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

Meeting – Sun 23 October 2016, 2.30pm

MeetingsSeptember 26, 2016
Come along to a special Sunday afternoon meeting to hear the story of a secret compartment in the Nott Street School WWI honour board and the handwritten messages from families hidden there. You'll also have the opportunity to browse these 97-year-old messages, now beautifully preserved in specially handcrafted boxes. Sunday, 23 October 2016 Port Melbourne Trugo Club Edwards Park, off Esplanade East

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Australian soldiers at the Anzac Rest Camp at Sarpi on Lemnos, 1915. Photographer AW Savage, State Library of NSW Collection

Meeting – Mon 26 September 2016, 7.30pm

MeetingsAugust 22, 2016
Australian soldiers at the Anzac Rest Camp at Sarpi on Lemnos, 1915. Photographer AW Savage, State Library of NSW Collection Our special guest at the September meeting will be Jim Claven MA and Secretary of the Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee. In his presentation, Lemnos 1915 - The Other Side of Gallipoli, Jim will recount the often forgotten role that the Greek Island of…

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AGM – Mon 22 August 2016, 7.00pm for 7.30pm

MeetingsJuly 25, 2016
The Flood of 1849, W F E Liardet (1875), watercolour, State Library of Victoria. The Guest Speaker is Associate Professor Don Garden OAM, President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHSV) and also President of the national umbrella group, the Federation of Australian Historical Societies FAHS. An author/historian with particular interest in the environment, he will speak on Melbourne Wetlands…

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Meeting – Mon 25 July 2016, 7.30pm

MeetingsJuly 11, 2016
We'll be presenting the results of our My Port Melbourne - Photographic Contest at our July meeting and hearing about some of the more interesting entries. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber, Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall, 333 Bay St, Port Melbourne.

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Meeting – Mon 27 June 2016, 7.30pm

MeetingsMay 23, 2016
Harder Than Football - League Players at War Our special guest in June will be Barb Cullen, author of Harder Than Football - League Players at War, a comprehensive list of all players from the Victorian Football League who served their country in war. Barb has a long history of commitment to AFL affiliated groups and clubs. Barbara is currently a volunteer curator assisting…

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former Rootes Factory, Salmon Street, Port Melbourne

Meeting – Mon 23 May 2016, 7.30pm

MeetingsApril 27, 2016
former Rootes Factory, Salmon Street, Port MelbourneOur guest at the May meeting will be Helen Lardner of HLDC, heritage consultant for Stamoulis Property Group, who will talk about their concern for historical background, and the development of the former Rootes site in Salmon Street. Note: Barb Cullen who was previously advertised will now talk at our meeting on June 27. PMH&PS meet…

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Meeting – Mon 25 April 2016, 7.30pm

MeetingsMarch 28, 2016
Gallipoli from the cliff tops Our special guest on ANZAC Day will be Vecihi Başarın co-author of Gallipoli: The Turkish Story.  When Vecihi’s father, a Turkish army officer, took him to Gallipoli as a 10-year-old, little did he realise it would be the start of a lifetime interest in the battles that occurred there, or the path to a PhD at Deakin University.…

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Meeting – Mon 28 March 2016, 7.30pm

MeetingsFebruary 22, 2016
Peter Fisher will be our special guest at the March meeting.  Peter has stories to tell us about Sandridge conflicts such as the ‘white-hot competition’ between Town and Railway Piers and the community’s problem with the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber, Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall, 333 Bay St,…

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Meeting – Mon 22 February 2016, 7.30pm

MeetingsJanuary 29, 2016
Westgate Park. Source: Friends of Westgate Park (www.westgate.org) Come along in February to hear wetlands enthusiast, Rod Giblett, speak on Fishermens Bend and Westgate Park in his talk Wasteland and Wetland. Rod Giblett lived by Forrestdale Lake in Perth, was involved in its conservation, wrote about both and taught at a number of universities for over twenty-five years. He has published many articles and books…

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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.