Displayed in History HouseCircle of wood with paper printed with Portland Municipality coat of arms affixed.souvenir, portland, coat of arms

Displayed in History House. Borough of Portland (1864-1949)Large black and white photograph of a man with receding grey hair and a neat rounded white beard and moustache. He is wearing a three-piece suit with a dark tie and white shirt, and holding folded white paper in his left hand. Mounted in a wood veneer matt in a wide wooden frame, under glass.Front: Cr Hill/August 1920-1932/Mayor 1926-27, 1928-29 (engraved on plawue, lower centre frame)civic photography, portrait, councillor, city of portland

Transferred to Cultural Collection from Records, July 2006.Photograph of Queen Elizabeth in jewelled and beaded cream dress with crown, necklace, blue sash and medallions. Seated on chair with red brocade and gilded wood. Framed in gold frame, under glass.

Displayed in History House.Circle of wood with paper printed with Borough of Portland coat of arms affixed. Souvenir floatsouvenir, float, borough of portland

CEMA Art Collection Winner of 1968 Portland Art Society Art Prize for the category Oil or similar medium.The painting depicts several tall, dead trees in the foreground with dense living trees in the background. The work has an interesting texture created through the use of clearly defined thick paint strokes. This technique is particularly evident in the foreground where it has been used to create the ground from which the dead trees stand. The work has a painted wooden frame with material mount and non-reflective glass.Front: R. ARENDSEN '67 (black, lower right) Back: RENNEE ARENDSEN "DEAD WOOD FOREST, MALLACOOTA" (1968) (typed) Stamp: KATRINA GALLERIES 485 CENTRE ROAD BENTLEIGH, VIC 97-6715 Yellow Sticker: 1967 Handwriting around back of frame.

UnknownTwo-plate etching and aquatint in the form of two semi-circles. Upper half depicts two flowers hanging from a stem, and an upright stem with small buds in the background. Lower half is an unwiped plate print, showing black line drawings of daisies against a black background. Mounted with brown card and black card. Framed in grey-painted wooden frame.Front: 1/10 (lower left) "Landscape" (centre) Ray Woods 71 (lower right) (pencil) Back: (no inscriptions)

Art CollectionThe picture depicts a giraffe's neck sloping from the bottom right corner progressing into a giraffe's head at the top left. The background is plain, except for a yellow streak across the giraffe's neck close to the bottom. It is a front-view of the giraffe. Wood frame, thin white mount and glass.Front: 1/10 Giraffe 11 Mary MacQueen 69 (lower left centre, lead pencil) Back: Mary MacQueen "Giraffe 11" (1969) Litho (Bottom right, rectangle piece of white paper, printed)

Displayed at History House.Print of map pasted onto board, mounted and framed under glass. Buff-coloured mount. Mahogany stained moulded wood frame, black inner frame.Front: Plan of the Agricultural Area of Drik-Drik L.2556/Prepared by the Board of Lands and Works in accordance with the "Amending Land Act 1865". Lands and Survey Office, Melbourne 11th May 1865. (printed, upper centre). Back: Duncan Hedditchmap, drik drik, plan, geography, cartography

Portland Post Office Clock. Case is apparently new.Large mantle clock made from dark wood. Front door has a large glass pane with roman numerals in gold affixed to interior of glass. Brass arms and some of workings of clock visible through the door.Front: PORTLAND ROTARY CLUB INC. This original Portland Post Office clock, dated 1882, was fully restored and presented to the Portland City Council by Rotarian Norm Middleton on 20 September 1993. (metal engraved plaque affixed to front). Back: (unknown)portland rotary club, portland post office, mantel clock, horology

Used for water reticulation used in Portland up until the 1970's and 80's when the wooden mains were replaced. This section was 'rescued' from the municipal tip and donated by Mr. Iain Gran and Mrs. Ann Grant.Material - wood, five segments held together by a spiral of steel, wrapped externally. The wood expanded to form water-tight pipe.

Hand-coloured photograph of a woman with glasses wearing mayoral robes and mayoral chain. She is holding a rolled piece of paper in her hands. The background is tinted in green and mauve. Mounted in gold-coloured card in a decorative gold-painted plaster and wood frame.Front: Portland/Town Council (upper centre) Councillor/M.E. Hedditch, O.B.E., J.P/ Mayor 1956-60 (lower centre, printed black and red text). Back: (no inscriptions)