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Advertisements from the Port Melbourne 1939 Centenary

Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 24, 2016

The Greater Port Melbourne: Official Souvenir of the 1939 Port Melbourne Centenary Celebrations Committee booklet includes many advertisements from iconic Port Melbourne companies. Many more than I can feature here. A lot of the ads are just simple text but in others, the Art Deco style of the day with an emphasis on modern industry can be seen in the…

Well Represented at the Front

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 21, 2016

'Well Represented at Front.', Port Melbourne Standard 15 May 1915 Our First World War Centenary project has uncovered many incredible stories of Port men volunteering for active service such as this one from The Standard newspaper on 15 May 1915. The first part of the article talks about four cousins, all born in Port Melbourne, who were serving at the Front. William…

Redevelopment sites in Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 24, 2015

Sandridge Motors, near the Graham Street overpass, is for sale by Exrpession of Interest. According to the board, the land is zoned General Residential with a maximum height limit of 18 metres (6 storeys). The Clare Castle Hotel on the other side of the overpass is also for sale. It too is on land zoned General Residential "offering excellent future development…

An Almost Forgotten Man

People, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 17, 2015

Margaret Bride writes: This is a story told to me by my Grandmother and also by my Mother. The period is some time in the ten years before the First World War, perhaps about 1910. Johnny was a young man with a moderate intellectual disability who lived with his mother in Port Melbourne, I think in Graham Street. Johnny was paid…

Bertie, Joseph (1073)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~BAugust 29, 2014

Place of Birth: Bendigo, VIC Age: 30 years 5 months Enlistment Details: Thursday, 1 July 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 1073 view online service record Address: 162 Station Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: E Bertie (mother) 162 Station Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 10 November 1915 Ship: HMAT Ascanius A11 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion Fate: RTA: Tuesday, 12 March 1918 Discharged: Friday, 28 June…

Morgan, Arthur (1776)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~MAugust 18, 2014

Place of Birth: Boort, VIC Age: 21 years 4 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 18 October 1915 - Adelaide, SA Service Number: 1776 view online service record Address: unknown Next of Kin: Barney Morgan (father) 265 Graham Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 11 January 1916 Ship: HMAT Borda A30 Port: Adelaide, SA Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion - 2nd Reinforcements Fate: KIA: Thursday, 8 August 1918 Place: France Awards: MM Brothers: Charles Henry…

Unhappy Ending

Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 17, 2014

Roland Thomas Rose c1925 Roland Thomas Rose, Licensed Grocer of 168 Ross Street, Port Melbourne, the proud owner of his 'company' car. In the mid 1930's, some ten years after this photograph was taken, Roland was tragically killed in a car accident on the corner of Ross and Graham Streets. The small boy standing on the running board is his son, Frank William (Bill), who was…

Lost Shops of Graham Street

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 10, 2014

Shirley Videion recalls the shops in Graham Street before the construction of the Graham Street overpass: Graham Street was blessed with milk bars. The two most preferred by our group when walking on a Sunday were McCarthy's next to the double storey house on the corner of Graham Street and Evans Street or McKenzie's on the other side of the Graham Station…

Trash & Treasure

Port Melbourne HistoryJune 19, 2014

Trash & Treasure Market sign (c 2007) - Photo by David Thompson I snapped this sign in 2007 on the fence at the former St Josephs Primary School site in 2007 near where Swallow Street diverges from Graham Street near the overpass but for me it has always raised one question. When, exactly, was the Trash & Treasure Market held? Time for a bit of detective…

Port Melbourne on location

Port Melbourne HistoryMay 22, 2014

Approach to the Graham St overpass, Port Melbourne A glimpse of the Graham St overpass in the current TAC (Transport Accident Commission) road safety campaign triggers a post about Port Melbourne as a location in films. Port Melbourne was the scene of the early 1905 Limelight documentary film showing Swallow and Ariell and employees leaving the building from a very recognisable Rouse St. The late 1980s was a…

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