PMH&PS wish all our members and friends a Merry Christmas and a hope you all have a fabulous 2019 and we'll see you at our January meeting.
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
November once again sees John May test our knowledge of all things trivial with his annual quiz. Remember, they're only hard questions if you don't know the answers!
PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month, bar December, in the Council Chamber at Port Melbourne Town Hall in Bay Street.
The War in Port Melbourne 1914 -1918
Janet Bolitho will present to the October meeting on the War in Port Melbourne 1914 - 1918. Drawing on photographs of familiar Port Melbourne places, she will reflect on some of the themes that have emerged from the research undertaken by several members of the Society, research which has given a much…
Elizabeth Hore from Friends of St Kilda Cemetery with be our guest for the September meeting. Elizabeth will be speaking on the Cultural Significance of Cemeteries to our Community, including a history of the growth of cemeteries from the churchyard to the public, their historical, social and architectural significance, examples of significant cemeteries in UK and Europe, and conclude with a…
Our Annual General Meeting will be held Monday 27 August 2018 at Port Melbourne Town Hall, 7.15pm for 7.30pm.
We will be celebrating our FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS with a video and exhibition launched by our Patron, Ms Liana Thompson.
Doors open 6.30pm for viewing the ground floor exhibition.
Following a brief business meeting, historian/author Assoc. Prof. John Lack will speak on Port in a…
The July meeting of the Society will be a members participation night. Three Society members who have very long family connections to Port Melbourne will present material about their family histories. After each short presentation the audience will have the opportunity to comment and contribute from their own family stories.
Glen Cosham, long time member of our Society, former President and…
Convict hulk 'Success' at Williamstown C. 1890-1900. Photographers Webb & Webb. Courtesy State Library of Victoria
Geoff Dougall and Alf Pelns will speak on the subject of prison hulks at our June meeting at Port Melbourne Town Hall.
Geoff Dougall
By the middle of the 19th century the exisiting prison facilities in Victoria were overcrowded so the Government turned to the use of…
At our May meeting we'll hear from Andrew Calleja, co-coach of the inaugural Port Melbourne Football Club Women's Team.
Port Melbourne Football Club was founded in 1874 and in 2018 will field its first women's team in the South Eastern Women's Football League with the aim of obtaining a VFL license in the near future.
Andrew will go over the recent…
John Briggs, Architect and Conservation Consultant, will be the guest speaker for our April meeting on the subject of Challenges and Issues of Heritage in 2018.
John has broad experience in all aspects of heritage architecture including historical research, preparation and production of conservation reports and conservation plans for projects at all scales, as well as the preparation and presentation of submissions…
Our guest speaker in March will be Jim Penaluna, "A Port Melbourne Boy".
Jim was born and bred in Port Melbourne. He worked and played sport in Port all his life. In his early years he lived in Clark Street close to the Graham Street Primary School then went to South Melbourne Technical School. He joined General Motors Holden’s as a apprentice…