OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Hygeia at Mornington Pier

DATE1920

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.887

HISTORY

A view of the Mornington Pier and the paddle steamer ‘Hygeia’ c1920

The voyage from Melbourne to Mornington took more than one and a half hours and was enlivened by the music of a band which each vessel carried on board

DESCRIPTION

The 'Hygiea' moored at the Pier, passengers are seen disembarking, fishing boats are in the foreground of the image

SUBJECTS

Excursions, Fishing, Jetties and Wharves, Passengers

KEYWORDS

Excursions, Fishing, Hygeia, Jetties and Wharves, Mornington, Mornington Pier, Passengers