Newspaper - Photocopy, Supplement of Fishermen's Bend, Weekly Times, Fishermen's bend, an old-time settlement near Port Melbourne, Nov 2010

Historical information

Found by Allan Meiers (grandson) at SLV in 2004 when researching the settlement at Ballast ground

Physical description

'Fishermen's Bend, an old-time settlement near Port Melbourne', page from Weekly Times 27.11.1910. 4 photos of the settlement at the ballast ground and john Meiers a veteran fisherman

(01) Photographic print from digital scan 285 x 310mm

Subjects

fishermans bend,
domestic life,
industry - fishing,
johann meiers,
john myer

Identifier

2119.01

Date made

Nov 2010

Place made

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Measurements

Width: 31 centimetres, Height: 28.5 centimetres

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Newspaper - Photocopy, Supplement of Fishermen's Bend, Weekly Times, Fishermen's bend, an old-time settlement near Port Melbourne, Nov 2010

Historical information

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