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Ada Polson

People, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 7, 2025
Margaret Bride writes about her mother, Ada Florence Bellion, born in Port Melbourne in 1891. A very early photograph of Ada, aged about 3, shows a sturdy child with a mass of curls. Her deep auburn coloured hair led to her nick-name of Bluey when she was a young woman. Ada, circa 1894 My Mother, Ada Florence Bellion, was born in…

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Meeting – 25 Mar 2025 @ 7.30pm

MeetingsMarch 2, 2025
PMHPS member, Mike Gahan, will take us on “A ramble through the life and times of an aviation consultant ending up in Port”.   We will meet in-person in the Council Chamber upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall or via Zoom using the following link. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86966645825?pwd=c1d2dDllRWV6bHBJeTBydjcvQjRFdz09. If you experience difficulty logging into the meeting please try: Meeting id  869 6664 5825…

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Meet the Borowski Family

People, Port Melbourne HistoryFebruary 21, 2025
by David F Radcliffe When writing Changing Fortunes in 2020, I could not find any photographs of the many people and families featured in the book. Through writing their stories, I came to know them, even though I had never ‘seen’ them. Just before Christmas 2024, Rudolph and Mary Borowski, who lived at 47 Spring Street East for nearly fifty years, suddenly…

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Mitchell Crescent

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryFebruary 7, 2025
by David Thompson Mitchell Crescent is a private street that runs through the public housing estate between Nott Street and Bay Street curving towards Rouse Street at the back of the Exchange Hotel. The large block on the western side of Bay Street between Rouse Street and the beach served as the cable tram depot from 1890 until the tramway…

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Meeting – 25 Feb 2025 @ 7.30pm

MeetingsFebruary 2, 2025
At our February meeting we're pleased to present the official launch of the film An Ordinary Life. The story of Allan Whittaker.  Janet Bolitho will introduce the film which is dedicated to Perce White and all those who have sought to keep Allan Whittaker's memory alive. The film includes interviews with Margaret Bride, former Supreme Court judge Frank Vincent and historian…

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Matchbooks, Boxes and Covers

Collection, Port Melbourne HistoryJanuary 24, 2025
by David Thompson Item 2903 in the PMHPS Collection is a matchbox cover from around 1938 advertising the Freemason's Tavern. Freemason's Tavern matchbox cover, c 1938. PMHPS Collection Cat No 2903. Promotional matchbooks, matchboxes and matchbox covers* have gone out of fashion with less people smoking and the ban on smoking in public places in recent years plus the convenience of…

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Meeting – 28 Jan 2025 @ 7.30pm

MeetingsJanuary 20, 2025
Our first meeting for 2025 will be another of our regular 'From the Archives' evenings where volunteers will present items from the Society's Collection. We will meet in-person in the Council Chamber upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall or via Zoom using the following link. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86966645825?pwd=c1d2dDllRWV6bHBJeTBydjcvQjRFdz09. If you experience trouble logging into the meeting please try: Meeting id  869 6664 5825…

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Johnston Street

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryDecember 6, 2024
by David F. Radcliffe Johnston Street runs from Graham Street to Beaconsfield Parade, one block back from Pickles Street. It was gazetted in 1865 along with many other streets on the eastern side of Sandridge Lagoon: Rouse Street East, Graham Street East, Liardet Street East, Esplanade East and Pickles Street. This was before any bridges crossed this dominant water feature.…

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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.