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Growing up in Port Melbourne – Schooling

Growing up in PortMay 29, 2024
Although the majority of students did not go to a secondary school the concept of universal secondary education began to be considered. Gradually over the years 1920-1940 the number of students going to a secondary school increased but it was still only a minority until after World War 2. The secondary schools attended by Port Melbourne pupils were usually one…

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Growing up in Port Melbourne – Community

Growing up in PortMay 29, 2024
A community is built up through shared experiences, during these twenty years there were various experiences that led to Port Melbourne becoming the close knit community that people often describe. There were also places where people gathered in good times and bad, particularly the pubs and churches. There were still many small corner pubs, although it was never true that there was a…

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Growing up in Port Melbourne – Leisure

Growing up in PortMay 29, 2024
From a young age most children spent their free time unsupervised by adults. Sometimes an older sister or brother would be put in charge of their siblings, the one ‘in charge’ sometimes only seven or eight themselves. The freedom enjoyed by children even involved them going to the beach to play, although they might be forbidden from going in the…

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Growing up in Port Melbourne – Sport

Growing up in PortMay 29, 2024
Baseball: The club was formed in 1929, originally known as The Port Melbourne Baptist Baseball Club. It has been a constant competitor in the sport ever since. Tennis: This is also one of Port’s oldest sporting clubs formed in 1884. It has been in its present location since 1903. Ladies at Graham St Tennis Club, 1920s. PMHPS Collection. Cat…

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Growing up in Port Melbourne – Work

Growing up in PortMay 29, 2024
Of all the accounts of children’s work in the Society’s collection that of Sam Littlepage stands out. This account was sent to his grand-daughter who was doing a school project It is dated 30th June 2000. Stan’s daughter, Judith Theobold, typed up the account from her father’s dictation because his literacy skills were limited. This is not surprising when you read…

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Chainmaking – A Woman’s Occupation

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMay 10, 2024
by Robyn Watters Gertrude Brown (nee Duncan), Moorabbin, Victoria, c. 1964-68. As a child I had a horrified fascination of a piece of metal lodged under one of my grandmother’s fingernails.  I was told it was from an industrial accident when she was a jeweller’s assistant. Years later when I investigated this claim, the electoral rolls for my grandmother Gertrude Duncan in…

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Buckingham Reserve

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryMay 3, 2024
by David Thompson Buckingham Reserve [highlighted]. City of Port Melbourne map (detail), Amended June 1983. PMHPS Collection. Cat No 704.02. Buckingham Reserve is near the western edge of Garden City. It is named for former Councillor and Mayor Theodore Thomas Buckingham. Tom Buckingham was elected to Port Melbourne Council on 21 January 1961 and served until 1986. He was Mayor on…

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Meeting Tuesday, 28 May @ 7.30pm

MeetingsApril 26, 2024
Victor Perton (left) and Eddie Micallef (centre) at Fisherman's Bend Polling Centre, Victorian Election 2022 It's sure to be an interesting evening at the Society's May meeting when Victor Perton and Eddie Micallef pair up to talk about "The John Cain/Joan Kirner Years" and "The Jeff Kennett Years". Victor Perton served as a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly…

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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.