Beaumaris, Hampton & Sandringham's foreshore and beaches through the years

Compiled By Dr Vicki Karalis 2015

Historical photos of Beaumaris Bay before construction of the BMYS

-note vertical cliffs of the Beaumaris sandstone (filled with fossils) and the rocky beaches which makes this area unique

The State Library is the prime source of these images

http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do;jsessionid=9978A3DC4D7537BB78539923514E0DB5?fn=search&ct=search&initialSearch=true&mode=Basic&tab=default_tab&indx=1&dum=true&srt=rank&vid=MAIN&frbg=&vl%28freeText0%29=rose+series+beaumaris&scp.scps=scope%3A%28SLV_VOYAGER%29%2Cscope%3A%28SLV_DIGITOOL%29%2Cscope%3A%28SLVPRIMO%29&vl%281UIStartWith0%29=contains&vl%2810247183UI0%29=any&vl%2810247183UI0%29=title&vl%2810247183UI0%29=any

Most of these images belong to the Rose Series Photographs of Beaumaris Bay in the 1920s

Historical painting of Beaumaris Bay - compare this painting with the photo above

Tom Roberts, Slumbering Sea

BEACH RD, BEAUMARIS 1905 ID: 19880 Copyright: library does not own image (image on public access) Org ID: 1unsroad2

Description: Coloured photograph, 11.5 x 18cm. Beach Road near present day Surf Avenue looking south towards Haydens Road. The two children on the right are standing between the rails of the horse tram track. Subject: unsealed roads.

http://www.picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/bayside/Beaumaris/19880.html

Historical Images of Hampton & Sandringham beaches

Hampton beaches:

Stout & Griffith. Photographs of Sandringham and Cheltenham, 1885-1910 1900

http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=2807656.xml&dvs=1369132226275~210&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true

Hampton Harbour. Stout & Griffith. Photographs of Sandringham and Cheltenham, 1885-1910 [ca. 1900-ca. 1905] http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=2807668.xml&dvs=1369133048003~842&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true

Hampton Beach Stout & Griffith Photographs of Sandringham and Cheltenham, 1885-1910 1910

http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=2807670.xml&dvs=1369134155599~828&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true

Hampton Beach looking at Hampton Lifesaving club Rose Stereograph Co [c1920-1954]. http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=423542.xml&dvs=1369133888339~984&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true

Description: Walking on the beach, Hampton. Date: 1920 Source: Leader Collection http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/imgal/1.htm

Description: Pier and foreshore, Sandringham. Date: 1963 Source: Leader Collection http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/imgal/1.htm

Sandringham beaches

Rudd, Charles 1849-1901 photographer. Sandringham Beach Date(s) of creation: [1892-1900] photograph : printing out paper ; 13.6 x 20.5 cm., on printed paper mount 19.3 x 23.3 cm. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab53764

On the cliff top overlooking Sandringham Beach. 1886 http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/59.htm

[Sandringham Beach] Date(s) of creation: [n. d.] photograph : gelatin silver ; 16.2 x 21.4 cm. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab73753

Sandringham Beach Date(s) of creation: [n. d.] 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 16.8 x 21.5 cm. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab73752

[Sandringham Beach] Date(s) of creation: [n. d.] 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 16.6 x 21.4 cm. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab73754

Sandringham Bay from Hampton Beach, near Melbourne. Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1906] postcard : printed, col. ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm. approx. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab38812

Sandringham Beach, Victoria, Austr. Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1907] postcard : chromolithograph ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm. approx. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab60597

Sandringham baths 1900

Sandringham Baths & Beach. Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1909] postcard : printed, col. ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm. approx. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab38831

Sandringham baths 1913

Sandringham Beach Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1909] postcard : printed, col. ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm. approx. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab38829

Sandringham beach, opposite Sandringham Hotel 1910, http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=2807672.xml&dvs=1369132779918~944&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true

Sandringham, Victoria Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1910-ca. 1940] 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 12.5 x 20.5 cm. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictures/gid/slv-pic-aaa41321

Beach Scene near Sandringham, Melbourne. Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1910] postcard : printed, col. ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm. approx. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab42988

1910

Beach and Baths, Sandringham. Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1914] postcard : printed, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm. approx. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab43963

Date(s): [ca. 1910 - ca. 1920] http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/52037

Sievers, Wolfgang, 1913-2007 photographer. Red Bluff, used by Sandringham Council as a rubbish tip. Date(s) of creation: 1963. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/miscpics/gid/slv-pic-aab28011

Red Bluff from near Bluff Hotel. Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1914-ca.-1937] http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab77896

Bathing Boxes on Sandringham Beach 1916. Courtesy Shirley Joy. http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/193.htm

Sandringham beach, Photo taken from top of Red Bluff cliff 1920

First Beach, Sandringham Rose Stereograph Co [c1920-1954] http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=409355.xml&dvs=1369133346850~625&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true

The Beach, Sandringham Rose Stereograph Co [c1920-1954]

http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=409343.xml&dvs=1369133376397~701&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true

Sandringham. Melbourne. Date(s) of creation: [1928-1929] photograph : gelatin silver ; 6.2 x 8.9 cm. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab73757

The Beach, Sandringham. Rose Stereograph Co [c1920-1954] http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=400327.xml&dvs=1369133001286~421&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true

The Popular Bathing Beach, Sandringham Rose Stereograph Co [c1920-1954] http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=400323.xml&dvs=1369133440404~333&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true

Red Bluff cliffs postcard - perhaps 1930

The Rose Series. Post card of Sandringham 1930 http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/60260

Erosion surrounding old bathing boxes on Sandringham Foreshore, 1964. From Leader Collection. http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/193.htm

Sandringham beaches looking south 16th April 1999 ?Pauline Reynolds