Meetings – Page 11 – Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

AGM – Mon 24 August 2015, 7.30pm

MeetingsJuly 22, 2015

The Society's Annual General Meeting will be held in the Auditorium, Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall, 333 Bay St, Port Melbourne at 7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start on Monday 24 August 2015. The guest speaker will be the Hon Dr Barry Jones AC on Australian History Revisited.

Meeting – Mon 27 July 2015, 7.30pm

MeetingsJune 27, 2015

Photo: National Trust of Australia The guest speaker at our July meeting, Laura James, will talk about Avenues of Honour. 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.

Meeting – Mon 22 June 2015, 7.30pm

MeetingsMay 26, 2015

The PMH&PS Pop-Up Museum will be reprised at our June meeting. Every member should be able to bring something. All you need to do is look through your house and choose some item that you are able to bring to the meeting and place on display for the duration of the meeting. The item should have a connection to the history of…

Meeting – Mon 25 May 2015, 7.30pm

MeetingsMay 5, 2015

Gary Brice during his playing days with Port Our special guest will be Gary Brice from the Port Melbourne Football Club Past Players and Officials Association. Gary is a legend of PMFC and was selected as a player and coach for the Club's Team of the Century. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber, Upstairs at…

Meeting – Mon 27 April 2015, 7.30pm

MeetingsMarch 26, 2015

Cerberus c1895 Our special guest will be naval historian, Colin Jones, speaking on the Victorian Colonial Navy. 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.

Meeting – Mon 23 March 2015, 7.30pm

MeetingsFebruary 25, 2015

Did someone from your Port Melbourne family serve during WWI? PMHPS are currently undertaking the Port Melbourne First World War Centenary project which aims to list volunteers from Port who enlisted for active service and tell some of the stories of the Home Front in Port during the war. At our March meeting, David Thompson will present an overview of the project and show how…

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…

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…

Meeting – Mon 24 Nov 2014, 7.30pm

MeetingsOctober 28, 2014

It's November and that means our annual trivia quiz with Professor John May. We'll keep the formal part of the meeting brief and get onto the fun as soon as we can. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall Bay Street

Meeting – Mon 27 Oct 2014, 7.30pm

MeetingsSeptember 30, 2014

Meet the team that produced 'Postcards from Port', our new DVD. Presented as a series of separate stories, 'Postcards' will be launched 23 October at the Heritage Centre on Emerald Hill then will be available there for viewing. It will also screen at the Emerald Hill Festival on 9 November. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December …

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