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Over the past 18 months, I have been creating a number of historical websites. In each case I have walked the streets (in fact, often nearly all the streets!) with my camera at the ready, enjoying and photographing the old buildings and teasing out their historical secrets. It is a hobby which has given me a great deal of pleasure. Creating an Historic Victor Harbor website has been particularly interesting as we have often holidayed down here. Exploring the town and its history has revealed a side of Victor quite new to me. An old whaling centre, once an important rail and shipping hub, a quiet coastal town, and now a developing regional and tourist centre. The Contents list the various pages alphabetically; the page navigation arrows follow an order one might take on a walking tour of the town, starting from the Soldiers’ Memorial Gardens. (You need a car for the later entries!) As usual, this site makes no claim to original research. The historical text relies heavily on the excellent pamphlets Heritage walking Trail : Old Port Victor, and Victor Harbor : Historic Markers Discovery Trail, as well as other sources, and I gladly acknowledge these. In fact, photographs of many of the historic markers are included here. As well, a number of olden days photos are included from the excellent collection of the State Library of South Australia. All unacknowledged photos on this site are mine, and I am happy for them to be used by others. A simple acknowledgement and link to this site would be appreciated. A collection of these photos can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulscottinfo/collections/72157633039745317/ Some history of Victor Harbor can be found at: http://www.tourismvictorharbor.com.au/history.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Harbor,_South_Australia As usual, the arrow icons are used for navigation, moving the cursor over underlined text will give a new photo, over the stickpin gives a map, and over the film (where active) gives an old photograph. I hope this site encourages others to explore Victor Harbor and its past – perhaps seeing it with new eyes. If enough people enjoy and value the town’s history, more of the old buildings will be maintained and retained. Then our children will be able to have the same experience! I would be happy to hear from anyone who finds a typo, a link that is not working, or an historical error. My thanks to my wife Margie for her proof reading. Paul Scott mail@paulscott.info Website created : 3 / 2013 Revised : 1/2015 |
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