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...]
321 Imagined Settlement by Ray Jelley
321 Imagined Settlement by Ray Jelley softcover, 197 pp $20.00 This fascinating venture into the history of a relatively typical, highly modernised house in Port Melbourne reveals a rich and often contrasting history. The story of its evolution into its current fashionable state rightfully begins with the original custodians of the land on … [Read More...]
