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Henry Brouard Grut: The Brothers Grut: part 1

People, Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 23, 2017

Henry Brouard Grut Henry was the eldest surviving child of Peter and Elizabeth Grut née Bichard. He was born on the island of Guernsey in 1853. The family migrated to the colony of Victoria in 1855. The family lived and prospered in Port Melbourne for many years. Henry lived with his family in ‘Guernsey House’, 232 Esplanade East. Guernsey House courtesy of…

Allan Whittaker Commemoration 2017

People, Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 2, 2017

Allan Whittaker Commemoration 2017 Former Supreme Court judge Frank Vincent offered these reflections at the Allan Whittaker commemoration held on Princes Pier on Thursday 2 November. The gatehouse on Princes Pier has now been named the Allan Whittaker Gatehouse after sustained advocacy by the Whittaker Memorial Committee. Port Melbourne at that time was a very poor working class suburb. It was made…

The story behind Olive’s Corner

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryOctober 30, 2017

Olive's corner was officially so named on 7 December 2001 as a tribute to the life and values of Olive Zakharov - humanist and Federal Senator 1929 – 1995 Olive Zakharov was born at home in Kew on 19 March 1929. Olive was educated at Ruyton Girls' School, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Secondary College and R.M.I.T. Olive worked at Watsonia High School…

A corner shop

Places, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 14, 2017

116 Farrell Street, Port Melbourne 116 Farrell St, Port Melbourne The house on the corner north-west of Ross Street and Farrell Street was once occupied by a small shop and residence. Perhaps the light cream brick cladding on the building in 2016 could have been placed over the original weatherboard shop, or perhaps the shop was demolished and this small…

Telling more than the time

People, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 14, 2017

Margaret Bride writes of the stories locked up in this handsome clock on the wall of her dining room. I inherited this clock from my mother. It hangs on the wall of our dining room and is constantly referred to when we want to time ourselves. It is a source of pleasure to all our family but it is also…

Ship Visit

Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 7, 2017

The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) spent six days berthed at Station Pier from 28 August to 3 September. The 275m long ship occupied nearly the entire inner east berth. The ship had been on training exercises in the Indo-Pacific region to prepare for any contingency and 'enhance warfighting readinesss'. The visit to Australia included joint training exercises with…

Leonard Storey of ‘The Beach’

People, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 3, 2017

W.F.E. Liardet Surveyor Darke's camp, Sandridge State Library of Victoria Leonard Storey was an interesting character, not so much for what we know of his life, but for what we don’t know. This enlivens our imagination into contemplating just where he originally came from and where he disappeared to. His known history spans just four years, from 1837 to 1841. His…

An afternoon in the Park

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 27, 2017

Molly Lowrie, aged about 8 with her younger sisters Nancy, Betty, Patsy and Lorna in Crichton Reserve, Port Melbourne, 1929. My mother Molly Lowrie, aged about 8, with her younger sisters Nancy, Betty, Patsy and Lorna taken in the Crichton Reserve, opposite their home at Princes Street Port Melbourne, in 1929. While the two-storey Nott Street School building in the background…

Three Photos of Port Link Five Generations of my Family

Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 13, 2017

Whilst converting a terrace house in Bay Street to a photography studio in the 1970s, one of my memories of Port was the delicious smell of baking biscuits from the Swallows factory, not one you’d associate with an industrial area. Lydia, my paternal grandmother, had worked there back in the early 1900s. Swallow & Ariell Sign (detail). I took this photo for…

Mr Webster’s Brother

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJune 29, 2017

Mr Webster's Brother Margaret Bride writes Our house in Evans Street was built by John Webster in 1886. He and his wife Mary lived there until his death in 1916. John Webster was a carpenter, working on the docks and at sea. This is a photo of his younger brother whose name we do not know. He was a friend of Emily Lock’s…

Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians