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Meeting – Mon 22 June 2015, 7.30pm

The PMH&PS Pop-Up Museum will be reprised at our June meeting. Every member should be able to bring something. All you need to do is look through your house and choose some item that you are able to bring to the meeting and place on display for the duration of the meeting. The item should have a connection to the history of…

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Meeting – Mon 25 May 2015, 7.30pm

Gary Brice during his playing days with Port Our special guest will be Gary Brice from the Port Melbourne Football Club Past Players and Officials Association.  Gary is a legend of PMFC and was selected as a player and coach for the Club's Team of the Century. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber,  Upstairs at…

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Meeting – Mon 23 March 2015, 7.30pm

Did someone from your Port Melbourne family serve during WWI? PMHPS are currently undertaking the Port Melbourne First World War Centenary project which aims to list volunteers from Port who enlisted for active service and tell some of the stories of the Home Front in Port during the war. At our March meeting, David Thompson will present an overview of the project and show how…

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Meeting – Mon 23 Feb 2015, 7.30pm

  Our special guest at the February meeting will be noted writer and historian Dr Gary Presland. Amongst other works, Gary wrote A Place for a Village which looks at the history of Melbourne from the point of view of nature and considers the ways that urban development has been influenced by the nature of local environments and won the 2009 Victorian Community History…

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Meeting – Mon 26 Jan 2015, 7.30pm

Our January 2015 meeting falls on Australia Day and we'll feature gems from the archives as selected by a few volunteers. Suzy Milburn, who spent much of 2014 cataloguing material from the J Kitchen and Son collection, will show some of her favourite items. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber,  Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town…

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Meeting – Mon 24 Nov 2014, 7.30pm

It's November and that means our annual trivia quiz with Professor John May.  We'll keep the formal part of the meeting brief and get onto the fun as soon as we can. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall Bay Street

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Meeting – Mon 27 Oct 2014, 7.30pm

Meet the team that produced 'Postcards from Port', our new DVD.  Presented as a series of separate stories, 'Postcards' will be launched 23 October at the Heritage Centre on Emerald Hill then will be available there for viewing.  It will also screen at the Emerald Hill Festival on 9 November. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December …

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Meeting – Mon 22 Sep 2014, 7.30pm

Our guest,  Kevin Mooney will talk about his  role as a founder of the Bradman Foundation and his relationship with Sir Donald Bradman.  He will also be discussing the lessons we can learn from establishing such an enterprise and the great qualities of Sir Donald. PMHPS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber …

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AGM – Mon 25 Aug 2014, 7.30pm

The Annual General Meeting of the PortMelbourne Historical and Preservation Society will be held on Monday 25th August 2014 in the Council Chamber at Port Melbourne Town Hall. Guest speaker will be journalist/author Russell Robinson whose latest book, Khaki Crims and Desperadoes, traces the criminal and military records of some Australian offenders who served in World War I, including some well known gangsters of the time.…

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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.