Port Melbourne History – Page 14 – Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

Malcolm Moore and Albert Longoni – David Radcliffe

People, Port Melbourne History, PresentationsOctober 27, 2020

David Radcliffe presents the two engineers behind the success of Malcom Moore Pty Ltd, Malcolm Moore and Albert Longoni. This talk was presented to the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society on 27 October 2020.

John Turnbull and the Auld Reekie Hotel

People, Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 23, 2020

by Ray Jelley As we have seen from previous articles about the history of Port Melbourne the many wooden cottages and their closeness to each other made them susceptible to fire spreading from one building to those adjoining it, should a fire break out in one. The lack of a reliable high-pressure water supply and the relative crudeness of firefighting…

Percy Allan May

People, Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 9, 2020

In the Society's April 2020 Newsletter, David Thompson relayed the story of the discovery that P A May of 137 Esplanade West, Port Melbourne appears in the Register of Entrants for the 1946 Easter Carnival at Stawell. The large registers are held at the Stawell Gift Hall of Fame and it was Wendy Hopwood from the Hall of Fame…

Aircraft of Fishermans Bend

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 2, 2020

At the bottom end of Lorimer Street in the shadows of the Westgate Bridge there is a series of streets that reflect one the key industries that has occupied the area since the mid 1930s. Although now part of the City of Melbourne, these streets are named after aircraft associated with the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation and Government Aircraft Factories on Fishermans Bend and are…

Malcolm Moore and Albert Longoni

People, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 25, 2020

by David Radcliffe Over the past four years, the article on Malcolm Moore Pty Ltd has elicited many reminiscences from people with personal or family ties to this former Port Melbourne based engineering company. The numerous fond memories suggest it was a great place to work, one that fostered loyal employees. Most of these responses are based on experiences from the 1960s…

Marshall & Co, Boot Manufacturers

Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 18, 2020

At about half past 6 o'clock yesterday evening a fire broke out in Marshall's Boot Factory, in Nott Street, Port Melbourne, and in less than two hours, destroyed the whole of the building and a large quantity of stock, the whole valued about £10,000. The Argus, 18 September 1901 Readers of The Argus on the morning of 18 September 1901 were…

Bain Street

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 4, 2020

There is no need to go looking on any 21st Century map for Bain Street, Port Melbourne, you won't find it. Bain Street was gazetted on 27 July 1898 and as you can see from the map from around the 1950s (below), it was west of Swallow Street and it wasn't quite 100 years old when it succumbed…

I Was There When …

Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 30, 2020

At the 2020 Annual General Meeting of PMHPS three members, Liana Thompson, Suzy Milburn and Greg Hansen presented their memories of Port Melbourne anchored around the statement 'I was there when ...'. Liana spoke of the time when Council was sacked and the City of Port Melbourne was amalgamated with the Cities of South Melbourne and St Kilda to form…

Peace at last

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 28, 2020

Rosie Bray (Thrupp) wrote this piece on 15th August 2020. Yes, August 15th 1945 was Victory in the Pacific day, and I remember it well. It meant Peace at last, and we all let out a sigh of relief when we heard Prime Minister Ben Chifley officially announce that Japan had at last surrendered. The news was not unexpected as…

I Was There …

Port Melbourne History, PresentationsAugust 25, 2020

Following the success of the Society's first zoom meeting with presentations on the theme of "I Wish I had Been There" the following presentations on the theme of "I Was There when ..." were made to the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society during the Society's Annual General Meeting on 25 August 2020. Liana Thompson - I was there when…

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