Historical information

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 Island

Physical description

Photograph of a painting by F Wheatley National Portrait Gallery, of Vice Admiral Arthur Phillip standing on beach between water and rocks. Small boat with sailor nearby and ship under sail in background.

Inscriptions & markings

Vice Admiral Arthur Phillip - first Governor of New South Wales. The man after whom Phillip Island was named.