Collection of thirty-nine postcards donated by Jillian Rigby which had been owned by her grandparents, George and Edith Weir, who from c.1917 lived at 84 Princess Street, Kew. The mostly 'mint' postcards were purchased in Victoria and while travelling overseas. The sole dated postcard is dated from 1929. The postcards are numbered sequentially from 2017.0058.01-39. The remainder of the collection donated by Jill Rigby which was once owned by the Weirs of Broken Hill and Kew consist of costumes, costume accessories, photographs, and documents.The postcards in the Weir collection, especially those purchased on a trip or trips to the mother country, i.e. United Kingdom, represent a representative sample of sites that were considered significant to those Australians undertaking a reverse grand tour by member of the erstwhile colonies. Those postcards which are early views of Melbourne must have been produced commercially for some decades from the early part of the 20th century.Port Melbourne Pier. Coloured postcard. Weir collection."Port Melbourne Pier"postcards, george and edith weir, port melbourne pier, weir collection, postcards -- melbourne (vic.)

PORT PHILLIP GOLD MINE OF CLUNES EMPLOYED MANY MINERS WHO EVENTUALLY WENT TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA WHEN GOLD WAS DISCOVERED THEREBLACK AND WHITE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF EMPLOYEES OF THE PORT PHILLIP MINE .1 FRAMED ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH WITH BROWN MATT BOARD. WOODEN FRAME .2 & .3 PHOTO PRINT ORIGINAL, SLIGHTLY BLURREDSOME OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE PORT PHILLIP GOLD MINING COMPANYlocal history, photography, photographs, mining

The letter on the outside of the sheet is from Jim (?) to Les (Turner). It gives some of his childhood recollections of Port Melbourne Hotels These include the Shamrock which he understood that it was "... a weatherboard Building - very Badly Conducted and when it was burned down it was not rebuilt... I did know that there was a murder there."Inside is hand drawn map of Port Melbourne with the hotels marked in position as well as a Key down the left hand side. The accompanying typed sheet lists the 50 original hotels on the left hand side and the 20 remaining on the right.A large ruled sheet of paper with a letter on the outside & inside a hand drawn map of Port Melbourne with the location of hotels marked. A typed sheet lists the hotels.Hotels of Port Melbourne. Originally there were 50. today there are 20.business and traders - hotels, shamrock hotel, leslie stanley turner

Superb Fairy Wren at Tower Hill, Victoriatower hill, fairy wren, bird

Produced by Robert Frost of Alfred Street for use in Bay Street informational stalls by Port Melbourne 'Residents' Picket Group' against the SCDC Bayside development, 1988Large black display board with captions of environmental information connected by string to points on an aerial photo of Port Melbourne/Fishermen's Bend; indicates sources of contamination in Port Melbourne and on the bend.public action campaigns, environmental issues, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, fishermans bend, industry - manufacturing, robert frost, residents picket group, british petroleum group, elders ixl, glazebrook paints, csiro, state electricity commission

Builder: Evans Deakin and Company. Launched: 8 April 1967. Patrol boat visited Port Fairy in 1979 & 1980First of class commissioned Coloured photograph of Naval ship moored in Port Fairy baypatrol boat, royal australian navy, defence force, hmas attack, port fairy

This photograph was taken from the balcony of the Star of the West Hotel. There are three Orbost men in the photograph, front right. They are Frank Nixon, John Johnston and Keith Lynn.This item is associated with agriculture which has always been a significant part of Orbost's history. The men in the photograph are prominent early settlers of the Orbost district.A large sepia photograph on a cream buff card. It is of a large group of men standing in a street.on front - "Farmers' Convention at Port Fairy. Frank Nixon, John Johnston, Keith Lynn"events farmers-convention nixon-frank johnston-john lynn-keith

Royal Stafford English six sided gold rimmed white souvenir plate with transfer black image of the Port Fairy lighthouse.Front - The Lighthouse Port Fairy Victoria Back - Guaranteed Bone China Royal Stafford Made in Englandceramics, domestic items, crockery, souvenir, port fairy

Port Fairy is one of the earliest pioneered areas in Victoria.Whaling and sealing were the primary industries in the early years and some of the 19th century architecture remains. In 2012 the seaside town of Port Fairy was voted the world's most liveable town with a population of less than 20,000 at the 2012 LivCom International Awards.Digital photograph of shamrocks carved in marble from a headstone in the Port Fairy Cemeteryballarat irish, shamrock, shamrocks, headstone, cemetery, carving, port fairy

This photograph probably taken during Terang day. The people of Terang used to come to Port Fairy by train for the day and lots of events were put on for the people to take part in. Boating, swimming, picnicing in the botanical gardens, foot races, cricket etc.black and white photograph of the Moyne river showing a crowd of tourists possibly on Terang day as they alighted from the train that has pulled onto the wharfAnother view of the Moyne riversouvenir, port-fairy, terang day, train, wharf, moyne river, boats, crowd, people

decorated tile featuring image of the port of Nagoya. Sitting in frame with gold plaque" "PMA 0153/1" "WMA 32""Port of Nagoya/ since 1907" "Nagoya Port Authority"

On 29 August 1908 Melbourne gaped in wonder as 16 white-hulled battleships of the United States Atlantic Fleet, carrying 14,000 naval personnel, steamed into Port Phillip Bay. The ‘Great White Fleet’ was circumnavigating the globe on a tour launched by President Theodore Roosevelt. The cruise was a display of naval power and practical exercise, testing the battle-readiness of the US Navy and demonstrating its ability to patrol and protect the west coast and American interests in the Pacific including Australia.An original unframed photograph of the United States Altantic Fleet entering Port Phillip Bay in 1908 and a copy framed and mounted under glass.Port Phillip Bay 1908; United States Atlantic Fleetthe great white fleet, us atlantic fleet, 1908, port phillip bay