OBJECT TITLE / NAME

The 'Hygeia' at Mornington Pier c1927

DATE1927

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.907

HISTORY

The ‘Hygiea’ one of several excursion paddle steamers which regularly visited Mornington pier and around the Bay ‘The arrival of the boat at the pier’ was a great event greeted by a large crowd of townsfolk and eagerly awaited by the drivers of wagonettes and cabs from the hotels and guest houses
Mr Ernie Swift and Mr George Parsons were the owners of horsedrawn vehicles who regularly met the ‘boat’

DESCRIPTION

The image taken from the bluff near the old Baths, shows the 'Hygeia' steaming into the harbour

SUBJECTS

Boats, Excursions, Jetties and Wharves

KEYWORDS

Boats, Ernie Swift, Excursions, George Parsons, Hygeia, Jetties and Wharves, Mornington, Mornington Pier