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Ellinis Mews

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryDecember 4, 2020
Pedestrian access to Ellinis Mews from Beacon Road, Photograph by David Thompson Ellinis Mews is a short residential street in Beacon Cove but I'm not sure where the connection with stables is other than in the developers' minds. To me it is a Court or what we would have called in Ireland a Close or, if we wanted to be…

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A Migrant Story

Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 4, 2016
Postcard showing the Johan van Oldenbarnevelt Station Pier and the ship Johan van Oldenbarnevelt have something in common.  Both were completed in 1930 and both often met during and after the Second World War. During the war, the JvO was used as a troop ship and ferried many Australian and American soldiers from their shores to and from England. It survived the…

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Jack’s journeys

Port Melbourne HistoryMay 15, 2013
Journey no 2 Here is an account of some research recently completed by member Jack Bolt. Jack says in summary: 'Read a book, find an item interesting, go to the book's references and web, do more personal research closer to home, find some more information/data, and inadvertently meet a PMHPS member who is part of the story. It only took about a week. …

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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.