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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, CALTHROP, Dion Clayton, St. Quin, 1912
... Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island... Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland ...Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest'. Stamped 'Readwell Library Service, Fern Tree Gully Library and Book Club at R.F. Marlan Est. Agt., Alpine St., Lower Fern Tree Gully, Tel. Gully 57'.english literature, fiction -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, DICKENS, Charles, tale of two cities, and, American notes for general circulation, and Pictures from Italy
... Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland...Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc. phillip ...Stamped 'Cowes Free Public Library'. Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest'. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, BUCHAN, John, three hostages, 1924?
... Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island... Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical Society ...Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest'. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, DUMAS, Alexandre, three musketeers
... Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island... Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical Society ...Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest'. Stamped ''Cowes Free Public Library'. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), Tono-Bungay
... .' Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical...Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc. phillip ...Stamped '1 Aust. Armd. Corps Regtl. Sig. Trg. Sqn.' Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest', 'Moore's Bookshop Pty. Ltd., 264 Pitt St., Sydney'. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, KIPLING, Rudyard, Traffics and discoveries, 1904
... Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island... 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical Society ...Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library', 'Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest'. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, THACKERAY, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair, 1848?
... Labelled: Cowes Free Public Library. Labelled: Phillip... Public Library. Labelled: Phillip Island Historical Society ...Labelled: Cowes Free Public Library. Labelled: Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest. Stamped 'P.I. Municipal Library. Not to be removed', 'Cowes Free Public Library'. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, TROLLOPE, Anthony, vicar of Bullhampton ; illus. H. Woods, 1870
... Labelled: Cowes Free Public Library. Labelled: Phillip...Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc. phillip ...Labelled: Cowes Free Public Library. Labelled: Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest. Inscribed : Isabella Jane Cleeland 1876. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Image, John Helder Wedge, Glennie's Island, c1835
From Westgarth's 'Port Phillip Settlement'.Two images of Glennie's Island, Victoria.glennie's island, wedge, john helder wedge -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, South West Gippsland Tourism Development Strategy, 1989, c1999
Black plastic binding on a report tourism and development strategy report.tourism, tourism strategy, south west gippsland, gippsland, coal creek historical town, wilsons promontory, penguin parade, grand prix, grand ridge road, wonthaggi, phillip island, foster korumburra, inverloch, kilcunda, san remo, bass, bunurong marin park, port franklin, tarwin lower -
Federation University Historical Collection
Map, Portarlington, 1929, 09/1929
Printed colour mapport arlington, corio bay, port phillip bay, clifton springs, swan bay, swan island, duck island, point wilson -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Mornington, 1926
Printed plan on papermornington, phillip island, western port bay, bass straight, wonthaggi, lang lang, sherwood, nepean, narre worran, ringwood -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Logbooks of The Lady Nelson, 1915
This hardcover book, The logbooks of the 'Lady Nelson' : with the journal of her first commander, Lieutenant James Grant, R.N., by Ida Lee (Mrs Charles Bruce Marriott) was published over 100 years after the Lady Nelson arrived in Australia to navigate and survey this ‘new colony’. Included in the book are sixteen charts and illustrations from the originals in the Admiralty Library, showing the surveyed land and water. The transcribed Contents, below, summarise the trips of the Lady Nelson during this time. Book’s Content PLUS text of the Chart of ‘Part of Bass Strait’ - Chapter 1: The Lady Nelson built with centreboards. Her voyage to Sydney under James Grant. The first ship to pass through Bass Strait. - Chapter 2: Returns to explore the Strait. Her visits to Jervis Bay and to Western Port in 1801 - Chapter 3: Colonel Paterson and Lieutenant Grant survey Hunter River - Chapter 4: Murray appointed commander of the Lady Nelson. His voyage to Norfolk Island. - Chapter 5: Murray’s exploration of Bass Strait. - Chapter 6: Discovery of Port Phillip. - Chapter 7: The Lady Nelson in company with HMS Investigator examines the North-Eastern shores of Australia. - Chapter 8: The French ships in Bass Strait. The founding of Hobart. - Chapter 9: Symons succeeds Curtoys as commander of the Lady Nelson. His voyages to Tasmania, Port Phillip and New Zealand. - Chapter 10: The Lady Nelson in Tasmania. The founding of Port Dalrymple. - Chapter 11: The Estramina is brought to Sydney. The Lady Nelson visits Norfolk Island and Port Dalrymple. - Chapter 12: Tippahee and his four sons are conveyed to New Zealand in the Lady Nelson. - Chapter 13: The Lady Nelson accompanies HMS Tamar to Melville Island. - Chapter 14: The loss of the Lady Nelson Text included with the ‘Chart of Bass Strait’ … “Part of Bass Strait, including the discoveries made by Acting Lieut. J. Murray, commander of His Majesty’s armed surveying vessel Lady Nelson, between November 1801 and March 1802. By command of His Excellency Governor King.” “This chart, which bears Murray’s autograph, shows his explorations of Western Port, Port Phillip and King Island. It should be noted that Flinders Island is named Grand Capuchin. This is one of the charts referred to as "unfortunately missing” in the Historical Records of N.S. Wales, vol. iv. P. 764” The story of the Lady Nelson In 1798 the British Admiralty ordered a cutter of 60 tons to be built along the design of the armed cutter Trial that was developed by Captain John Schanck, with three sliding keels or centreboards that could be individually raised and lowered, for use on the River Thames. The new cutter was to be named Lady Nelson. Philip Gidley King, prior to taking up his appointment as third Governor of the colony of New South Wales, was in England at the time of the Lady Nelson’s fit-out and was aware of the need for such a ship for survey work in the colony in New South Wales. He convinced Captain Schanck, the Commissioner of Transport in England, to construct and rig the Lady Nelson as a brig rather than a cutter, keeping the feature of the three sliding keels, which would be very useful for mapping in shallow waters. The new Lady Nelson was launched at Deptford, England on the River Thames in November 1798, with the official commission to discover and survey the unknown parts of the coast of New Holland (Australia) and establish British sovereignty over the continent. The Lady Nelson sailed from Portsmouth, England on March 1800 under the command of Lieutenant James Grant. She carried an armament of two original and four extra brass carronade carriage guns and set sail as part of a convoy heading to Port Jackson, in New South Wales, New Holland. After a while she continued to sail on her own. Her journey was troubled with problems at times; damaged and broken keels, troublesome crew and leaking topsides between the waterline and the deck due to poor seals. She arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in July and waited for the winter to pass to avoid the strong winds of the ‘Roaring Forties’. While at the Cape, Grant received a despatch to travel to Port Jackson via the newly discovered Bass Strait, rather than the usual route via the tip of Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania). This also gave him the opportunity to survey the strait on the way. He departed the Cape in October and in December he made his first sighting of New Holland near Mount Gambier in what is now South Australia. A report by Ecclestone in 2012, ‘The Early Charting of Victoria’s Coastline’, mentions that Grant charted and named Capes Banks and Northumberland, and sighted inland hills that he named Mt Gambier and Mt Schanck, the latter after the designer of his ship. Grant then reached the south-western shores of what is now Victoria on 3-4 December 1800, and from Cape Bridgewater he examined the coast eastward to Cape Patton. Although he had not continuously sighted the coast in the vicinity of Port Fairy and Warrnambool, the western part of Victoria became known as Grant’s Land. The Lady Nelson continued eastward and passed through Bass Strait, becoming the first vessel to reach the east coast of New Holland from the west, and arrived at her destination of Port Jackson later in December 1800. Grant, in the Lady Nelson, then left Port Jackson and began survey work. He discovered Port Phillip on Victoria’s coast and explored King Island, he helped establish the first European settlement in Tasmania on the Derwent River, and Port Dalrymple, Newcastle and Port Macquarie. He made several trips from Norfolk Island to Hobart Town. Governor Macquarie sailed on with him to Van Diemen’s Land for a tour of inspection in 1811. Grant helped establish the first settlement on Melville Island in Northern Australia. The Lady Nelson was used to transport cargo, civilians and convicts and to source pigs from Timor. In February 1825 the Lady Nelson sailed again for Timor and never returned. One report said that “Every soul on board, we regret to state, was cruelly massacred, and the hull of the vessel was seen some time after with the name painted on her stern.” The hull was sighted on the island of Babar, which is almost 200 kilometres east of Timor. This particular copy of the book ... This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969 This book about the logbooks of the Lady Nelson is locally significant for its association with the brig Lady Nelson, in which Lt. James Grant made the first documented European discovery of the area later known as Warrnambool in December 1800. This book is also nationally significant for its association with Grant in the Lady Nelson being the first to sail from west to east through Bass Strait, opening up a shorter, faster route to the colony of Port Jackson rather than going all the way south around Van Diemen’s Land. The book is nationally significant for its contents of the logbooks of the journeys of the Lady Nelson under various commanders and the copies of the charts created from the surveyed information and the new land of Australia was discovered. This book is also significant for its association with the full-size non-sailing replica of the Lady Nelson from Mount Gambier’s visitor centre, which was restored by Flagstaff Hill’s Master Boat Builder in Warrnambool in 2012, and with a ship mode of the Lady Nelson in our Collection The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The Logbooks of The Lady Nelson Author: Ida Lee ( Mrs Charles Bruce Marriott) Publisher: Grafton & Co Date: 1915Label on spine with typed text RA 910.994 LEE Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, the logbooks of the lady nelson, ida lee, mrs charles bruce marriott, captain john schanck, sliding keels or centreboards, lady nelson, british brig hms lady nelson, lieutennant james grant, bass strait discovery, surveying king island and port phillip bay, philip gidley king, survey map -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Eustace Halley Coghill's Diaries Vol. VI 1939-1944 The War Years, 2000
Eustace Halley Coghill lived in Surrey Hills on the corner of Wandsworth Road and Chertsey Street. His home was moved to Phillip Island (photo in the collection). This is the sixth volume of his diaries transcribed and published by his daughter Elspeth Carey, who spoke to Surrey Hills Historical Society regarding her father's life. This volume covers Eustace Coghill working at the Supreme Court Library and lecturing at Melbourne University; his consideration regarding army enlistment and travels to country centres to check the court libraries.This is the sixth volume of the diaries. It continues with Eustace Coghill working at the Supreme Court Library and lecturing at Melbourne University. Also considering early entry to army in second World War. Travels also to country centres to check the court libraries.world war, 1914-1918, 1939-1945, social life and customs, eustace halley coghill (mr), elspeth coghill (miss), elspeth carey (mrs), diaries -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Map, RACV, Phillip Island District Map
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Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Libraries Board of South Australia, An historical journal of the transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island with the discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the southern ocean since the publication of Phillip's voyage, compiled from the official papers, including the journals of Governors Phillip and King and of Lieut. Ball, and the voyages from the first sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the return of that ship's company to England in 1792, 1968
Facsimile of journals of the voyages from England to Port Jackson and Norfolk Island and return by Governors Phillip and King, and Lieut. Ball 1787-1792, including maps, charts, drawings and tables. Reproduced from a copy held in the State Library of South Australia originally published in 1793.583 p., <16> leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., maps, 1 port. non-fictionFacsimile of journals of the voyages from England to Port Jackson and Norfolk Island and return by Governors Phillip and King, and Lieut. Ball 1787-1792, including maps, charts, drawings and tables. Reproduced from a copy held in the State Library of South Australia originally published in 1793.norfolk isalnd - history, port jackson, hunter, john (1737-1821) -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Walter George BELL, The great fire of London in 1666, 1920
Book belonged to Rudolf Himmer, programme controller for ABC Radio Victoria who had holiday home in Cowes on Phillip Island.Book belonged to Rudolf Himmer, Programme Controller for ABC Radio Victoria, who had a holiday home in Cowes on Phillip Island.387 p. : illus. 2d ed. Bibliography: p. 364-369. Stamped Cowes Library Labelled Himmer Bequestwalter george bell, the great fire of london in 1666, bodley head, john lane, rudolf himmer -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, The fortunes of Richard Mahony, 1930
Book belonged to Rudolf Himmer, programme controller for ABC Radio Victoria, who had holiday home in Cowes on Phillip Island.Book belonged to Rudolf Himmer, Programme Controller for ABC Radio Victoria, who had a holiday home in Cowes on Phillip Island.comprising Australia Felix, The way home, Ultima Thule 990 p.Signed: Rudolf Himmer Labelled: Himmer Bequest Stamped: Cowes Libraryhenry handel richardson, the fortunes of richard mahony, australia felix, the way home, ultima thule, heinemann, rudolf himmer -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Boswell's London journal, 1762-1763, 1952
Book belonged to Rudolf Himmer, Programme Controller for ABC Radio Victoria, who had a holiday home in Cowes on Phillip Island.Book belonged to Rudolf Himmer, Programme Controller for ABC Radio Victoria, who had a holiday home in Cowes on Phillip Island.as first published in 1950 from the original mss. prepared for the press with introduction and notes by Frederick A. Pottle. xii, 360 p. Labelled: Himmer Bequest Stamped: Cowes Public Libraryboswell's london journal, 1762-1763, boswell, james, 1740-1795, pottle, frederick a. (frederick albert), 1897-1987, reprint society, heinemann, rudolf himmer -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Twenty thousand leagues under the sea
Translated from the French of Jules Verne. iv, 302 + 32 p., : ill. Labelled: Ex Libris Rudolf Himmer Labelled: Himmer Bequest Stamped: Cowes Public Library -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet, Phillip Island Back when 1982 Art and Essay Competition, 1984
The competition was to increase awareness of the pioneering of Phillip Island. 155 entries were received and winners were compiled in the booklet. Art competition winners were Open- Frances Reith and Maree Chaston. Secondary- Neil McRae and Shannon Condick. Primary- Laurie Chisholm and Paul Matthews. Essay Competition winners were Open- Patsy Hunt and Audrey Nicol.. Secondary- Judy Nicol and Cameron Ashe. Primary- Joanne Scrase and Richard Patching.HistoricalLarge yellow coloured booklet with green binding with typed pages, photos and drawings. Also a draft copy of the booklet pre printing which has typed sections pasted onto pages.Snippets of Phillip Island History. Entries from The Shire of Phillip Island Art and Essay competition 1982, conducted in association with the opening of the library, heritage centre and meeting room.chicory industry, the speke, phillip island cemetery, swimming baths, churchill island, ventnor state school, ventnor hall, killara ferry, motor racing -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Cowes from the jetty, Late 19th century
Black and white copy of an early print of the Isle of Wight Hotel from the jetty. It also shows the jetty shed.Cowes from the jetty. Copied from an early print of the Isle of Wight Hotel. Stamp saying "Melbourne Library"cowes, cowes jetty, cowes jetty shed, photographs, isle of wight hotel -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph Album, Kodak, Phillip Island Cemetery, c 1990
The Album was compiled by Nancy McHaffie late 1990's, with the assistance of Edith Jeffery's, with her book "Garden of Memories" and extensive knowledge of Phillip Island. The Cemetery lies back from the road and is surrounded by Manna Gums, rare Peppermint Gums, Blackwoods and other native trees. In all 25 acres of land were set aside as Crown Land in the land settlement of 1868. There are 6.2 acres of wetlands near the cemetery entrance.466-36: Jessie Watson was a daughter of the McGregor family who came to the Island in the very early days. Their selection was one of the most exposed areas on the Island. Jessie was married for a brief period and continued, with her brother Charlie, to work the family farm. Jessie was a hard worker and died in 1963 aged 98. The Plaque on her grave was donated by the Phillip island & District Historical Society. 466-37: Malcolm Sutherland. Malcolm died age 8 years while on a holiday on Phillip Island. His father was Dr. Alexander Sutherland who conducted his own school "Carlton College" Melbourne. Dr Sutherland was also appointed to the Melbourne Public Library committee for the papers taken to England by Governor La Trobe in May 1894. Malcolm was the only son of Alexander & Lizzie Sutherland.phillip island cemetery, malcolm sutherland, jessie watson nee mcgregor, nancy mchaffie, edith jeffery -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
book, Aboriginal place names and their meanings, 1973 reprint, c1967
144 p. ISBN 0589070975 (pbk.)Stamped: Cowes Public Libraryaboriginal place names and their meanings, compiled by a.w. reed, aborigines, australian -- names -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Unknown
... cowes shire hall cowes library phillip island z cox ...One of 6 photographs donated by Z. CoxBlack & White photograph of a group of people in front of the Cowes Shire Hall and Library. Two men in uniform and two men with clerical collars.On back: Cowes Shire Hallcowes shire hall, cowes library, phillip island, z cox -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1978/79
Shire Hall in Thompson Avenue, Cowes. Built early 1930's. Demolished 1984/1985. The Shire Hall was also used as a Picture Theatre and Ballroom catering for 200 persons. On the right hand side was the Library which later was moved downstairs. The Council Chambers were on the third floor.Shire Hall in Thompson Avenue, Cowes. Box like building with windows overlooking the street. Note entrance at the middle of the building - also the Notice Board on the right advertising the forth coming films. The building was on three levels. Note Balcony above front door in the middle of the building.local history, photographs, historic, buildings - historical, coloured photograph, john cook, phillip island, cowes shire hall -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Ernie May - Wodonga Bandmaster
Born in Hammersmith, London, England in 1903, Ernie May migrated to Australia at the age of 19 years old. A printer by trade, Ernie worked on the land at Woodburn, near Wonthaggi, then near Smithton, Tasmania. He then returned to his trade at the Launceston Daily Telegraph and then with the Rainbow Argus in the Victorian Mallee. Arriving in Wodonga in 1927, Ernie was employed by Mr Charles Ryan who at the time owned the "Wodonga Sentinel" newspaper. He quickly became involved in community activities. Ernie was President of the Border and Northeast Band Association, Secretary of Wodonga Rifle Club for 20 years and Secretary of the Public Library for 15 years. When Ernie May was Wodonga Bandmaster, the Wodonga Band played at Saturday afternoon football matches as well as other public appearances. At that time the Wodonga Band had 30 members. Ernie also conducted his own dance band. In 1952, Mr May and his wife moved to Sale, gaining employment firstly with the Enterprise Press, then the Gippsland Times. In 1957 he started up a monthly paper at Phillip Island. Not content with so many years as Bandmaster at Wodonga, Ernie May became Bandmaster for Phillip Island's brass band. After 50 years in the printing business Ernie and his wife Cicely retired in Cowes, Phillip Island where he passed away on 29th December 1977.These images are significant because they depict a former member of the community who made an important contribution to Wodonga over a period of 25 years.A collection of black and white images of Ernie May, Wodonga Bandmasterernie may, wodonga band, wodonga sentinel -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, PHELAN, Nancy, Some came early, some came late, 1970
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'. Labelled 'Cowes Municipal Public Library'. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Robertson, Vagabond papers : sketches of Melbourne life, in light & shade. Third Series, 1877
... Labelled: Cowes Free Public Library. Phillip Island... Library. Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest ...John Stanley James, an English-born immigrant, became famous in Australia under double-blind pen-names, “the Vagabond” and “Julian Thomas.” His deception was so effective that he was even buried under a false name.Small green coloured hardback with black and white illustrations.Labelled: Cowes Free Public Library. Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest. Inscribed: Yours rightfully "The Vagabond".melbourne history, john stanley james, sport, horse racing, pentridge, orphans -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Robertson, Vagabond papers : sketches of Melbourne life, in light & shade. Fourth series 1877, 1877
... Labelled: Cowes Free Public Library. Phillip Island... Labelled: Cowes Free Public Library. Phillip Island Historical ...John Stanley James, an English-born immigrant, became famous in Australia under double-blind pen-names, “the Vagabond” and “Julian Thomas.” His deception was so effective that he was even buried under a false name.small mauve hardback with balck and white sketches.Labelled: Cowes Free Public Library. Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest.aborigines, melbourne, parliament