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Meeting – Tuesday 23 February 2021 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsFebruary 3, 2021
From the archives. Our February meeting will be another of our regular looks at some of the wonderful items in the Society's collection. The meeting will be held in the auditorium at Port Melbourne Town Hall in order for us to follow COVID protocols. No supper will be provided but members can bring their own sustenance if they wish. Please…

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Meeting – Tuesday 26 January 2021 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsJanuary 19, 2021
Our first meeting of 2021 and our first in-person meeting in quite some time will be our Trivia Night with John May which has been rescheduled from November last year. We will be in the auditorium at Port Melbourne Town Hall to allow for social distancing and to further meet COVID protocols supper will not be served. To assist with…

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Meeting – Tuesday 24 November 2020 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsNovember 2, 2020
Luke Savage, Honorary School Archivist at Melbourne High School will be our November guest. You can view Luke's talk here. In A Broad Path - Melbourne High School and the beginning of state secondary education, Luke will talk about the origin of the school and state secondary education which both began in 1905 with the opening of the Melbourne Continuation…

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Meeting – Tuesday 27 October 2020 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsSeptember 25, 2020
Malcolm Moore and Albert Longoni Crane slewing ring and undercarriage designed by Albert Longoni and manufactured by Malcolm Moore, 1928 Many locals have memories of the former engineering company, Malcolm Moore. For sixty years from 1927 their factory was a prominent feature on Williamstown Rd, on the present site of Bunnings. The foundations for the long term success of the company…

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Meeting – Tuesday 22 September 2020 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsSeptember 9, 2020
Libby O'Farrell. Photograph by Sarah Matray (News Corp) If you missed Libby's talk on the night, you can view it here. We are thrilled to confirm that Libby O'Farrell will be the guest speaker at our September meeting via Zoom. In July 2103 Libby O’Farrell became the 100th Australian and 25th Australian woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Libby will share with…

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AGM – Tuesday 25 August 2020

MeetingsJuly 31, 2020
The PMHPS AGM will be an online meeting starting at 7.30pm on Tuesday 25 August. You can register via the following link. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8s_cc5wgRKyyxi1cldJa3w  A brief meeting, including the election of the Executive and Office Bearers, will be followed with presentations by PMHPS Members “I was there when …” 

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I Wish I Had Been There

MeetingsJuly 23, 2020
Tuesday 28 July 2020 @ 7.30pm via Zoom Eight PMHPS members will describe the moment in the history of Port Melbourne they wish they had not missed, some are funny, some quirky and some are inspiring. The Society is making history by hosting our first Zoom meeting. Pre-register now at :- https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__KFTYBPET2iJBDLpzO3TZg

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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

MeetingsMarch 16, 2020
The Executive Committee of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society has decided that it is in everyone's best interests to cancel our March General Meeting which was to be held on Tuesday 24 March. In a letter to members dated 14 March, President Sue Leong stated that 'although we don't have 500 people at a meeting, we are aware…

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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.