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Allan Whittaker Commemoration 2018

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJanuary 7, 2019

On an overcast but very hot day, people gathered at Princes Pier to remember Allan Whittaker. This year marked the culmination of a community campaign to recognise Whittaker, his life and tragic death. It was a time to hand on the story to the students of Albert Park College Former Supreme Court judge, Frank Vincent addressed his remarks to the…

Sydney Sims Anderson

Collection, People, Port Melbourne HistoryDecember 16, 2018

We came across this curious item on eBay featuring a photo caricature montage of our long-serving Town Clerk, Sydney Sims Anderson. We'd never seen it, nor the book it came from. The page is numbered 197 at the bottom (not shown in the image above) and enquiries to the seller proved fruitless as the book had already been split-up prior…

John Bichard Grut: The Brothers Grut: part 3

People, Port Melbourne HistoryApril 19, 2018

John Bichard Grut John was the youngest of three surviving boys who were born to Peter Grut and his wife Elizabeth Mary née Bichard. He was born in Sandridge in 1861. John became a successful architect, builder and was prominent in many sporting clubs in Port Melbourne and South Melbourne. He was also involved in the arts through his membership of…

Peter Gallienne Grut: The Brothers Grut: part 2

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJanuary 18, 2018

Peter Gallienne Grut was born on the south bank of the Yarra in 1857. His father, also Peter, bought land at the corner of Bridge Street East and Esplanade East in 1868/69. Peter grew up in a single-storey wooden cottage built on part of this land, described at various times as having either four or five rooms. Later, Peter and…

Albert Jacka VC and Port Melbourne II

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJanuary 12, 2018

At the commemoration service held at the St Kilda Cemetery each year, Jacka's audacious acts of bravery at Gallipoli and on the western front are remembered as well as his service to the unemployed while a Councillor and Mayor of the City of St Kilda. Perhaps less often told is a Port Melbourne dimension to the story. Captain Jacka VC returned…

Henry Brouard Grut: The Brothers Grut: part 1

People, Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 23, 2017

Henry Brouard Grut Henry was the eldest surviving child of Peter and Elizabeth Grut née Bichard. He was born on the island of Guernsey in 1853. The family migrated to the colony of Victoria in 1855. The family lived and prospered in Port Melbourne for many years. Henry lived with his family in ‘Guernsey House’, 232 Esplanade East. Guernsey House courtesy of…

Allan Whittaker Commemoration 2017

People, Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 2, 2017

Allan Whittaker Commemoration 2017 Former Supreme Court judge Frank Vincent offered these reflections at the Allan Whittaker commemoration held on Princes Pier on Thursday 2 November. The gatehouse on Princes Pier has now been named the Allan Whittaker Gatehouse after sustained advocacy by the Whittaker Memorial Committee. Port Melbourne at that time was a very poor working class suburb. It was made…

The story behind Olive’s Corner

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 30, 2017

Olive's corner was officially so named on 7 December 2001 as a tribute to the life and values of Olive Zakharov - humanist and Federal Senator 1929 – 1995 Olive Zakharov was born at home in Kew on 19 March 1929. Olive was educated at Ruyton Girls' School, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Secondary College and R.M.I.T. Olive worked at Watsonia High School…

Telling more than the time

People, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 14, 2017

Margaret Bride writes of the stories locked up in this handsome clock on the wall of her dining room. I inherited this clock from my mother. It hangs on the wall of our dining room and is constantly referred to when we want to time ourselves. It is a source of pleasure to all our family but it is also…

Leonard Storey of ‘The Beach’

People, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 3, 2017

W.F.E. Liardet Surveyor Darke's camp, Sandridge State Library of Victoria Leonard Storey was an interesting character, not so much for what we know of his life, but for what we don’t know. This enlivens our imagination into contemplating just where he originally came from and where he disappeared to. His known history spans just four years, from 1837 to 1841. His…

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