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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Meeting – Mon 23 Feb 2015, 7.30pm

MeetingsJanuary 28, 2015
  Our special guest at the February meeting will be noted writer and historian Dr Gary Presland. Amongst other works, Gary wrote A Place for a Village which looks at the history of Melbourne from the point of view of nature and considers the ways that urban development has been influenced by the nature of local environments and won the 2009 Victorian Community History…

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Looking back on 2014

Port Melbourne HistoryDecember 22, 2014
The Society started the year with this new website. This year we also ventured into facebook reaching 100 ‘likes’ in November. These social media have opened up new ways for people with a Port connection to  get in touch and share stories. We have learned about the micro-world that was the Fisherman’s Bend Migrant Hostel. This small photograph of a shop in Station St has brought out…

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Holy Trinity Guild Cookery Book

CollectionDecember 2, 2014
From the Collection Holy Trinity Guild Cookery Book In January 1909 a fierce storm blew down the 59 year old Holy Trinity iron church. The church Ladies Working Guild went into action to help with the fund raising for a new church.  They published a cookery book with well-tested recipes collected by Mrs H. H. Hayman, which they sold…

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Meeting – Mon 26 Jan 2015, 7.30pm

MeetingsNovember 28, 2014
Our January 2015 meeting falls on Australia Day and we'll feature gems from the archives as selected by a few volunteers. Suzy Milburn, who spent much of 2014 cataloguing material from the J Kitchen and Son collection, will show some of her favourite items. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber,  Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town…

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Birth and demise of Holden at Fishermans Bend

Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 27, 2014
It was a defining moment for the nation. It heralded Australia becoming a self-reliant manufacturer. It happened in Fishermens Bend on 29 November 1948 when Prime Minister Ben Chifley revealed Australia’s first mass-produced car, the Holden. Prime Minister Ben Chifley at General Motors Holden Factory The following day, The Argus reported: 'About 400 guests of General Motors applauded when curtains were drawn back…

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Representing Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 20, 2014
With the 2014 state election imminent, this post looks briefly at two very different people who have represented Port Melbourne: Frederick Derham Frederick Derham arrived in Melbourne in 1856. Following the death of his first wife, Ada, he married Francis Dodd Swallow, the daughter of his business partner Thomas Swallow. He became the managing director of the company in 1888 and  the sole…

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Ghostly stories of Port

Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 13, 2014
A business near Holy Trinity church inquired whether there were ghosts in the area. The PMHPS has no records of paranormal activity in that vicinity, but there have been tales of ghosts in Port Melbourne. Take the curious case of the Graham Hotel. According to the owners, brothers Peter and Tony Giannakis, in 2001, a woman, dressed in white nightclothes and a…

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.