"The Pioneers of Port Melbourne". Small book (100 pages) with soft faded terracotta coloured cover (with blue and black city drawing) by P St J Wilson. Sub title is "The story of Early Melbourne for Boys and Girls" On inside title page two handwritten signatures R Riggall and William Riggall.education, australian aborigines, phillip st john wilson

Garden City Swimming and Fidelity Club Past Presidents Honour Board 1931-1949 ref no. 2395 for photossocieties clubs unions and other organisations., garden city swimming and fidelity club, j carson, j cleland, t cummings, c losewitz, t porter, t fitzgerald, d law, h evans, j drew, e hildebrand, t guegan, w muir, r wilson, r roy, r brown, g rennie, j thomson, d beadmore

Intended as an exhibition catalogue but then determined as not possible, so name changed to 'Guide'. Written by 21 volunteers including editor Pat GRAINGER and family members'Women of Port Melbourne - Guide to the exhibition' published October 2005 by PMH&PS. (Second edition, dismantled to reprint p 46, then reassembled.) Written by 21 volunteers, contains stories and images of 34 women plus the catalogue insert completed 13.01.2006women, sport, liardet family, families, religion, bunnerwrung (boon warring), caroline frederica liardet, elizabeth denovan johnston nee gowan, eleanor gray meiers nee howell, jane slaven nee mckenna, emma williams nee courtenay, mary ann 'ma' mccormack nee bennett, myrtle 'nana' mott nee butcher, eleanor hopkins, lily emily may turner nee norton, sarah ann edwards nee whiteman, sarah stella edwards, christina edwards nee irvine, maud mary wilson nee hollowbred, erica wilson, sarah jane 'jennie' baines nee hunt, mary mcleavy nee morgan, mother anthony, mary anthony byrne, ada polson nee bellion, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, mary the cat lady, jerri mann, winifred mary woodruff nee prest, caroline jean 'minnie' beazley nee coleman (kornman), peggy howard nee antonio, olive zakharov, nancy u'ren nee morris, rosa coluccio, wendy morris, jan soldatos nee harris, anna louise robieson, liana thompson, sister norma jean barnett, jane rendall nee harrison

Produced to celebrate the first ten years of 'Learn for Yourself', which operated from the Port Melbourne Community Centre, and later the Town HallWhat About Parachute Jumping?'' 88 pg paperback book on the 1985-1995 activities of community group 'Learn for Yourself', by Mary Manningsocial activities, education - adult, learn by yourself, deborah wilson, sister norma jean barnett, peg sams, beris campbell, beryl dixon, bobby dunn, steve roper, mary manning, ann smallpage

From a series featuring volunteers, display related to Liardet community centreMounted black and white photo of Evelyn May Kennedy holding Nicole Wilson outside house no 299, The Boulevard, Fishermens Bend Estate, with display board reading 'Baby Care Emergencies -- any reason, any time, night & day'. May fostered many children over a 40 plus year period.built environment - domestic, garden city, volunteers

Record shots were taken over a three year period; stage in renovations by owner Despinis Kapogiannis and tenant Ian WilsonColour photo of former Port Theatre 1996, stripped to original brick. Bricked-in front windows visible, new square windows being installed. From set of five panoramic photos showing stages of development, former Port Theatre - restored in 1996 as shops and officesbuilt environment - commercial, port theatre

Record shots were taken over a three year period; stage in renovations by owner Despinis Kapogiannis and tenant Ian WilsonColour photo of former Port Theatre 1996: northern side partially rendered. From set of five panoramic photos showing stages of development, former Port Theatre - restored in 1996 as shops and officesbuilt environment - commercial, port theatre

Record shots were taken over a three year period; stage in renovations by owner Despinis Kapogiannis and tenant Ian WilsonColour photo of former Port Theatre October 1996: Original centre window restored. From set of five panoramic photos showing stages of development, former Port Theatre - restored in 1996 as shops and officesbuilt environment - commercial, port theatre

Record shots were taken over a three year period; stage in renovations by owner Despinis Kapogiannis and tenant Ian WilsonB&W photo of former Port Theatre October 1996: Original centre window restored. From set of five panoramic photos showing stages of development, former Port Theatre - restored in 1996 as shops and offices. This picture is 1993 from Liardet st across Bay st and the building is still unrenderedbuilt environment - commercial

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

Colour photo of Miss Erica Wilson (c90 years of age) playng the piano at a Port Melbourne Neighbourhood House Christmas function c1992arts and entertainment - music, immigration, societies clubs unions and other organisations, erica wilson

This was written by PMH&PS member Ian BREWARD, who is the archivist for the Uniting Church in Melbourne, and therefore for the Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian churches. It was launched at the Uniting Church in South Melbourne on 2003.South Port Parks Parish Mission: 150 Years of Service by Ian BREWARD - A history of the congregations and missions. Soft cover, 174 pp, illustrated.religion - uniting church, religion - wesleyan methodist church, religion - primitive methodist church, religion - presbyterian church, ian breward, emily lock, hazel wilson, nancy u'ren nee morris

Leslie WILSON seated front row second from right.Copy of photograph of Grade 5 pupils at Nott Street Primary School in 1939.On reverse -Nott St Primary School 1427 Grade 4, 1939. Leslie Wilson seated front row, second from righteducation - primary schools, nott street primary school, leslie wilson

Recollections of Bob WlLSON of life in Port Melbourne include two-up games, training horses on Sandridge Beach and when there were dairy farms still in the area.A4 copy of newspaper article from the Emerald Hill, Sandridge & St Kilda Times bob wilson

Joly Meldometer The Joly meldometer was created to determine the melting point of minerals. W.E. Wilson, an astronomer and author, stated in 1900 that the Joly meldometer consisted of a ‘a strip of platinum on which minute fragments of any mineral can be placed, while any alteration in its length can be determined by means of a micrometer screw which touches a lever connected with one end of the strip. The strip can be heated by an electric current, and is calibrated by observing the micrometer readings corresponding to the temperatures at which some substances of known melting-points melt’i . One reason why the Joly meldometer was seen as a successful addition to science was the small amount of any substance that it required for testing. Only a minute sample was needed for the instrument to work and so a tiny part could be taken from a delicate item without destroying itii . The instrument was originally manufactured by the Irish company Yeates & Son of Dublin. The Yeates family business was established in the early 1790’s and is thought to have operated until approximately 1922iii . Their business slogan was recorded as ‘Instrument makers to the University’, a slogan which proudly exhibited their relationship with Trinity College, Dublin. The company was located directly opposite Trinity College, the place where the Joly meldometer was created. Working in such close proximity must have assisted this business relationship. The inventor of this meldometer was Irishman John Joly. Joly was born in 1857 at the Church of Ireland Rectory, Hollywood House. His education led him to Trinity College Dublin where, by 1891, he had obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree as well as a Doctorate of Science. The entirety of his working life appears to have taken place at Trinity College although he is known to have travelled in order to consult with other scientists such as the world renowned Sir Ernest Rutherford. The Joly meldometer was used for a variety of different purposes, with scientists often adapting the instrument to suit their own needs. For instance, the previously mentioned astronomer W.E. Wilson adapted the meldometer to assist him in measuring the radiation of the suniv . Joly used his device in an attempt to ascertain the age of the earth. In 1913, along with Sir Rutherford, Joly came to the conclusion that the earth was approximately 400 million years old. They did this by analysing the decay of radioactivity in minerals. According to our present knowledge of the earth this was a much more accurate date than the dates Joly had previously derived. He had first thought that the earth was 97 million years old due to the volume of sodium in the oceans. Joly’s second analysis of the topic had resulted in the age of 80 million years. This figure was based on the accumulation of sediment. Apart from designing his meldometer, Joly is also remembered for his work with colour photography. In 1894 Joly discovered a method for creating colour photographs from a single platev . He also studied the use of radiation as a treatment for cancer and persuaded the Royal Dublin Society to establish the Radium Institute to assist hospitals. In 1933 Joly passed away at the age of seventy-six. Jacqueline Eager Student Projects Placement, Cultural Collections 2005 iMollan, Charles, Irish National Inventory of Scientific Instruments, Samton Limited, 1995, p. 302. iiJoly, John, 'On the determination of the melting points of minerals, Part 1. Uses of the meldometer', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 2., 1891. iiiInstitute for Learning Technologies, "Stephan Mitchell Yeates' http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/bluetelephone/html/yeates.html, accessed on 04.10.2005 ivMollan, Charles, Irish National Inventory of Historic Scientific Instruments, op cit. vMollan, Charles, The Mind and the Hand: Instruments of Science 1685-1932, Samton Limited, Dublin, 1995, p. 34.The following from #2975 in UDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN ENGINEERING list in the “Irish National Inventory of Historical Scientific Instruments” by Charles Mellon (P/C in file for Cat no 272. “....meldometer as an instrument ‘for the purpose of finding the melting-points of minerals, hence its name. As used by him (Joly), it consists of a strip of platinum,on which minute fragments of any mineral can be placed, while any alteration in its length can be determined by means of a micrometer screw which touches a lever connected with one end of the strip. The strip can be heated by an electric current, and is calibrated by observing the micrometer readings corresponding to the temperatures at which some substances of known melting-points melt’.” Ref. : J. Joly, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 3rd series vol 2 (1891),38-64.