Skip to content Skip to footer
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Ada Polson

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 7, 2025
Margaret Bride writes about her mother, Ada Florence Bellion, born in Port Melbourne in 1891. A very early photograph of Ada, aged about 3, shows a sturdy child with a mass of curls. Her deep auburn coloured hair led to her nick-name of Bluey when she was a young woman. Ada, circa 1894 My Mother, Ada Florence Bellion, was born in…

Read more

Back-to-Port Melbourne Celebrations 1932

Port Melbourne HistoryMay 5, 2023
by David Thompson After months of meetings, planning and a rearrangement of dates and events, April 30, 1932 marked the first day of the Back-to-Port Melbourne festivities. The Age that morning promoted the event with the inclusion of an illustration of the tent used by the Holy Trinity church in 1853 under the heading Glimpses of Old Melbourne.[1] Glimpses of Old Melbourne,…

Read more

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…

Read more

Smith, Percy W

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~SAugust 11, 2014
A farewell for Percy was held at the Farrell Street Methodist School hall on 3 September 1914. He was associated with the church and the school as reported in the Port Melbourne Standard newspaper. 1914 'SOLDIERS' FAREWELL.', Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1920), 12 September, p. 3, viewed 11 March, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91167722 Percy Smith is listed on the Graham Street…

Read more

PMHPS acknowledges the generous support of the City of Port Phillip.

 

The content of this site (images and text) must not be reproduced in any form without the prior consent of PMHPS or the copyright holder.

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.