Hospital ship, MS Oranje, at Port Melbourne, 1940s. Photograph by Roy Liebig. PMHPS Collection. This story was sparked by a couple of images in the PMHPS Collection taken by Roy Liebig in the 1940s. Both images appear later in this story so more … [Read more...]
WWII Air Raid Precautions
ARP Lapel Badge. PMHPS Collection. PMHPS has a small number ARP lapel badges in the collection (right). They serve as a reminder that while WWI was mostly fought in far-off Europe, during WWII there was a very real danger that air raids could … [Read more...]
Port Melbourne War Memorial
Sue Leong writes: This is the snap that I took of the war memorial on that wet and grey ANZAC centenary in 2015. (Not a great photo but I liked having the people in it to show how bleak a day it was!) Our PMHPS red and blue flowers can be seen. My … [Read more...]
Who Needs a Chair?
My cousin John Beaumont, sitting on the footpath in front of his home at 43 Bridge Street Port Melbourne around 1943. John’s father Freddie, after returning from war service in North Africa, was sent to Singapore, escaping from there when the city … [Read more...]
Meeting – Mon 27 June 2016, 7.30pm
Our special guest in June will be Barb Cullen, author of Harder Than Football - League Players at War, a comprehensive list of all players from the Victorian Football League who served their country in war. Barb has a long history of commitment to … [Read more...]
Meeting – Mon 27 July 2015, 7.30pm
The guest speaker at our July meeting, Laura James, will talk about Avenues of Honour. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber, Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall, 333 Bay St, Port … [Read more...]
‘A sodden expanse’ – Fishermans Bend
In the late 1930s Fishermans Bend was on the cusp of a major transformation to industrial development - a change that was anticipated with excitement and optimism. Charles Daley in The History of South Melbourne says: 'The once-despised Fishermen's … [Read more...]
Jack’s journeys
Journey no 2 Here is an account of some research member Jack Bolt recently completed. Jack says in summary: 'Read a book, find an item interesting, go to the book's references and web, do more personal research closer to home, find the some more … [Read more...]
