Meetings – Page 9 – Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

Wool washing on the Yarra. Photograph by Charles Nettleton, courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Meeting – Mon 24 July 2017, 7.30pm

MeetingsJuly 5, 2017

Society member Margaret Bride will speak at our July meeting on the topic of "Melbourne and its Suburbs". Between 1851 and 1891 Melbourne experienced an amazing growth in population and wealth.”Melbourne and its Suburbs” will explore five factors that shaped this development: geography, land occupation, land sales, transport and municipal government. The period ends in 1891 when the depression of the…

Meeting – Mon 26 June 2017, 7.30pm

MeetingsMay 24, 2017

Speedway John Peck will take a brief look at the origins of sport, specifically trotting, at Fishermans Bend followed by a comprehensive history of the Speedway from its inauguration in 1918 to its zenith in the early 1930's when three Victorian Harness Racing Hall of Fame members trained their horses at the Speedway, to its ultimate demise due to World War…

Meeting – Mon 22 May 2017, 7.30pm

MeetingsApril 24, 2017

Chart of Hobson's Bay by H L Cox (1864) The landscape of Port Melbourne has been hugely changed by human intervention since white settlement. The shape and course of the Yarra River has been changed, the swampy terrain is now covered with roads and other hard surfaces, and there is a new land mass at the mouth of the river. Janet Bolitho's presentation, Mapping…

Meeting – Mon 24 April 2017, 7.30pm

MeetingsMarch 27, 2017

Our April guest will be John Hoskins. John, as a young boy, lived in Howe Parade for a short time and the view of the ships at Station and Princes Piers sparked a lifelong interest in all things maritime. John will speak about life in mid-1960s Port as a 10 year-old. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except…

Meeting – Mon 27 March 2017, 7.30pm

MeetingsMarch 6, 2017

Tony Hill of McClusky's Lawyers will be guest speaker at our March meeting. Tony will speak about the old Port Melbourne Police Station and Lock-up which he purchased in 1998 and restored as offices for McClusky's. He will also talk about the Port Melbourne Business Association which he started in 1990. McClusky's Lawyers was established by John McClusky in Bay Street…

Meeting – Mon 27 February 2017, 7.30pm

MeetingsFebruary 22, 2017

Cr Perce White, Mayor of Port Melbourne 1982 Perce White, Society foundation member and long term Port Melbourne Councillor will be guest speaker at our February meeting. Perce served on Council from 1972 until amalgamation in 1994 with six terms as Mayor. He will talk about growing up in Port and about a variety of events which happened during his time on…

Meeting – Mon 23 January 2017, 7.30pm

MeetingsNovember 30, 2016

We kick off the new year with a bang as members present Gems from the Collection. 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 28 November 2016, 7.30pm

MeetingsOctober 25, 2016

It's that time of year again when Professor Johnny May tests our knowledge in our annual trivia quiz ably assisted by George Tsingos. Please bring small prizes to our rooms beforehand or to the meeting on the night. Please don't bring large or expensive items, it's about the challenge of the trivia. And it is a challenge! PMH&PS meet on the fourth…

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

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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