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

Survey Markers around Port

Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 10, 2023
by David F Radcliffe Have you ever wondered what all those nails with coloured markings around them are on footpaths? Or have you come across an odd metal disc lurking in the grass or an unusual cover plate amongst the shrubs on the nature strip? If they look like any of the following, then they are part of the system…

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A Demographic Analysis of Liardet Street Port Melbourne Compared to Liardet Street, Liardet Grove and Liardet Terrace, London

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 21, 2020
by Ray Jelley As the name suggests the objective of this study was to compare the occupations, and therefore indirectly, the social status of people living worlds apart, but with a common link; the names of the streets in which they lived. The methodology was an examination of the United Kingdom census documents from 1881, 1891 and 1901 for the…

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Liardet Street

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 7, 2019
LIardet? or Lee-ar-day? There may be some uncertainty over the pronunciation but anyone living in Port Melbourne would know this street running between Pickles St to the east and Princes St to the west. Liardet St has two quite different characters: heavily trafficked east of Bay St and quietly residential west of Bay St. W.F.E. Liardet Liardet St is named…

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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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Loss of a tree

Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 9, 2015
Tasmanian blue gum on Liardet Street, December 2007 Not a trace remains of the huge Tasmanian bluegum that was such a presence on Liardet Street for many years. Tasmanian bluegums are not indigenous to this area, of course. Perhaps the tree was planted in the eighties when there was renewed interest in Australian trees. Earlier this year, I spoke with the arborist who…

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McDonald, Arthur (4260)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~MAugust 18, 2014
Place of Birth: South Melbourne, VIC Age: 34 years 7 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 2 August 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 4260            view online service record Address: 125 Liardet Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Alexander McDonald (father) 123 Victoria Avenue Albert Park, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 29 December 1915 Ship: HMAT Demosthenes A64 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion - 13th Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Wednesday, 21 November…

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Miller, William (36)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~MAugust 18, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 23 years 4 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 17 August 1914 - North Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 36            view online service record Address: 185 Liardet Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Henry Miller 185 Liardet Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 21 October 1914 Ship: HMAT Orvieto A3 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion Fate: RTA: Thursday, 10 July 1919 Discharged: Sunday,…

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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.