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Torquay and District Historical Society
Copy Photo, Torquay History Exhibition 2016, Produced for exhibition 2016
Photo shows the first buildings in Gilbert Street, Torquay circa 1890.Gilbert Street became Torquay's "CBD" and remains the historical heart of Torquay township.Black and white photo. -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows a group of beachgoers on the front beach at Torquay with bathing boxes in the background.The beach boxes in the background were a significant feature of the Torquay foreshore until 1953.Black and white photograph.torquay beach, bathing boxes -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Light Horse Camp Torquay, 1939-1940
Photograph of Keith Scott Orbost 13th Light Horse Brigade at Torquay campThe Torquay Camp 1939-1940 was the last Light Horse training camp in AustraliaBlack & white photograph -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows crowds of beachgoers on Torquay front beach in front of bathing boxes.The bathing boxes in the background were a feature of the Torquay foreshore until 1953. A water tower, long removed, is also visible in the background.Black and white photographtorquay victoria., bathing boxes, beach crowds early 1900s, beach wear -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows a lady and a young boy on the front beach at Torquay pre 1953.The bathing boxes in the background were a feature of the Torquay foreshore until 1953.Black and white photographtorquay beach, bathing boxes -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows bathing boxes on the Torquay front beach around to Point DangerThe bathing boxes were a feature of the Torquay foreshore until 1953. Black and white photographtorquay beach, bathing boxes -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows a young boy sitting on Torquay beach in front of a bathing box.Bathing boxes were a feature of the Torquay beachfront pre 1950sBlack and white photographtorquay victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows a bathing beauty in a neck to knee costume posing on Torquay beach.A nostalgic memory of a past generation.Black and white photographtorquay victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph taken on the Torquay front beach in front of the first Surf Club house. The clubhouse on the Torquay front beach was superceded by one on the back (surf) beach.Black and white photograph -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows six men on Torquay beach dressed in womens bathing costumes.Torquay swimmers showing their feminine side?Black and white photographtorquay victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows four adults and two children sitting on the rocks at the beach at Torquay.A nostalgic beach sceneBlack and white photographtorquay victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows a family frolicking on the Torquay beachfront in front of bathing boxes lining the foreshore.The bathing boxes in the background were a significant feature of the Torquay beachfront until 1953.Black and white photographtorquay beach, beach activities, bathing boxes -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Copy Photo, Torquay Front Beach early 1900s
Photo (copy) of Torquay Front Beach at the mouth of Spring Creek circa early 1900sBlack and white photograph 38 x 28 cm. -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows a couple in then contemporary swimming costumes posing arm in arm on the beach at Torquay.It is believed that this photograph was taken circa 1920. The happy couple are James Thomas Evans and Roberta Evans then of Daylesford, later of 43 Anderson Street Torquay.Black and white photograph -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows a young lady sitting on the beach wall at Torquay in front of the bathing boxes.The beach boxes in the background were a feature of the beachfront until 1953.Black and white photographtorquay victoria, bathing boxes -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scene
Photograph shows the Rotunda that once stood on Rocky Point adjacent to the Torquay back beachThe rotunda and bathing boxes were a significant feature of the pre 1950s Torquay beachfront.Black and white photograph.torquay victoria, bathing boxes -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows beachgoers gathered at Torquay front beach around a display of lifesaving equipment.A memory of early Torquay.torquay victoria, bathing boxes, lifesaving boat and buoy, beach wear -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows two lady bathers on the Torquay front beach in front of bathing boxes.The bathing boxes were a feature of the Torquay foreshore until 1953.Black and white photographtorquay beach, bathing boxes -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
The photograph shows a couple on the beach at Torquay. He is taking a photo. She is holding a parasol.A nostalgic scene from yesteryear.Black and white photograph -
Australian National Surfing Museum
Surfboard, 1979 (estimated); The Piping Hot Twin Fin was produced in 1979 - 1980
Twin fin surfboard manufactured at Piping Hot Boston Road Torquay. Manufactured from polyurethane foam core and laminated fibreglass with fixed fibreglass fins. Shaped by Mike Patterson. This board is has channels running almost full length on the bottom of the board, the wide point forward of centre, swallow tail with flyer. Custom graphics in red, yellow and green top and bottom; from 1979High performance twin fin designs were pioneered by 4 time Professional World Surfing Champion Mark Richards (Newcastle). In this period 1978 -1981 these surfboards represented the pinnacle of surfboard design progression and high performance. This surfboard also represents Piping Hot which was one of Australia's leading surf 'brands' at that time. Piping Hot was a Torquay based company that produced surfboards,wetsuits and surf clothing. Piping Hot Twin Fin surfboard. Manufactured from polyurethane foam core and laminated fibreglass with fixed fibreglass fins. Full plan shape with channels running almost full length on the bottom of the board, the wide point forward of centre, swallow tail with flyer. Legrope plug fitted. Custom graphics in red, yellow and green top and bottom.20cm x 16cm Black red yellow green Piping Hot logo on deck and bottom 60cm down from nose. Hand written makers mark "Shaped by Mike Patterson Custom" in pencil on blank beside stringer forward of the fins on the bottom. "1459" in pencil on bottom near tail. surfboard, fibreglass, twin fin, piping hot, mike patterson, torquay, channel bottom, fred pyke, rod brooks -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows six young ladies in the water on a Torquay beach sporting a variety of costumes and hats.A memory of good times past.Black and white photograph -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Copy Photo, Torquay History Exhibition 2016, Produced for the exhibition 2016
A photo of The Esplanade, Torquay in the 1920's before electricity poles and lines were erected to interrupt the landscape.Central Torquay in early days before electrification.Black and white copy photo -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows a group of surfers on the beach at Torquay with their wooden longboards and wearing two piece bathing costumes.Longboards and two piece uniforms are now part of surfing history.Black and white photograph -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows a family group in swimwear, wrapped in towels and blankets, on the beach at Torquay with bathing boxes in the background.A record of beach fashions, and bathing boxes that had disappeared from the beach by the 1950s.Black and white photographtorquay victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows two young children in bathing suits holding hands on the beach near Point Danger at Torquay.A memory of early TorquayBlack and white photographtorquay victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Copy Photo, Torquay History Exhibition 2016, Produced for the exhibition 2016
Photo is of Edward Molyneux's horse drawn drag that plied the coastal routes between Geelong, Torquay and Lorne in the early 1900's.Exploring the South Coast was not easy before the construction of the Great Ocean Road.Black and white photo -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
The photograph shows a group of young girls in swimming costumes and two young men in blazers on a Torquay beach with bathing boxes in the background.A memory of early beach culture at TorquayBlack and white photographtorquay victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes
Photograph shows eleven lady bathers immersed in the sea showing off an array of bathing hats to a group of admiring spectators on Torquay beach.A record of fashionable headwear.Black and white photographtorquay victoria -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Beach Scenes Torquay
Photograph shows boys jumping into the sea off Rocky Point, a cliff formation adjacent to the Torquay back beach with the sweeping beach in the backgroundChildren indulging in a now prohibited beach pastime..Black and white photograph -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Photograph (copy), Early Torquay Beach Scenes, Circa 2001-2
Photograph shows a tree carving on the esplanade adjacent to the Torquay front beach based on the figurehead of the barque Inverlochy, a Scottish trading ship wrecked off nearby Anglesea on 8 December 1902. The original figurehead had been saved and mounted on a flagpole at Torquay but it disappeared in the 1950s. In 2001-02 local sculptor Mark Trinham carved a replica image of the figurehead into a 80 year old dead cypress tree on the site of the original flagpole. The Inverlochy was one of many ships that ended their seafaring days on the south coast of Victoria.Black and white photographtorquay victoria, wreck of the inverlochy, wood carving