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George Furner Langley

People, Port Melbourne HistoryApril 26, 2025
A Port Melbourne man’s role in the North Africa Campaign of World War I Margaret Bride The political world map of 1913 is unrecognisable to us in 2025. The fading dominance of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East, the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa played a significant part in the events of World War I but most Australians…

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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…

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Langley, George Furner (Lieutenant Colonel)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~LAugust 19, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne Age: 24 years Enlistment Details: Thursday, 4 March 1915 Service Number: Lieutenant Colonel            view online service record Address: 87 Bay Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Jabez Langley (father) Mansfield, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Monday, 10 May 1915 Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion…

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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.