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

Allan Whittaker Commemoration 2014

People, Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 2, 2014
Former Supreme Court Judge Frank Vincent Reflections on 'entitlement' Here is a transcript of Frank Vincent's address to those gathered to remember the life and times of Allan Whittaker, shot by police at Hogans Flat, close to Princes Pier on 2 November 1928. He died on Australia Day 1929. 'There is a tendency to talk about Allan Whittaker and the period that he…

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Allan Whittaker Commemoration 2013

People, Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 7, 2013
Frank Vincent Port in the twenties - a difficult, suffering place Former Supreme Court Judge Frank Vincent  spoke about Whittaker in the Port Melbourne and wider social and political context of the late 1920s. Here is a transcript of his speech: "Port Melbourne in the twenties was a place of considerable poverty.  It was a place where men were engaged in what…

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