In and around Port Albert - Gippsland's Old Port: History & Scenery
Publicado 2023-12-02
Before completion of the Gippsland Railway from Melbourne to Sale in 1877; Port Albert was the main entry point to the region for travel and trade.
Ships arrived daily and coaches departed daily for the inland. Bullock and horse teams were also constantly on the road between Gippsland townships and the port. Goods, machinery and passengers for the goldfields as far away as Omeo, the Jordan Valley and Walhalla came by sea via Port Albert.
For about thirty years, it was a bustling port before the decline set in, in favour of speedier and more cost-effective transport by rail.
Fortunately, some elements of the old port have survived time to give modern day visitors an insight into prosperous days gone by.
Tourism has, in recent years, returned a degree of prosperity to Port Albert to ensure the town’s regrowth into the future.
The slideshow ends with a tribute to the multi-skilled Dr J.H. Rutter (Rutter Park, Rutter Jetty) who administered patient care far in excess of his call of duty.
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What to expect:
0:00 Start
0:12 Historic Port Albert
0:32 Wreck of ‘Clonmel’
0:57 A port is discovered
1:11 First settlement
2:18 A better location
2:30 Old Port picnic area & walking track
2:55 Swamps & scrub
3:07 Guardian of the Old Port
3:41 Ships arrived daily. Coaches departed daily.
3:53 Derwent Hotel.
4:05 Gowrie Guest House
4:15 J & G McKenzie Store
4:26 Duplex B & B
4:36 1856 General Store
4:46 E. Baker’s bakery & store
4:58 The new general store
5:08 Mechanics Institute & former Methodist Church
5:32 Community meeting space
5:44 St John’s Anglican Church
6:20 Old street channels
6:31 Main street transition
6:54 Shipping buoys
7:31 Fish & Chips at the wharf
7:41 The wharf
7:59 Fish & Chip kiosk
8:19 Turnbull, Howden & Co.
8:31 A lost icon – Port Albert Hotel
8:55 The rocket shed
9:20 Christopher Robinson Walking Trail
9:44 A peaceful corner
9:54 Port Albert Maritime Museum
10:05 Citadel Island light
10:16 Memorial Park
10:26 Former post office
10:36 The jetties
10:47 Expect the unexpected
10:57 Wrecks
11:19 Kayak instruction day
11:29 Paddle-boarders
11:39 Tennis anyone?
11:59 Sewerage at the old school
12:11 The school
12:36 Advance of modernity
12:47 Alberton cemetery
13:42 The other ‘Albo’. Victoria Hotel, Alberton
14:17 Tarraville
14:30 Christ Church, Tarraville
14:43 Former Tarraville State School
15:04 One of the oldest in Gippsland
15:19 The Good Doctor FEATURE (Dr. Rutter)
18:10 End credits & two more rescues
Music:
Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen – ‘Across Land and Sea’ – Epidemic Sound Licence DL-cc3w-c9gj22y0ix
• Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen - Across La...
Enya – ‘Only Time’.
• Enya - Only Time (Official 4K Music V...
World of Warcraft – ‘Snug Harbor Inn’.
Simply Three – ‘Wake Me Up’ (Avicii cover).
• Wake Me Up - Avicii (violin/cello/bas...
David Arkenstone & his band – ‘World of Warcraft’ medley.
• World of Warcraft - Kul Tiran Medley ...
Main Reference Sources:
Butler, Graeme – ‘Port Albert Conservation Study’
NLA Trove.
Gippsland History Facebook Group.
www.facebook.com/groups/gippslandhistory
Information signs.
Further information:
Port Albert Maritime Museum:
yarrampa.customer.netspace.net.au/pamm.html
Please also visit my other YouTube channel: Luke Steenhuis – Random History
/ @lukesrandomhistory
This slideshow and all unattributed images are © Luke Steenhuis 2023.
Todos los comentarios (7)
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Christopher Robinson - Sailing for the World. - A book, edited by Bruce Atkins, has recently been published about the life of Christopher Robinson, one of Port Albert's favourite sons. Further details can be found at this link: www.facebook.com/groups/gippslandhistory/posts/355…
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Beautiful tribute to an important figure in Yarram and Port Albert history showcasing Port's stunning scenery. Good music too.
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Thank you for making this wonderful presentation. It was very informative and very well created:)
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I have so many memories of The Port and the Old Port having spent my childhood 1950’s holidays there in the Ship Inn. I remember my father once saying, in a pensive move, that one of his childhood memories in the 1920’s was seeing the three Rutter girls walking along the jetty with their white dresses flapping in the sea breeze.
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Another fabulous video. They always end too soon!
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Australia was settled as a colonial outpost in order to ship goods back to England, based on convict labour and harsh discipline. I don't think the past should be romanticized as some kind of paradise. It was anything but.
