One of a collection of 15 sheets with copies of Postcards printed onto A3 sheets from the Shirley Jones Collection.Copies of postcards. Cowes Pier; Churchill Island; People waiting on the Cowes Pier for the Steamer; The Cowes Pier; View of Churchill Island; Coastal scene at Cowes; Postcard with 4 scenes at Churchill Island - Amess Cottage, Moonah Trees, Historic Cannon; Kilcunda General Store."Cowes from the Pier" - "Waiting for the steamer on the Pier at Cowes P.I." - "The Pier at Cowes" - "Churchill Island from Phillip Island" - "Churchill Island, Amess Cottage, Moonah Trees, Historic Cannon" - "The General Store Kilcunda Vic"cowes pier phillip island, churchill island, amess house churchill island, moonah trees, kilcunda general store, shirley jones collection, thelma astbury

The old Olive Trees in the photograph were planted by Samuel Amess in the late 1880s. He planted an orchard to the south of the house. What remains of the old orchard planted by him there are the two Olive and two Mulberry Trees.Coloured photograph showing old Olive trees. The old Olive trees were believed to have been planted by Samuel Amess on Churchill Island during the late 1880s.local history, photographs, buildings - historical, rural industry, coloured photograph, john cook, churchill island, olive tree

The Churchill Island collection includes an archive of photographs from the late 1800s. The collection is presented in sets and series, of which this image represents the Amess era.Churchill Island has been variously imagined and used to make a permanent settler colonial space since the mid-1800s. The history of the island offers a rich example of the complexity of private settlement in Victoria up until 1976 when it was sold to the Victorian Government.Monochrome image of two men in conversation, one leaning on the balcony of a house addressing the second standing in the garden.churchill island, garden, house, men, balcony, amess