14. Lakes Entrance History

Event Details

This event is running from 30 August 2020 until 31 March 2027. It is next occurring on March 31, 2027 4:30 pm

Lakes Entrance History Episode

In this episode, I’m sharing the history of the lakeside vacation town Lakes Entrance. This is a small town in Gippsland Victoria. People make the place.
Hear about the fishing ‘n timber workers and dressmaker.
The farmer, boarding housekeepers and storekeepers.

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Visit Lakes Entrance or just check out the things to do

The people make the town. 

Since colonisation Lakes Entrance was named Cunninghame, because the Entrance was not entirely open for the Lakes at the time. In fact, in 1844 it closed over completely. It became a priority of the Victorian Government to open the Entrance so the larger vessels could stop in there. The town quickly became known for fishing, timber and tourism.

REFERENCES:

Graeme Butler and associates, 1993. New Work Conservation Analysis: Analysis Of The Engineering Works, Building And Landscape The Creation Of The New Artificial Entrance At Cunninghame. [online] Graeme Butler and Associates. Available at: <https://www.gippslandports.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Lakes-Entrance-Creation-and-Developments.pdf> [Accessed 15 July 2020].

FRUITLESS SEARCH – FISHERMEN SWAMPED LAKES ENTRANCE GALE. MELBOURNE, Tuesday. – The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 – 1950) – 23 Mar 1926 (2020). Available at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/83395924?searchTerm=%22Lakes%20Entrance%22%20%22Hammerstrom%22&searchLimits= (Accessed: 1 March 2020).

1896 ‘THE RAILWAYS COMMITTEE.’, The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 – 1954), 8 May, p. 5. , viewed 11 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190605862

1897 ‘CUNNINGHAME.’, Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 – 1954), 20 November, p. 20. (SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY TIMES), viewed 15 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221138913
1897 ‘MR. P. HARBECK.’, Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 – 1954), 20 November, p. 20. (SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY TIMES), viewed 11 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221138914
1897 ‘CUNNINGHAME.’, Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 – 1954), 20 November, p. 20. (SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY TIMES), viewed 11 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221138913
1909 ‘NEW INSOLVENT.’, Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 – 1954), 22 March, p. 3. (MORNINGS.), viewed 09 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65265881
1915 ‘Cunninghame.’, Stratford Sentinel and Briagolong Express (Vic. : 1911 – 1916), 1 January, p. 2. , viewed 09 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120994207
1915 ‘DISTRICT NEWS.’, Bairnsdale Advertiser and Tambo and Omeo Chronicle (Vic. : 1882 – 1918), 3 March, p. 2. (MORNING.), viewed 10 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74168264
1917 ‘DISTRICT NEWS.’, Bairnsdale Advertiser and Tambo and Omeo Chronicle (Vic. : 1882 – 1918), 13 January, p. 5. (MORNING.), viewed 10 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74062542
1917 ‘MOTOR BOATISTS’ SYMPATHIES’, Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 – 1917), 6 June, p. 8. , viewed 11 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154544593
1917 ‘Lakes Entrance Red Cross.’, Every Week (Bairnsdale, Vic. : 1914 – 1918), 25 January, p. 1. , viewed 10 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153438339
1918 ‘DROWNING FATALITY AT LAKES ENTRANCE.’, Every Week (Bairnsdale, Vic. : 1914 – 1918), 21 February, p. 3. , viewed 11 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153438437
1918 ‘DISTRICT NEWS.’, Bairnsdale Advertiser and Tambo and Omeo Chronicle (Vic. : 1882 – 1918), 27 March, p. 2. (MORNING.), viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74179814
1923 ‘DISTRICT NEWS’, Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 – 1954), 22 January, p. 1. , viewed 10 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62558920
1935 ‘AWARDS FOR VALOR.’, Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 – 1954), 23 September, p. 7. , viewed 10 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62954139
1935 ‘OBITUARY.’, Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 – 1954), 31 January, p. 8. , viewed 10 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62949559
1935 ‘Advertising’, The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), 10 April, p. 22. , viewed 11 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12227853
1944 ‘PASSED AWAY’, Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 – 1954), 28 September, p. 1. , viewed 11 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64169066

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