Historical information

Nowa Nowa is at the top of Lake Tyers. The Princes Highway from Orbost to Bairnsdale travels through Nowa Nowa. From the earliest times of white settlement, Nowa Nowa developed as a stopping-off point on the Highway, and also as a tourist and holiday location, in association with the Buchan caves and Lakes Entrance. These photos show aspects of travel and tourism, possibly 1920s. The Hotel shown in 2716.1 was located near the crossing of Boggy Creek. Boggy Creek Boggy Creek (2716.2) which has a wonderful deep gorge which was and still is a major natural attraction.

Significance

These photos are significant because they show aspects of Nowa Nowa in the c. 1920s.

Physical description

Two b/w photographs/postcards of Nowa Nowa.
2716.1 Two cars and a group of people in front of a building. One vehicle has no roof. This postcard has a piece torn out at the bottom right hand corner.
2716.2 Eight people standing as a group on a rock platform beside a creek. The people are on the r.h.s. of the photo. In the background is a bushland setting and a rocky creek.

Inscriptions & markings

2716.1 Nowa Nowa Hotel. S Vogt
2716.2 Boggy Creek, Nowa Nowa Stanley Vogt, Bairnsdale