Anzac Day 2018
On this warm Anzac morning, the crowd swelled and swelled, almost filling the Beach St roadway between Bay and Nott Street. A bearded Perce White attended the Anzac Service to acknowledge and thank all those who had supported the commemoration over many years. Perce White took on the role of MC of the service when the RSL handed in its … [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...]
