2019 Vol4 No 4 ISSN 2207-1350 Issue 016 TORQUAY MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE HISTORY MATTERS arthur long crosses bass strait molyneux story first torquay surf shop | Page 1 Torquay MUSEUM CONTENTS Without Walls ISSUE 16, DECEMBER 2019 www.torquayhistory.com
[email protected] 4 Crossing Bass Strait COVER: The Queenslander, Illustrated Weekly 6 50 Years Torquay Lions Club OPPOSITE: Arthur Long Don Loveless Logo 10 Electricity to Torquay (part 2) Molyneux Hot Water mixed business DESIGN & LAYOUT: 12 Don Loveless: Our first surf shop Cheryl Baulch EDITOR: Lulu Beel 14 Molyneux Hot Water Depot CONTRIBUTORS: Gwen Threlfall Cathy Smith Pirrie Shiel Torquay Museum Without Walls is a Living on the Road Chris Barr proud volunteer-run organization. In 16 Alwyne Merritt Peter Thomas publishing History Matters our volun- teers do everything from research, writing, editing, photography and 18 Every Picture: Cover Up IMAGES: page layouts. Each edition also in- Alwyne Merritt cludes contributions of stories and Gwen Threlfall Peter Thomas photography from supporters of our Sue Loveless work. Stanley Discovery Museum Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society We are very grateful for the support Royal Historical Society Victoria of our sponsors identified opposite Taylor Family Collection and those who contribute in any Stock Family Collection way to the magazine. The material in this magazine is copyright, apart from any fair Volunteers play an important role in dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or the operation of our history group. review as permitted under the Copyright Act 1958 and subsequent They work in a variety of areas including amendments, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored research, filing, data entry, collections Supporting local history: in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, management, photography and working electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior written permission.