Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of 32 colour photos of various cruise and cargo ships visiting the Port of Melbourne in 1999-2000.piers and wharves - station pier, ron laing, vistamar, silver cloud, rotterdam, norwegian star, arcadia (ex star princess), takaradi, óocl accord, msc rita, óceanic odyssey, direct jabiru, msc fremantle, doulos, kakariki, legend of the seas, uss paul hamilton, fletcher, blue ridge, benfold, chosen, lake erie, nivose - french nato ship

Further update of Ron Laing's photographic coverage of Port Melbourne11 photographs of various cruise ships which visited Station Pier during the 2001 to 2002 season.piers and wharves - station pier, transport - shipping, pacific sky, silver cloud, regal princess, rms queen elizabeth 2, qe2, norwegian wind, silver shadow, asuka, clipper odyssey, ron laing

Large colour aerial photograph of 3 liners at Station Pier. Siver Cloud - outer East; QE2 - outer West; Regal Princess - inner West. View of Port Melbourne housing and foreshore development. Women's Welcome (or band) Rotunda on left of photo. Also a newspaper copy of the photo. COPYRIGHT RESTRICTEDmaritime, piers and wharves - station pier, transport - shipping, queen elizabeth ii, regal princess, silver cloud, beacon cove, swallow & ariell ltd, band rotunda

Notebook containing berthing information of various ships at Station Pier between 10.9.1974 and 15.10.1984'AHM Port Melbourne' handwritten on the binding on the front cover. '10/9/74' handwritten on the front covershota rustaveli, saga fjord, klingsholm, mariposa, turkmania, felix dzerzhinskiy, fedor shalyapin, hmas vampire, mikhail lermonotov, gugliemo marconi, tarbat ness, jeanne d'arc, chirral, nippon maia, uss queenfish, hmes provider, oronsay, hmas vendetta, shin sarllina maru, monterey, hmas onslow, hmas supply, patris, sea princess, hmas swan, uss cochrane, arcadia, taros shevchenko, hmas stalwart, galileo galilei, rfa black rover, hms areethusa, leonid sabinov, uss gurnard, hmas melbourne, uss bristol county, ivan franko, italia, ming hua, uss robert e peary, dalmacija, uss hector, hmas hobart, hmas canberra, hamas parramatta, princess mahsuri, hmas oxley, hmas adelaide, hmas perth, hmas hoel, fns commandant riviere, hmas ovens, fns jacques cartier, uss scholfireld, uss whipple, hmas brisbane, hmas launceston, hmas whyalla, hmas curlew, hmas attack, hmas torrens, uss cimarron, uss cushing, piers and wharves - station pier, rms queen elizabeth 2, qe2, hmas yarra, australia, ellinis, britanis, fairsky, marco polo, cathay, fairstar, oriana

Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999From a collection of handwritten orders to J.E. Earl, 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. This one written on the back of a flyer for a 'Public Indignation Meeting' Princess Theatre 21 July 1922Order in pencil on back of flyerbusiness and traders - timber, public action campaigns, j e earl pty ltd, father jergen

PMA book of carbon copy forms - service to shipping dockets'38' on leading edge of pagesmelbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves - station pier, iron sturt, abel tasman, young endeavour, kuenel express, seaway hobart, royal viking sea, hmas warrnambool, fair princess, belorussia, vasco da gama, c mcgillanray, j ryan, g pearce, j oldani, l featherson, j mantzis, m fanning, a phillips, j bitmead, k ranginui, h philiston, i borg, g webb, b atchison, w hughes, p curran, a johnston, f aquilina, j flaherty, r buttons, b revell, g tsetsos, j douglas, j brojba, s pozzuto, r todorovic, j files, r lowerson, v de cunto, g rhodes, r belford, w thompson, g millar, m andreucci, t biancone, j cull, g rembolds, m nedellovski, r iannella, a mallia, s domanski, j benstead, t galbisi, s gallagher, v camilleri, e kunkol, t pihlvanis, m lester, h bell, m johnson, a jukic, g krekos, r angelevski, t molloy, d ikonomopoulos, r costello, i kuster, s kostakakis, o rafekim, j parriera, c bugeja, s sobevski, p geoghegan, m lukovic, a fasaullopoulos, m schembri, s arostolopoulos, s arostopoulos, p mazurak

Part of Ron LAING's collection of photographs taken around Port Melbourne over a 13 year period and donated to PMHPS by the photographer.Coloured photograph of Station Pier from top of Centenary Bridge ramp . Two ships leaving pier at same time . "Royal Viking Sea" and "Royal Pacific Princess"piers and wharves - station pier, centenary bridge, transport - shipping, engineering - bridges, ron laing, royal viking sea, royal pacific princess

This photograph records the concurrent visit to Station Pier of three cruise ships - the peak of the Cruising Victoria strategy aimed at encouraging cruise shipping to Melbourne. Also the Devil Cat was berthed at Station Pier on this day but not in the photo (4 ships in one day)Aerial colour photograph taken by The Age, showing from left to right, cruise ships Regal Princess, QE2 and Silver Cloud, all at Station Pier on 13 February 2001. An unusual persective showing the rear of 'The Anchorage', formerly Swallow and Ariell, also Stokes and Princes Streetspiers and wharves - station pier, transport - shipping, rms queen elizabeth 2, qe2, swallow & ariell ltd, regal princess, silver cloud

From the Woodruff family archives, photocopy of pages of Lady Mayoress Committee Dinner Dance program Oct 1985 with the Prince and Princess of Walesfamilies, local government, winifred mary prest woodruff