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 16 colour photographs by Ron Laing covering the Herald and Weekly Times building, the ex Borer's Bakery ovens and buildings, view from Coles parking area, Bridge Street industrial medical clinic and HMAS Lonsdale building 1990sbuilt environment - commercial, built environment - civic, ron laing

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 22 colour phtographs covering the South Port Community Nursing Home, building of the Wintringham hostel in Swallow Street and refurbishment of the public housing units in Swallow Street, 1990sbuilt environment - public housing, ron laing

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 26 photographs taken by Ron Laing, covering Princes Pier before and after several fires and later demolition of the Inner and Outer sheds 1990spiers and wharves - princes pier, demolitions, ron laing

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 24 colour photographs taken by Ron Laing, covering the Port Melbourne Football Oval at North Port, the various ovals in the Murphy Reserve complex, Lagoon Reserve, Dog Obedience School at Murphy's, and a Big Bay Swim in progress Port to Williamstown 2000sport - recreational grounds, sport - swimming, ron laing, lagoon reserve

One of three prints of aerial photographs of Port Melbourne 23.12.1945, showing different areas and to different scales: this one vertical, takes in Station and Town Piers, railyards, Missions to Seamen, Engine Works, temporary US wartime structures, edge of COR buildings, Swallow & Ariell, portion of Wiilliamstown Road. (Smaller copies located in A.06.04.B4)piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - town pier, war - world war ii, built environment, transport - railways, missions to seamen, swallow & ariell ltd

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 49 colour photographs of varous streets in Port Melbourne, including Graham Street, Swallow Street (before and after wrecking), Bain Street, Graham overpass, Williamstown Road, Normanby Road, Ross Street and Bay Street, Princes Street March 1999 (Number 48 missing August 2015)built environment, ron laing

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 61 colour photographs of demolitions in Port Melbourne, including Doc's house in Byrne Street, Milk bar/paper shop/sub PO cnr Graham and Albert Streets, Gainsborough House 184 Station Street plus new buldings on the site, Earl's site and replacement in Bay and Nott Streetsbuilt environment, demolitions, ron laing

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 42 colour photographs of the various reserves including Garden City Reserve, West Gate Park and ibis, Boulevard and site from Webb Dock, new Evans Street gardens on the old railway sidings, and panorama looking east from Webb Dock. 1990sbuilt environment, natural environment, parks and gardens, ron laing

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 51 colour photographs of various Australian and overseas Naval vessels visiting Melbourne and laying at Station Pier. 1990spiers and wharves - station pier, ron laing, hmas darwin, hmas melbourne, hmas torrens, mhas sydney, hmas warramunga, hmas arunda, hmnzs te kaha, uscg polar sea, uss ford, uss benfold, uss david r ray, uss rainier, uss curts, uss fife, uss antietam, uss reid, uss russel, hmcg ottawa, luigi durand de la penne, bersagliere, la moqueme, shiki shima - japanese coast guard

Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.Colour photographs of the extension of the light rail line over the new Beach Street at the old train stationtransport - tramways, built environment - domestic, beacon cove, ron laing

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 five colour photographs showing restoration and painting of the inshore leading light beacon in progress c1995beacons, built environment, ron laing

Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer. nb Includes photographs of Victoria Dock in the period of time after the commercial shipping had gone but before the start of the proposed high-rises. The Bolte Bridge which caused this closure of Victoria Dock, North and South Wharves is covered in photos 1319.01-.35.A set of 47 colour photogaphs of the Yarra River at various locations from the old Sandridge Railway Bridge westward to the power house at Newportyarra river, built environment, transport - shipping, ron laing

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 36 colour photographs covering the construction of the Bolte Bridge and approaches from the West Gate Freeway in Port Melbourneengineering - bridges, ron laing

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 26 colour photographs covering the ground work for the new marina on the south side of the river below the new harbour control toweryarra river, built environment, ron laing

Colour photographs by Alison Kelly of Princes Pier and foreshore during BiCentenary visit of the Tall Shipstransport - shipping, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, alison kelly

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 22 colour photographs on flight, including Whitman's air ship, aircraft over Avalon Air Show, helicopters - both flying advertising flags and on the ground at the beach, and several hot air balloons and their near misses at the beach in Port Melbourne, 1990stransport - aviation and aerodrome, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, ron laing

Part of Ron LAING's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.Ron LAING photographs .01 - photo taken from a vessel at Station Pier, June 1985. Showing the Port Melbourne foreshore before the old yacht club fire and the building of the high rises. .02 & .03 - photos taken on the corner of Albert and Poolman Streets comparing the scene ten years apart .04 - photo of the Port Melbourne foreshore after demolition of Centenary Bridge, but before the coming of the high rises.built environment - civic, natural environment - beaches and foreshore, piers and wharves - station pier, port melbourne yacht club, pmyc

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 ten colour photographs taken in South Melbourne and Middle Park 1990s: Royal Hotel, Victoria Hotel (Beaconsfield Pde), Prince Henrys Hospital and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Richardson Streetsouth melbourne, ron laing

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 six colour photographs showing the reconstruction work under way on the extra width footpaths in Bay Street between Liardet and Pool Streetsengineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, built environment, ron laing

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 14 colour photographs covering the construction of the Becton housing development on the old Port Melbourne Gasworks site, corner Graham and Pickles Streets 2000built environment, ron laing

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 four colour photographs of the Port Melbourne Festival procession crossing on the Graham Street overpass in 1992celebrations fetes and exhibitions, ron laing, port melbourne festival

Produced by the Port Melbourne Festival Committee in conjunction with the Bay Street Traders and Circus Oz and distributed throughout the municipality. (From 1996 to 1999 Circus Oz was heavily involved with the Festival, which took place this year in Bay Street.)Preliminary promotional flyer for Port Melbourne Festival, 1 March 1998arts and entertainment, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, port melbourne festival committee, circus oz

This float was created by members of Friends of the Park, a group formed in 1987 against government proposals to turn the railway and reservation into a grand boulevard to service the proposed Sandridge City 'bayside' development. Members worked for months to make the decorations, added to a trailer. During the festival procession sausages were BBQ'd on the trailer and handed out to the crowd. On arrival at Murphy's Reserve all floats were put out of sight, and few saw the results of their efforts.One of 16 colour photos of Friends of the Park float for the February 1989 Port Melbourne Festival: Nellie Thackruh, Jan Fly and Andrea Ellis in background, finishing preparations in Raglan Streetcelebrations fetes and exhibitions, public action campaigns, jan fly, andrea ellis, nellie thackruh, friends of the park, port melbourne festival

.04 - .07 ; 4 photocopies of early aerial shots of Kitchens, footy ground and surrounding areas - probably 1920s .08 - Page from Emerald Hills and Sandridge Times 22.02.1979, has two articles (a) relating to Claude Butcher "The last of the clip-clop Milkos". (b) relating to the retirement of the PMCC Electrical Engineer, Jack Andersonengineering - bridges, local government - city of port melbourne, industry - manufacturing, built environment - recreational facilities, built environment - industrial, lower yarra crossing authority, claude butcher, jack anderson, pmcc electricity supply, port melbourne football ground, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, west gate bridge

Four of five colour photos of ruins of Borer's Bakery ovens at 116 Princes Street, prior to demolition, May 1999.demolitions, business and traders - bakers, g borer & co

Twelve colour photographs taken by Ann Smallpage at the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society's Back to Port 1940s/50s exhibition 25.03.2001 in the Masonic Hall in Liardet Street, for the Port Melbourne Community Festivalcelebrations fetes and exhibitions, costume, norah howard, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps

Eleven colour photographs taken by Ted Kobelt at the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society's Back to Port 1940s/50s exhibition 25.03.2001 at the Masonic Hall in Liardet Street, for the Port Melbourne Community Festivalcelebrations fetes and exhibitions, norah howard, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps

Ewan Ogilvy, former Melbourne Councillor and also of Community Services Victoria, Inner Urban Ministerial Advisory Committee and Uniting Church's Centre for Urban Research and Action (CURA), was instrumental in social justice approaches to town planning. He and CURA's Social Justice and the City Project funded Port Melbourne community groups protesting against the SCDC development in 1987. His files were presented to the Society in May 2001 on his preparation for leaving Victoria.From Ewan Ogilvy's chronologically organised 'Bayside Papers' relating to the proposed development of Port Melbourne industrial land in the late 1980s: EES Inquiry report: Ewan Ogilvy's initial comments, May 1988, handwritten (4 copies)All items signed 'Ewan Ogilvy'town planning, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, public action campaigns, environmental issues, ewan ogilvy, centre for urban research and action, sandridge city development co pty ltd, scdc, linton r lethlean, judy arndt, francis b barnes

Ewan Ogilvy, former Melbourne Councillor and also of Community Services Victoria, Inner Urban Ministerial Advisory Committee and Uniting Church's Centre for Urban Research and Action (CURA), was instrumental in social justice approaches to town planning. He and CURA's Social Justice and the City Project funded Port Melbourne community groups protesting against the SCDC development in 1987. His files were presented to the Society in May 2001 on his preparation for leaving Victoria.From Ewan Ogilvy's chronologically organised 'Bayside Papers' relating to the proposed development of Port Melbourne industrial land in the late 1980s: Ministerial correspondence from Tom Roper, Minister for Planning and Environment to Evan Walker, Minister for Major Projects, related to panel's decision on Bayside EES Inquiry 1997/8, included in bound black fileAll items signed 'Ewan Ogilvy'town planning, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, public action campaigns, environmental issues, public housing, missions to seamen, ewan ogilvy, centre for urban research and action, sandridge city development comapny, tom roper, evan walker