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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Discover Melbourne’s Oldest Lending Library

PresentationsSeptember 22, 2026
Fiona Malcolm from the Melbourne Athenaeum Library in Collins Street spoke at the PMHPS meeting September 2026. The Melbourne Athenaeum (originally known as the Melbourne Mechanics’ Institution) houses the city’s oldest lending library. Commencing as a collection of donated books in a rented house at the corner of Queen and Bourke Street, the library has been operating in its current…

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Criminal Outsider – Live True Crime & Forensics Performance

PresentationsAugust 25, 2026
Roy Maloy is the most prolific true crime author in Australian History, with 18 titles, including two best sellers, under his belt. Specialising in 1890-1930’s Australian outsider criminals, Maloy’s cannon of works focuses on criminals who find themselves in the minority and fringe groups of society including the female criminals, the children, people with disabilities, the elderly, LGBTQ, First Nations…

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Our Yarra River – its past, its future

PresentationsMay 26, 2026
Ian Penrose, the first Yarra Riverkeeper, speaking on the topic of “Our Yarra River – its past, its future”. The Yarra River is the key reason for the original siting of the City of Melbourne, its name is aboriginal but it is not what the indigenous people called it. Seventy percent of Melbourne’s drinking water comes from the river’s upper…

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Port Melbourne Friendly Societies

PresentationsMarch 24, 2026
James Nicolas speaks on “Port Melbourne Friendly Societies” (including Irish National Foresters branches and their histories). James has recently released a book on the Victorian history of the former Irish National Foresters Friendly Society which had a branch in Port Melbourne. Like most Friendly societies it provided all the usual medical and income benefits but was restricted to Irish born…

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Old photos and films of Port Melbourne – Chris Long

PresentationsOctober 28, 2025
Chris Long has spent many years employed in broadcasting organisations, archives and museums, dealing with the history of non-print media: principally of sound recordings and motion picture film. He has worked for ABC radio, the Museum of Victoria, the National Film and Sound Archive and in his own media research company. Chris has published extensively on the subject of film…

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150th Anniversary of PMFC

PresentationsOctober 22, 2024
Ron Bedford will tell us about the 150th Anniversary of Port Melbourne Football Club which was celebrated during 2024. At the recent PMFC Awards Night, Ron and fellow volunteer Jenny Tserkezidis were jointly presented the inaugural President’s Award for exceptional service to the Port Melbourne Football Club.

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.