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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Meeting – Tuesday 25 May 2021 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsMay 6, 2021
In May we will again meet in the auditorium at Port Melbourne Town Hall. The guest speaker will be Dr Jackie Watts OAM, Chair, Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network and board member, Off-shore and Specialist Ships Australia. Jackie will speak to us on the topic of The Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network : All boats float on a rising tide. A…

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Meeting – Tuesday 27 April 2021 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsMarch 31, 2021
Starfish Image by Bill Boyle Tim Allen will be our special guest at our April meeting. Tim will speak to us on the topic of What lies beneath? A potted history of Port Phillip Bay. We all know Port Phillip Bay – or we think we do. It’s the beach on our back doorstep and our outdoor playground.…

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Meeting – Tuesday 23 March 2021 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsMarch 1, 2021
Our March meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 23 March. PMHPS member, Ben Piper will talk on the topic of 'Brushes with Fate, and with Port Melbourne', the story of how Ben came to live in Port Melbourne, told through a lens of world, Australian and Port Melbourne history, with occasional lashings of nostalgia. Replay meeting at…

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Meeting – Tuesday 23 February 2021 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsFebruary 3, 2021
From the archives. Our February meeting will be another of our regular looks at some of the wonderful items in the Society's collection. The meeting will be held in the auditorium at Port Melbourne Town Hall in order for us to follow COVID protocols. No supper will be provided but members can bring their own sustenance if they wish. Please…

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Meeting – Tuesday 26 January 2021 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsJanuary 19, 2021
Our first meeting of 2021 and our first in-person meeting in quite some time will be our Trivia Night with John May which has been rescheduled from November last year. We will be in the auditorium at Port Melbourne Town Hall to allow for social distancing and to further meet COVID protocols supper will not be served. To assist with…

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Meeting – Tuesday 24 November 2020 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsNovember 2, 2020
Luke Savage, Honorary School Archivist at Melbourne High School will be our November guest. You can view Luke's talk here. In A Broad Path - Melbourne High School and the beginning of state secondary education, Luke will talk about the origin of the school and state secondary education which both began in 1905 with the opening of the Melbourne Continuation…

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Meeting – Tuesday 27 October 2020 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsSeptember 25, 2020
Malcolm Moore and Albert Longoni Crane slewing ring and undercarriage designed by Albert Longoni and manufactured by Malcolm Moore, 1928 Many locals have memories of the former engineering company, Malcolm Moore. For sixty years from 1927 their factory was a prominent feature on Williamstown Rd, on the present site of Bunnings. The foundations for the long term success of the company…

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Meeting – Tuesday 22 September 2020 @ 7.30PM

MeetingsSeptember 9, 2020
Libby O'Farrell. Photograph by Sarah Matray (News Corp) If you missed Libby's talk on the night, you can view it here. We are thrilled to confirm that Libby O'Farrell will be the guest speaker at our September meeting via Zoom. In July 2103 Libby O’Farrell became the 100th Australian and 25th Australian woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Libby will share with…

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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.