on Jemmys Point Lakes Entrancenavigation -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Instrument - Azimuth Mirror
... of significant importance which made marine navigation easier and more ...William Thomson described a new "Marine Azimuth Mirror" at the 1877 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and patented the design in Britain and the U.S. This instrument is an example of the improved design, with a reflecting prism in place of the original mirror. Thomson introduced this form in the early 1880s. The signature indicates that it was made during the period 1900-1913. A child prodigy, William Thomson went to university at the age of eleven. At twenty-two he was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy in Glasgow where he set up the first physics laboratory in Great Britain and proved an inspiring teacher. He primarily researched thermodynamics and electricity. On the practical side he was involved in the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable. He was also the partner of a Glasgow firm that made measuring instruments from his own patents.An instrument of significant importance which made marine navigation easier and more accurate in the early twentieth century.An Azimuth mirror with wooden box.Kelvin & Hughs Ltd Serial No - illegible Made in Great Britainazimuth mirror, william thompson, lord kelvin, naviagtion, marine instruments -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Instrument - Solar reflector
Various artifacts from the steamship 'Wattle'. The Steam Tug Wattle, a steel ship, was built as a harbor tug in 1933. Steam is supplied from a two-furnace Scotch Marine wet-back boiler which was originally fired with dewatered and filtered waste oil but has recently been converted to burn distillate for environmental and maintenance reasons. It was launched at Cockatoo Island on 27 June 1933 by Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Co. Ltd. (CODECO) on order from the Commonwealth Shipping Board. Now fully restored it operates excursions in Port Phillip and the Yarra.Solar Reflector with spirit level in wooden boxst wattle, navigational intruments -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Equipment - Sounding lead line
... navigation. It is the oldest known marine navigational instrument ...Although the provenance cannot be confirmed it is believed that this lead possibly originated from the SS Time.Since at least the sixth century B.C. the sounding lead or sounding weight was in use in the Mediterranean area for maritime navigation. It is the oldest known marine navigational instrument and it remained a primary navigational aid in coastal waters and rivers well into the twentieth century.A sounding lead with rope line attached. One surviving leather fathom depth marker is spliced into the rope.sound lead, navigation -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Decorative object - Painting, F. I. Endeavour
For many years this painting hung in the offices of the Belfast & Koroit Steam Navigation Company in Port Fairy. It was painted by Arthur Victor Gregory (1867-1957), a water colourist and marine artist. It depicts the Fisheries Investigation Ship Endeavour, a trawler built to the specifications of the Commonwealth Government in 1909 to assist in identifying new fishing grounds in the seas around Australia. The Endeavour was lost in December 1914 between Macquarie Island and Hobart with the loss of all twenty-one men on board, including Harald Dannevig, the Commonwealth Director of Fisheries.A Painting of a forgotten ship and crew that were forerunners of investigating the reserves of fish in our oceans.A painting of the F. I. Endeavour in a wooden frame. Scroll work on frame.Front - The F. I. Endeavour crossing Bass's Straits A. V. Gregory 10 Reverse - Regal Patronage ?.8.1854 Arthur V. Gregory Marine ? Arthur V. Gregoryship, fishing, scientific, belfast & koroit steam navigation company, endeavour, macquarie island, hobart, harald dannevig -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Award - Medal, ca. 1872
This medal is the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s “Bramley-Moore medal for saving life at sea 1872”. The Society was formed in 1839. In 1872 Mr John Bramley-Moore donated £500 on condition that the medal have the specific inscription above on its reverse. The Bramley Morre medal was first awarded in 1874 and records show that since that time only one gold medal has been awarded, twenty-two silver medals and seventeen bronze medals, the last being in 1945. This Bromley-Moore medal was awarded to Peter Carmody for his bravery in saving lives on the Newfield shipwreck. The Newfield was a three-masted iron and steel barque, built in Dundee, Scotland, in 1889 by Alexander Stephen and Sons. It was owned by the Newfield Ship Company in 1890 and later that year It was registered in Liverpool to owners Brownells and Co. The Newfield left Sharpness, Scotland, on 28th May 1892 with a crew of 25 under the command of Captain George Scott and on 1st June left Liverpool. She was bound for Brisbane, Australia, with a cargo of 1850 tons of fine rock salt, the main export product of Sharpness. At about 9pm on 28th August 1892, in heavy weather, Captain Scott sighted, between heavy squalls, the Cape Otway light on the mainland of Victoria but, due to a navigational error (the ship’s chronometers were wrong), he assumed it to be the Cape Wickham light on King Island, some 40 miles south. He altered his course to the north, expecting to enter Bass Strait. The ship was now heading straight for the south west Victorian coast. At about 1:30am the Newfield ran aground on a reef about 100 yards from shore and one mile east of Curdie’s Inlet, Peterborough. The ship struck heavily three times before grounding on an inner shoal with 6 feet of water in the holds. Rough sea made the job of launching lifeboats very difficult. The first two lifeboats launched by the crew were smashed against the side of the ship and some men were crushed or swept away. The third lifeboat brought eight men to shore. It capsized when the crew tried to return it to the ship for further rescue The rescue was a difficult operation. The Port Campbell Rocket Crew arrived and fired four rocket lines, none of which connected with the ship. Peter Carmody, a local man, volunteered to swim about one mile off shore to the ship with a line to guide the fourth and final lifeboat safely to shore. He was assisted by James McKenzie and Gerard Irvine. Seventeen men survived the shipwreck but the captain and eight of his crew perished. The Newfield remained upright on the reef with sails set for a considerable time as the wind slowly ripped the canvas to shreds and the sea battered the hull to pieces. The Marine Board inquiry found the wreck was caused by a "one man style of navigation" and that the Captain had not heeded the advice of his crew. According to Jack Loney ‘… when the drama was over . . the Newfield was deserted except for the Captain’s dog and two pigs.’ Peter Carmody was awarded the Bramley-Moore medal by the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society for Saving Life at Ssea, which he received by mail on January 21st 1893. The medal and a letter of congratulations were donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum by Peter Carmody’s grand-daughter Norma Bracken and her son Stuart Bracken on 25th May 2006. The Medal and Letter of Congratulations join other items in the Newfield collection.The Carmody Medal recognises the bravery of Peter Carmody in risking his life to rescue crew members of the Barque Newfield when it was wrecked near Curdies Inlet in August 1892. The ‘Bramley-Moore medal for saving life at sea, 1872’ was presented by the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society. The medal and accompanying letter have local and international historic significance as they demonstrate both the difficulties associated with navigation and the dangers of shipping along the South West Coast of Victoria in the 19th century and the medal’s association with the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society and John Bramley-Moore, who provided £500 to found the Bramley-Moore medal. The medal is socially significant. It emphasises the importance of Peter Carmody in rescuing victims of shipwrecks with little thought for his own safety. The medal reminds us of the importance of local people to Victoria’s maritime history. The Carmody Medal and Humane Society letter were in the Carmody family until they were presented to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, by the grand-daughter and great-grandson of Peter Carmody, on the 25th May 2006. The medal is significant for its complete provenance recorded in the donation documentation. The medal is in very good condition and relatively rare with only 22 silver medals awarded between 1874 and 1945. The Carmody Medal and letter add a human element to the story of the shipwrecks. They give life and significance to the Newfield, its victims and its artefacts. Bramley-Moore medal from the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, awarded to Peter Carmody. The round,silver medal is attached to a looped blue ribbon by a decorative, swivelling silver connector. The top of the ribbon has a silver pin bar threaded through it. The obverse of the medal has a design of a man kneeling on a floating part of a wreck. He is rescuing a child from the sea. There is a manned boat in the distance rescuing someone from the sea. In the far background there is a sailing ship. The top third of the medal has an inscription around it. The reverse shows a long-legged hen cormorant with extended wings holding an olive branch in its beak. The bird is surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves made from two branches. There is an inscription between the design and the rim that goes all the way around the circumference. There is a name engraved around the edge of the medal. The medal in embedded in a purple velvet panel that rests inside a brown, leather-covered case. The lid of the case has a gold embossed emblem in the cemtre. Both the lid and base have a rectangular gold border. The lid is attached to the base with two brass hinges. The base has a brass push-button catch. The box is lined with padded cream silk. The lining inside the lid has a gold emblem in the centre.The obverse has the words "LORD, SAVE US, WE PERISH". The reverse has the words "BRAMLEY-MOORE MEDAL FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA" and "1872". Around the edge of the medal are the words "PETER CARMODY, FOR HAVING BEEN MAINLY INSTRUMENTAL IN RESCUING THE CREW OF THE BARQUE NEWFIELD, AUG 29 1892" The pin bar has the words “LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK & HUMANE SOCIETY” written across it. The gold embossed emblem on the lid of the box has the words in the centre "SHIPWRECK AND …. …. ….FOUNDED 1839" The gold emblem on the cream silk lining has the words “BY APPOINTMENT ELKINGTON & CO” printed on it.medal, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, peter, peter carmody, carmody, bramley moore, newfield, liverpool shipwreck and humane society, 1892, 28 august 1892, august 1892, port campbell, bravery, shipwreck, rescue, nineteenth century, ship, curdie s river, victorian shipwrecks, barque, stuart bracken, norma bracken, gerard irvine, james mckenzie -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Painting, George Frederick Gregory (1821-1887), P&O S.S. Bangalore, 1867 - 1886
This ship was number 1 of 2 ships named Bangalore and run by P & O. This ship has listed the same tonnage as that on the inscription on the frame of this work. The ship was subsequently sold in 1886 sold to Hajee Cassum Joosub and used for passengers on pilgrimage into Jeddah. Another view of the history of the Bangalore is that to be found at the Maritime Museums of Sydney listing of another painting of the Bangalore which provides a somewhat different history. It is possible that the story of Bangalore 1 and Bangalore 2 have become conflated further research is needed to verify. see Links field. SS BANGALORE was built in 1867 by William Denny of Dumbarton. Owned by P&O, SS BANGALORE operated from Bombay and Galle to Melbourne and Sydney from 1872 to 1886 as a passenger and mail ship. In 1891 BANGALORE was sold to Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Norway and renamed SS CORINGA.Marine art, Maritime artP&O S.S. Bangalore by George Frederick Gregory (1821-1887)Thinly painted image on board featuring centrally a moored, at anchor, 19th C dual masted steamship with black funnel and flying at the stern a red ensign. To either side are conventional rigged clippers or sailing ships. Near the bow of the steamship there seems to be a tug or paddle steamer face on. In the foreground is a small rowing boat with boatman and two passengers, a male and a female. The painting on board is mounted in a large polished or varnished cedarwood frame with edge carving and a decorative pitted slip which holds in place a thin piece of glazing. Backing paper and seal has all been removed except for hanging wire. Central at front lower edge of frame is a small chipped wood plaque with inscription.Painted in black on plaque and coloured black: "P & O S.S. "BANGALORE" / 2342 tons Built 1867"s.s. bangalore, marine painting, sailing ships, 1867, william denny, artwork-paintings, peninsular and oriental steam navigation company, steamship, p&o, sandridge, port melbourne, hobson's bay, charles dickson gregory, centenary maritime exhibition, george frederick gregory (1821-1887), ss bangalore