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

Compiled By Dr Vicki Karalis 2015

Historical photos of Beaumaris Bay

Compiled by Vicki Karalis 2015

Beaumaris "Beau" means "beautiful" and "Maris" means "of the sea", taken from the Latin title of the Virgin Mary, Stella Maris, meaning "star of the sea".

Originally called Spring Grove after the natural springs the Boonwurrung people tapped along the base of the coastal sandstone cliffs. The name Beaumaris appears to have first been used in 1888 when the Beaumaris Park Estate was offered for sale. The name was based on a Welsh coastal resort where Edward I built Beau Marais Castle. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/the-az-story-of-melbournes-suburbs/story-fni0fit3-1226796054871

-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

From Peter Kneen - taken by his father - from Facebook site Beaumaris3193, prossibly 1940s

www.propertyobserver.com.au

http://vro.depi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/portregn.nsf/pages/port_lf_sig_sites_beaumaris2

http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/10081/

http://www.historicalimages.com.au/detail/2331.html

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

Tom Roberts, Slumbering Sea

Aerial photo of Beaumaris Bay 1960s

Watkins Bay 1960s

Keefers Boat rental 1984

Keefers Boat Rental Burning Down In Beaumaris Bay, 1984 (photo: John Firth)

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