About
Sorrento Museum
Our collection
Nepean Historical Society (1967)
Sorrento Museum and Archive
Themes: Building towns, cities and the garden state, Building community life
From the collection of
Nepean Historical Society
Items featured online
3 items
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Nepean Historical SocietyPhotograph
The house was built in 1850 to resemble a scottish crofter's cottage it was at one time a postal depot when a bag was fixed behind a slot in one of the front doors and it was also known as Clark Cottage. It has since been demolished.
Sepia image of the first stone building in Sorrento, with description and signature of George Coppin.
'Sorrento The first building Geo. Coppin'
clark, stone buildings, george coppin
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Nepean Historical SocietyPhotograph, Returning to the Pier, c.1900
Black & white view of people returning to the Sorrento pier and waiting for a paddlesteamer. The pedestrian bridge leading to the township can be seen at the end of the pier, also visible is the Continental Hotel. Taken c.1900
paddlesteamers, sorrento, pier, continental hotel
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Nepean Historical Societybook, Rogers, Hunter, The early history of the Mornington Peninsula, 1960
95p.
mornington peninsula
