Schoolbag belonging to Joan Powling when she was a student at the Port Fairy Consolidated School in the 1960s.The school bag is typical of the bag that children would carry their school work, lunch bag to and from school in this period. It evokes memories of another time period and is culturally significant to the life of children who attended the Port Fairy Consolidated School. Brown solid leather school bag with 2 backstraps, 2 buckle fasteners.Solid leather 13. Joan Powling.school bag, joan powling, port fairy consolidated school

This Honour roll used to hang in the hall just inside the front door. We are not sure as to its location at the moment.Black and white photograph of the 1914-18 Honour roll at Port Fairy Consolidated School school, honour roll, 1914-18

Former pupils of Port Fairy Consolidated School 1874/1979 "125 Years Back To Celebrations"125 years of the Port Fairy State School/Consolidated School Polding StreetColoured photographconsolidated school, primary state school, port fairy, pupils, reunions

Port Fairy State School built 1870’s or as is now known Port Fairy Consolidated SchoolVery early photograph of the school and the fence and could have been the first photograph taken of the School because Thomas Washbourne the photographer was only active until 1880.Pt Fairy State School & Pupils approx 1880 Showing stone fence and taken from the right side on Polding Street. Sepia photographWashbourne photo -handwritten on face of photoschool, polding street, pupils, consolidated school, state school

Film strips put out by the Visual Centre of the victorian Education Department during the 1940's and 50's as an aid to the teaching of subjects such as Social Studies, English, History. Picturol Projector Model K/ U.S. Patent Nos 1277568- 14342/9 Mr Wilfred Murphy became headmaster of the Port Fairy Consolidated School in the 1950's and retired in the 70's. The projector was used by Mr Wilfred Murphy during the early days of his teaching career. small portable projector in leatherette case with leads to attach to 6 volt battery. seven (7) tins of film - 'The garden that Mary made'/'Our Earth'/ two (2) Copies of 'the Story of the Seed'/ 'Spiders-their Kin'/ 'Camouflage in Nature'/ 'the Story of a Tree'Each tin has a label='The garden that Mary made'/'Our Earth'/ two (2) Copies of 'the Story of the Seed'/ 'Spiders-their Kin'/ 'Camouflage in Nature'/ 'the Story of a Tree'photography, projectors, wilf murphy, education

Samuel came to Belfast with his parents Benjamin and Maryanne on the ship 'Oithona' arriving at Portland on January 30th 1855 when he was 11 years old. In 1865 he marries Selina Ann Daughter of William and Mary Oaff who arrived in Australia on the 'Clara' on the same day as Samuel. They had 6 children. As a stonemason by trade It is probable that he helped his father build the wall around the Consolidated school in 1875. They lived in a stone cottage next door to the Port Fairy Hospital. It was demolished when the new wing was built in 1976. He joined the Manchester Order of Oddfellows in 1863 and was elected Grand Master in 1880. He died when he was 37 in 1881.Early settlerPosed portrait black & white photographpioneer, settler, portrait, people, family, bowyer, samuel, stonemason, clara, oithona, selina ann, william oaff, mary oaff

This house in Albert Road Port Fairy North was bought and removed by the Victorian Government to make way for a new section of the Princes Highway that was to loop around and bypass the town. It was last owned and farmed by Claude and Katrine Brown. Katrine was the library teacher at the Consolidated School in the 1960's.coloured photographcottage, building, home, house, port fairy north, albert road

Royal Australian Naval Reservists, possibly including local men. Taken either in the Botanical Gardens or near the Consolidated School where members of all branches of the armed forces regularly camped for training.Black and white photographdefence, royal, naval, reservists