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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation SocietyPort Melbourne history

Meeting Tuesday 28 January @ 7.30pm

MeetingsJanuary 17, 2020

Our January meeting will be the first at our new regular meeting date of the fourth Tuesday each month (bar December). Come along and hear from fellow members about some of the items in the Society's collection. We meet in the Council Chamber, upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall, Bay Street. Please enter via Spring Street South and take…

Merry Christmas and All the Best for 2020

MeetingsDecember 11, 2019

PMHPS wish all our members all the best for Christmas and the New Year. We see you in 2020 for our first meeting of the year on TUESDAY 28 January.

Meeting Monday 25 November @ 7.30pm

MeetingsOctober 29, 2019

As is tradition, our last general meeting of the year will be our annual trivia quiz. Professor May will test us on all manner of obscure things he has dreamt up over the past twelve months. We ask people to bring a small gift (no more than $5 worth) that we can use as prizes and that's not…

Meeting Monday 28 October @ 7.30pm

MeetingsSeptember 24, 2019

Our guest speaker, Beris Campbell OAM will present The Homeshare story – in Australia and internationally (with particular reference to the connections with the City of Port Phillip and Port Melbourne in particular!) Community Services Manager for Port Melbourne Council for 21 years, Beris, will speak about her passion of the last 20+ years – the Homeshare Program. Homeshare programs bring…

Meeting Monday 23 September @ 7.30pm

MeetingsSeptember 6, 2019

Port Melbourne Sports Clubs Port Melbourne has had and still has a proud history of hosting many different sporting clubs. On Monday 23rd September, we will hear about the history and the members’ commitment behind three of these clubs - the cricket, tennis and bowling clubs. Come along and hear Ron Stranks speak about the “1950 Graham Street Boys, The Great…

AGM Monday 26 August, 2019 at 7.00pm for 7.30pm

MeetingsJuly 23, 2019

Robin Grow, PMHPS Member and President of the Art Deco and Modernism Society of Australia will be the guest speaker at our Annual General Meeting this year. Robin's presentation will provide an illustrated analysis of how Melbourne and Port Melbourne changed in the Art Deco era – between the wars. It provides details of the changes to design aesthetics,…

Meeting 22 July @ 7.30pm

MeetingsJune 24, 2019

Our special guest will be Tracey Pahor who will speak on the topic of Making locals while preserving Port: The powerful use of pictures and stories in Port Melbourne. Tracey has this to say about her talk ... Tracey Pahor at the announcement of funding for the restoration of Princes Pier. Photo by Janet Bolitho I think that preserving what people…

Meeting – Mon 24 June 2019 @ 7.30pm

MeetingsJune 6, 2019

Our June meeting will feature Family Stories from Port. Three members of the Society will tell their own and their family story about living in Port Melbourne. Jill Dawson’s family could have the longest continuous record of living in Port Melbourne, Jill will tell us the story from its earliest beginning. Marilyn Allport grew up in Heath Street and has…

Meeting – Mon 27 May 2019 @ 7.30pm

MeetingsMay 8, 2019

Liardet St No 41 Station, Port Melbourne (Fire Services Museum) Our guest speaker, Ian Munro AFSM, MIFireE, MAIES will take a quick walk through 2,000 years of Fire Service history, finishing with a focus on Australia, Melbourne, and Port Melbourne. Ian is a retired Senior Station Officer with 35 years working for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB). He has also…

Meeting – Mon 29 April 2019 @ 7.30pm

MeetingsMarch 25, 2019

West Melbourne. The front view of a Dudley Mansion. Our guest speaker at our (post-Easter) April meeting will be David Sornig. David will speak on the topic of theBlue Lake: finding Dudley Flats and the West Melbourne Swamp. The lush wetlands and waterways of West Melbourne have been profoundly transformed over the last 180 years. This talk traces the history of…

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