Meetings – Page 2 – Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

MeetingsNovember 29, 2023

Well, the programme of monthly meetings has concluded for the year 2023 with the only remaining events, the Artisan Christmas Market in Bay Street on Saturday 2 December (11am - 4pm) and our Picnic in the Park at Edwards Park on Sunday 10 December (12pm - 3pm), weather permitting. BYO EVERYTHING! We wish all our members, supporters and guests a…

Meeting – Tue 28 Nov @ 7.30pm

MeetingsOctober 25, 2023

John May will put us through our paces at our annual Trivial Quiz. Remember! The questions are only hard if you don't know the answer. That being said, Johnny has assured us he has made the questions easier this year. He's been very disappointed with the team scores in recent years. Seriously though, it is a lot of fun and…

Meeting 24 October @ 7.30pm

MeetingsSeptember 28, 2023

Janet Bolitho and Margaret Bride will present "Port Melbourne Characters: Decade by Decade". The meeting will be held in person upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall and online via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86966645825?pwd=c1d2dDllRWV6bHBJeTBydjcvQjRFdz09.

Meeting – 26 Sep 2023 @ 7.30pm

MeetingsAugust 30, 2023

Our September meeting will be another of our 'From the Archives' evenings where a few volunteers will present their favourite items from the Society's Collection. We will meet in-person in the Council Chamber upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall or via Zoom using the following link. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86966645825?pwd=c1d2dDllRWV6bHBJeTBydjcvQjRFdz09.

AGM – 22 Aug 2023 @ 7.30pm

MeetingsJuly 28, 2023

Our 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held on 22 August commencing at 7.30pm. To give a sense of occasion we invite members to wear some of 'the red & the blue '. Our guest speaker will be Phillip Cohen who will speak on the subject of "From Liardet to Winteringham - Frames of Reference". Phillip worked on the Liardet Memorial project…

Meeting 25 July 2023 at 7.30pm

MeetingsJuly 1, 2023

PMHPS member, Peter Quinlivian, will speak on the subject of 'Alfred Graving Dock in Williamstown'. The meeting will be held upstairs at the Port Melbourne Town Hall (access via stairs or lift) and online, via Zoom using the following link. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86966645825?pwd=c1d2dDllRWV6bHBJeTBydjcvQjRFdz09

Meeting 27 June 2023 at 7.30pm

MeetingsMay 28, 2023

Dr Norm Darwin, President of the President of Automotive Historians Australia will be guest speaker at our June meeting commencing at 7.30pm on 27 June. Dr Darwin will talk on the "Automotive History of Fishermans Bend". Standard Motors, Bertie St, 1952. RMIT University Design Archives Biography In 1969 Norm began working at GM-Holden Engineering, progressing to become the company’s Sourcing Co-ordinator…

Meeting 23 May @ 7.30pm

MeetingsApril 28, 2023

Between the Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay is where the story of Melbourne began. Our first Port. The first point of contact for our city’s first arrivals. A place of sailors and labourers, industry and innovation. And now, the site of Melbourne’s first innovation hub. At the heart of this multi-purpose precinct stands a new purpose-built, multi-level, vertical campus.…

ANZAC Day 2023

MeetingsMarch 31, 2023

ANZAC Day Port Melbourne, 2021 As the fourth Tuesday of April this year coincides with ANZAC Day the Society will not be holding a meeting that evening. Instead we encourage everybody to attend the ANZAC Day Commemoration at the Port Melbourne War Memorial in Beach Street. Sue Leong and John May will lay a wreath on behalf of the Society. The…

Meeting 28 March 2023 @ 7.30pm

MeetingsMarch 1, 2023

We pleased to have one of our own as guest speaker for the Society's March meeting. Ben Piper's talk will be titled "A History of the SouthPort Community Legal Service, 1987 - 2016" Ben has provided a teaser for his talk including this intriguing photo. [That's Ben standing on the left] For the last 35 years the residents of Port…

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