Our first meeting for 2024 will be another of our 'From the Archives' evenings where volunteers will present items from the Society's Collection.
We will meet in-person in the Council Chamber upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall or via Zoom using the following link.
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by David Thompson
At Port Melbourne Council on Tuesday, 13 Oct 1942, the Mayor, Cr Tom Griffin described the North Port Police Station as the “worst hovel in the municipality” adding “the building is a disgrace to Port Melbourne”.[1]
There had been a North Port Police Station as an off-shoot of the main station in Bay Street since the early 1890s. Initially…
Well, the programme of monthly meetings has concluded for the year 2023 with the only remaining events, the Artisan Christmas Market in Bay Street on Saturday 2 December (11am - 4pm) and our Picnic in the Park at Edwards Park on Sunday 10 December (12pm - 3pm), weather permitting. BYO EVERYTHING!
We wish all our members, supporters and guests a…
Going to the Pictures in Port Melbourne
Reminiscences on the Port Theatre at Liardet and Bay Streets and the Eclipse Theatre at Crockford and Pickles Streets in Port Melbourne.
Transcribed by the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society
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The Vintage Port Film Society was formed in 1990 and ran for sixteen years until 2006. Pat Grainger was a member and donated to PMHPS a dossier of film schedules, programme/program notes and some newsletters from 1995 to 2006 (Cat No 4482).
The Film Society was set up by Frank and Serena Steuart and monthly screenings took place at their…
by David F Radcliffe
Have you ever wondered what all those nails with coloured markings around them are on footpaths? Or have you come across an odd metal disc lurking in the grass or an unusual cover plate amongst the shrubs on the nature strip? If they look like any of the following, then they are part of the system…
by David Thompson
On Sunday, 8 Nov 1953 Port Melbourne Mayor, Cr E J Purchase with Crs J P Crichton and T G Douglas accompanied by the Port Melbourne Municipal Band attended the grave of the late Cr Tom Griffin at Lancefield. [1] This had become an annual pilgrimage since Griffin's death three years earlier.
Advertisement, The Record, 15 August…
John May will put us through our paces at our annual Trivial Quiz. Remember! The questions are only hard if you don't know the answer. That being said, Johnny has assured us he has made the questions easier this year. He's been very disappointed with the team scores in recent years.
Seriously though, it is a lot of fun and…
Growing up in Port Melbourne in the middle of the 20th Century
by Albert Caton
I was born in 1942 in the maternity ward of the Women’s Hospital in North Melbourne, the son of Edward Harold (‘Ted’) Caton and Muriel Lily (Reed) Caton. Soon afterwards, my mum and I moved to Sydney where my father was stationed in the Navy…
Biographical details on Robert McLeod, Charles McLeod and James Kelly, three members produced by the PMCC who played for Australia. (PDF 1.4 MB)
Compiled by Terry Keenan, President PMCC 1990-1993, to accompany a presentation to the Port Melbourne Cricket Club, 28 July 1993.
With excerpts from Jack Pollard's Australian Cricket, The Game and the Players, Hodder and Stoughton 1982.
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