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

Sandridge Marine Lodge Honour Board

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenarySeptember 10, 2019
The Sandridge Marine Lodge established their Freemasons' Hall in Stokes Street in 1858 and remained there until just before the outbreak of the Great War.  In July 1914 they sold their Masonic Hall to Swallow and Ariell Pty Ltd.  It made perfect sense for the biscuit company to acquire a neighbouring building for their ongoing business needs.  The Freemasons had…

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Nott Street School “Old Boys”

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryJuly 31, 2015
The Port Melbourne Standard newspaper of 31 July 1915 carried a story that the State Minister for Education had requested schools compile and display a Roll of Honour of all “old boys” who had enlisted.1 The article continues with a request for parents or other relatives to provide the headmasters of Port Melbourne schools with the details of soldiers who had…

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