The Mathews family have been in continuous ownership of 395 Howe Parade (was 8 Howe Parade until 1964 when addresses re-assigned), Port Melbourne from 1938 to the present (Sept 2019)Six folders of assorted documents relating to the life of Alan Mathews and his family. Employment documents. Alan commenced work with CAC Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation on 27/4/1953. Card: Commonwealth Aircraft Corp P/L Car park - airfield..industry, transport - aviation and aerodrome, alan mathews, commonwealth aircraft corporation, cac

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980's. "Pursuit" newsletter June 1982transport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Clipping photo of Major Shaw, of Shaw Ross Aviation, regarding his record flight Melbourne to Sydney in 9 hours and 2 minutes. 1920stransport - aviation and aerodrome, major shaw

Flight ticket with Shaw Ross Aviation. Issued to Mr S.J Hipper 1923transport - aviation and aerodrome, s j hipper, shaw ross aviation

CRB Map outlining road plans for Fishermens Bend and including the site of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Aerodrome, General Holdens and C.S.R.I., 1946transport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, fishermans bend

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980s. Wamira Newslettertransport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980's. Wamira Newslettertransport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980's. "Pursuit" December 1981transport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980s. Report to employees 1981transport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980s. Report to employees 1983transport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980s. Report to employees 1980transport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980s. "Hornet" report December 1984transport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980's. "Pursuit" newsletter October 1982transport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980's. "Pursuit" newsletter March 1983transport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980s. Report on CAC Aircraft Division. Corporate informationtransport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Reports, newsletters etc from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1980's. Australian Aircraft Consortium Newsletter July 1983transport - aviation and aerodrome, industry - manufacturing, ian grundy

Wrtiten by aviation author Des Martin in conjunction with Carey's daughter Bertha Carey Harvey, and edited and produced by Bertha's daughter Edith Harvey Martin (no relation to Des). Launched in front of Carey's plane at Point Cook Aviation Museum, Nov 2004.First edition by Des Martin and Bertha Carey. Nov 2004 - blue with blue dust cover 128ppSigned by editor Edith Martintransport - aviation and aerodrome, r graham carey, bertha gladys carey, edith martin, des martin

The donor worked at the GAF for 30+ years, where he was a draftsman. When the factory closed he was given numerous artefacts including photos, many of which were scanned into the CD that he donated to the society.CD containing 24 directories of photos from the Government Aircraft Factory in Lorimer Street. Topics covered include aircraft, manufacturing process, the factory and special events; period covers 1940s to 1960s. CD also has an incomplete photo directory in Excel.GAF PHOTOGRAPHS R. NASH 19 MAY 06armed services - air force, transport - aviation and aerodrome, built environment - industrial, fishermans bend, robert nash, government aircraft factory, gaf

This Nomad, produced at the GAF, was the last official plane off the Fishermens Bend production line.Heavyweight colour lasercopy A3 size of an ASTA photo of Nomad aircraft showing government Aircraft Factory, West Gate Bridge under construction, beginnings of Webb Dock, piers, foreshore and Fishermens Bend housing c1972armed services - air force, industry - manufacturing, transport - aviation and aerodrome, fishermans bend, government aircraft factory

A Centenary of Federation-funded project of South Port Day Links, coordinated, directed and designed by Mary MASON, written by Pat GRAINGER on behalf of PMH&PS'Linking us Together: A history of transport in the Port Phillip community' Soft cover, 72pp teal blue cover with '2001'graphic, brown spine. A Centenary of Federation Project printed Oct 2001transport, transport - tramways, transport - shipping, transport - railways, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - horse, transport - motor vehicles, transport - ferries, workers, industry, royal visits and occasions, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - princes pier, immigration, flood, business and traders - dairies, south port day links, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet, frank liardet, caroline frederica liardet, hector liardet, frederick liardet, liana thompson, r graham carey, swallow & ariell ltd, melbourne and metropolitan tramways board, mmtb, general motors-holden, gmh, faram brothers hardware, bert turner, james mcnab, eli (dick) edwards, jacob edwards, vincent 'ben' edwards, claude butcher, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, bicycles, cable trams, mary mason, pat grainger, frederick william maskell, linking us together

'Typhoon Warfare' by Tom Hall D.F.C.signed by the author on the insidewar - world war ii, transport - aviation and aerodrome, armed services - air force, tom hall, syd anderson jnr

In 1990 City Librarian Wendy MORRIS commissioned Pat GRAINGER to co-ordinate a State and Council funded oral history project, the final product of which was this book. It was printed in time for the 1992 Port Melbourne Festival."They Can Carry Me Out" - Memories of Port Melbourne Blue, perfect-bound paperback book with white title and black line conversion of photo of fishing boats in the Lagoon. 96 pp, published January 1992fishermans bend, education - primary schools, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, education - kindergartens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - ferries, transport - shipping, garden city, mission to seafarers, transport - railways, transport - horse, built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, religion, arts and entertainment, livestock, sandridge lagoon, migrants, built environment - public housing, centenary bridge, local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, police, sport - australian rules football, societies clubs unions and other organisations, natural environment, business and traders, war - world war ii, deaths and funerals, flood, domestic life, gasworks, health - general health, excelsior hall, public action campaigns, ada mary a'beckett kindergarten, wendy morris, pat grainger, g borer & co, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, mckenzies milkbar, galatos chocolates, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, jack porritt, liardet family, porritts boot shop, vintage port worth preserving project, phyllis anderson, norman barry, david beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, florence beazley, george beazley, brenda bedford, lettie bradley nee walsh, margaret bride nee polson, anne callaghan, beris campbell, tony cannatelli, john carroll, john cass, margaret couch nee smith, brian couldrey, delva crawford nee rees, 'buffie' rees, joan curtis, elvir dragovic, james edward earl, linda edman, jessie edwards, lisa edwards, trevor emmett, judy faram, doug faram, george faram, richard faram, thomas faram, allen faram, a g warren, james murdock, margaret mclean, minnie mclean, m b muir, susie fox, william gleeson, sylvia gleeson, arnold goetz, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, gladys gott nee mccabe, stan gravias, george henry (harry) gray, len greaney, charles hall, bertha harvey nee carey, r graham carey, mac hatfield, f patricia (pat) hawkins, tippo hayes, tom hills, bradley hinge, lloyd holmes, norah howard nee mallet, voula hronakis, lorna johnson, diane keating nee bradley, alison kelly, june kirby, bob knell, tommy lahiff, nicole lalande, bill lane, kathleen lane nee moore, j s lang, ron laing, beverley lewis, andy libbis, peter libbis, emily lock, may lowe nee irving, wendy lowenstein, micael lucas, ted mccarthy, laura mcgill nee irving, vin mcnamara, elsie median nee mccabe, maree menzel, marie mills, marlene mitchell nee sharp, david moloney, ari pipilikas, ada polson nee bellion, les profitt, ted rohan, elizabeth saunders, vanessa savvaidis, prudence sheil, chutathip silpiphat, voula skourakis, flo stark, ted tobin, thelma todd, barbara villani, erica wilson, harry bocquet, nott street state school, port melbourne library, port melbourne temperance hall, swallow & ariell ltd, business and traders - hotels

In 1990 City Librarian Wendy MORRIS commissioned Pat GRAINGER to co-ordinate a State and Council funded oral history project, the final product of which was a book printed in time for the 1992 Port Melbourne Festival. Having been sold out for two years, it was reprinted with funds from the City of Port Phillip Cultural Development fund just in time to be launched at the 2002 Festival launch held at Beacon Cove on a Yarra Tram, 22 March 2002.2002 reprint of "They Can Carry Me Out" - Memories of Port Melbourne Blue, perfect-bound paperback book with white title and black line conversion of photo of fishing boats in the Lagoon. 96 pp, reprinted March 2002fishermans bend, education - primary schools, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, education - kindergartens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - ferries, transport - shipping, garden city, mission to seafarers, transport - railways, transport - horse, built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, religion, arts and entertainment, livestock, sandridge lagoon, migrants, built environment - public housing, centenary bridge, local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, police, sport - australian rules football, societies clubs unions and other organisations, natural environment, business and traders, war - world war ii, deaths and funerals, flood, domestic life, gasworks, health - general health, excelsior hall, public action campaigns, ada mary a'beckett kindergarten, wendy morris, pat grainger, g borer & co, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, mckenzies milkbar, galatos chocolates, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, jack porritt, liardet family, porritts boot shop, vintage port worth preserving project, phyllis anderson, norman barry, david beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, florence beazley, george beazley, brenda bedford, lettie bradley nee walsh, margaret bride nee polson, anne callaghan, beris campbell, tony cannatelli, john carroll, john cass, margaret couch nee smith, brian couldrey, delva crawford nee rees, 'buffie' rees, joan curtis, elvir dragovic, james edward earl, linda edman, jessie edwards, lisa edwards, trevor emmett, judy faram, doug faram, george faram, richard faram, thomas faram, allen faram, a g warren, james murdock, margaret mclean, minnie mclean, m b muir, susie fox, william gleeson, sylvia gleeson, arnold goetz, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, gladys gott nee mccabe, stan gravias, george henry (harry) gray, len greaney, charles hall, bertha harvey nee carey, r graham carey, mac hatfield, f patricia (pat) hawkins, tippo hayes, tom hills, bradley hinge, lloyd holmes, norah howard nee mallet, voula hronakis, lorna johnson, diane keating nee bradley, alison kelly, june kirby, bob knell, tommy lahiff, nicole lalande, bill lane, kathleen lane nee moore, j s lang, ron laing, beverley lewis, andy libbis, peter libbis, emily lock, may lowe nee irving, wendy lowenstein, micael lucas, ted mccarthy, laura mcgill nee irving, vin mcnamara, elsie median nee mccabe, maree menzel, marie mills, marlene mitchell nee sharp, david moloney, ari pipilikas, ada polson nee bellion, les profitt, ted rohan, elizabeth saunders, vanessa savvaidis, prudence sheil, chutathip silpiphat, voula skourakis, flo stark, ted tobin, thelma todd, barbara villani, erica wilson, harry bocquet, nott street state school, port melbourne library, port melbourne temperance hall, swallow & ariell ltd, business and traders - hotels

Annotated photocopy of Mr and Mrs R. Graham Carey at 'Carey's Chickens' Maurice Farman aeroplane 1920transport - aviation and aerodrome, r graham carey, edith carey