OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Irvines' Baths Mornington

DATE1900

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.969

HISTORY

Sea bathing in specially erected structures built over the water enjoyed a heyday of popularity in the latter part of the 1890’s and early 1900’s, they continued to be used by large numbers of people up to and beyond the time of WW11

DESCRIPTION

The image taken from clifftop looking over titree scrub towards the Baths, the bluff and Schnapper Point in the background Inscription on the front reads ‘Baths & Bluff Mornington’

SUBJECTS

Baths, Bluff

KEYWORDS

Baths, Bluff, Irvines Baths, Mornington, Schnapper Point