OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Reclamation, c. 1960

DATE1960s

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P708

HISTORY

This photograph was taken of reclamation work on the foreshore at Hastings. The intersection on the left is the corner of Skinner Street and Marine Parade. The shop belonged to Mary Reid.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a large area under development. There are mangroves and piles of soil in the foreground. A shop with a red telephone box outside is in the background at the centre of the image. Three large pine trees are on the left with picnic tables underneath.

SUBJECTS

Bays, Foreshores

KEYWORDS

Corner Skinner Street & Marine Parade, Hastings, Hastings, Reid, Mary