Broadbent's was the official guide of the Government Tourist Bureau. Mr Roy Bain owned a secondhand shop on corner of Thompson Ave and Chapel Street, Cowes, currently a Japanese restaurant.HistoricalSmall orange, black and red booklet with black type containing maps and information of accommodation, businesses and tourist venues.Broadbent's Official Road Guide Phillip Island and Gippsland South and Central. Broadbent's Year of Issue 45.guesthouses, broadbent's guides, hislop newsagency, underdown strawberry farm, osterlund fishing trips, parry's butcher, athenia cafe, roy bain, broadway bakery, cowes camping ground, cowes main garage, beach park camp

These are only the pages relevant to Phillip Island from the guide. Broadbent's Official Road Guides Company took over George R. Broadbent's business in 1935. In 1963, it changed its name to Broadbent's Road Maps Pty. Ltd. Each Victorian guide contains maps, plans of routes, a detailed description of roads, mileage, hotels, garages, guesthouses, shops etc.HistoricalFoolscap sized, black and white photocopied pages stapled into booklet.broadbent's guides, guesthouses, shops, hotels, rothsay guesthouse, cowes main garage, co-operative society, hislop's newsagency, wagner's butchery, the nobbies tea rooms

RACV Garage in Thompson Avenue. "Thompson's Garage".Black & White photograph of community of Cowes with tyres collected for the war effort in front of Thompson's Main Garage.Tyres collected for the war effort - 1940'swar effort collection, thompson's garage cowes phillip island, sue payne

One of 5 postcards donated by G. Haywood.Sepia postcard of the Main Street in Cowes. Houses on the left and Cowes Motor Garage on right. Sea in the background."The Rose Series P. 3413" "Main Street, Cowes, Phillip Is., Vic."main street cowes, phillip island, cowes phillip island, phillip island, g. haywood

One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of an early Bi Plane landing on the site of the Main Garage, Thompson Avenue, Cowes - 1920local history, photography, aeroplane, black & white photograph, air transport, bi planes, john jenner, bryant west

Viewed from intersection of Mount Pleasant Road and Metery Road looking northwest. The dairy is in the foreground situated on Dalton Street. An unmade Bible Street can be seen running down the hill at the left to intersect with Dalton Street. Dalton Street runs from left to right between the dairy and the Carrucan family home opposite located on the southeast corner of Bible and Dalton streets. Doug Orford recalls the dairy was at a slight angle to Dalton Street. Tim Erickson, (a nephew to Betty Erickson, nee Carrucan) reacalled (9 May 2025): the bottom front paddock ran from MeteryRoad to Mount Pleasant Road The brick dairy from 1thje 1950s had 10-15 milking cow , Jersey and Guernsey6 and the used to send the cream to Eltham Dairy The garage when Tim was a child used to house a couple of sulkies The laundry was a local home built job The small house built late 1940s for Betty Carrucan for her family The small orchard grew Quince, Apple and Plum The main block was the upper paddock Cypress trees remain present as of 2025 Originally 2 buildings but a third was added in the early 1900s for a kitchen and diningDigital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford HP4 black and white transparencybible street, carrucan dairy, carrucan home, dalton street, eltham, mount pleasant road