PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December
in the Council Chamber
Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall
Bay Street
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
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
Come along to the PMHPS Pop-Up Museum at the Town Hall.
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…
Aerial view of Garden City from "Melbourne - Plan for General Development", Report of the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, 1929
Steve Tserkezidis will present some stunning material from the PROV archives on housing developments in and around Port Melbourne.
Steve has spent some years in the archives researching not only the 'Bank Houses' of Garden City, but also of Montague, plus other…