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

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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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,…

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Church Street

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryDecember 2, 2022
Church St (highlighted), MMBW Map (detail), 1895. State Library of Victoria Church Street is the Z-shaped laneway running from Stokes Street to Nott Street highlighted above on an MMBW map from 1895. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, MMBW Map (detail), 1895. State Library of Victoria. The Stokes Street end of Church Street is opposite St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church which was…

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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…

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Final Welcome Home

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryFebruary 14, 2020
Programme (photocopy) for the Final Welcome Home in the Graham Street Methodist School Hall on Saturday 14 February 1920. PMHPS Collection. At 8pm on 14 February 1920 the Graham Street Methodists conducted the Final Welcome Home to their Returned Soldiers in the Graham Street Methodist School Hall. Under the chairmanship of the Rev J Trathan, the programme opened with the doxology and…

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Soldier Send-Offs

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryFebruary 5, 2016
During the war years it was common for organisations and even groups of friends to organise send-offs for the mates and members who had enlisted for active service. Usually the soldier or soldiers were entertained with songs and recitations and were given a useful gift to take with to the front. Saturday 5 February 1916 saw one such send-off at the…

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Barker, Arthur Richard (1503)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~BAugust 29, 2014
Place of Birth: Sprent, TAS Age: 18 years 2 months Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 7 April 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 1503            view online service record Address: 150 Farrell Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Arthur William Barker (father) 150 Farrell Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Monday, 28 June 1915 Ship: HMAT Berrima A35 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion - 1st Reinforcements Fate: KIA: Wednesday, 24 April…

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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.