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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation SocietyPort Melbourne history

Sandridge Marine Lodge Centenary Banquet

Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 10, 2019

The local branch of the Freemasons, Sandridge Marine Lodge No 21 can trace its origins to the Chusan Hotel, Bay Street in the months or weeks leading up to a meeting held at the Ship Hotel, Bay Street on 15 December 1857. The meeting followed the drawing up of the following agreement. We the undersigned residents of and otherwise interested…

Plummer Street

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 8, 2019

Plummer Street near J L Murphy Reserve. Photo by David Thompson Plummer Street runs between Bridge Street and Prohasky Street with a section running the length of J L Murphy Reserve. Andrew Plummer was born in 1812 in Dalkieth, Scotland. He came to Australia in 1853 and established a medical practice in Bay Street having qualified in medicine at Edinburgh University.…

Sandridge Marine Lodge Centenary Banquet

Plummer Street

Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians