NOTE Pages 35 to 55 begin after page 72.

CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: In the beginning p1: Portland Peninsula forms, is clothed, inhabited, and discovered by Grant etc.
Chapter 2: Sealers, whalers and settlement p4: Sealers’ landmarks. Dutton and others. Portland Bay for shelter. Convincing Ground. Liddle brings Henty. Henty’s landing.
Chapter 3: Settlement to gold p9: First ploughing, sheep, shearing and exports. Mitchell. Reports of Portland Bay by Wedge, Fyans, Scott. Tyers surveys a town. Police Magistrate. Reports by Hoddle, Moore, Blair. Riots. Pier built. Trade figures. Port neglect.
Chapter 4: Influence of local government p21: First Road Board. Roads and bridges. Municipal Council. Borough Council. Tours of Portland. District Road Board. Stockade. Shire of Portland. Country Roads Board.
Chapter 5: Road, rail and other transport p26: Some personal road experiences. Early hotels. Cobb and Co. Tramway commenced, delayed and abandoned. Railway Company. Hamilton railway surveyed and opened. Pier Station. Connections with Port Fairy, Horsham and Mount Gambier. Great North West Canal. Modern road transport. Effect of railways on Port of Portland. Separation movement.
Chapter 6: Industries, past and present p43: Sealing. Whaling. Shipbuilding. Pastoral and wool. Appraisement Store. Woollen Mills. Boiling-down. Wool-washing. Tanneries. Wattle-bark and mills. Forests and timber. Brick kilns. Flour mills. Brewery. Guano. Freezing works. Petroleum products. Needle factory. Butter factory. Tourists. Fishing industry.
Chapter 7: What constitutes a port p61: Three jetties. Three baths. Three lighthouses. Pilots. Siltage and dredging. The coastal traders. The lighters. Fawthorp’s letters. Immigrant ships and a diary. The worst storms. Wrecks in the bay and on nearby shores. Battery, Magazine, Custom House and miscellaneous port items.
Chapter 8: After many years – a breakwater p124: Need for protection. Harbour or dock. Barrow’s survey. Gallie’s proposal. Ross’ scheme. Stanley’s survey. Coode’s plans and survey. Mackay plan. Steel’s plan. Fishermen’s breakwater built. De Burgh’s scheme started and abandoned. Coane and Bell. Sir George Buchanan’s report. Royal Commission on Outer Ports. Parliamentary Public Works Committee. Rendal, Palmer and Tritton. Portland Harbour Trust Act, incorporated and proclaimed. Commissioners appointed. Harbour survey. Work begins. Building the breakwater. Engineer-in-chief’s description. Work complete.
Appendix A: Harbour Trust commissioners p160. Appendix B: Trade figures p161. Appendix C: Municipal officers p167. Appendix D: Scraps of history p167: ANA (Australian Natives Association); Back to Portland; Band; Banks; Bible Society; Births; Bowls; CEMA (Council of Education, Music and Art); Churches; Coal; Electric light; Fire Brigade; Free Library; Garrison Artillery; Gardens; Gas; Gaol; Hospital; Hotels; Hurd Street Reserve; Marriage; Masonic Lodge; Newspapers; Oddfellows Lodge; Old buildings; P&A Society; Pictures (cinema); Police; Port of Portland Development Association; Post Office; Rainfall; Rifle Club; Schools; Scouts and Guides; Sewerage system; Sports; Water supply; World wars. Index p171.

ILLUSTRATIONS (selected):
Locality map. Portland Harbour Trust board meeting 1960: J. Brown, E.P.C. Hughes, Ralph Anderson, K.S. Anderson, L.C. Moulton, T.C. Jarrett. Flinders’ chart p2. Map of north shore, Portland Bay p6. Edward Henty; Captain J. Liddell, master of the ‘Thistle’; Captain J. Fawthorp, first Harbour Master p13. Tyers’ survey 1840 p18. Blair’s residence ‘Greenmount’; First pier 1848, with second pier alongside p33. Julia Street in the 1860s; Percy Street about 1870, now Patterson’s corner p34. Bullock teams in Julia Street about 1880; Percy Street 1960 p35. The lifeboat ‘Portland’ 1900; The guano producers, gannet rookery, Lawrence Rocks p36. Driving first pile of Long Pier 1899 p53. Shipping at the Long Pier about 1925 p54. Bridgewater Lakes p55. The ‘Blow Holes’, Cape Bridgewater p73. Tipping the first stones of the Breakwater, K.S. Anderson and H.V. McLeod look on p74. The Chairman (K.S. Anderson) and Chief Engineer (E.P.C. Hughes) conduct the Prime Minister and Dame Pattie Menzies over the harbour works 1958 p75. Aerial view of Cape Grant Quarry p76. Breakwater pictures p94. General view of Portland Harbour 1960 p114. Aerial view of Portland Harbour 1958 (breakwater unfinished) p115. ‘Ixion’ approaches the K.S. Anderson Wharf p116.

SURNAMES / FAMILY NAMES from the index:
Anderson. Archer. Barclay. Barton. Beath. Beaumont. Bell. Bent. Bilston. Birmingham. Black. Blair. Bolte. Bradshaw. Brooks. Brown. Brownlaw. Browning. Buchanan. Buckle. Cain. Camfield. Cameron. Campbell. Carrington. Carter. Carmichael. Cathells. Chapman. Claridge. Coode. Cook. Corney. Crouch. Cummings. Darke. Davis. De Burgh. Donehue. Douglas. Dusting. Dutton. Edgar. Edwards. Egan. Ferguson. Findlay. Finn. Fisher. Fitzgerald. Flinders. Flower. Franklin. Fyans. Gallie. Grant. Greavey. Griffiths. Hamilton. Hanlon. Hart. Hawkins. Hedditch. Henry. Henty. Hermit. Hewitt. Hickey. Hillingworth. Hill. Hislop. Hughes. Jarrett. Jennings. Kay. Kean. Keiller. Kellett. Lalor. Landrigan. La Trobe. Learmonth. Levett. Lewis. Liddell. Lutterell. MacDonald. McCullock. McLeod. McNeil. McPherson. Mansfield. Marriott. Mitchell. Moodie. Moulton. Must. Nimmo. O’Malley. Parker. Parkinson. Patterson. Peach. Pile. Pitts. Primrose. Quick. Reed. Reid. Richardson. Robertson. Rogers. Rosevear. Ross. Row. Sage. Schofield. Scott. Sealey. Shevill. Sinclair. Sleeman. Smith. Spence. Spiken. Stanley. Stanford. Steel. Stokes. Strachan. Thomas. Thompson. Tetherick. Townsend. Tulloh. Tyers. Tytherleigh. Upton. Wade. Ward. Wedge. Williamson. Wiltshire. Wilson. Winter. Wishart. Woods. Wrixon.

FULL INDEX available on library computers: Electronic resources \ Indexes \ Portland

FROM THE INDEX (Place names, institutions, etc.):
‘Admella’ wreck. K.S. Anderson Wharf. ‘Ann Jane’. Argyle Bark Mills. ‘Australford’. ‘Australasia’ wreck. ‘Barber’ saved from ‘Admella’. Barker’s Textiles. Barrow’s breakwater scheme. ‘Barwon’ wreck. Base survey line. Battery Point. The original battery. Belfast and Koroit Steam Navigation Company. Blacknose Point. Blair’s report. ‘Blow Holes’. ‘Blythe Adventurer’. Border war. Borthwick and Sons. Brick and Tile Company. Bridgewater Butter Factory. Cape Bridgewater and Lakes. ‘Brothers’ wreck. Bucton and Clark. ‘Burra Burra’ coaster. Bush Tavern. ‘Burswood’. Caledonian Inn. Grand Victorian North West Canal. ‘Captain Cook’ wreck. ‘Casino’. ‘Champion’. ‘City of Sydney’. Coane and Bell. Cobb and Co. Contractors of breakwater. ‘Constant’ wreck. ‘Convincing Ground’. ‘Coomba’. ‘Coorong’. ‘Coramba’. Cottage Inn. C.R.B. Crawford Inn. Crew of ‘Admella’ rescue. Crushing plant. CSIRO. Custom House. ‘Cygnet’. Dacombe and Co. Darlots Creek. ‘Dawn’. ‘Derwent’. Design of breakwater. ‘Diana’ wreck. Digby Hotel. Discovery Bay. ‘Dominion’. ‘Dona Myrto’. Double Corner. ‘Durham’. Earl of Selkirk Inn. Earle’s Halfway House. ‘Edina’. ‘Elizabeth’ schooner. Emu Flat Hotel. ‘Erato’. ‘Eric the Red’. ‘Eumeralla’. ‘Eva’. Everett’s Products Pty Ltd. Farmers Inn. Fawthorp’s letters. Ferrors Conway. Finance by Harbour Trust.

First: Baths; Borough Council; Bowser; Cargo landed in port; Census; District Road Board; Export agriculture; Harbour Trust Office; Jetty; Land sale; Meeting of Harbor Trust; Merino sheep; Motor transport; Municipal Council; Pile in long pier; Plough furrows; Police Magistrate; Post Master; Reference to breakwater; Shearing; Shipping list; Ship at new breakwater; Sod of railway turned; Steamship in port; Survey; Tanker in port; Wheat ship; White man.

Fish of Portland Bay. Fishermen’s breakwater. Fitzroy River. Fleece Inn. ‘Flinders’ coaster. ‘Florence’. Flour-milling and Granary Co. Forest Inn. Forests Commission. Foresters Inn. ‘Frances Henty’. Frazer and Patience. French whaler wreck. Free warehousing port. Gannet rookery. Geelong ‘Advertiser’. ‘Gervase Sleigh’. Glenelg River. Golden Fleece Hotel. Gorae quarry. ‘Gothic’ largest vessel. The Grange (Hamilton). Cape Grant. ‘Greenmount’. Greenvale Inn. Extracts from the ‘Guardian’. ‘Guardian’ founded. ‘Gulf of Siam’. Halfway House. Hamilton-Toolondo Railway. Harbor Trust Act. Harbor Trust commissioners. Harbor Trust. ‘Helen’. ‘Henry’ wreck. Henty’s landing place. Henty’s whaling station. Heywood. Hoddle’s report. Hughes’ breakwater scheme. Immigrants Deport. Immigrants to Portland. List of immigrant ships. ‘Isabella’ wreck. ‘Ixion’. ‘Jane Lovett’ wreck. ‘Jane’ wreck. First jetty. Lengthening of jetty. Julia Percy Island. ‘Julia Percy’ coaster. ‘Julia’ wreck. ‘Lady Bird’. ‘Lady Flora Hastings’. ‘Lady Nelson’. ‘Lady Robilliard’. Lagoon. Lascelles-Hopetoun Railway. Launceston ‘Advertiser’. ‘Lavinia’. Lawrence Rocks. Lawson government’s support. ‘Leeuwin’. History of Lighters. Lighthouses. ‘Loelia’. ‘Lone Furrows’. ‘Macedon’. William McKay’s breakwater scheme. Mac’s Hotel. Macdonnell Bay. McKinlay’s boarding house. Mail by sea story. Malseed’s reminiscences. ‘Manchester’. ‘Marie’ wreck. ‘Mary Jane’ wreck. ‘Melbourne Star’. ‘Mercury’ founded. ‘Merope’ wreck. ‘Minerva’ wreck and reef. Mirage at C. Nelson. Moore’s report. ‘Moreton Bay’. Mount Gambier railway. Narrawong Cemetery. Cape Nelson. ‘Nelson’. Nelson Hotel. ‘Nestor’ wreck. ‘New Zealander’ wreck. Nine Mile Hotel. Observatory. ‘Otway’. Parliamentary Public Works Committee. ‘Pengana’ wrekc. ‘Pharos’. ‘Philippine’ wreck. Deep water pier. Pier Spring Trust. Pilots. Plow Inn. Port Fairy. Portland Bay, naming of. Portland and Belfast Steam Navigation Company. Portland’s grievances. Portland Harbor Trust. Portland and Northern Tramway Company. Portland Railway Company. Portland a safe port. Portland’s sod of earth. Portland shipping register. Portland Stevedoring Company. Portland Whaling Company. Port Lincoln. Port and harbour facilities. Police Magistrate. Powder magazine. ‘Princeland’. Prisoners build breakwater. ‘Queen’. Railways (Maroona, Toolondo). Railway opened. Railway rates. Regatta. ‘Regia’ wreck. Rendal, Palmer and Tritton. ‘Revenue’ cup winner. Riots. Rising Sun Hotel. ‘Rob Roy’. Royal Commission. ‘Runnymede’. ‘Sally Ann’ wreck. ‘Schornberg’ wreck. Scott and Stoker. Sealers landing. Separation movement. Select committee of 1857. ‘Shipping and Mercantile Gazette’. Ship owners. Shipping records. Shire of Portland. Signal Station. ‘Solon’. ‘Sphene’. Spinning Mills. Spring Creek Inn. Stockade. Storm signals. Strange and Co. ‘Suevic’. ‘Sussex’. Surry River. ‘Tamora’ wreck. ‘Tam-O’Shanter’ wreck. Taylor Brothers. ‘Thistle’. Tourville Bay. Trade figures. Travellers Rest Hotel. Tyrendarra quarry. Victoria’s first settlement. Victoria Stevedoring Co. ‘Victory’ wreck. Wando Vale. ‘Wannon’. ‘Warragul’. Warrnambool Navigation Company. Wattle Creek. Wave heights. ‘Western’. Western Steam Navigation Company. Whale-boat disaster. Whalers Bluff. Wharf construction. Wheat ships. Wheatsheaf Inn. White’s beach cairn. Wimmera Railway. Woodford Inn. Wool exports. Woolpack Inn. ‘Wyvern’. ‘Yarraville’.