Fishermans Bend – Page 2 – Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

Fred David: Designing Planes on the Bend

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMay 24, 2022

by David Radcliffe In early 1942, Australia urgently needed a fighter aircraft to defend against possible invasion. The result was the CA-12 Boomerang, designed by Fred David at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Fishermans Bend. Before coming to Australia, Fred David had worked for aircraft makers in Germany and Japan. This included helping to design the Aichi dive bomber used…

Steel Castings Pty Ltd of Derham and Bertie Streets

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 4, 2022

by Jim West and David Radcliffe The premises of the Port Melbourne Engineering Works, built by Albert T Harman in Derham Street, Port Melbourne in 1902, included a foundry for casting components out of iron and brass.[1] In November 1934, this foundry was purchased by his son, Alfred Henry Harman, and James Robertson and registered as JV Robertson Pty Ltd.…

GMH Social Centre

Places, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 10, 2021

Former GMH Social Centre. Photograph by David Thompson. The former General Motors-Holden Social Centre is tucked away off Salmon Street. Constructed in 1945 by Richmond builder, E A Watts Ltd, the building hosted concerts, balls and all manner of GMH employee functions but, primarily, was their canteen. Typical fare in the mid-1990s included French Onion soup (70c), Beef Stroganoff ($3.50) and…

Aircraft of Fishermans Bend

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 2, 2020

At the bottom end of Lorimer Street in the shadows of the Westgate Bridge there is a series of streets that reflect one the key industries that has occupied the area since the mid 1930s. Although now part of the City of Melbourne, these streets are named after aircraft associated with the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation and Government Aircraft Factories on Fishermans Bend and are…

Ozone, Hygeia and Weeroona Sts

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 7, 2020

These three streets in Port Melbourne are named after the Bay excursion paddle steamers that traveled from Station Pier down the Bay to Mornington, Sorrento, Queenscliff and Portarlington from the turn of the 20th century to the Second World War. There are only 8 houses in Ozone St, 8 in Hygeia St and 11 in Weeroona St. The short streets…

Sandridge Stars

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJune 26, 2020

Recently Mark Nettleton wrote to us about two football clubs from Garden City that played in the Melbourne Amateur Sunday Football Association during the 1950s. Garden City Football Club played their home matches at Garden City Oval No. 1 (now known as R F Julier Reserve) while the Sandridge Stars Football Club were based at Oval No. 2 (now known…

Emery Street

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryMay 8, 2020

by Margaret Bride Emery Street is one of the shortest streets in Port Melbourne. It runs between Williamstown Road south to Edwards Avenue opposite Letts Reserve, Garden City. It is named in honour of George Emery, General Manager of the State Savings Bank of Victoria from 1897 to 1929. Bankers are not often seen to be people of imagination but…

R.F. Julier Reserve

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 7, 2019

When the Housing Commission of Victoria built a new estate at Fishermans Bend, open space was a critical part of the health oriented design. Although the roads were named, the open space reserves were not named at the time. Layout of the Housing Commission estate at Fishermans Bend State Library of Victoria In the seventies, or thereabouts, the…

Fishermans Bend Planning Review

Planning & PreservationJune 30, 2018

10 August 2018 Today the Andrews government announced the appointment of a Fishermans Bend Development Board to guide the implementation of the Fishermans Bend Framework. The Board will work closely with the Port Phillip Council and surrounding communities. Members of the Board are Meredith Sussex AM (chair), Gary Liddle, Cheryl Batagol, Martin Myer AO, Susan Oliver and Janet Bolitho. June 2018 The Fishermans Bend…

Fishermans Bend framework released

Planning & PreservationOctober 23, 2017

The Fishermans Bend draft Framework was released on Saturday 21st October by the Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne and local member Martin Foley. A programme of consultation and events associated with the release will be announced soon. Further comment will be provided when the Society has had the opportunity to review the document thoroughly. Submissions are due by 5pm on Friday 15 December.

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