Ingles Street

The Barry family in Port Melbourne

People, Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 8, 2022

Helen Barry writes: My great grandfather, Robert Clarke Barry, first arrived in Sandridge in 1866 as a 17 year old seaman. Robert was born about 1849; the son of Henry Clarke Barry, a shipmaster and Johanna O’Connor, both from Ireland. His father worked the coastal areas of England. Robert was born at sea in England as the family had no…

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryJune 4, 2021

by David Radcliffe Ingles Street is parallel to, and a block south of, the northern boundary between Port Melbourne and South Melbourne. When gazetted in 1860, it only ran from the eastern boundary with Emerald Hill (South Melbourne), past the upper arm of the Sandridge Lagoon to Evans Street, just over the Melbourne and Hobson’s Bay Railway. Pickles and Boundary…

What’s in a name? Quinn St, Quinn Ave, or Quinn Rd?

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryApril 4, 2019

As was the custom of the time, many streets in Port Melbourne were named after prominent citizens, including mayors and councillors. In this tradition you will discover a small roadway, Quinn Road, tucked away in a new housing development, 164 Ingles Street, at the northern boundary of the borough. Other names of roadways amongst this cluster of townhouses include; Velvet,…

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…

The Block and Fishermans Bend

Planning & PreservationSeptember 9, 2016

At a sneak preview of The Block apartments on 7 September, Port Phillip Mayor, Councillor Bernadene Voss, spoke of the Council's vision for Fishermans Bend. It was welcome to hear her comments on the importance of Port Melbourne's history and heritage to that vision. "Welcome to Port Phillip Council’s celebration of Fishermans Bend’s ‘new kid on the block’. The transformation of a boarded-up former…

Positive News For Heritage Building in Ingles St

Planning & PreservationApril 23, 2016

The fine 1925 administrative headquarters of J Kitchen & Sons in Ingles have been deteriorating over many years - boarded up and defaced with graffiti. distressed condition of the former J Kitchen & Son administrative headquarters in Ingles St A proposal for a primary school did not eventuate at this location. In good news for the building, on Tuesday 19 April the Port Phillip…

Miss Jago’s Corner Shop

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryApril 1, 2016

Annetta (Joy) Phillips writes about the former shop on the corner of Heath and Ingles Streets: Irene ('Rene') was the elder of two Jago sisters. In 1937 she opened a grocery and bakery shop at 101 Ingles Street. Irene Jago outside the shop, corner Ingles and Heath Sts Rene was in charge of the shop and her sister Bette worked with her. They lived behind…

Barry’s Ideal Dairy

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 6, 2015

Helen Barry writes: "My father’s family dairy was at 68 Ingles Street, Port Melbourne from about 1931 to 1972. The property consisted of a two-storey dwelling with a milk bar in the front where Dad’s mother Nellie Barry and sister Bernice sold milk into jugs customers brought with them. The dairy was at the rear of the long lane that separates…

Cullis, Gibbs William (21688)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~CAugust 28, 2014

Place of Birth: Warragul, VIC Age: 27 years Enlistment Details: Monday, 25 June 1917 - Malvern, VIC Service Number: 21688 view online service record Address: 68 Ingles Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Ellen Cullis (mother) 68 Ingles Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 17 July 1918 Ship: HMAT Borda A30 Port: Sydney, NSW Unit: Army Medical Corps - General Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Tuesday, 22 July 1919 Discharged: Wednesday, 17…

More Tales from the Bend

Port Melbourne HistoryDecember 5, 2013

showing the location of the abattoir Whenever PMHPS speaks with people who grew up in Port, tales from the Bend emerge. It seems that the Bend offered the best kind of adventures a boy could have. (Girls seldom went down there). Boys roamed about in a way that would not be permitted in our safety preoccupied times. Many of these stories start…

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