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

Meeting Monday 23 September @ 7.30pm

MeetingsSeptember 6, 2019
Port Melbourne Sports Clubs Port Melbourne has had and still has a proud history of hosting many different sporting clubs. On Monday 23rd September, we will hear about the history and the members’ commitment behind three of these clubs - the cricket, tennis and bowling clubs. Come along and hear Ron Stranks speak about  the “1950 Graham Street Boys, The Great…

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Go Port: Port United Boys Cricket Team

Port Melbourne HistoryJanuary 12, 2017
Port United Boys Cricket Team at JL Murphy Reserve, 1952. The photo was taken in 1952 at JL Murphy Reserve, corner of Williamstown Road and Graham Street. The area was Port Melbourne Municipal Council’s depot for electric light and bluestone. This local junior boy’s cricket team was organised by ourselves without adult help and was successful as undefeated premiers. The boys lived in…

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Port’s Woman Test Cricketer

People, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 14, 2015
Peggy Antonio  was born in Port in 1917. Her father, Francis Antonio, died when she was 15 months old. He was a Chilean docker of French and Spanish parentage. She learned to play cricket with boys in the streets around her Port Melbourne home. In 1930 after completing a shorthand and typing course, she got a job making boxes in Raymond’s shoe…

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Meeting – Mon 22 Sep 2014, 7.30pm

MeetingsAugust 27, 2014
Our guest,  Kevin Mooney will talk about his  role as a founder of the Bradman Foundation and his relationship with Sir Donald Bradman.  He will also be discussing the lessons we can learn from establishing such an enterprise and the great qualities of Sir Donald. PMHPS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber …

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All England Eleven Hotel

Port Melbourne HistoryJanuary 10, 2014
All posts on this site must pass the Port Melbourne connection test. PMHPS suggests that it is not straining this test to say that Port Melbourne has a connection with the history of the Ashes. Read on. Over Christmas 1861, the colony of Victoria was in a fever of anticipation for the arrival of the All England Eleven - the first…

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