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

Town Pier

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryMarch 18, 2022
by Margaret Bride Jetty at Sandridge, State Library of Victoria For over 100 years Town Pier jutted out to sea from the end of Bay Street an extension of the route from the city of Melbourne to the ships in Port Phillip Bay. This was the site of the first small jetty built by the Liardet family soon after they built…

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Meeting – Mon 28 March 2016, 7.30pm

MeetingsFebruary 22, 2016
Peter Fisher will be our special guest at the March meeting.  Peter has stories to tell us about Sandridge conflicts such as the ‘white-hot competition’ between Town and Railway Piers and the community’s problem with the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway. PMH&PS meet on the fourth Monday of each month except December in the Council Chamber, Upstairs at Port Melbourne Town Hall, 333 Bay St,…

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Captain C R Derrick - Port Melbourne Standard, 3 April 1915

Derrick, Cecil Reginald (Captain)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~DAugust 27, 2014
Place of Birth: unknown Age: 35 years 11 months Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 24 March 1915 Service Number: Captain            view online service record Address: Town Pier Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: T C Derrick (brother) 35 Power Street Hawthorn, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Monday, 10 May 1915 Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion Fate: DOW: Monday, 20 September 1915 Place: Gallipoli Major, 22 Infantry, died of wounds, 20 September,…

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A Kerosene Ship in Flames

Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 3, 2014
The Hilaria, a 1,500 ton ship from New York caught fire at Town Pier on the morning of the 7th July 1895. Earlier it had been ordered to an outer anchorage away from the pier as its manifest included a case of detonators as well as the usual general cargo including kerosene, rosin and other flammable materials.  The Captain had no knowledge of…

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The Great White Fleet and Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 28, 2013
President Theodore Roosevelt commissioned 16 new battleships between 1904 and 1907. He sent them on a 15 month goodwill visit around the world. Prime Minister Deakin invited them to visit Australia. The young Australia was feeling exposed following the defeat of the Russian Navy by Japan in 1905. The British Navy had withdrawn its warships from the Pacific. The visit…

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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.