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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

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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Meeting – Mon 22 Sep 2014, 7.30pm

MeetingsAugust 27, 2014
Our guest,  Kevin Mooney will talk about his  role as a founder of the Bradman Foundation and his relationship with Sir Donald Bradman.  He will also be discussing the lessons we can learn from establishing such an enterprise and the great qualities of Sir Donald. PMHPS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber …

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AGM – Mon 25 Aug 2014, 7.30pm

MeetingsJuly 29, 2014
The Annual General Meeting of the PortMelbourne Historical and Preservation Society will be held on Monday 25th August 2014 in the Council Chamber at Port Melbourne Town Hall. Guest speaker will be journalist/author Russell Robinson whose latest book, Khaki Crims and Desperadoes, traces the criminal and military records of some Australian offenders who served in World War I, including some well known gangsters of the time.…

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Meeting – Mon 23 Jun 2014, 7.30pm

MeetingsJune 1, 2014
The 1923 Police Strike will be the subject of Ralph Stavely's presentation at our next meeting on Monday, June 23rd at 7.30 pm. PMHPS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall Bay Street

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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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Meeting – Mon 24 Feb 2014, 7.30pm

MeetingsFebruary 5, 2014
Come along to the PMHPS Pop-Up Museum at the Town Hall. 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…

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Meeting – Mon 27 Jan 2014, 7.30pm

MeetingsDecember 19, 2013
Aerial view of Garden City from "Melbourne - Plan for General Development", Report of the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, 1929 Steve Tserkezidis will present some stunning material from the PROV archives on housing developments in and around Port Melbourne. Steve has spent some years in the archives researching not only the 'Bank Houses' of Garden City, but also of Montague, plus other…

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PMHPS acknowledges the generous support of the City of Port Phillip.

 

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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.