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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

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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AGM – Tuesday 25 August 2020

MeetingsJuly 31, 2020
The PMHPS AGM will be an online meeting starting at 7.30pm on Tuesday 25 August. You can register via the following link. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8s_cc5wgRKyyxi1cldJa3w  A brief meeting, including the election of the Executive and Office Bearers, will be followed with presentations by PMHPS Members “I was there when …” 

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I Wish I Had Been There

MeetingsJuly 23, 2020
Tuesday 28 July 2020 @ 7.30pm via Zoom Eight PMHPS members will describe the moment in the history of Port Melbourne they wish they had not missed, some are funny, some quirky and some are inspiring. The Society is making history by hosting our first Zoom meeting. Pre-register now at :- https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__KFTYBPET2iJBDLpzO3TZg

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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

MeetingsMarch 16, 2020
The Executive Committee of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society has decided that it is in everyone's best interests to cancel our March General Meeting which was to be held on Tuesday 24 March. In a letter to members dated 14 March, President Sue Leong stated that 'although we don't have 500 people at a meeting, we are aware…

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Meetings Cancelled

MeetingsMarch 2, 2020
With the Port Melbourne Town Hall closed due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, the Executive Committee of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society has cancelled the Society's monthly meetings until further notice. For up to date information on the Coronavirus please visit www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

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Meeting Tuesday 25 February @ 7.30pm

MeetingsFebruary 6, 2020
Aerial view of Catani Gardens, St Kilda. Photograph by David Brand. The guest speaker at our February meeting will be Cr David Brand who will take us on a slide tour through the Mediterranean sources of Carlo Catani’s landscapes, and chat about their significance to Melburians. Carlo Catani, Italian born Victorian Government engineer and landscape designer, did more than almost anyone else to…

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Meeting Tuesday 28 January @ 7.30pm

MeetingsJanuary 17, 2020
Our January meeting will be the first at our new regular meeting date of the fourth Tuesday each month (bar December). Come along and hear from fellow members about some of the items in the Society's collection. We meet in the Council Chamber, upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall, Bay Street. Please enter via Spring Street South and take…

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Meeting Monday 25 November @ 7.30pm

MeetingsOctober 29, 2019
As is tradition, our last general meeting of the year will be our annual trivia quiz. Professor May will test us on all manner of obscure things he has dreamt up over the past twelve months. We ask people to bring a small gift (no more than $5 worth) that we can use as prizes and that's not…

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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.