Nott Street School Honour Roll

Mrs E A Collins, OBE

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryNovember 30, 2019

Calling card of Mrs Elizabeth Ann Collins, OBE of 74 Nott St, Port Melbourne. PMHPS Collection. A jewell amongst the scraps of paper found when the Nott Street School "Old Boys" Memorial was moved from the school to the Port Melbourne Town Hall was a visiting card belonging to Mrs E A Collins, OBE. Mrs Elizabeth Ann Collins was appointed as an Officer…

A Poignant Note

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryNovember 30, 2019

Amongst the many papers found in the recess of the Nott Street School "Old Boys" Memorial is one very poignant note. While all the papers bar one bear the name or names of Nott Street "Old Boys" who enlisted and some include a date of birth, the unit they served in or their residence in Port. Many note that the soldier…

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryNovember 11, 2019

Nott Street School Roll of Honour. PMHPS Collection. For the best part of 75 years the Nott Street WWI Roll of Honour rested securely in a recess in the “Old Boys” memorial at the school. When the school closed in 1993 the memorial was moved to the foyer of the Port Melbourne Town Hall in Bay Street and the roll, along…

1919 Anzac Remembrance Day Appeal Sticker

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryApril 25, 2019

1919 Anzac Day Appeal Sticker. PMHPS Collection This sticker from the 1919 Anzac Remembrance Day Appeal in aid of the Memorial Building for Returned Sailors and Soldiers has survived for 100 years because it was used to secure the separate pages of the Nott Street School 'foolscap list' of "Old Boys" who enlisted for the First World War.

Nott Street School Honour Roll – Foolscap List

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryApril 25, 2019

Amongst the items discovered in the recess within the Nott Street School “Old Boys” Memorial were two lists of names on loose leaf paper. The first we dubbed the ‘pin list’ because the pages were held together by a small pin. The second list we have called the ‘foolscap list’ since it was written on foolscap sized paper. Specifically the list…

Nott Street School Honour Roll – Pin List

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryApril 25, 2018

Amongst the items discovered in the recess within the Nott Street School “Old Boys” Memorial were two lists of names on loose leaf paper. The first we dubbed the ‘pin list’ because the pages were held together by a small pin. You can see the pin holes in the top left corner of this image. The second list we have called…

Fundraising Bazaar – 9 June 1917

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryJune 9, 2017

Among the papers found with the Honour Roll in the recess in the Nott Street School “Old Boys” Memorial were a few copies of a letter distributed by Mr A Richards (Head Teacher) and Cr J P Crichton (Chairman of the School Committee). Letter, dated 15 May 1917, distributed by Mr A Richards and Cr J P Crichton asking for gifts…

Nott Street School Honour Roll – Temporary

Home Front StoriesApril 25, 2017

When the Nott Street School “Old Boys” Memorial was moved to the Town Hall after the school closed in 1993 an exercise book covered in brown paper was found in the recess within the memorial along with a number of other books and papers. Written on the cover was “Nott Street Old Boys – Temporary Honor [sic] Roll” Cover of the…

Nott Street School “Old Boys”

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryJuly 31, 2015

The Port Melbourne Standard newspaper of 31 July 1915 carried a story that the State Minister for Education had requested schools compile and display a Roll of Honour of all “old boys” who had enlisted.1 The article continues with a request for parents or other relatives to provide the headmasters of Port Melbourne schools with the details of soldiers who had…

Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians