Historical information

These five b/w photos of Orbost were taken in the early 20th Century.
2712.1 is of Ruskin Street looking east from Nicholson Street with the Post Office on the corner. The Orbost Shire Council chambers is also shown.
2712.2 is an excellent photograph of the Post Office on the corner of Nicholson and Ruskin Streets.
2712.3 is a photograph of the first butter factory, built 1893 in Lochiel Street.
2712.4 shows a visit by the Governor of Victoria c.1920s.
2712.5 is a photo looking looking down Nicholson Street from the Ruskin Street corner. It shows a line of shops which were amongst the earliest in Orbost.

Significance

These photographs are significant because they are a record of early Orbost.

Physical description

Five b/w photos/postcards of Orbost.
2712.1 People standing in a street; a building on the right, also buildings on the left. Telegraph pole on left hand side.
2712.2 Two horses and carts, a man riding a horse, dog in foreground. They are all in front of an elaborate wooden building (the Orbost) Post Office, and on the right hand side background is another building with the words L Herbert Snowy River Stores.
2712.3 A large wooden two-storey building behind a wooden post and rail fence. The building has several gables. A man with an apron is visible in the doorway of the top storey. There are several horses and carts in the building's yard.
2712.4 An oval shaped photograph showing a large group of school children on the right and a number of adults on the left who appear to be speaking to the children. A pine tree in the centre behind, and buildings also behind a fence.
2712.5 A streetscape with a telegraph pole in the left foreground and a group of shop buildings leading down a slope in the centre of the photograph. Several people standing around, and horses and carts.

Inscriptions & markings

2712.1 On front: Orbost, East Gippsland. Stanley Vogt, Bairnsdale
2712.2 On front: Orbost, Post Office. W S Vogt, Bairnsdale
2712.3 On front: Butter Factory, Orbost
2712.4 On front: added in ink is THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO ORBOST
2712.5 On front: Nicholson Street, Orbost, Victoria Rose Series P2397