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

A Builder’s Signature?

Decorative Eaves on Workers’ Cottages A constant delight of Port Melbourne is the avenues of workers cottages built during the real estate boom of the late Victorian era. Yet there is much more to these small wooden homes with their pretty iron lacework than first meets the eye. If you look up at the eaves between the main roof structure…

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Thaxter, Albert (1149)

Place of Birth: Redhill, Surrey, England Age: 33 years Enlistment Details: Saturday, 10 July 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 1149            view online service record Address: 214 Princes Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Ada Thaxter (wife) 7 Peckville Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 9 November 1915 Ship: HMAT Beltana A72 Port: Sydney, NSW Unit: 30th Infantry Battalion Fate: KIA: Sunday, 23 June 1918 Place: France Private, 30 Infantry, killed…

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