Church St (highlighted), MMBW Map (detail), 1895. State Library of Victoria
Church Street is the Z-shaped laneway running from Stokes Street to Nott Street highlighted above on an MMBW map from 1895.
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, MMBW Map (detail), 1895. State Library of Victoria.
The Stokes Street end of Church Street is opposite St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church which was…
by Margaret Bride
Sangster Memorial. Photo: Janet Bolitho.
Sangster Reserve occupies the small triangular piece of land behind the Port Melbourne Bowling Club between Princes and Nott Streets. The area includes a children's playground and nearby there is an art deco style electrical substation. Just inside the Nott Street entrance is this monument commemorating the life of George Sangster, once a…
by Ray Jelley
As we have seen from previous articles about the history of Port Melbourne the many wooden cottages and their closeness to each other made them susceptible to fire spreading from one building to those adjoining it, should a fire break out in one. The lack of a reliable high-pressure water supply and the relative crudeness of firefighting…
'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…
Geoff Deed, who grew up at 41 Nott Street, offers this story from his boyhood in the fifties:
'There was a family called Fletcher that lived in Rouse St - just the mother and the son. His name was Jeffrey - with a 'J'. There was no father. (Maybe he was killed in the war?)
Through the window of their place you could…
With the 2014 state election imminent, this post looks briefly at two very different people who have represented Port Melbourne:
Frederick Derham
Frederick Derham arrived in Melbourne in 1856. Following the death of his first wife, Ada, he married Francis Dodd Swallow, the daughter of his business partner Thomas Swallow. He became the managing director of the company in 1888 and the sole…
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 21 years 2 months
Enlistment Details: Thursday, 30 March 1916 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 1884 view online service record
Address: 20 Nott Street Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin: George H Brookes (father) 20 Nott Street Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details: Date: Saturday, 20 May 1916 Ship:…
Place of Birth: London, England
Age: 26 years 7 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 18 September 1916 - Prahran, VIC
Service Number: 6998 view online service record
Address:
All Nations Hotel,
cnr Rouse and Nott Streets
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Anna Elliott (wife)
13 Rising Hill Street
Barnsbury, London, England
Embarkation Details:
Date: Thursday, 23 November 1916
Ship: HMAT Hororata A20
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion -…
Place of Birth: Melbourne, VIC
Age: 21 years 2 months
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 15 February 1916 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 244 view online service record
Address:
123 Nott Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Joseph Thomas Kearley (father)
123 Nott Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Thursday, 4 May 1916
Ship: HMAT Port Lincoln A17
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 15th Machine Gun Company - 2nd Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Sunday,…
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 27 years
Enlistment Details: Monday, 9 August 1915 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 3605 view online service record
Address:
c/o Jenkins, Nott Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
John Lawrence Murphy (father)
c/o Jenkins, Nott Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 5 January 1916
Ship: HMAT Afric A19
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion - 8th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Thursday, 8…