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

Women activists in Port

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 19, 2021
This piece is assembled from material on the PMHPS website and publications. The authors are gratefully acknowledged. You will find links to the posts at the end of this article. In response to the call put out by organiser Janine Hendry, thousands and thousands of women (and supportive men) turned out to March 4 Justice on Monday 15…

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Family Memories of Jennie Baines

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 18, 2016
 Lyn McLeavy shares her aunts' recollections of Jennie Baines, and of her grandmother Mary McLeavy  Mary McLeavy, children & friends at Waterside Workers Federation picnic 1932 - Lyn McLeavy Millie Jennie Baines was only that high (5’1”) The biggest thing about Jennie was her mouth. Didn’t she give us a bit of curry. Alice In the depression she went around with women from the Labor Party getting…

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