James MOUNSEY - Council InspectorSanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1929-1936. Detailing duties re traffic, fire, building regulations, installation and use of petrol pumps, food labelling, street hoardings, crowd behaviour. Notes wireless aerials cause damage to chimneys when attached by wire p.88transport - motor vehicles, local government - city of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry, nightsoil, built environment, fishermans bend, livestock, engineering - canals and drainage, james mounsey

Sandridge Fire Committee reports for period July 1861 to June 1865, held in large binder. Twenty leaves only. Reports 26.3.63 and 24.8.63 describe Brigade uniforms (contains signatures of Fire Brigade members 1863)fire and fire services, local government - borough of sandridge, built environment - civic, uniforms, william ramsden holmes, william morley, thomas swallow, andrew plummer, william marsh, james smith, thomas hester, william bacon, thomas owen, john fose (?), j r sayle (?), frederick sanderson, henry mcbride

Asphalt Pavement Accounts book 1877- 1960. 'Borough of Sandridge' printed at top of pages. Columns record person liable for cost, location, measurement, cost of pavement and when paid. Path construction plan 1959 attached. Loose items are copies of notices sent to owner c1960s.'Asphalt Pavements Accounts' is embossed on the spine. The title given on the cover includes the words 'important records'engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, local government - town of port melbourne, local government - city of port melbourne, local government - borough of port melbourne, arthur victor heath, town clerks

Badge from Nott Street School c1940-41. Shield in deep blue with white scroll areas reading 'Play the Game' 'Nott St School Port Melbourne'; plus gold torch/red flame and open book. '1427' in goldInitials scratched on back, 'JM'education - primary schools, leslie timms, nott street state school

Jolly Dogs Are We - the history of yachting in Victoria 1838 - 1894, researched between 1970 and 1982 by author Ralph Neale. Hardback volume 338 pp with four-colour dust covertransport - shipping, sport - yachting, societies clubs unions and other organisations, hobson's bay, natural environment - lagoon, ralph p neale, alf hollarnd - sandridge waterman, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet

Town of Port Melbourne Council rough minute book from 21 February 1899-1901. Written and typed. Blue and Maroon cover in poor condition Other rough minute books from period catalogued in series 3685 to 3693local government - town of port melbourne, built environment, edward c crockford, town clerks

Photo from book 'Wilson Transformer - 50 years of achievement'Photographic copy of Wilson transformer on low loader in Crockford Street, 1939. Shows back wall of Hoyt's Eclipse cinema in left cornerindustry - manufacturing, transport - motor vehicles, yellow express, wilson transformers, hoyts theatre ltd

Taken from book 'Wilson Transformers - 50 Years of Achievement'One of three copy photos depicting Wilson Transformers: interior of factory, date unknownindustry - manufacturing, wilson transformers

Taken from book 'Wilson Transformers - 50 Years of Achievement'One of three copy photos depicting Wilson Transformers: interior of factory, date unknownindustry - manufacturing, wilson transformers

Taken from book 'Wilson Transformers - 50 Years of Achievement'One of three copy photos depicting Wilson Transformers: rear of factory, taken in 1979 just before occupation by Oliver Davey (glass)industry - manufacturing, wilson transformers

'Game for Anything - The Tommy Lahiff Story' by Ken LINNETT. Paperback 322 pp, illustrated, indexed, Allen & Unwin 1999Signed by author on flyleaf 'Thanks to the Port Melbourne Historical Society - Ken Linnett'sport - australian rules football, sport - cricket, societies clubs unions and other organisations, tommy lahiff, freda lahiff, harry beitzel, john william (jack) woodruff, port melbourne football club, pmfc

"Remembering Melbourne 1850-1960". Large red covered book with black and white dust cover featuring panoramic view of Princes Bridge looking North. Photographs and text covering Melbourne CBD and 20 suburbs including Port Melbourne.Royal Historical Society Victoria (RHSV) bookplate signed by Don Garden and Richard Broome.built environment, business and traders, centenary bridge, piers and wharves - railway pier, sport, industry, religion - anglican (holy trinity), swallow & ariell ltd, sandridge lagoon, melbourne air service, joshua brothers distillery, robert harper & co ltd, faram brothers hardware, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, courthouse, police station, north port oval, missions to seamen, commonwealth engine works

"The House of Kitchen/The House of Sinclair" Photo-copied spiral bound book of the history of the Kitchen family from their time in Berkshire to their migration to Australia and on to New Zealand. Researched and compiled by Len Kitchen, 2001families, industry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, len kitchen

"Once were Champions" Book written by Terry Keenan on the first 50 years of the Port Melbourne Cricket Club. Blue and white cover and picture of cricket match at Glenferrie Oval. Logo of Port Melbourne Cricket Club at top with church buildings in background.The first fifty years of the Port Melbourne Cricket Club.sport - cricket, port melbourne cricket club, terry keenan

"History of Postal Services in Victoria" Book with pale yellow cover with dark green edging. Title in dark green & sepia. Drawing of stagecoach in sepia.utilities, communication - postal, piers and wharves - railway pier, wibraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet

Second in a series on Port Melbourne public spaces. A City of Port Phillip cultural development fund project."Port Melbourne Town Hall - A short history of the buildings and the people who used them" By Susan REIDY 2003. 16 pages plus dusty pink cover, with Town Hall drawing in deep redlocal government - borough of sandridge, local government - borough of port melbourne, local government - town of port melbourne, local government - city of port melbourne, architecture, built environment - civic, susan reidy, port melbourne town hall

Port Melbourne Football Club Year Book 1968. Red and blue strped coversport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc

"James SECCULL. A tale of two families " Book with cover photo of a bearded man (James SECULL) above and behind the title. below are four small pictures, from left, Finn Barr House; Charles SECCULL; Red Baron Plane crash; Royal Melbourne Hospital. back cover has text and photo of author on a black background.families, industry, james seccull, mary anne seccull, nancy smith

"Historical records of Port Phillip - the first annals of the Colony of Victoria" edited by John J Shillinglaw, first published 1878melbourne, history, charles grimes, david collins, robert kropwood, john shillinglaw

"Australia's Schoolboy Ambassadors" Green covered book with gold lettering. A record of the Sun-Advertising Daily News sponsored youth travel tours to Great Britain in the 1950sPresented to John May of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society on behalf of Laurence Erik (Laurie) Carlson (see page 367) and the Sun Advertiser Youth Travel Association by Professor John W Brownbill (Vice President) on 21 May 2018societies clubs unions and other organisations, laurence carlson, sun advertiser youth travel association

"Buried by the Sea. A History of Williamstown cemetery" A hard cover book with yellow spine and back cover. Contains list of names of those buried there 1858-2004deaths and funerals, annie samson, claude singer, mathilda singer

"Day Excursionist's Descriptive & Pictorial Handbook" Neutral colour booklet with gold and green lettering. Green background of floral images and a drawing of "Hygeia" Written in ballpoint on front "Date 1893 see page 27" Back cover has drawing of "Hygeia" in oval medallion with foliage top and bottom. Booklet was presented to all excursionists per the paddle steamer "Hygeia"maritime, transport - shipping, social activities, ps hygeia

"321 Imagined Settlement" Book with sketch of 321 Esplanade East on bottom half and black at top with white title and authors name in red."To the members of the PMH&PS. Thanks for all of your assistance with my book. Ray Jelley."built environment - domestic, families, ray jelley, esplanade east, john philipson, william basford, hugh trainor, mathias larkin, joseph overend, janet overend, john bichard grut, john lumsden, ellen lumsden, william stapleton, george burrows, william gedge, david kelly, mrs e e watkins, robert bryant, emily sanderson, marilyn johnson, lora starling

Donated by daughter of couple who worked at Swallow & Ariell. Tells story of small boy who researches the history of Swallow & Ariell for a school project"The Swallow Story" Small cream coloured front cover, covered with brown polka dots, a school bag, school desk and a brown swallow. The story of a young boy's tour of the Swallow & Ariell factory in preparation to write a school project.swallow & ariell ltd, business and traders - bakers, built environment - industrial, industry, thomas swallow, thomas h ariell:, frederick thomas derham

"War Memorials of Victoria" - a pictorial record. Blue covered book with a photo of the Portland war memorial on the coverarmed services, returned services league, rsl, war - world war i, war - world war ii, armed services - navy, armed services - army, armed services - air force, war memorials victoria, harold bradley, max parsons, s trigellis-smith, boer war

Yellow Spirax Spiral bound A4 notebook, kept by PMHPS Secretary from July 1 1997 to 19.04.2010. Initially recording every query/contact with related annotations on back pages. As activiy grew, records became less comprehensive in succeeding yearsport melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, pat grainger

"Victoria at War 1914-1918" Records the achievements of the State's soldiers, doctors, nurses and their families 1914-18 Brown covered book with photo of marching soldiers on front cover. war - world war i, armed services - navy, armed services - army, armed services - air force, returned services league, rsl, michael mckernan, john monash, albert (bert) jacka, harold elliott, keith murdoch, angus whitelaw, kenneth whitelaw, robert whitelaw, lionel whitelaw, annie whitelaw, ivan cecil whitelaw, donald whitelaw

"World War One; A history in 100 stories" Large hard cover book with sepia dust cover. Photo on cover has two soldiers in uniform and small boy in matching uniform. Title is in gold and white. Back cover has inscription, five small photos and three badges. Allan Whittaker article on page 85.Back cover -" telling the truth about war requires it's own kind of courage"war - world war i, allan whittaker

Small red and cream coloured book about the Hydraulic Programme - Hose Fittiings 1981Moorebuilt environment - industrial, industry, engineering, malcolm moore pty ltd, norm robinson

Small 32 pp book 'Empress in Melbourne - Recollections from the 1938 visit' by Nicholas CREE. Details 6 April 1938 visit of the 'Empress of Britain', the first of the big liners to come to Station Pier.inside front, 'Pat G'piers and wharves - station pier, transport - shipping, nicholas cree, empress of britain