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Victor Lane Uniacke and Family

People, Port Melbourne HistoryApril 9, 2021

Ray Jelley Victor had an intriguing way of letting his mother know that he would soon be arriving close to home so that she could deliver his lunch to him without interrupting his work-day – he blew the train whistle. This oral history record was made by Margaret Nayban in 2006 and written into the Port People database. Margaret went…

Fennell Street and Fennell Reserve

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryApril 1, 2021

David F Radcliffe Fennell Street and Fennell Reserve are both located at the extremities of present day Port Melbourne. This is ironic given that Melville Henry Albert Fennell, after who these are both named, was at the centre of community life in Port Melbourne for over 40 years. Fennell St runs between Bridge St and Boundary St, north of Williamstown…

Women activists in Port

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 19, 2021

This piece is assembled from material on the PMHPS website and publications. The authors are gratefully acknowledged. You will find links to the posts at the end of this article. In response to the call put out by organiser Janine Hendry, thousands and thousands of women (and supportive men) turned out to March 4 Justice on Monday 15…

Stella Edwards 1883 – 1975

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 8, 2021

Stella Edwards Sarah Stella Edwards, known as Stella at her preference, was born into a close-knit Sandridge pioneering family that was strong on talent and ability. Even so, she was notable among them as the independent, entrepreneurial and highly talented woman that she was. She was much admired. Stella's mother was Sarah Whiteman, one of the earliest settler children born in…

Norma Barnett Lane

People, PlacesMarch 4, 2021

Norma Barnett came to Port Melbourne in 1953 to work at the Melbourne City Mission. The Mission had been established a century earlier to give aid to the thousands of immigrants who had flocked to Victoria in the gold rush, failed to make their fortune and were stranded, destitute. Just behind the Fountain Inn (now The Cornerstone) stood the…

The Closing of Faram Bros

People, Port Melbourne HistoryFebruary 12, 2021

Faram Bros Hardware, January 2007. PMHPS Collection Early in 2007 Wanted posters featuring Doug Faram appeared in the Borough. Faram Bros Hardware store in Bay Street was closing and former customers were invited to a Street Party and Sausage Sizzle to be held at 11am on Saturday, 10 February to say goodbye and thanks to Doug and the family for…

James Graham: was Graham Street, Port Melbourne named after this man?

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryFebruary 5, 2021

by Margaret Bride Detail, Plan of allotments marked at Sandridge in the parish of South Melbourne / surveyed by Lindsay Clarke Assit. Surr., 1849. State Library of Victoria. In 1849 the government surveyor published a Street Plan of Sandridge showing a simple grid of streets with six blocks bounded by the newly named streets of Rouse, Graham, Stokes, Nott and Dow, names that have remained…

Fundraising Stalls and Christmas Dinners

Collection, People, Port Melbourne HistoryDecember 11, 2020

PMHPS fundraising/information stall in conjunction with Port Melbourne Tourism Association, Station Pier, 9 November 1994 during the visit of the Replica Endeavour. Photographer Pat Grainger, PMHPS Collection Over its twenty-Seven year history, the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society has had many stalls and displays serving the dual purpose of raising funds to assist the work of the Society and to…

Malcolm Moore and Albert Longoni – David Radcliffe

People, Port Melbourne History, PresentationsOctober 27, 2020

David Radcliffe presents the two engineers behind the success of Malcom Moore Pty Ltd, Malcolm Moore and Albert Longoni. This talk was presented to the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society on 27 October 2020.

John Turnbull and the Auld Reekie Hotel

People, Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 23, 2020

by Ray Jelley As we have seen from previous articles about the history of Port Melbourne the many wooden cottages and their closeness to each other made them susceptible to fire spreading from one building to those adjoining it, should a fire break out in one. The lack of a reliable high-pressure water supply and the relative crudeness of firefighting…

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