Photo Gallery 1960– 1999
Coochiemudlo Island events, happenings, and island identities
CIHS acknowledges and thanks the photographers who have contributed to the imagery on this website.
Flinders Day
Flinders Day, 17 July 1994
Flinders Day circa 1972
Senior Citizens Stall, Flinders Day (undated)
Senior Citizens Stall, Flinders Day (undated)
Ted Jones (Flinders), Georgie, Joyce, Cally
Local identities
Ronnie James and Denise Preston, 1983
Elizabeth Street in the 1960s, looking south to where the jetty currently is situated
Group bus tour, 1970s
Family time on Morwong Beach, 1970s
Flinder's Day, 1990s (when CIHS was known as the Coochiemudlo Island History Society)
Margaret Preston and two other Coochie women at an activity session for children, 1990s
Military Connections
Sailors in Slouch Hats book launch, 1999
Plaque erected by Federal Minister of Veteran Affairs in 1995
Sailors in Slouch Hats book launch, 1999
Sailors in Slouch Hats book launch at Coochiemudlo Island, 17 July 1999. Some of the authors: Wal Rice, Rawson Kelley, Ron Kelley, Bill Best, Sam Smith, Arch Finlayson, Keith McDonald, John Macrossan, Dave Goode
ALC Book Committee, Coochiemudlo Island, 1998. Left to right: Ron Kelley. Keith McDonald, Sam Smith, John Macrossan, Wal Rice, Rawson Kelley, Bill Best.
Significant natural events
One of the most serious fires on Coochiemudlo Island swept through the recreation reserve on 1 August 1995. Photo by Arthur J. Underwood
One of the most serious fires on Coochiemudlo Island swept through the recreation reserve on 1 August 1995. Photo by Arthur J. Underwood
One of the most serious fires on Coochiemudlo Island swept through the recreation reserve on 1 August 1995. Photo by Arthur J. Underwood
General
Victoria Point jetty
CIHS museum collection in the Community Hall on Coochiemudlo Island