St Josephs Primary School – Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

Growing up in Port Melbourne – Schooling

Growing up in PortMay 29, 2024

Although the majority of students did not go to a secondary school the concept of universal secondary education began to be considered. Gradually over the years 1920-1940 the number of students going to a secondary school increased but it was still only a minority until after World War 2. The secondary schools attended by Port Melbourne pupils were usually one…

Back-to-Port Melbourne Celebrations 1932

Port Melbourne HistoryMay 5, 2023

by David Thompson After months of meetings, planning and a rearrangement of dates and events, April 30, 1932 marked the first day of the Back-to-Port Melbourne festivities. The Age that morning promoted the event with the inclusion of an illustration of the tent used by the Holy Trinity church in 1853 under the heading Glimpses of Old Melbourne.[1] Glimpses of Old Melbourne,…

School Sports & Physical Training Display – 7 December 1918

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryDecember 7, 2018

Just because the war had ended didn't mean that the work of the local patriotic organisations was finished. In all probability, preparations for the Combined Schools Sports and Demonstration advertised in the Port Melbourne Standard newspaper on 30 November 1918 would have been well advanced before the Armistice was signed but even so there was good reason to hold the event…

More Fishermans Bend Migrant Hostel Memories

Port Melbourne HistoryJune 22, 2017

This week's story comes to the PMHPS from Bill Hankin: Fishermans Bend Migrant Hostel. Entry in Hall St off Lorimer St. courtesy of Allan Marshall "I arrived at Fisherman’s Bend hostel in November 1952 aged 5 with my parents Cliff and Josy Hankin and my younger brother, John. We came to Australia on the New Australia from Southampton with stops at Suez,…

My Life in Port

Port Melbourne HistorySeptember 1, 2016

Ted Raven with a model Swallow & Ariell's Uneeda Biscuits van. PMHPS Collection (Cat No 2436.03). As a member of the PMHPS I would like to say I'm 91 years young. Home birth was very common in 1924 when I was born at 36 Princes Street, Port Melbourne. I lived in this house for 22 years until I got married in July…

St Joseph’s Catholic Church

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 11, 2016

St Joseph's Church, Port Melbourne This small bluestone church was built in 1881. It was an important part of our family life for many years. My parents Robert Kilpatrick and Bette Jago were married there in 1943, during World War 2. The photo shows my father wearing his R.A.A.F. uniform and my mother wearing the suit made by her aunt from material…

Anzac Day in Port Melbourne 2015

Port Melbourne HistoryApril 23, 2015

A wet Anzac Day in 2015 Anzac Day 2015 On Saturday 25 April, people gathered at the World War 1 Memorial Fountain in Port Melbourne to commemorate Anzac Day. The tradition has been upheld in Port for many, many years though the form it has taken has changed over time. The scene below is at once familiar and unfamiliar to current Port eyes. Anzac Day…

Edwards, John Andrew (1334)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~EAugust 26, 2014

Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 23 years 4 months Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 29 September 1914 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 1334 view online service record Address: 38 Studley Street Abbotsford, VIC Next of Kin: Mary Ann Edwards (mother) 38 Studley Street Abbotsford, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Monday, 1 February 1915 Ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray A46 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion - 2nd Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Monday, 5 July…

Elliott, William Henry (2257)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~EAugust 26, 2014

Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 25 years 10 months Enlistment Details: Thursday, 13 May 1915 - Broadmeadows, VIC Service Number: 2257 view online service record Address: 5 Anderson Street Clifton Hill, VIC Next of Kin: Catherine O'Donnell (sister) 5 Anderson Street Clifton Hill, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Thursday, 17 June 1915 Ship: HMAT Wandilla A62 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion - 6th Reinforcements Fate: KIA: Sunday, 8 August…

Freame, Edmund (1342) aka Tom

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~FAugust 25, 2014

Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 21 years 10 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 26 October 1914 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 1342 view online service record Address: 233 Rouse Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Edmund Freame (father) 233 Rouse Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 2 February 1915 Ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray A46 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion - 2nd Reinforcements Fate: KIA: Thursday, 20…

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