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Owned by James and Ada Brimblecomber, Heywood, and then by Merle Lewis, Mt. Gambier.
Physical description
Black and white photographic image of a harbour with two long piers running into it and a shorter jetty with a building on it and a circular jetting protruding from it. In the foreground are trees, a dirt road with an RACV sign bridging it to the right and a railway track visible between the trees.
Inscriptions & markings
Front: THE HARBOUR, PORTLAND (printed, lower centre)
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands
where we live, learn and work.