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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Growing up in Port Melbourne – Sport

Growing up in PortMay 29, 2024
Baseball: The club was formed in 1929, originally known as The Port Melbourne Baptist Baseball Club. It has been a constant competitor in the sport ever since. Tennis: This is also one of Port’s oldest sporting clubs formed in 1884. It has been in its present location since 1903. Ladies at Graham St Tennis Club, 1920s. PMHPS Collection. Cat…

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Tom Griffin

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 3, 2023
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…

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A Triumvirate of Test Cricketers by Terry Keenan

Free DownloadsOctober 17, 2023
Biographical details on Robert McLeod, Charles McLeod and James Kelly, three members produced by the PMCC who played for Australia. (PDF 1.4 MB) Compiled by Terry Keenan, President PMCC 1990-1993, to accompany a presentation to the Port Melbourne Cricket Club, 28 July 1993. With excerpts from Jack Pollard's Australian Cricket, The Game and the Players, Hodder and Stoughton 1982. Download…

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Field of Dreams – Hassa Mann

PresentationsApril 22, 2022
Hassa Mann, three-time premiership player with Melbourne Football Club was the guest speaker at our April 2022 meeting. Hassa, spoke on the topic of "Field of Dreams: A sporting odyssey". This talk was presented to the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society on 22 April 2022.

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Now and Then 2021 – Lagoon Reserve

Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 2, 2021
Lagoon Reserve is a popular place for dogs and their owners to meet up especially in the late afternoon. The reserve is lined on its eastern side by the Park Apartments and across Graham Street by the Portside Apartments. Both art deco inspired designs were developed by Becton Pty Ltd during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Lagoon Reserve (2021).…

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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.