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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Answering the Call

For many years Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie Gregory RAN (RTD) had a vision of a statue on the Port Melbourne foreshore to honour the service of all Naval men and women.  On 27 November 2015 that vision came to fruition in the form of a sculpture called Answering the Call by Louis Laumen.  Unveiled by Vice Admiral Tim Barrett AO CSC…

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Graham Street School Honour Board

An article in the Standard under the headline "Answered Country's Call - Roll of Honor - Graham Street State School Old Boys" published on 6 November 1915 lists 61 names, Graham Street pupils who had enlisted for the Great War. The piece concludes by asking parents or friends of other "old boys" who have enlisted to send the soldiers' names, rank, dates of…

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Victorian Community History Awards 2015

We're thrilled to report that the Port Melbourne First World War Centenary project was shortlisted for the special Centenary of World War One category at the Victorian Community History Awards. The awards were announced and certificates presented at the Arts Centre in St Kilda Road and while we didn't win, it is a great achievement to be shortlisted in such a…

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Women’s Welcome Committee

When Great Britain declared war on Germany in 1914 Australia also found itself at war. No doubt many communities throughout the land began to make plans about how best they could support the war effort. For its part the Port Melbourne council quickly realised that the municipality, by virtue of its role as Melbourne’s port, was uniquely placed to play…

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Nott Street School “Old Boys”

The Port Melbourne Standard newspaper of 31 July 1915 carried a story that the State Minister for Education had requested schools compile and display a Roll of Honour of all “old boys” who had enlisted.1 The article continues with a request for parents or other relatives to provide the headmasters of Port Melbourne schools with the details of soldiers who had…

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The Norman Family of Sandridge

The Norman family of Sandridge resulted from the Norwegian and Scottish union of Andrew Norman and Isabella McKenzie. Isabella McKenzie Isabella’s parents were Alexander McKenzie and Elizabeth Strahan (Stratton?). Having embarked from Greenock, Scotland on 4 June 1841, their ship, India, was attacked by pirates and rescued by HMS Acorn only to suffer a huge explosion of spirits below deck 14 days…

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Anzac Centenary Heath Street Walk

Barb Mullen (left) and Christine Griffiths during the Heath Street Anzac Walk, April 2015 To mark the centenary of the First World War landings at Gallipoli, Barb Mullen and Christine Griffiths, residents of Heath Street, Port Melbourne, researched and organised a walk to remember the men who had enlisted for WWI from their street. The project started with a shortlist of nine…

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The Dalgarno Family

Clare Castle Hotel Advertisement, The Standard, 8 August 1914 Frederick Joseph Dalgarno, aged 37, enlisted just over a month after the above advertisement for the Clare Castle appears in the Standard.  His twin brother John Stockton Dalgarno also known as Jack enlisted in the first days of the war, just 10 days after this advertisement was printed.  He gave the Clare Castle Hotel…

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Abbott, Albert Robert (4980)

Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 27 years 11 months Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 26 September 1917 - Port Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 4980            view online service record Address: 50 Rouse Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Lucy Rose Abbott (wife) 50 Rouse Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Saturday, 22 December 1917 Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion - 14th Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Sunday,…

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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.