Special guest at our October meeting will be Ron Bedford, a volunteer with the Port Melbourne Football Club (PMFC).
Ron will tell us about the 150th anniversary of PMFC which was celebrated during 2024. At the recent PMFC Awards Night, Ron and fellow volunteer Jenny Tserkezidis were jointly presented the inaugural President's Award for exceptional service to the Port Melbourne…
by David Thompson
Thomas Griffin's grave at Lancefield Cemetery, 2024. Photograph by Daniel Brueckner.
On Sunday, 8 Nov 1953 Port Melbourne Mayor, Cr E J Purchase with Crs J P Crichton and T G Douglas accompanied by the Port Melbourne Municipal Band attended the grave of the late Cr Tom Griffin at Lancefield. [1] This had become an annual pilgrimage since…
by David Thompson
Cyril Letts Reserve, 2023. Photograph by David Thompson.
The triangle-shaped open space between Edwards Avenue and Howe Parade remained an unidentified reserve until the early 1980s when it was named in honour of former Port Melbourne Councillor and Mayor, Cyril Letts.
Record, 28 Sep 1968
Cyril was born in Wedderburn in October 1908 and came to Port Melbourne in…
by David Thompson
A L Nathan. The Record, 23 January 1923.
In December 1922, Alfred Lewis Nathan retired as publican of the London Hotel, Beach Street selling the hotel to Mrs Emily Elsie Cotter of the Wayside Inn, City Road, South Melbourne intending to take a trip to Europe in May the following year.[1]
A L Nathan had taken over the…
by Margaret Bride
Sangster Memorial. Photo: Janet Bolitho.
Sangster Reserve occupies the small triangular piece of land behind the Port Melbourne Bowling Club between Princes and Nott Streets. The area includes a children's playground and nearby there is an art deco style electrical substation. Just inside the Nott Street entrance is this monument commemorating the life of George Sangster, once a…
There is no need to go looking on any 21st Century map for Bain Street, Port Melbourne, you won't find it.
Bain Street was gazetted on 27 July 1898 and as you can see from the map from around the 1950s (below), it was west of Swallow Street and it wasn't quite 100 years old when it succumbed…
The Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation made history on the 28 July 2020 when, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we hosted our first meeting via Zoom.
Eight members spoke on the theme "I Wish I Had Been There ..."
Margaret Bride wishes she had there when Wilbraham Liardet had ridden up and down Bay Street proclaiming the separation of Victoria…
When the Housing Commission of Victoria built a new estate at Fishermans Bend, open space was a critical part of the health oriented design. Although the roads were named, the open space reserves were not named at the time.
Layout of the Housing Commission estate at Fishermans Bend State Library of Victoria
In the seventies, or thereabouts, the…
At our May meeting we'll hear from Andrew Calleja, co-coach of the inaugural Port Melbourne Football Club Women's Team.
Port Melbourne Football Club was founded in 1874 and in 2018 will field its first women's team in the South Eastern Women's Football League with the aim of obtaining a VFL license in the near future.
Andrew will go over the recent…
Port Melbourne are the 2017 VFL premiers after a nail biting Grand Final against Richmond at Etihad Stadium.
Port Melbourne supporters were outnumbered ten to one by Tigers but willed the Borough to victory.
The final score was Port Melbourne 74, Richmond 70.