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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Post Card, F & J Postcards, 1900's
... horse drawn coaches...Coloured Postcard of two horse drawn coaches. Three people... horse drawn coaches. Three people on the coach in the foreground ...Donated by S Serpell of Serpell & Reid Families, SandringhamColoured Postcard of two horse drawn coaches. Three people on the coach in the foreground and one person on the rear coach. A person on the roadside. Trees either side of the road. Front: Phillip Island - Wool Team on road to Cowes. Back: Harbison's Wool & Dray.wool team, horse drawn wagons, horse drawn coaches, s serpell -
Lorne Historical Society
Photograph, Great Ocean Road, Eastern View at bottom of Clarke's hill 1923
... for passengers in cars to travel all the way to Lorne so a horse drawn...Photograph of car, passengers and horse drawn coach... the way to Lorne so a horse drawn coach was used to travel ...Photoof a car with passengers. In winter it was too muddy for passengers in cars to travel all the way to Lorne so a horse drawn coach was used to travel to Clarke's where it met the service coach from Geelong. The passengers had tea at Clarkes Guest HousePhotograph of car, passengers and horse drawn coach. Inscribed "taken from the bottom of Clarke's Hill in 1923" In winter it was too muddy for cars to travel all the way to Lorne so the horse drawn coach was used to travel from there to Clarke's Hill where it met the service coach from Geelong. The passengers had tea at Clarke's Guesthousegreat ocean road, m1923 clarkes guest house, coach. winter transport -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Document, Documents relating to the re-enactment of the 1869 coach run from Melbourne to Cowes via Hastings in 1985, 1985
... horse drawn coaches... drawn coaches Stan Gates William Harbison Local government 8 ...1985 was the 150 anniversary of Victoria. Moorabin, Mordialloc, Sandringham and Phillip Island Councils organised a Cavalcade of Transport which included a re-enactment of a mail coach ride from Melbourne to Phillip Island in 1869. This trip was by Mr Ray Tovell at the invitation of William Harbison to stay with him at Phillip Island. Citizens were to dress in period costume and each municipality was to hand a letter containing local information to the coach driver along the route..Historical8 pages of typed letters and documents explaining the reasons for and details of the occasion. Also a history of the original trip.150 anniversary of victoria, transport, horse drawn coaches, stan gates, william harbison, local government -
Lorne Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph Horses and dray outside Birregurra railway Station, Horses and dray outside Birregurra Railway Station preparing for trip to Lorne
... horse drawn coaches... and Dray horse drawn coaches photographed outside the Birregurra ...photographed outside the Birregurra Railway Station 5 coaches and horses preparing for the trip to Lornebiregurra railway station, horses and dray, horse drawn coaches -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1916 c
... Sepia toned photograph of horse drawn coach and horse drawn... Accommodation Topography Sepia toned photograph of horse drawn coach ...Second identical copy 04424.1 10 x 15 cm Bills bought the first dray in 1912 and the house was opened in 1914Sepia toned photograph of horse drawn coach and horse drawn dray filled with visitors at Toorloo House Lake Tyers Victoriaaccommodation, topography -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, late 19th - early 20th century?
... bunga-creek horse-drawn-coach... - drawn coach running along a track beside a creek... used in East Gippsland. bunga-creek horse-drawn-coach on back ...Bunga Creek is approximately 5km east of Lakes Entrance.This is a pictorial record of horse-drawn transport of the late 19th century used in East Gippsland.A black / white photograph of a bush scene with a horse - drawn coach running along a track beside a creek.. It is on a cream coloured buff card.on back - "No. 5" on front - "At Bunga Creek"bunga-creek horse-drawn-coach -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1900
... Black and white photograph of a horse drawn coach with four... Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields trams tramways Horse Drawn ...Black and white photograph of a horse drawn coach with four horses and 6 people on Bright to Mount Buffalo road. Early 1900's?On rear in red ink "Bright to Mt Buffalo and return, 22 miles each way"trams, tramways, horse drawn vehicle -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, early 20th century
... building with a horse drawn coach and seneral people and horses... single-storey building with a horse drawn coach and seneral ...This photograph shows the Orbost - Cunninghame coach leaving from outside Dickson's Hotel in Nicholson Street Orbost. Although noted as the Dickson Hotel, this may have been the Commonwealth Hotel which opened on New Year's Day 1902. Mr Jasper Drew held the first licence. Laura Dixon held the hotel licence from 04/04/10 until 05/02/17 and during that time it was known as Dickson's Hotel. A township, known as Cunninghame after a pioneer Gippsland squatter, was surveyed near Lake Bunga in 1866. The name changed to Lakes Entrance in 1915.This is a pictorial record of horse-drawn transport commonly used in Orbost, early 19th century. It also shows the Commonwealth Hotel before the second storey was added.A black / white photograph of a large single-storey building with a horse drawn coach and seneral people and horses standing nearby. The road is unsealed. On the side of the carriage is "CUNNINGHAME".transport-horse-drawn dickson's-hotel commonwealth-hotel cunninghame -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - SCHOLTEN AND MARSH COACH BUILDING FACTORY, c.1900
... . (horse drawn coaches) factory. Sholten and Marsh.... and assembled coaches. (horse drawn coaches) factory. Sholten and Marsh ...Sepia photograph of interior of coach building factory. Tradesmen, workers, coach wheels, partly built and assembled coaches. (horse drawn coaches) factory. Sholten and Marsh.buildings, commercial -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (Item) - Black and white photograph, Fernshaw, c1900
... . The photograph shows two horse-drawn coaches standing in the middle... horse-drawn coaches standing in the middle of a dirt road ...An early black and white photograph taken at Fernshaw.An early black and white photograph taken at Fernshaw. Fernshaw was a rural township 63 km north-east of Melbourne and 10 km north-east of Healesville. Situated on the Watts River, near where a log had fallen making a convenient crossing, Fernshaw was settled in the 1860s. It provided good country for orchards and berry growing. The location was at the foot of Blacks Spur, with Mounts Juliet and Mondah rising on either side, providing spectacular scenery. There were nearby fern gullies giving rise to the name – ‘shaw’ is old English for thicket or wood. By 1875 Fernshaw had a post office (1865), two hotels, a school (1871) and stores. It was famed for its beauty, attracting tourists. In 1886 the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works began work on the Watts River water catchment scheme – later to become Maroondah – and the Board obtained approval for the catchment country to be reserved and kept free of settlement. This required the removal of the Fernshaw township, which was completed by about 1890. The area was described in the 1903 Australian handbook:ARMSTRONG COLLECTION 42 STATION STREET/ SANDRINGHAM 3191/ TEL. (03) 9521 5442/ IAN M.L. ARMSTRONG OAMfernshaw, healesville, watts river, orchard, berry orchard, blacks spur, black spur, mount juliet, mount mondah, maroondah dam, victoria -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/10/1993 12:00:00 AM
... drawn coach Lakes Entrance Victoria... Cain and passengers in his replica horse drawn coach Lakes ...Black and white photograph showing Brian Bakeman driving the Tidy Town judge Jill Cain and passengers in his replica horse drawn coach Lakes Entrance Victoriaenvironment, volunteering -
Peterborough History Group
Photograph - Coach on Timboon - Peterborough Road
... Small black and white photograph of a horse drawn passenger... of a horse drawn passenger coach Photograph Coach on Timboon ...It is known that Peterborough House (Hotel) would transport guests by horse and cart from Timboon to their accommodation. This photo shows the tree lined road and horse drawn vehicle, including numerous hatted passengers. The inscription mentions the location as being 'Cordorauh Hill' which is now unknown, and indicates that this is the return route, from Peterborough to Timboon.Significant because it shows the passengers and guests being returned from the Peterborough Hotel, probably to timboonSmall black and white photograph of a horse drawn passenger coachOn the back is handwritten "J Irvine driving coach from Peterborough to Timboon at Cordorauh hill.peterborough, horse drawn vehicles, timboon-peterborough road, irvine family, james irvine -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, View from Greensborough station, 1920c
... Photograph of men with horse-drawn coach in the vicinity... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Photograph of men with horse-drawn ...Photograph of men with horse-drawn coach in the vicinity of Greensborough station, early 20th century.Digital copy of black and white photograph.greensborough station -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (Item) - Black and white photograph, Marysville, c1900
... be seen the Keppels Australian Hotel with a horse-drawn coach... Hotel with a horse-drawn coach standing outside. The title ...An early black and white photograph of the main road in Marysville in Victoria showing the Keppels Australian Hotel.An early black and white photograph of the main road in Marysville in Victoria showing the Keppels Australian Hotel which was built and opened by the Keppel Family in 1865. The Keppels Australian Hotel was the first hotel to be opened in Marysville. The Keppel Family were among Marysville's earliest pioneering families.ARMSTRONG COLLECTION 42 STATION STREET/ SANDRINGHAM 3191/ TEL. (03) 9521 5442/ IAN M.L. ARMSTRONG OAMaustralian hotel, marysville, keppel family, maurice john keppel, keppels australian hotel, keppels hotel, victoria -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Jeeves Coach on CRB Road at Foot of Farringdon Road Kalorama, 1920, 1920
... drawn coach going along the CRB road (Mt Dandenong Tourist Road... Farringdon Road showing Jeeves horse drawn coach going along the CRB ...Scene looking down Farringdon Road showing Jeeves horse drawn coach going along the CRB road (Mt Dandenong Tourist Road) in 1920. Detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke in 1974.Jeeves Coach on CRB road at foot of Farringdon Road Kalorama (Mt Dandenong North) 1920. Road was formed most of the length from Montrose by contractors Bladin and Dick employing Robert Logan the younger, in 1919 and lay unmetalled till metalled by the contractors in 1922. Mountain ash trees in foreground were on Thomas Hand’s original 23 acre holding. Those beyond coach were on Isaac Jeeves original 160 acre holding Selection Crown Allotment 925(B). This was the area forming part of the inheritance lost by John William Richardson because of the expense of his wife’s illness. Hand enlarged his 23 acres to 305 in 1874. William and his family grew large crops of raspberries on his area, part of which is in the foreground. It had been cleared by his father’s employees before 1877. The section below the Main Road was cultivated by Fred hand, son of William and grandson of Thomas in the twenties before he moved to Redcliffes where he is today (1974). Comment by John Lundy-Clarke 10.5.1974 coach service, jeeves, crb road, farringdon road, kalorama, mt dandenong north, mt dandenong tourist road, john lundy-clarke, coach -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, View From Seat of Jeeves Coach, c1921
... View the driver would have from horse drawn coach. CRB.... View the driver would have from horse drawn coach. CRB (Main ...View the driver would have from horse drawn coach. CRB (Main) Road between Wombat Road and Falls Road. c1921. This photograph has a detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke in 1974.View from seat of Jeeves Coach over horses while being driven along the new CRB road between Wombat Road and Falls Rd 1921.wombat road, falls road, crb road, jeeves coach, horse -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - Aileen and John Ellison Collection: Cobb & Co.flag
... of Australia, a horse drawn coach with two men driving, the emblem... coach run souvenir. The flag has a map of Australia, a horse ...RFDS was begun by Reverend John Flynn as an aerial Medical Service out of Cloncurry, Queensland in 1928. By 1934 it had expanded across outback Australia. Cobb and Co. was a stagecoach line transporting diggers between the gold fields. There were many coach lines but there names were generalised to "Cobb and Co. It operated between 1853 and 1924.Two small blue and white flag for Cobb & Co. - Royal flying Doctor service 1963 coach run souvenir. The flag has a map of Australia, a horse drawn coach with two men driving, the emblem of the flying doctors and the route from Melbourne to Port Douglas.cobb & co., flying doctors, coach run -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, WR Buckley & Son, 1885
... in the background and a horse drawn coaches.... story buildings in the background and a horse drawn coaches ...Yields information about the operation of BTPS owned tram in Bourke St Melbourne and the streetscape at the time of the operation.Black and White photograph of conduit (electric) trams in Blackpool England. The system was offered to the City of Ballarat when the tramway operations were being tendered. Shows two open top double decker electric trams, the centre conduit, advertising Holdens Dining Rooms and the three story buildings in the background and a horse drawn coaches.In ink on rear. "16a" and "In 1885 Holroyd Smith of the United Kingdom sent a tender to Ballarat to construct a conduit tramway in that city, similar to the one he had constructed in Blackpool United Kingdom in the same year. Further details are recorded in the book "Last tram at Eleven" by William F Scott, page 3. WR. Buckley & Son, Winston Bond Collection (United Kingdom). In the bottom right hand corner, a "William Scott" address label.trams, tramways, ballarat, uk, blackpool, conduit trams -
Lorne Historical Society
Photograph - Lorne Post Office 1910, Lorne Post Office 1910 w coach
... !910 Lorne Post Office showing horse drawn passenger coach... horse drawn passenger coach Photograph Lorne Post Office 1910 w ...!910 Lorne Post Office showing horse drawn passenger coachPhotograph -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Vehicle lantern, c. 1900
... This lantern would have been attached to a horse-drawn... This lantern would have been attached to a horse-drawn coach ...This lantern would have been attached to a horse-drawn coach for lighting purposes and local coaches and other large-size horse-drawn vehicles would have had similar lights. It is a heavy object and may also have been used on early model automobiles or other motorised vehicles.This item has no known local provenance and is retained for display and research purposes.This is cylindrical metal lantern painted black. It has a glass covering on the rounded face and glass inserts on the back and the side. It has a metal-covered candle that is inserted into the lantern through an opening at the base. There are hinged clips to open the main glass and the back glass.vintage coach lighting, candle-lit lanterns -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stabb and Fair Coachbuilders Corner of Main and Wimmera Streets Stawell 1890's, C 1890's
... of Main and Wimmera Streets. Row of workmen and horse drawn... of Main and Wimmera Streets. Row of workmen and horse drawn ...Sepia Photograph of Stabb and Fair Coachbuilders Corner of Main and Wimmera Streets. Row of workmen and horse drawn coaches in the street. 1890's. This buisness was started by Mr. Aldred, who came to Stawell in 1874. Mr Stabb had served his apprenticeship in Ballarat with mr Aldred. Some time later Mr Stabb took over.Sepia Photograph of a weatherboard factory with a row of workmen and horse drawn vechicles i the street.Sign above the Factory. STAWELL COACH FACTORY J.H. STABB COACH BUILDER WHEELWRIGHT on both sides of stawell industry, j.h. stabb, coach builder -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Four Posts Inn in Glenorchy -- Building no longer exists
... for the horse drawn coach service between Stawell and Horsham.... for the horse drawn coach service between Stawell and Horsham. Stawell ...Four Posts Inn. Glenorchy. Building no longer exists. Located on the site now known as Glenorchy (Victoria). Glenorchy is approximately 20Km from the former Ashen's pastoral run occupied by Dugald McPherson. The Four post Inn was a "Staging Camp" for the police escort route during the transportation of gold by road from Mount Alexander gold fields (Bendigo) to Adelaide South Australia in 1852-53. The police escort is known to have called in at Ashens homestead to visit Dugald McPherson. The Four Post Inn was the scene on the occasion of and encounter between the police escort and bushrangers. At a later date The Four Post Inn was a staging camp for the horse drawn coach service between Stawell and Horsham.stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mourning Coach, Horse-drawn used by the Funeral Director Mr Frank Crouch
... Mourning Coach, Horse-drawn used by the Funeral Director Mr...Mourning Coach Horse-drawn (F. Crouch) with Stawell Railway... grampians Mourning Coach Horse-drawn (F. Crouch) with Stawell ...Mourning Coach Horse-drawn (F. Crouch) with Stawell Railway Station in background.stawell -
Mont De Lancey
Decorative object - Coach Model, Chas W Davis
... The collection of thirteen model horse drawn vehicles were... drawn vehicles Toy horses Road Transport Coaches A model ...The collection of thirteen model horse drawn vehicles were carefully handmade by Mr Chas W Davis 1925 - 2002. He was a talented artist and saw doctor. This model of a three horse drawn enclosed coach replicates the vehicle that enjoyed respect from the public during the 1880's. There were four horse drawn models as well.A model of a black enclosed coach which is a four wheeled passenger horse drawn vehicle where the driver sits at the front behind the three brown horses. It has two large and two smaller gold painted spoked wheels with black rims, two gold painted coach lamps, black padded seating and four open windows with blinds that are rolled up. There are two doors with a step for easy access into the coach. A long brown wooden shaft separates the horses which also have black vinyl shaft style straps on both sides as well as the necessary horse tack for carriage use to help the driver communicate with the horses. A hand operated brake is next to the driver with the brake pads attached to the back wheels. There is a brown wooden slotted luggage rack at the back held on by two gold chains. On top of the coach is a decorative gold painted luggage rack. replicas, models, scale models, vehicles, carriages, horse drawn vehicles, toy horses, road transport, coaches -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, 1920's -1930s
... the horse drawn coach run from Orbost to Delegate. After a few years... the horse drawn coach run from Orbost to Delegate. After a few years ...The photograph shows the wagon and team owned by Mr Tom Malinn of Sardine Creek. On lst Juy 1926, Tom Malin took over the horse drawn coach run from Orbost to Delegate. After a few years he obtained an International 2-3 ton truck. On his first trip to Bendoc he did not carry mail, but brought Miss Cunning, the first lady head teacher and collected ballot boxes. On his next trip (March 1930) he made history as the first mailman on this route to deliver mail in a motor vehicle. (info. Bendoc History) Tom and Sophie Malinn farmed at Martin’s Creek. Sophie (nee Jensen) married Tom Malinn in 1926. Sophie’s family had run the historic “Danebo Hotel” at Martin’s Creek for many years, and in 1931, Tom and Sophie began farming at Martin’s Creek, initially cropping maize and beans. This is a pictorial history horse-drawn transport used widely in Orbost until the late 1920sA black / white photograph of a large wagon loaded with wool bails being pulled by a team of horses. a man is standing behind the horses in the background.on back -"Tom Malinn with wool from Bonang"malinn-tom-bonang transport-horse-drawn -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, C 1920s
... the horse drawn coach run from Orbost to Delegate. After a few years... the horse drawn coach run from Orbost to Delegate. After a few years ...The photograph shows the coach owned by Mr Tom Malinn of Sardine Creek. It is in front of the Orbost Club Hotel in Nicholson Street, Orbost. On lst Juy 1926, Tom Malin took over the horse drawn coach run from Orbost to Delegate. After a few years he obtained an International 2-3 ton truck. On his first trip to Bendoc he did not carry mail, but brought Miss Cunning, the first lady head teacher and collected ballot boxes. On his next trip (March 1930) he made history as the first mailman on this route to deliver mail in a motor vehicle. (info. Bendoc History) Tom and Sophie Malinn farmed at Martin’s Creek. Sophie (nee Jensen) married Tom Malinn in 1926. Sophie’s family had run the historic “Danebo Hotel” at Martin’s Creek for many years, and in 1931, Tom and Sophie began farming at Martin’s Creek, initially cropping maize and beans. The first hotel built in Orbost was the Club in 1885, an old wooden place on the corner built for J. A. Petersen of the Mitchell Hotel Bairnsdale, now known as the Victoria Hotel. Tom Maguire, a stepson of the late Mr. Petersen, carried on the club Hotel Orbost for 5 or 6 years. The property then came into the possession of Alfred Cooper, a Yorkshireman who purchased the freehold about 1890, pulled the building down and erected the present structure.This is a pictorial history horse-drawn transport used widely in Orbost until the late 1920sA black / white photograph of a horse-drawn buggy with four men on the buggy and two mmen standing beside it, It is in front of the Orbost Club Hotel in Nicholson Street, Orbost..on back - "Tom Malinn on coach run"malinn-tom club-hotel-orbost transport-orbost -
Mont De Lancey
Decorative object - Cobb and Co Coach Model, Chas W Davis
... The collection of thirteen model horse drawn vehicles were... enclosed coach which is a four wheeled passenger horse drawn ...The collection of thirteen model horse drawn vehicles were carefully handmade by Mr Chas W Davis 1925 - 2002. He was a talented artist and saw doctor. This model of a horse drawn Cobb and Co coach replicates the vehicle that enjoyed respect from the public during the 1880's. There were four horse drawn models as well.A model of a red Cobb and Co enclosed coach which is a four wheeled passenger horse drawn vehicle where the driver sits at the front behind the two light brown and grey horses. The name ROYAL MAIL COBB.CO is painted in white lettering on both sides. It has four gold painted spoked wheels with black rims, two gold painted coach lamps, black padded seating and four open windows with blinds that are rolled up. There are 2 doors with a drop-down step for easy access into the coach. A long brown wooden shaft separates the horses which also have black leather shaft style straps on both sides as well as the necessary horse tack for carriage use to help the driver communicate with the horses. There is a black wooden slotted luggage rack at the back held on by gold chains. On top of the coach is a decorative gold painted luggage rack. Freeman Cobb established Cobb and Co in Australia in 1853 to operate horse drawn mail and passengers between Melbourne and the Victorian Goldfields. It expanded to Queensland in 1865. ROYAL MAIL COBB.COreplicas, models, scale models, vehicles, carriages, horse drawn vehicles, toy horses, postal services, road transport, goldfields, coaches -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Postcard - Historic, New Gaiety Theatre, Strand, 1905-1907
... , providing cover over the footpath. The foreground has horse-drawn... the footpath. The foreground has horse-drawn carriages and coaches ...The nine postcards in this set were donated together and date to the early 1900s. All but one postcard in this set shows images of Warrnambool, in the Western District of Victoria; the other has a London image. The postcards were all printed in Great Britain according to that country’s postal regulations. The fronts of all cards have titles printed in red. Most of the images on the cards are attributed to photographer Joseph Jordan and belong to the Jordan Series. The back of these cards has an outline for a postage stamp, a vertical dividing line and a heading on each side of the line to separate the Correspondence from the Address. However, this postcard is the 'odd one out' in that its location is London, it has no border, it has no reference to 'Jordan' or 'Jordan Series' no reference to the printer, no 'correspondence heading', it is slightly smaller than the others, and it has text in the stamp area that refers to 'inland' and 'foreign' postage, a half-penny inland and one-penny overseas.. Postcards or ‘correspondence cards’ appeared in Britain in 1894. They were plain cards with a space for the message on one side and an address on the other; regulations didn’t allow anything but the address to be written on the ‘address’ side. In 1902 the British regulations then allowed a picture to be printed on the front and the address on the back, so messages had to be written on the picture side. Soon, the regulations changed and the back was divided for a message and the address. New Gaiety Theatre, Strand [London] - The New Gaiety Theatre opened in 1903 on the corner of The Strand and Aldwych, London. The second show performed in the new theatre was “The Spring Chicken” in 1905. The third show followed in 1907. The preprinted postage cost on the stamp outline is ½ d. or half penny; according to The Great Britain Philatelic Society, Great Britain Postcard Stamps were priced 1/2 d. or Half Penny from 1-Oct-1870 to 3-Jun-1916. The postcard is significant for its inclusion with a set of nine postcards, eight of which are images of Warrnambool and its district and photographed by Joseph Jordan. It is also curious for is lack of connection to Jordan. Postcard, one of nine, portrait orientation, coloured print. The image shows a tall three-storey corner building with a statue on its domed tower and smaller towers on the sides. The top two storeys have balconies with columns, and overhang the ground floor, providing cover over the footpath. The foreground has horse-drawn carriages and coaches, and motorised vehicles including a bus. Figures wearing top hats and others in long dresses are in front of the building, which has a sign on the corner advertising the building and its current show. There is no correspondence written on the card. The front of the postcard has a printed red title and an inscription on the image. The reverse has inscriptions and outlines for a postage stamp. Made in Britain.Sign on the image of the building: “GAIETY / SPRING CHICKEN / THEATRE” On the front in red: “New Gaiety Theatre, Strand” On the back in printed in green: Stamp box “INLAND / 1/2d.’ STAMP / FOREIGN 1d.” “POST CARD” “THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN HERE” flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, maritime museum, warrnambool, great ocean road, warrnambool and district, warrnambool scenes, local scenes, views of warrnambool, postcard, souvenir, correspondence, cameo postcard, new gaiety theater, the strand, spring chicken, gaiety theatre, london theatre -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Panton Hill Hotel, 27 March 2008
... . A horse-drawn mail coach travelled to Melbourne until 1890, when.... A horse-drawn mail coach travelled to Melbourne until 1890, when ...Today’s Panton Hill Hotel was built around 1920. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p61 Panton Hill was originally known as Kingstown, and consisted of only one hotel when the Orams Reef was discovered in 1859. Kingstown was a quartz mining centre and many old mine shafts remain in the area.1 Orams Reef was one of the first reefs with a rich find of gold in the area. The Hotel Francais, which had been operating in 1861, was well situated on the way to Queenstown (later St Andrews). So was Herr Hirt’s Hotel and store at Smiths Gully. The Kingstown hotel, known as the Frenchman’s and in 1864 as the Hotel de France, was run by a Monsieur Emile Hude and his wife Jeanne, and known for its good food. They hosted social events, business conventions and debates, attracting patrons from as far as Melbourne. The hotel’s name was changed to Panton Hill Hotel in 1905.2 In 1883 Charles Caudwell built another hotel nearby, possibly in Long Gully Road,3 which it is thought, was burnt down early last century. Today’s Panton Hill Hotel, built around 1920, is the only one of the cluster of buildings in the main road, not to date from around the turn of last century. It was severely damaged by fire in 2003, then underwent extensive alterations. It is the township’s only hotel and is an example of a modest hotel building exterior, constructed early last century. In its early days the hotel also housed the first post office, newsagency and store. Orams Reef yielded a total of £100,000, and fossikers also found alluvial gold in the creeks and gullies, but there is no record of the total value of their finds.4 Gold greatly increased the Panton Hill population, which peaked between 1865 and 1885. On holidays large sports meetings were held with wood chopping contests and foot races and the day would end with a ball. Miners came from various countries to seek their fortune, including many from China. The Chinese became unpopular however, and gradually left the district, although some stayed and grew and sold vegetables.5 Panton Hill was named after Joseph Panton, who in 1862 was appointed Police Magistrate for the Woods Point, Heidelberg and Yarra districts. Panton was an outstanding man, who in 1852, was Commissioner of Crown Lands and Assistant Commissioner of Goldfields at Bendigo. In 1874 he was promoted to Chief Magistrate for the Melbourne Police. Panton was also an artist, becoming president of the Victorian Arts Society in 1888, and in 1913, president of the Royal Geographical Society. Despite Panton Hill’s prosperity, it still lacked many services as poor roads made access to Melbourne difficult. A horse-drawn mail coach travelled to Melbourne until 1890, when the railway came to Heidelberg. The nearest doctor was at Yarra Glen or Heidelberg, and the Indian hawker Singh’s annual visit was very welcome. A miner’s shack opposite the school was used as a post office. Today’s general store and post office in the main road dates from early last century, and has changed considerably. While most people searched for gold, the more enterprising ones established farms to feed the diggers. Farmers grew wheat, barley and oats, and sent animal skins to the Eltham tannery, to make furs in Melbourne.6 As gold became scarce from around 1880, miners took up farming on 19 to 20 acre (8ha) allotments. The first settlers in Cherry Tree Road included Purcell, Smith, Owens, Hughes and Shillinglaw. By 1900 all the land had been taken up around Panton Hill and Hurstbridge. The orchards in Panton Hill and the wider district, particularly of apple and pear, were very successful, and made Panton Hill a cohesive and successful community. About 1914 the Moores built the first cool-store and refrigeration plant at their orchard in Cherry Tree Road. Many settlers planted vineyards and made high quality wine, but in 1922 the blight destroyed them.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, panton hill hotel -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, late 19th - early 20th century
... gippsland This is a pictorial record of horse-drawn transport ...This is a pictorial record of horse-drawn transport in East Gippsland in the late 19th - early 20th century. It depicts the difficulties of transport in the under-developed forests of East Gippsland.A very faded photograph of horses and coach making their way through a bush track obstructed by fallen trees.on front - " Old Coaching Days" on back - ' A. Coulton"transport-horse-drawn