Graham Street – Page 2 – Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

Meeting Monday 23 September @ 7.30pm

MeetingsSeptember 6, 2019

Port Melbourne Sports Clubs Port Melbourne has had and still has a proud history of hosting many different sporting clubs. On Monday 23rd September, we will hear about the history and the members’ commitment behind three of these clubs - the cricket, tennis and bowling clubs. Come along and hear Ron Stranks speak about the “1950 Graham Street Boys, The Great…

Tom Piper

Port Melbourne HistoryJanuary 19, 2017

Howard Gostelow recalls his time working at Tom Piper in Williamstown Road "I had been a screen printer in Melbourne for five years when a sales rep. friend of mine was informed that Tom Piper was looking at doing in-house printing rather than sending it out. I made an appointment, called in and was shown what they wanted to do and asked if it was…

Advertisements from the Port Melbourne 1939 Centenary

Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 24, 2016

The Greater Port Melbourne: Official Souvenir of the 1939 Port Melbourne Centenary Celebrations Committee booklet includes many advertisements from iconic Port Melbourne companies. Many more than I can feature here. A lot of the ads are just simple text but in others, the Art Deco style of the day with an emphasis on modern industry can be seen in the…

Well Represented at the Front

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 21, 2016

'Well Represented at Front.', Port Melbourne Standard 15 May 1915 Our First World War Centenary project has uncovered many incredible stories of Port men volunteering for active service such as this one from The Standard newspaper on 15 May 1915. The first part of the article talks about four cousins, all born in Port Melbourne, who were serving at the Front.…

Redevelopment sites in Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 24, 2015

Sandridge Motors, near the Graham Street overpass, is for sale by Exrpession of Interest. According to the board, the land is zoned General Residential with a maximum height limit of 18 metres (6 storeys). The Clare Castle Hotel on the other side of the overpass is also for sale. It too is on land zoned General Residential "offering excellent future development…

An Almost Forgotten Man

People, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 17, 2015

Margaret Bride writes: This is a story told to me by my Grandmother and also by my Mother. The period is some time in the ten years before the First World War, perhaps about 1910. Johnny was a young man with a moderate intellectual disability who lived with his mother in Port Melbourne, I think in Graham Street. Johnny was paid…

The Norman Family of Sandridge

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryJuly 24, 2015

The Norman family of Sandridge resulted from the Norwegian and Scottish union of Andrew Norman and Isabella McKenzie. Isabella McKenzie Isabella’s parents were Alexander McKenzie and Elizabeth Strahan (Stratton?). Having embarked from Greenock, Scotland on 4 June 1841, their ship, India, was attacked by pirates and rescued by HMS Acorn only to suffer a huge explosion of spirits below deck 14 days…

Bertie, Joseph (1073)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~BAugust 29, 2014

Place of Birth: Bendigo, VIC Age: 30 years 5 months Enlistment Details: Thursday, 1 July 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 1073 view online service record Address: 162 Station Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: E Bertie (mother) 162 Station Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 10 November 1915 Ship: HMAT Ascanius A11 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion Fate: RTA: Tuesday, 12 March 1918 Discharged: Friday, 28 June…

Morgan, Arthur (1776)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~MAugust 18, 2014

Place of Birth: Boort, VIC Age: 21 years 4 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 18 October 1915 - Adelaide, SA Service Number: 1776 view online service record Address: unknown Next of Kin: Barney Morgan (father) 265 Graham Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 11 January 1916 Ship: HMAT Borda A30 Port: Adelaide, SA Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion - 2nd Reinforcements Fate: KIA: Thursday, 8 August 1918 Place: France Awards: MM Brothers: Charles Henry…

Unhappy Ending

Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 17, 2014

Roland Thomas Rose c1925 Roland Thomas Rose, Licensed Grocer of 168 Ross Street, Port Melbourne, the proud owner of his 'company' car. In the mid 1930's, some ten years after this photograph was taken, Roland was tragically killed in a car accident on the corner of Ross and Graham Streets. The small boy standing on the running board is his son, Frank William (Bill), who was…

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