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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Barlow Street

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryApril 6, 2023
by David F Radcliffe Barlow Street is one of those “internal” roadways that provide access to houses located off the main streets in Port Melbourne. Its entrance is on the eastern side of Nott Street between Liardet and Graham Streets.  Access to Barlow Street off Nott Street. Photograph by David Radcliffe. Like Florence Place, Barlow Street is a consequence of the way…

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ANZAC Day 2023

MeetingsMarch 31, 2023
ANZAC Day Port Melbourne, 2021 As the fourth Tuesday of April this year coincides with ANZAC Day the Society will not be holding a meeting that evening. Instead we encourage everybody to attend the ANZAC Day Commemoration at the Port Melbourne War Memorial in Beach Street. Sue Leong and John May will lay a wreath on behalf of the Society. The…

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Pat Grainger 1930 – 2023

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 24, 2023
Pat Grainger neé Herman was born in Spokane, WA in north-west USA in 1930. After attaining a BA in fine art and music theory from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA she moved to Los Angeles, CA to study and practice commercial art. In LA, Pat worked with Art Director Les Mason and they married in 1956. In the early…

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Miss Elsie Holmes

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 9, 2023
Miss Elsie Holmes was a forewoman at Swallow and Ariell, the biscuit manufacturing company, during the First World War. Her father also worked for the company, as did many other people in Princes St where the family lived. Her exceptional administrative and organisational abilities came to the fore during the First World War. She brought together a group of…

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Meeting 28 March 2023 @ 7.30pm

MeetingsMarch 1, 2023
We pleased to have one of our own as guest speaker for the Society's March meeting. Ben Piper's talk will be titled "A History of the SouthPort Community Legal Service, 1987 - 2016" Ben has provided a teaser for his talk including this intriguing photo. [That's Ben standing on the left] For the last 35 years the residents of Port…

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Florence Place (& Britain Street)

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryFebruary 3, 2023
by David F Radcliffe When I first came across Florence Place it grabbed my attention as my mother’s name was Florence. Running between Stokes Street and Nott Street just south of Liardet Street, it affords access to the northern side of the large apartment complex that occupies most of this block. Strolling down it, I wondered why it was straight…

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Meeting – 28 February 2023 @ 7.30pm

MeetingsJanuary 25, 2023
Our February monthly meeting will feature guest speaker Sandra Nicholson who will speak on the History of the Police Force. Sandra served in the Victoria Police for 35 years attaining the rank of Assistant Commissioner by the time she retired in July 2010. She fulfilled a long held dream in 2011 when she attended a writing course at Oxford University…

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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.