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

AGM – Mon 22 August 2016, 7.00pm for 7.30pm

MeetingsJuly 25, 2016
The Flood of 1849, W F E Liardet (1875), watercolour, State Library of Victoria. The Guest Speaker is Associate Professor Don Garden OAM, President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHSV) and also President of the national umbrella group, the Federation of Australian Historical Societies FAHS. An author/historian with particular interest in the environment, he will speak on Melbourne Wetlands…

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Water according to Walter

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJune 28, 2013
George Samuel Walter Memorial Garden Picking up on last week's watery theme, this post turns to Councillor Walter's connection with metropolitan water supply. This week, price increases for water were approved by the Essential Services Commission. The increases were largely attributed to the desalination plant. The Argus of 28 March 1936 contains an article Story Behind the Tap: Our Water Supply cost millions…

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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.