Meeting – Mon 26 February 2018, 7.30pm

Our February Guest speaker will be Adair Bunnett OAM who will look at the ways in which the settlement and history of South Melbourne and … [Read More...]

A Visit from the Conservators

We are lucky to have in the Society’s collection a large number of editions of the annually produced Victorian Municipal Directory. In … [Read More...]

An afternoon in the Park

My mother Molly Lowrie, aged about 8, with her younger sisters Nancy, Betty, Patsy and Lorna taken in the Crichton Reserve, opposite their … [Read More...]

Three Photos of Port Link Five Generations of my Family

Whilst converting a terrace house in Bay Street to a photography studio in the 1970s, one of my memories of Port was the delicious smell of … [Read More...]

Peter Gallienne Grut: The Brothers Grut: part 2

January 18, 2018 By Leave a Comment

Peter Gallienne Grut was born on the south bank of the Yarra in 1857. His father, also Peter, bought land at the corner of Bridge Street East and Esplanade East in 1868/69. Peter grew up in a single-storey wooden cottage built on part of this land, described at various times as having either four or five rooms. Later, Peter and his family lived … [Read More...]

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Port Talks – Listening Party

October 22, 2017 By Leave a Comment

Earlier today at the Port Melbourne Trugo Club we gathered around the radio as City of Port Phillip Mayor, Cr Bernadene Voss (left) officially launched our latest project Port Talks. Port Talks distills highlights from the Society's audio-archive into three ten minute podcasts covering the theme of the Depression - a time of great hardship in … [Read More...]

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Historic Port Melbourne Calendar

October 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment

2018 Historic Port Melbourne Calendar Historic sPort Melbourne   In the twenty-first edition of the Historic Port Melbourne calendar we are delighted to welcome noted sports historian Terry Keenan as guest writer.  He has succeeded in just twelve pages to touch on almost the full range of sports enjoyed in the Borough.  It's a big subject to … [Read More...]

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