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…
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

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 …
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 …
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.…

Dr Robyn Clinch will be guest speaker at our July meeting. Her topic, "The places we keep -- are we there yet?".
PMHPS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall Bay Street
The 1923 Police Strike will be the subject of Ralph Stavely's presentation at our next meeting on Monday, June 23rd at 7.30 pm.
PMHPS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall Bay Street

PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December
in the Council Chamber
Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall
Bay Street

Lambis Englezos (right) at Fromelles in 2009. Private Collection
On 19 July 1916 during World War I at Fromelles, a small village in France, many Australian and British allied troops perished; the bodies of many were never recovered. In 2009, thanks to the research of Lambis Englezos AM the remains of 250 soldiers who fell at Fromelles were eventually recovered.
Lambis Englezos…
Headline from advertisement for Nicholas' "Aspro" Tablets, The Argus, 30 Jan 1919
Claire Johnston will talk about The Effect of Spanish Flu on Australia and Port Melbourne
Monday 24 March 2014, 7.30pm
Council Chamber
Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall
Bay Street