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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map - "The Township of Sandridge", Public Lands Office, 1859
Photocopy 1859 map of township of Sandridgelocal government - municipal district of sandridge, frank callaghan -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Mixed media - Display, protest against closure of Port Melbourne railway line, Kerry Martin, 1987
The picket group formed St Patricks' Day 1987 at Graham station as the first earthworks began for closing the railway.They were confronted by police who used physical force to break the picket. The picket continued at Bridge and Evans for 3 months.Three large yellow sheets with photos of the Port Melbourne Pickets and police officers. 17th or 18th of March 1987. A display, also incorporating a news article about picket Nell Thackray and the protest against closure of Australia's oldest steam passenger railway.police, public action campaigns, transport - railways, port melbourne pickets, neil thackray, bayside project -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Archive - Beris Campbell re Sandridge City Development Corporation, 1985 - 1992
Correspondence held by Beris CAMPBELL as Senior Social Worker for City of Port Melbourne. Supplemented by papers from Perce WHITE, Greg BYRNE, Wendy MORRIS, Pat GRAINGER, Janet BOLITHO and collected in 2016/early 2017.Beris CAMPBELL archives re documents in relation to Sandridge City Development Corporation (SCDC -Beacon Cove - Mirvac) at Port Melbourne, contained in large silver binders. A disk in .01 covers all and there is a second copy at B.15.03town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, built environment, public action campaigns, beris campbell, bayside development action group, bayside working group, sandridge city development company pty ltd, scdc, beacon cove, mirvac, local government - city of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Archive - Inner Urban Development re Sandridge City Development Corporation, 1985 - 1992
Inner Urban Development, documents in relation to Sandridge City Development Corporation (SCDC - Beacon Cove- Mirvac) at Port Melbourne. Some items have individual catalogue numbers .12 -cat numbers 378,967, 1541, 1721, 2964 .13 - cat nos 1205, 1543, 2640, 2752R .14 - cat nos 2898, 2131, 1414, 1048, 3856town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, built environment, public action campaigns, beris campbell, bayside development action group, bayside working group, sandridge city development company pty ltd, scdc, beacon cove, mirvac, local government - city of port phillip -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Album - Boxed Album, Bayside Development, 1985 - 1999
One of three boxed albums containing clippings related to "Bayside" Development 1983 and on, collected by Janet Bolitho and Greg Byrne, indexed by Jill Dawson 2014. Index on paper and disk at 2939.18Notations of publication/date on individual itemstown planning - proposals shelved - bayside, public action campaigns, local government - city of port melbourne, janet bolitho, sandridge city development co ltd, scdc, beacon cove, mirvac -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Archive - CD-ROM, Sandridge City Development Corporation development
A CD index of everything to do with the Sandridge City Development Corporation (SCDC - Beacon Cove -Mirvac) as noted in other 2939 catalogue numbers .town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, built environment, local government - city of port melbourne, public action campaigns, bayside development action group, bayside working group, scdc, beacon cove, mirvac, beris campbell, sandridge city development company pty ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Mixed media - Placard, Anti-amalgamation protests, 1993
Made by the City of Port Melbourne for the demonstrations before and after the forced amalgamation by the Jeff Kennett State Government of the City of Port Melbourne with the Cities of South Melbourne and St Kilda to form the City of Port Phillip. First demonstation was against the City of Melbourne Act which excised 42% of Port Melbourne's rate base (Fishermens Bend) and so laid the groundwork for amalgamation afterwards because Port Melbourne could not survive on the remaining rates. Refer to Pat Grainger, Liana and David ThompsonWhite cardboard attached to a wooden stick with hand lettered anti-amalgamation slogan in black. "Big is NOT beautiful"public action campaigns, amalgamation, local government - city of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Corner Nott and Farrell Streets, Port Melbourne, 1970 - 1979
Photographic images of properties in Port Melbourne. Image may have been taken by a PMHPS member or scanned from a past resident or taken for real estate sale purposes. Corner Nott and Farrell Streets Two images ; 1970s prior to redevelopment of unusual octagonal building; 2012 after redevelopment of public housingbuilt environment - domestic, nott street, farrell street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Manuscript, Noni Dowling, "Love is murder - the fated affair of Frederick Jordan & Minnie Hicks", 28 May 2008
"Love is murder - the fated affair of Frederick Jordan & Minnie Hicks" by Noni Dowling. Hard copy of an article from journal of Public Record Ofice Victoria September 2007 No 6 ISBN 1832-2522 An account of a gruesome murder in 1894 Port Melbourne, related to the black resident of Portlaw, hotels, built environment - commercial, crimes and misdemeanours, police, frederick jordan, minnie hicks, noni dowling -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Borough of Sandridge, Public Works Committee May 1862 to March 1864, 1862 - 1864
Minutes of the Borough of Sandridge Public Works Committee 1862 - 64. Similar in appearance to other Sandridge committee minutes, but much larger.local government - borough of sandridge, engineering department - borough of sandridge -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Rupbert Lockwood et al, Humour is their Weapon, 1985
Paperback book 'Humour is Their Weapon - Laugh with the Australian Wharfies' by Ruper Lockwood. 96 pp, illustrated with cartoons and photosHas library codes on spine and inside back cover, stamped top and bottom 'St Kilda Public Library'piers and wharves - waterside workers, rupert lockwood, mark knight -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Public Works Committee, Borough of Sandridge, Municipal Council of Sandridge - Public Works Committee Minutes, 18560 - 1862
Volume of minutes of Public Works Committee of Sandridge Council dated 20.9.1860Title on labellocal government - borough of sandridge, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - fences, engineering - canals and drainage, engineering - bridges, fishermans bend, built environment - civic, transport - horse, utilities - gas, sandridge lagoon, mission to seafarers, emerald hill, fire and fire services, william morley, joseph weaver allen, thomas swallow, samuel george isaacs, frederick poolman, robert byrne, john murphy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Flyer - Notice, Lecture, Hon W F Finlayson MLC, Temperance Hall, South Melbourne, The People Versus Liquor Traffic, Oct 1921
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 lecture by the Hon. W.F. FINLAYSON MLC at Temperance Hall, South Melbourne Oct 27 1921Order in pencil on back of flyerbusiness and traders - timber, societies clubs unions and other organisations, public action campaigns, j e earl pty ltd, anti-liquor league, j p crichton & son -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Flyer - Notice, Public Indignation Meeting, Princess Theatre, The Case of Father Jergen, Jul 1922
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 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Sticker, "Our City, Our Life, our Choice", 1983
Collected by Liana and David Thompson, donatedPort Melbourne anti-amalgamation sticker 1980s 'Our City, Our Life, Our Choice' (see also 909) - red and bluepublic action campaigns, amalgamation -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Painting - Painting, Public convenience, Sinclair Parade, Port Melbourne, Ray Johnstone, Ray Johnstone, 1998
One of several Port Melbourne watercolours painted by Ray Johnstone just before his departure to France. Framed watercolour of public convenience in Sinclair Parade by Ray Johnstone, 1998Port Melbourne Prints and Framing sticker on backarts and entertainment - visual arts, built environment - civic, ray johnstone -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - CD-ROM, State Savings Bank, Montague Housing Development
COPYRIGHT PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE Set of plans and documents relating to the State Savings bank, Montague Housing Development, in Gladstone St, Montague. This was an initiative of South Melbourne City Council to replace slum housing in Montague, 1935-40 .01 - The DVD which contains all the information.built environment - domestic, state savings bank of victoria -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Montague Housing Development
COPYRIGHT PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE Set of plans and documents relating to the State Savings bank, Montague Housing Development, in Gladstone St, Montague. This was an initiative of South Melbourne City Council to replace slum housing in Montague, 1935-40 .02 - 41 A4 pages including index, copies (some laminated)built environment - domestic, state savings bank of victoria -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Scrapbook, Clippings re Port Melbourne, 2003 -2006
Scrapbook of local clippings 2003-06 compiled by Janet Bolitho. Refer also to cat no.1907, an earlier scrapbook.public action campaigns, built environment, piers and wharves - princes pier, janet bolitho -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Scrapbook, Clippings re Port Melbourne, 2003 -2006
Scrapbook of local clippings 2009-12 compiled by Janet Bolitho. Refer also to cat no.1907, an earlier scrapbook.public action campaigns, built environment, piers and wharves - princes pier, janet bolitho -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Clothing - Apron, Port, Pat Grainger, Nov 1987
Made by Pat Grainger for Pickets' street stall"Port" apron made for street stall fund raiser held 1987 by Port Melbourne Pickets, protesters against rail closurepublic action campaigns, pat grainger, amelia finch -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Film - DVD, Lyn McLeavy, "Mary McLEAVY's Story - Part one 1878 to 1914", May 2007
This is the second DVD made by Lyn at ACMI; this workshop was paid for by PMH&PSDVD NOT TO BE COPIED "Mary McLEAVY's Story - Part one 1878 to 1914" DVD made by Granddaughter Lyn McLEAVY at the ACMI workshop May 2007. Blue and black ACMI slick(label stuck on notes "item not to be copied")women, domestic life, public action campaigns, depression, piers and wharves - waterside workers, mary mcleavy, lyn mcleavy, sarah jane 'jennie' baines nee hunt -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan, The Township of Sandridge, 30 Mar 1859
Plan of the township of Sandridge.Lithographed at the Public Lands Office, Melbourne, March 30th 1859engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, municipal district of sandridge -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Archive - File, Bayside Development, 1987 - 1989
Collection of letters, flyers and meeting notes regarding the Bayside development. Including letters and notes from Bob Bryce. Meetings of the bayside Community Council Committee and Port Melbourne Citizens. Folder possibly collated by Pat Grainger.public action campaigns, robert bryce, bayside community council committee, bayside project -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Sticker, "Warning, Nuclear ship now in Port", 1980s
Port Melbourne was a nuclear free cityTriangular sticker: 'Warning - Nuclear ship now in Portenvironmental issues, public action campaigns, transport - shipping -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Badge - MUA Here to Stay, Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), May 1998
On a visit to the picket at Swanson Dock in May 1998 there were no badges left to sell. This one, being faulty, was given to donor by a wharfie. Needs a cover.M.U.A. Here to Stay badge from the 1998 Patrick Stevedores lockout of the MUA wharfies. Blue with white letters, damagedpiers and wharves - waterside workers, societies clubs unions and other organisations, public action campaigns, transport - shipping, maritime union of australia, mua -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Recipe cards, Victorian Department of Public Instruction, 1917
Two sets of student cookery cards, Victorian Dept of Public Instruction 1917, each numbering from 1 to 30, bound together with string between covers from an old exercise book. First set separated, tied at top with cord; second set bound into the 'covers' with string in two places. Exercise book identified as IL? Class, 5th grade Albert Park School and dated 13.3.17. Used by the Scobie girls. Covers had been jointed with linen tape but back one is missing. Light green insert: 'With compliments of J.H.Boyd Girls' High School'First set of cards is labelled 'Daisy Scobie'. Second set stamped on all pages, 'Louis. Scobie'. Many recipes annotated in pencil, other recipes added etc. On front cover in ink:' '13.3.17' 'IL(?) Class' '5th' 'Albert Park'. On first card: 'Daisy Scobie/cooking School/Montague ---/ South Melbourne'. Inserted compliments slip signed in ink, 'J.T. Dalman/per committee'domestic life, education - secondary schools, daisy scobie, louise scobie (?), montague domestic arts school, j.h.boyd girls' high school -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Letter - Public Works Department re new bridge over Yarra at Swanston Street, Public Works Department, 19 May 1880
Letter from Public Works Department, 1880, on conference regarding new bridge over Yarra at Swanston Streetengineering - bridges, town planning, michael tarver quinn -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - List of public houses, Dec 1883
List of public houses December 1883 (51, with licensees' names), on three pages from an account bookhotels -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - List of public houses, Dec 1884
List of public houses December 1884 (51, with licensees' names), on three pages from an account bookhotels