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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard - Lakes Entrance, 1930c
Other black and white copy 17 x 25 01417.1Black and white postcard of the town, taken from the southern shore of the lake, showing residences, the Central Hotel, butcher shop, bluestone wall at lake edge, and two small jetties. Sand hills and natural vegetation in foreground. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrance from the South Sidetownship, waterfront, retail trade -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Medal - Commemorative, Centenary of Victoria, Melbourne and Portland, 1935
This commemorative medal celebrates a colonisation of two towns, now cities, in Victoria; Melbourne and Portland. The medal shows the significance placed on the colonisation of Victoria and the growth of the hundred year period. Medal, silver. with hole and ring at the top. Obverse: Sailing Ship, Coast, Boat on shore, 3 men. Reverse Colonial man on grass, river, city buildings on other river bank Medal commemorates the centenary of Victoria and Portland 1834 and Melbourne 1835. "CENTENARY OF VICTORIA 1934" & "PORTLAND 1834", "CENTENARY OF MELBOURNE 1935" & "1835" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, medal, centenary medal, centenary of victoria, centenary of melbourne, 1834-1934, 1835-1935, colonial, centenary of portland, colonisation of victoria -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Postcard - Railway Pier, Port Melbourne, 1914
Collected by Alison Kelly when she was caretaking the Missions to Seamen Building 1987-90.One of six postcards, mostly various angles and times of Railway Pier, Port Melbourne. B&W postcard - Railway Pier viewed toward shore - Three steamers and one sailing ship, train central and crowd. Full postcard size image.piers and wharves - railway pier -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Operation Sea Dragon
A black and white photograph of a Gunnery Officer on "a" deck above the bridge on board HMAS Hobart (1967), on the "gunline" during Operation Sea Dragon in the Tonkin Gulf, observes the fall of shot as the ship engages shore batteries and supply columns heading for South Vietnam.photograph, hmas hobart, operation sea dragon, tonkin gulf -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1945c
One other copy same sizeBlack and white small format postcard of the entry to the North Arm, taken from Jemmys Point. It shows a steep cliffside above the calm waters, township of Lakes Entrance and Cunninghame Arm, and sand hummocks of southern shore in distance. Lakes Entrance VictoriaNorth Arm from Breakwater - Lakes Entrancetownship, waterways, topography -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Holding M, 2000c
Colour photograph of the township viewed from the southern shore of Cunninghame Arm at the New Works. New Works Jetty in mid foreground, tourist launch Thunderbird on lake. Smoke from a bushfire in distance. Reflections in calm waters of lake. Lakes Entrance Victoriaresort, tourism, waterways, township -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1910c
Also another copy print 8 x 13, both printed as though framedBlack and white photograph of Reeves Channel, Gippsland Lakes. It shows Rigby Island opposite the steep cliffs of mainland shore. Small island off Rigby was known as the Doughboy. Taken from Jemmys Point, natural vegetation in foreground. Lakes Entrance VictoriaReeves River from Kalimnaislands, waterways, topography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, HMAS Hobart 1
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of the destroyer HMAS Hobart under the command of Captain Guy Griffiths with American destroyers attached as a flotilla, sailing in line as they engage North Vietnam shore batteries and SAM missile sites while on the 'Gun Line' of 'Operation Sea Dragon'.photograph, hmas hobart, tonkin gulf, 7th fleet, operation sea dragon, gibbons collection catalogue, photographer, vietnam war, denis gibbons, gun line, capt guy griffiths, american destroyers -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Footbridge, Jemmeson Edie, 1936
Also second copyBlack and white photograph of the incomplete footbridge over Cunninghame Arm. It shows the incomplete bridge almost at the south shore, and a view of town waterfront from Eastern Wharf to Myer Street corner. Man in rowboat almost on beach in foreground. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterfront, bridges, room display, construction -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard - Bullock Island, 1935c
Also faded postcard same imageBlack and white small format postcard of the Princes Highway as it winds around Jemmys Point. It shows the North Arm bridge, narrow bridge to Bullock Island, glimpse of the western part of town, hummocks of southern shore of Cunninghame Arm. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrancefences, roads and streets, islands -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Colour photograph, 2004
Photograph published in the Ship to Shore 2004Colour photograph depciting Bill Romney standing next to a Sri Lankan Seaman in from of the bar of the club in teh 717 Flinders Street Mission.bill romney, bar, sri lanka -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Colour photograph, 2004
Photograph published in Ship to Shore 2004Colour photograph of the Mission 717 Flinders Streetmission to seafarers, 717 flinders street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Reference, Helen Trinca et al, Waterfront - The Battle that Changed Australia, 2000
Was purchased on eBay as a pair with "Ship to Shore""Waterfront - The Battle that Changed Australia" by journalists Helen TRINCA and Anne DAVIES - 317 pp paperback on the 1998 Patrick conspiracy. Doubleday 2000 illustrated, end notes, indexed, with chronologyPencil, end paper "sale $8"societies clubs unions and other organisations, transport - shipping, piers and wharves - waterside workers, piers and wharves - webb dock, maritime union of australia, mua, anne davies, helen trinca -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Framed Print, February 19th 1942, Darwin Harbour
Image depicting the explosion of a ship, filled with TNT and ammunition, hit during the first Japanese air raid on Australia's mainland, at Darwin on 19 February 1942. In the foreground is HMAS Deloraine which survived unscathed. On that day, 236 people were killed when 242 Japanese aircraft, in two separate raids, attacked the town, ships in Darwin's harbour and the town's two airfields in an attempt to prevent the Allies from using them as bases to contest the invasion of Timor and Java during World War II. MV Neptuna was a 5,952 ton cargo motor vessel. and was 1 of 11 sunk during the Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942. In January 1942 HMAS Deloraine evaded an attack by the Japanese submarine I-124 north-west of Darwin and was jointly credited with the submarines' sinking after she inflicted the initial damage. The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. Brown timber frame containing blue black and white print of ships being bombed.February 19th 1942, Darwin Harbour In the foreground the corvette HMAS Deloraine. Smoke billowing in the background is from burning oil tanks on shore, the mushroom cloud is from the explosionof the ammunition ship Neptuna. Watercolour by Tom Offordbombing of darwin, battle of darwin, 19 february 1942, ww2, mv neptuna, hmas deloraine -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print - Linocut - Admella Rescue Series No. 3, Bob Stone, '..... they were four hours amongst the rocks and breakers before they got ashore' - SA Advertiser 20th August 1859', 2009
Part of suite of 16 Linocuts created for an exhibition at the Portland Arts centre for the Admella 150th Festival.Linocut Print. Third print in suite of 16 in the Admella Rescue Series. Shows two men on rocky shore, rough sea in background. One man on hands and knees, the other, still in water, holding a long box. Printed in black on white archival paper.Front: Front - Linocut Bob Stone 2009 '..... they were four hours amongst the rocks and breakers before they got ashore' - SA Advertiser 20th August 1859' - handwritten, black penadmella, shipwreck, portland lifeboat -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Bulmer H D, 1930c
Second copy 16.5 x 25, speckly conditionFirst generation black and white postcard of two people fishing from a small boat moored on the shore at Gippsland Lakes. Also shows steep cliffs bordering lake, glimpse of Cliff Crest Tea Rooms, run by Mrs Westerson. Lakes Entrance VictoriaGippsland Lakes showing Scone Cottagehouses -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Footbridge, Tambo Shire, 1985c
Colored photograph of footbridge over the Cunninghame Arm. It shows a flock of seagulls on the northern shore beside the approaches to the bridge, which has white painted railings, surf lifesaving club house on dunes in distance, several groups of people on footbridge. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, bridges, tourism -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - LB / TB, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photographic print of a rephotographed photograph - Portland Baths, c. 1970
Photographic print of a rephotographed photograph. Image shows 3 Portland Baths taken from seaward side, looking towards shore. Dressing rooms to left and right of entrance building, this area all fenced. Large crowd of people behind fence, in front of main building.Front: 'Baths' - green ink -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photo, [Dick Richards with Antarctic Memorabilia], 1982 (exact)
Dick Richards was a member of the Shackleton Antartic Expedition and was marooned on the Ross Sea shelf. He was also a former principal of the Ballarat School of Mines.Framed colour photographic portrait of Richard W. Richards, in a gold aluminium frame with cream mount. The image includes Dick Richards holding a pipe, the book 'The Ross Sea Shore Party', an opened tin of food, globe of the world, a fur lines coat, and papers on a desk. dick richards, r w richards, antarctic exploration, ross sea shore party, richard w richards, ballarat school, mines, antarctica, available -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Caire Nicholas John, 1900c
Also three black and white copies 17 x 25First generation black and white postcard of the Kalimna area of the Gippsland Lakes. It shows a residence surrounded by a paling fence at Maringa Creek in foreground, dead vegetation at mouth of creek. Steep cliffs of lake shore opposite low lying Rigby Island. Lakes Entrance VictoriaKalimna and Reeves River. Gen View.waterways, topography -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard - Township, 1950c
2 copies 6 x 9Black and white small format postcard of footbridge over Cunninghame Arm. It shows people on bare sand dunes in foreground boat moored beside bridge, motor vehicles parked along retaining wall on North shore with town buildings in background. Lakes Entrance VictoriaFootbridge Lakes Entrancebridges, waterways, township, people -
Melbourne Legacy
Postcard, Embarking for the Gallipoli peninsula
Postcards were a common form of souvenirs for soldiers who were travelling around Europe either during World War 1 or just after, before returning to Australia. The link to Legacy is not known but there are many postcards are in the collection.Postcards were a very common form of communication in the first World War. This postcard also records Gallipoli for those who didn't have cameras. This type of souvenir would have been familiar to the first Legatees as they had served in World War 1 and many had served at Gallipoli.The front image of the postcard is a drawing of soldiers standing on a beach. One man in uniform can be see standing in the foreground, while several others are amassing on the shore. Six ships can be seen on the sea horizon. There is a small hole at the top of the postcard, most likely from a thumb tack.Front of postcard: "PREPARING TO EMBARK ON THE LAST STAGE OF THEIR VOYAGE TO THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA: SOME OF THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS / WHOSE LANDING THERE WAS A SPLENDID FEAT OF ARMS."war correspondence, souvenir -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Footbridge, Todd Della, 1945c
Black and white photograph of the footbridge over the Cunninghame Arm. It shows a sand covered wooden ramp leading from footbridge to ocean, shed in scrub covered southern shore, two people on bridge, distant view of town and trimmed memorial Cyprus trees. Lakes Entrance Victoriabridges, waterways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard - Township, 1935c
Black and white small format postcard of town, taken from south shore of the lake. It shows a panoramic view of Esplanade and buildings, jetties, Great War Memorial cypress trees, Jemmys Point and Kalimna Heights in background. Vegetation of sand hummocks in foreground. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Township from Ocean Beach Lakes Entrance No 13memorials, vegetation, waterfront, township -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1900 c
Two small boats moored in bay person standing on shoreSepia toned postcard taken from waterfront looking across Bancroft Bay towards Boole Poole Metung Victoria (May be Phillip Hancock)boats and boating, jetties, waterways -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, "Rosehill" Station owned by Scoullar & Brinkman on shores of Lake Lonsdale 1872
Rosehill Station. (Scoullar & Brinkman) Homestead on shores of Lake Lonsdale 1872stawell -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Postcard - Railway Pier, Port Melbourne, 1914
Collected by Alison Kelly when she was caretaking the Missions to Seamen Building 1987-90.One of six postcards, mostly various angles and times of Railway Pier, Port Melbourne. B&W postcard - Railway Pier viewed toward shore - Three steamers and one sailing ship, train central and crowd. Same view as 295.03 but in sepia, reduced and within embossed area.piers and wharves - railway pier -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Railway Pier, Port Melbourne, 1914
Varnished halftone reproduction printed in sepia ink of photograph of Railway Pier viewed towards shore - three steamers and one sailing ship, trains shown in centre, and crowds of people. Early 1900s. Original had been overprinted in white with '8. PORT MELBOURNE PIER', and the initials 'R.J.'piers and wharves - railway pier -
Clunes Museum
Pamphlet - BROCHURE HEPBURN FEDERATION TRAIL, TERRY HOPE
HEPBURN FEDERATION TRAIL, BUILDING, COMMUNITIES, CREATING A NATION. A DRIVING TRAILTHOUGH THE SHORE, REVEALING STORIES ABOUT ITS PLACES, PEOPLE AND EVENTS. THE TRIAL EXPLORES THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NATURAL FEATURES OF THE SHIRE AND ITS SETTLEMENT SINCE TJE DJA DJA WRUNG PEOPLE FIRST MADE IT THEIR HOMEhepburn federation trail, dja dja wrung