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George Samuel Walter Memorial Garden after refurbishment, 29 March 2016.

George Samuel Walter Memorial Garden, 2016

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 28, 2016

At our July meeting we presented the entries to the My Port Melbourne photograph competition, announced the winners and made our selection for the People's Choice Award. Christine Griffith's entry, "George Samuel Walter Memorial Garden, 2016", was judged the overall winner. In the coming months we'll be presenting several entries on this website but it's only fitting that we start with the…

Well Represented at the Front

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 21, 2016

'Well Represented at Front.', Port Melbourne Standard 15 May 1915 Our First World War Centenary project has uncovered many incredible stories of Port men volunteering for active service such as this one from The Standard newspaper on 15 May 1915. The first part of the article talks about four cousins, all born in Port Melbourne, who were serving at the Front. William…

Mr Todd

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 5, 2016

One of my favourite words is accrete – the way things gather together to create something bigger – the way the beach grows as sand drifts in a particular direction. And that's what I love about local history. You start with a fragment, and then other fragments emerge and seem magnetically drawn to it. A picture emerges. So it was with one…

The Man in the Photo

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJune 6, 2016

Members of the Port Phillip Stevedores Association, 1905 Recently I spoke at a seminar at the Victorian Genealogical Society on the topic “Port Melbourne 1839-1880". As I wanted to mention the formation of trade unions in Port Melbourne I showed this photo of ‘Members of the Port Phillip Stevedores Association’ from 1905. You will notice that all of the men in the…

Pickles Street

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryMay 10, 2016

The earliest streets named on the Street Plan of Sandridge 1849 were those clustered around the foundation place of the early settlement - Bay, Dow, Rouse, Stokes, Graham. They were named from Sydney. Garryowen made this unflattering assessment about some of the later names: ‘the nomenclature (street names) was distributed amongst a batch of local mediocrities.' He adds ‘Certainly they have amongst…

‘Anger at City Gateway Eyesore’

Port Melbourne HistoryApril 9, 2016

It is not the first time in Port Melbourne's history that the entry to Melbourne from Port Melbourne has been described in these terms. In 1929, the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission report described 'this approach to Melbourne is a drab and shabby one which has been the subject of criticism by visitors as well as by citizens.' Their proposed solution was a…

Miss Jago’s Corner Shop

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryApril 1, 2016

Annetta (Joy) Phillips writes about the former shop on the corner of Heath and Ingles Streets: Irene ('Rene') was the elder of two Jago sisters. In 1937 she opened a grocery and bakery shop at 101 Ingles Street. Irene Jago outside the shop, corner Ingles and Heath Sts Rene was in charge of the shop and her sister Bette worked with her. They lived behind…

A Brief History of the London Hotel

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 25, 2016

The London Family Hotel held the best position of all Port Melbourne's waterfront pubs, next to the Station and nearest to Railway/Station Pier. Meet me at the London 1930 image - Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society There was a time when this 28 room hotel was the most grand in Sandridge, which can be attested to by valuations of over twice as…

Family Memories of Jennie Baines

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 18, 2016

Lyn McLeavy shares her aunts' recollections of Jennie Baines, and of her grandmother Mary McLeavy Mary McLeavy, children & friends at Waterside Workers Federation picnic 1932 - Lyn McLeavy Millie Jennie Baines was only that high (5’1”) The biggest thing about Jennie was her mouth. Didn’t she give us a bit of curry. Alice In the depression she went around with women from the Labor Party getting…

Growing up in McCormack St

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryFebruary 26, 2016

In April 2013, John Gilcrist walked the places where he grew up. The walk triggered these memories: John's family came to live in Port Melbourne from Warburton following the devastating Black Friday bushfires of January 1939. His father was a forester, but it was his mother who brought up the three boys - first from a small house on the south eastern corner of Bridge St…

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