Allan Whittaker Commemoration 2017
Former Supreme Court judge Frank Vincent offered these reflections at the Allan Whittaker commemoration held on Princes Pier on Thursday 2 November. The gatehouse on Princes Pier has now been named the Allan Whittaker Gatehouse after sustained advocacy by the Whittaker Memorial Committee.
Port Melbourne at that time was a very poor working class suburb. It was made…
Frank Vincent
Port in the twenties - a difficult, suffering place
Former Supreme Court Judge Frank Vincent spoke about Whittaker in the Port Melbourne and wider social and political context of the late 1920s. Here is a transcript of his speech:
"Port Melbourne in the twenties was a place of considerable poverty. It was a place where men were engaged in what…