Memories of North Port
Mary Guise (nee Foy) writes: The area around North Port Station, on the Evans Street side, was a real hive of activity in the 1950's and 1960's - especially the 1950's. Early on week-day mornings, scores of people, mostly men, would appear from the subway under the railway line (now gone) having caught the Port Melbourne train from the … [Read More...]
Anzac Day in the fifties
From the Collection - two photographs packed with interest Catalogue No: 2622 Ron Joosten and his two sisters, Vera and Yvonne, observing the crosses laid on the grassed area of Sinclair Parade, Port Melbourne, for Anzac Day, shortly after their arrival in Australia in 1956. Catalogue entry 2622 invites further exploration of … [Read More...]
Fisher Folk of Fishermans Bend by Allan Meiers
Fisher Folk of Fishermans Bend by Allan Meiers PMH&PS, A4 soft cover, illustrated, 72 pp $20.00 An insight into the lives of some of the fishing families that settled on Fishermans Bend during the nineteenth century, and the contributions these families made to the early growth and development of Melbourne and the Colony of … [Read More...]
