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Settlement
Until well into the 1880s, the Island was the property of several individual landowners well into the 1880s. Real settlement occurred after 1893 when a small township was surveyed and the both a village settlement and homestead association settlement were established.

By the early 1900s, Islanders relied on small holdings, fishing and fish smoking. Their produce was picked up by the steamers travelling back and forth daily between Sale and Lakes Entrance. However the agricultural production declined by the early 1930s, resulting in the school’s closure in 1934.

The island was re-discovered after WWII as a place for week-end shacks and holiday retreats; for many a relief from the intensifying industry of the Latrobe Valley.
Who we are
Some people have retired here after spending time as holiday makers and others have decided to live here away from
city-life:
S Calvert, 1879, Raymond Island fishing station
In 1841 John Reeve named Raymond Island in honour of William Odell Raymond, a local police magistrate. Raymond had been a landowner on the Macquarie River, who came south in 1839 looking for land free from drought. He arrived at the Mitchell River in 1842, eventually settling at Strathfieldsaye on Lake Wellington.

A clan of the Gunaikurnai people was the Tatungalung, whose lands were around Ocean Grange and Sperm Whale Head on the south side of Lake Victoria. Within the clan were the Bunjil-Baul people on Gragin (Raymond Island). Bunjil-Baul meant 'men of the island'. They were generally self-sufficient and had plenty of water birds and fish for foods. As residents of the island they laid claim to all the swan's eggs in the area, using them for barter.
Photo source unknown: Bluebird 2
Island School No. 3384, 1902-1934
Settlement
Until well into the 1880s, the Island was the property of several individual landowners
well into the 1880s. Real settlement occurred after 1893 when a small township was
surveyed and the both a village settlement and homestead association settlement were
established.

By the early 1900s, Islanders relied on small holdings, fishing and fish smoking. Their
produce was picked up by the steamers travelling back and forth daily between Sale and
Lakes Entrance. However the agricultural production declined by the early 1930s,
resulting in the school’s closure in 1934.

The island was re-discovered after WWII as a place for week-end shacks and holiday
retreats; for many a relief from the intensifying industry of the Latrobe Valley.
In 1841 John Reeve named Raymond Island in honour of William Odell Raymond, a local police magistrate. Raymond had been a landowner on the Macquarie River, who came south in 1839 looking for land free from drought. He arrived at the Mitchell River in 1842, eventually settling at Strathfieldsaye on Lake Wellington.

A clan of the Gunaikurnai people was the Tatungalung, whose lands were around Ocean Grange and Sperm Whale Head on the south side of Lake Victoria. Within the clan were the Bunjil-Baul people on Gragin (Raymond Island). Bunjil-Baul meant 'men of the island'. They were generally self-sufficient and had plenty of water birds and fish for foods. As residents of the island they laid claim to all the swan's eggs in the area, using them for barter.
Settlement
Until well into the 1880s, the Island was the property
of several individual landowners well into the 1880s.
Real settlement occurred after 1893 when a small
township was surveyed and the both a village
settlement and homestead association settlement
were established.

By the early 1900s, Islanders relied on small
holdings, fishing and fish smoking. Their produce
was picked up by the steamers travelling back and
forth daily between Sale and Lakes Entrance.
However the agricultural production declined by the
early 1930s, resulting in the school’s closure in
1934.

The island was re-discovered after WWII as a place
for week-end shacks and holiday retreats; for many
a relief from the intensifying industry of the Latrobe
Valley.