Port Melbourne History – Page 26 – Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

Anti-conscription in Port

Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 19, 2016

Had you been living in Port in October 1916, you would have been very aware of the referendum on conscription that was looming on 28 October. Campaigning was intense. The question to be put to electors was: Are you in favour of the Government having, in this grave emergency, the same compulsory powers over citizens in regard to requiring their military service,…

Recalling Before and After – The West Gate Bridge

Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 13, 2016

West Gate Bridge from Williamstown Road/Webb Dock area, a day or so before the collapse. Looking from the Williamstown Road/Webb dock area towards the West Gate Bridge, just a day or so before the bridge collapsed. Contrast the sky in this photo to the blue of the later photo – such a grim threatening portent over the unhappy bridge. West Gate Bridge…

Better than a Horse on a Merry-Go-Round

Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 6, 2016

My grandfather Bert Cosham, with my cousin Barry Bond, in the lane, Princes Place, at the rear of his house at 94 Princes Street Port Melbourne in 1948. Along the lane is the wall at the rear of St Joseph’s Priory in Stokes Street, while the church hall in Rouse Street seems to be impaled by the chimney of Swallow…

Representing Port

Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 29, 2016

On October 22nd, elections will be held for the Port Phillip Council. Port Melbourne will no longer have a dedicated representative and the ward of Sandridge will cease to exist. Instead, three councillors will represent the new Gateway Ward. These arrangements were put in place following a Victorian Electoral Commission review of representation in Port Phillip. The PMHPS argued strongly for…

My Mum, Joan Dawson

People, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 22, 2016

Joan Dawson with her Graham Street School Grade Prep class, 1939. Young Teacher Graham Street Port Melbourne 1939 My mum was just 18 when she began to teach this class at the Graham Street School. She lived nearby at 174 Buckhurst Street. Her father was a carter and they lived in a double fronted timber home with stables at the back where…

Malcolm Moore Pty Ltd

Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 15, 2016

Only a fragment of the presence of the massive engineering firm of Malcolm Moore Pty Ltd survives in Bertie St, Port Melbourne. Remnant of the extensive Malcolm Moore factory in Bertie St - note the logo at top right Malcolm Moore set up his firm's manufacturing centre in Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne in 1927. Branches were later opened in every State capital…

Beacon Cove 1997

Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 8, 2016

Beacon Cove 1997, and not a canal in sight. These photos were not taken with history in mind but with my 2016 eyes I see: * an area I have walked through almost every week since 1992; * what the 2nd stage of Beacon Cove looked like between the end of the site clean up and just after the start of construction; * most…

My Life in Port

Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 1, 2016

Ted Raven with a model Swallow & Ariell's Uneeda Biscuits van. PMHPS Collection (Cat No 2436.03). As a member of the PMHPS I would like to say I'm 91 years young. Home birth was very common in 1924 when I was born at 36 Princes Street, Port Melbourne. I lived in this house for 22 years until I got married in July…

Aanensen Family Portrait

People, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 25, 2016

Aanensen Family Portrait taken in early 1904. Rear (L-R) Alfred Adolf (b 1890), Stanley George (b 1888), Marie Louisa (b 1893) Middle (L-R) Albert Edward (b 1901) (being held), Bernt Andreas (b 1865) (father), Andreas Thomas (b 1903) (being held), Edith Ann (b 1867) (mother); Front (L-R) Aanen Harold (b 1897), Victor Bernt (b 1895), William Ernst (b 1899). The photo predates the birth of…

Freedom of Entry to the City

Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 18, 2016

The Freedom of Entry to the City of Port Melbourne Navy Parade in Bay Street, 1982. Courtesy of Perc White. The custom of granting armed forces Freedom of Entry to the City dates from medieval Europe where walled cities could make the movement of armed forces difficult. If the passing troops were deemed untrustworthy, then the city may refuse to provide…

Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians