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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

The Graham Street Rockeries

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryMay 15, 2014
This is the briefest beginning of stories associated with the Graham St overpass. Before the West Gate Bridge was built, access to the other side of the river at Newport was via a ferry at the end of Williamstown Road.  The Graham Street overpass was built in the late 1970s in anticipation of the growing number of cars that would pass…

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Protecting Port’s Significant Heritage Places

People, Planning & PreservationMay 1, 2014
Port Phillip Planning Scheme Amendment C103: Implementing the Bay St Structure Plan The Society will present at the Planning Panel considering submissions on this amendment on Friday 2 May. Two key directions in the amendment strongly supported by the Society are to Replace the existing precinct-based Heritage Overlay (HO1) applying to land south of 105 Bay Street in Bay, Beach, Dow…

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Anzac Day in Port Melbourne 2014

Port Melbourne HistoryApril 25, 2014
'We will honour them by being silent' 1 Perce White was the MC for the 2014 commemoration of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli. Perce White MCs proceedings at Anzac Day 2014 It was one of those perfect Port Melbourne mornings that make people love living in Port more than ever. About 500 people gathered for the Anzac Day commemoration.  The Piers provided…

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Princes

Port Melbourne HistoryApril 17, 2014
Today's post is prompted by the royal visit to Australia and the approach of Anzac Day. The Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VIII, visited Melbourne in May 1920 on board the British warship HMS Renown. He came to represent his father King George V to thank Australia for its part in the war. His visit was eagerly anticipated with crowds…

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Housing prisoners

Port Melbourne HistoryApril 10, 2014
Prison hulk SUCCESS, State Library of Victoria The Victorian government announced this week that it will be buying more shipping containers to house the growing prison population. The news prompted this post. To get your bearings for this story, place yourself on the beach between the Life Saving Victoria headquarters and the Sandridge Life Saving Club. In the 1850’s, clearly visible between…

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Ring the bell

Port Melbourne HistoryApril 6, 2014
A service was held at 10 am today at Holy Trinity Church, Bay Street, Port Melbourne to commemorate the first service held on this site 160 years ago. The 'commodious' tent of the 1850s was made of sailcloth. This one was kindly lent by the scouts. Reverend Noel Whale outside Holy Trinity on Bay Street Celebrations will be held throughout the year. If…

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Lambis Englezos (right) at Fromelles in 2009.

Meeting – Mon 28 Apr 2014, 7.30pm

MeetingsMarch 26, 2014
Lambis Englezos (right) at Fromelles in 2009. Private Collection On 19 July 1916 during World War I at Fromelles, a small village in France, many Australian and British allied troops perished; the bodies of many were never recovered. In 2009, thanks to the research of Lambis Englezos AM the remains of 250 soldiers who fell at Fromelles were eventually recovered. Lambis Englezos…

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Finders Sharers

Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 20, 2014
An excitement of being a member of the PMHPS is to find - and share - material. Here are some recent finds from members relating to Swallow and Ariell. These three cheery short films of Day in the Life of a Biscuit Factory  cover many aspects of the Swallow and Ariell operation against the very familiar and yet changed backdrop…

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Port Melbourne and the Port of Melbourne

Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 14, 2014
  Melbourne Harbor Trust monogram The Port of Melbourne looks certain to be sold or leased after this year’s state election. This post very briefly surveys the history of the Port of Melbourne and Port Melbourne's relations with its powerful neighbour. The Melbourne Harbor Trust was established in 1877 to bring a coordinated approach to shipping and to improvements to port facilities. Its…

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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.