Henry Christian (c.1809-91) was one of the first settlers in Kew. He arrived in Victoria with his wife Agnes and son Orlando in 1855 on the Gypsy Queen. He established a rope-making business in Bulleen Road by 1858 but was declared insolvent two years later. In his final years, he was celebrated as one of the oldest living settlers of the district. His son, Orlando Henry Beater Christian (c.1853-1930) became a member of the Hawthorn Band and a foundation member of the Willsmere Swimming Club. Orlando and his wife Elizabeth had four children: Henry Beater (1886-1962), Ada Susannah May (1888-1962), Orlando Julius (1891-1917) and Lilian Adelaide ( -1956). Ada was to marry into the Washfold family. An item from an outstanding and diverse photographic collection, assembled by members of the Christian and Washfold families of Kew, comprising professional and amateur photography, depicting individuals, natural and settled environments and the interactions between these worlds. Photograph of Lake Arm Bridge at Lakes Entrance.Sent to Mavis and the boys [detailed text]landscape photography, lakes entrance (vic.), christian-washfold collection

Black and white postcard of portion of Esplanade, showing petrol bowser, Newsagency, National Bank, a cafe advertising Sennitts Ice Cream, Central Hotel in distance. Also cars on roadway. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Esplanade, Lakes Entrance, Victownship, retail trade

Black and white small format postcard of the Entrance Channel at Lakes Entrance, showing Eastern pier, sandy hummocks and ocean. Lakes Entrance VictoriaView of Entrance, Lakes Entrance, Vicwaterways, roads and streets, transport

Black and white postcard of the Boat Harbour in Cunninghame Arm, showing fishing boats moored at both wings of the harbour. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Boat Harbour Lakes Entrance Vicboats and boating, construction

1 other copyBlack and white postcard of a bend in the Princes Highway at Jemmys Point. It shows two tourist coaches on the road between the steep road cutting and the post and rail fence, gravel footpath on road side of fence. Man directing traffic. Lakes Entrance VictoriaTourist coaches at Lakes Entrance, Victourism, vegetation, restaurant

This item is an example of a souvenir made for the East Gippsland region.A small white porcelain souvenir plate. A six sided shallow dish with a rectangular painting of the entrance at Lakes Entrance, East Gippsland. The dish is gold rimmed.Underneath - Royal Top- The Entrance Grafton Lakes Entrance, Vic Bone China Made in Englandsouvenir porcelain royal-grafton lakes-entrance

Other copy similar view with inscription 'The Lakes, Lakes Entrance Vic'Black and white postcard of Reeves Channel Gippsland Lakes, showing Rigby, Fraser and Flannagan Islands opposite the steep shoreline of the mainland. Natural vegetation of Jemmys Point in foreground from which photograph was taken. Lakes Entrance VictoriaKalimna from Jemmys Point Lakes Entranceislands, waterways, topography

Another copy Black and white 7 x 8.5 with inscription'View showing the Entrance, Lakes Entrance, Vic'Black and white photograph of Bullock Island, the New Works, township and entrance from Bass Strait to the Gippsland Lakes. Taken at high tide. Lakes Entrance Victoriaislands, waterways, bridges, topography

Names of some students in schools drop file.Black and white photograph of forty one Grade 1A students from Bairnsdale State School No. 754, taken outside front entry. Lakes Entrance Vic 3909schools

For five summers from 1987 to 1992 ATCV volunteers were landed on Rigby Island in Victoria’s Gippsland Lakes to “baby-sit” Little Terns (Sterna Albifrons) which breed in Asia and visit Australia in the Northern winter. By the mid 1980s the visiting population had dwindled dangerously due to predation and its very slow rate of reproduction. Conservation volunteers patrolled from dawn to dusk on a rotating 4 hour shift, educating visitors why they should stay away from the birds, and kept watch for pests. Terry Peacock’s logistics were heroic In support of the volunteers’ vigil: a boat, bunks, tents, tools, and a kitchen were bussed from Bendigo to Lakes Entrance. There were no outside funds at first, and only sale of promotional T-shirts together with small grants from the ANZ Bank and from Yellow Pages kept things going. Volunteers paid their own way to and from Bairnsdale railway station. Park Ranger and former ATCV employee Robert Brouwers with Helen Schneider (UK naturalist) and Tim Cox ‘maroon’ Tern Watch volunteers at Rigby Island in the Gippsland Lakes Vic > In 2010 the status of the Little Tern populations in Australia was assessed under the ECBP Act and the determination was that, while the Gippsland Lakes population will continue to benefit from conservation action, they are no longer a threatened species. White T shirt with ANZ in large blue letters with Tern Watch 1988 belowtern watch, atcv