by David F Radcliffe
In her 2014 article on McCormack St, Robyn Clinch sketched the life of publican Thomas McCormack, after whom the street was named. The McCormack family lived on the southern part of this slender street between Bridge Street and Esplanade East. McCormack Street also extends northward from Bridge Street to Spring Street East. Each part has a distinct…
In April 2013, John Gilchrist walked the places where he grew up. The walk triggered these memories:
John's family came to live in Port Melbourne from Warburton following the devastating Black Friday bushfires of January 1939.
His father was a forester, but it was his mother who brought up the three boys - first from a small house on the south eastern corner of Bridge St…