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

The Church at 170 Farrell St

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 19, 2022
by Margaret Bride 170 Farrell Street, 2022. Photograph by David Thompson. On the west side of Farrell Street is a wooden building with a sign Full Gospel Assembly, although by its neat garden and fence it is clear that it is a private house. What is its story? In 1885 West Sandridge was well developed, the blocks of land had been subdivided…

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Family secrets

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryFebruary 20, 2019
Margaret Bride writes: Are there any secrets in your family? Do you even know whether or not there are any? We are all aware that many families have their mythologies, based sometimes on fact, but myths never the less. Families pass on their stories from one generation to the next. Many of us were brought up from a young age…

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An Almost Forgotten Man

People, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 17, 2015
Margaret Bride writes: This is a story told to me by my Grandmother and also by my Mother. The period is some time in the ten years before the First World War, perhaps about 1910.  Johnny was a young man with a moderate intellectual disability who lived with his mother in Port Melbourne, I think in Graham Street. Johnny was paid…

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An Invisible Woman

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 6, 2015
Brought to light - the story of Janet Adams Margaret Bride writes: International Women’s Day is an opportunity to reflect on the many women who have influenced my life yet of whom there is little or no documentary evidence. Janet Adams is one of these women, though I never met her. In the early years of the 20th century Janet, a…

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Bellion, Albert Reginald (1973)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~BAugust 29, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 19 years 6 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 5 July 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 1973            view online service record Address: 284 Rouse Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Albert Tasman Bellion (father) 284 Rouse Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Friday, 18 February 1916 Ship: HMAT Ballarat A70 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion - 3rd Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Saturday, 5…

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Remembering Letty Bellion

People, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 26, 2013
Letty Bellion Margaret Bride tells the story of her grandmother Letty Bellion. Her story is a window into Port life through the 1890s depression, the First World War and the difficult post war years that followed. The story tells of a disappeared cluster of shops in Graham St, and the shadow cast on this family and community by the First World War.…

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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.