Showing 724 items matching "piers and wharves"
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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Exhibition Catalogue, Joan Winter, Dredging, Draining, Dipping & Shipping: A History of the Foreshore & Low-lying Lands of the City of Port Phillip, Apr 1996
First major exhibition from the Council of Port Phillip was held in 1995. The catalogue material on Port Melbourne was written by PMH&PS members. It toured the city and then a reduced version was sent to sister city, Devonport. Black text and picture of Sandridge from the Esplanade, St Kilda on cover. sandridge lagoon, engineering - canals and drainage, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves, piers and wharves - waterside workers, arts and entertainment, transport - shipping, centenary bridge, beacons, fishermans bend, transport - aviation and aerodrome, sport - swimming, flood, local government - city of port phillip, kulin nation, caroline frederica liardet, swallow & ariell ltd, mission to seafarers, emerald hill, st kilda -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Scrapbook relating to Port Melbourne, Newspaper Cuttings, 1900
98 pages of clippings kept by Port Melbourne Town Clerk E.C. CROCKFORD; sequential to item 162. (This also has his bowling scores in back). NB Crockford supposed to have moved to South Melbourne in November, 1909, but this book kept up to 28-07-1910, apparently still in Crockford's handwriting.Notationslocal government - town of port melbourne, engineering - board of works, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, sandridge lagoon, livestock, piers and wharves - miscellaneous, amalgamation, royal visits and occasions, law, sport - lawn bowls, transport - tramways, health - general health, business & traders - dairies, flood, transport - horse, transport - railways, environmental issues, fishermans bend, engineering - canals and drainage, built environment - domestic, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, town planning - proposals shelved, natural environment, edward c crockford, town clerks, pumping station, waste disposal, sand carters, business and traders - hotels -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph, Aerial Survey of Port Melbourne; December 1945, 2105
Seventeen (17) individual photos were joined together by John KIRBY to make a compsite image.Aerial Survey of Port Melbourne; December 1945 Large photograph mounted on foam board. Shows aerial view of Port Melbourne showing its extent from the Bay. Panel on right hand side has key to numbered areas on map . PMHPS logo on top left cornereclipse picture theatre, brookes lemos ltd, built environment, local government, natural environment, built environment - industrial, religion - roman catholic church (st josephs), gmh, general motors-holden, rotten row, sport - trotting, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, australian wool board, government aircraft factory, gaf, commonwealth aircraft corporation, cac, north port oval, fire and fire services, market reserve, religion - presbyterian church, leading lights, foresters arms hotel, commonwealth government engine works, st josephs catholic primary school, mission to seamen, centenary bridge, naval drill hall, mail exchange, gasworks, piers and wharves - town pier, robert harper & co ltd, ran - royal australian navy, hmas lonsdale, port melbourne yacht club, pmyc -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Essay - Thesis, The 1928 Waterfront Strike, Liam Brooks, "The 1928 Waterfront Strike"
Digital copy of thesis entitled "The 1928 Waterfront Strike" by Liam Brooks. Hard copy stored A.08.03piers and wharves - princes pier, societies clubs unions and other organisations, liam brooks, e j hogan, thomas blamey, allan whittaker, waterside workers union -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Scrapbook, Newspaper cuttings relating to Port Melbourne, Edward C Crockford, Town Clerk, 1890s
EC CROCKFORD's scrapbook from time he became acting Town Clerk (1892) until he left to serve South Melbourne (1909).Scrapbook kept by Port Melbourne Town Clerk EC CROCKFORD, 1890s: notebook with marbled board covers, 38 ruled pp, some empty. Back of book used upside down. Pasted with clippings related to municipal operation, and ads for contracts (in back). Insert: note on rateslocal government - town of port melbourne, engineering department - town of port melbourne, transport - railways, transport - tramways, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - canals and drainage, amalgamation, piers and wharves - station pier, business and traders, sport - lawn bowls, health - general health, law, nightsoil, piers and wharves - railway pier, statistics, edward c crockford, town clerks, municipal elections -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Shipping using Webb Dock, Williamstown and various River Yarra berths, Ron Laing, 1986 - 1999
A set of 83 photographs of shipping using Webb Dock, Williamstown, various river berths and movements in the Yarra River 1986-1999mairangi bay, columbus australia, michigan highway, anro australia, toyofuji 8, columbus america, union rotoma, searoad tamar, antwerpen, contship jork, queensland star, kha bhum, columbus new zealand, city of port melbourne, dock express ii, direct kea, samas spirit, arafura, contship action, searoad mersey, ville de capella, australia bridge, juthia bhum, direct eagle, columbia star, torrons, hakuyou maru, berlin express, tourcoing, rabelis, bass trader, zim brisbane, australian advance, sea venus, morning light, matilda bay, ooclexporter, qiutte, lloydiana, direct kookaburra, nichigon maru, era, golden crux ii, canopus, stolt sincerity, ionikos, iron gippsland, ehjin, satucket, irene, paum monarch, torbon spirit, cgm, la perouse, amvella, transport - shipping, piers and wharves, ron laing, eclipse -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Large wooden framed colour panorama photograph of Port Melbourne waterfront, Alison Kelly
Framed photograph. Taken from Station Pier admin building approx 1990. Shows Engine Works; London Hotel; Swallow & Ariell; West Gate Bridgebuilt environment, commonwealth government engine works, london family hotel, swallow & ariell ltd, west gate bridge, engineering - bridges, natural environment - beaches and foreshore, piers and wharves -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Large wooden framed colour panorama photograph of Port Melbourne waterfront, Alison Kelly
Framed photograph. Taken from old Mission to Seamen building towards Station Pier. Shows Centenary Bridge and Abel Tasmanbuilt environment, centenary bridge, abel tasman, natural environment, maritime, piers and wharves -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 1997 PMHPS Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne, Sep 1996
Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 500 printed, then errors discovered. Recalled, de-stapled, reprinted (8 pp), collated and redistributed. Sold in Bay Street from Town Hall, Library, newsagent, Sandridge Gallery, Emerald Hill Bookstore, Sweet Port and Yorkville Kangaroo1997 calendar produced by PMH&PS, printed sepia on ivory, 16pp; cover photo 'Gem' at Railway Pier from foreshore. Revised printing with April and May correctedsocieties clubs unions and other organisations, built environment, piers and wharves - railway pier, sandridge lagoon, beacons, arts and entertainment - film/cinema, pat grainger, faram brothers hardware, ps gem, business and traders - hotels -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map - Track, Sandridge to Melbourne, 1840
Bromide of surveyor's sketch of the track to Melbourne from Sandridge (Liardet's Beach), 1840. Originals with Lands Department, Melbourne. (possibly the work of William Wedge DARKE?)Slight processing stain upper right, '6' on backbusiness and traders - hotels, william wedge darke, piers and wharves -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map - Foreshore, Sandridge, 1840
Bromide of surveyor's sketch of the foreshore of Sandridge (Liardet's Beach), 1840, showing Pier and Marine hotels with respective jetties. Originals with Lands Department, Melbourne. (possibly the work of William Wedge DARKE?) '5' on backbusiness and traders - hotels, piers and wharves, william wedge darke -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Sandridge foreshore from Sugar Works, c. 1871
Poor copy photograph of foreshore from Sugar Works showing Town and Railway Pier, Donaldson's jetty and Pier Hotel c1871 (LaTrobe collection). Original print, item 13B2, 35built environment - commercial, piers and wharves - donaldson's jetty, piers and wharves - town pier, piers and wharves - railway pier, business and traders - hotels -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 2009 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne - From the Album, Oct 2008
Researched, written and designed by member Pat GRAINGER as a fundraiser for PMH&PS. Production volume: 675 copiesHistoric Port Melbourne - 'Images from the Borough' Calendar for 2009 - Fishermen on cover.. Features photographers who have recorded Sandridge/Port Melbourne. All following years calendars also recorded against cat no 1864industry - fishing, arts and entertainment - visual arts, armed services - navy, built environment - commercial, faram brothers hardware, millie mcleavy, waterside workers, edward rice, henry rice, ernest rice, edward walter (ted) raven, swallow & ariell ltd, eli 'dick' edwards, jacob édwards, thomas edwards, vincent 'ben' edwards, claude butcher, george beazley, graham soccer club, harry ashworth, ken smallpage, port melbourne soccer club, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet, caroline frederica liardet, jack gould, charles nettleton, daintree & fauchery, william david swift, doug smallpage, arthur rowan, alison kelly, lloyd holmes, ron laing, david thompson, glen stuart, stefan cannatelli, geoff cross, pat grainger, george joosten, peter libbis, peter parrington, jim peterson, elizabeth rodda, us navy, william dalglish, william paterson, transport - motor vehicles, transport - railways, piers and wharves - princes pier, business and traders, religion - anglican (holy trinity), industry - manufacturing, industry - foundries, social activities, fetes, business and traders - hotels -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 2008 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne - From the Album, Oct 2007
Researched, written and designed by member Pat Grainger as a fundraiser for PMH&PS. Production volume: 550 copiesHistoric Port Melbourne - 'From the album' Calendar for 2008 - Mrs Coggin's shop on cover. Features sentiments from the autograph albums of two Edwards women All following years calendars also recorded against cat no 1864business and traders - hotels, business and traders, transport - tramways, piers and wharves - princes pier, religion - anglican (holy trinity), industry - manufacturing, industry - foundries, social activities, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, armed services - navy, built environment - commercial, grimwade castings pty ltd, steel castings, peter griffin, christina irvine edwards, sarah 'stella' edwards, william faulkner, elizabeth faulkner, the monts, montague, port melbourne bowling club, returned services league, rsl, great white fleet, john storey, john park, louisa storey coggin, ron robertson, edwin whiting, jim wood, william gleeson, george faram, meenie mclean, margaret mclean, abraham lincoln hotel, anzac day, cable trams, us navy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 2013 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne - Pens, pencils, photography, paint, Sep 2012
Researched, written and designed by member Pat GRAINGER as a fundraiser for PMH&PS. 2013 PMHPS calendar ; Historic Port Melbourne - Pens, pencils, photography, paint. Cover shows sugar works Sandridge; plus writing, painting and drawing instruments. All following years calendars also recorded against cat no 1864piers and wharves - station pier, built environment, transport, sandridge lagoon, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, port melbourne town hall, local government - borough of sandridge, local government - town of port melbourne, station hotel, faram brothers hardware, charles stoley, ps weeroona, guernsey house, brian cleveland, gleeson family, peter grut, ps hygeia, business and traders - hotels -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Memoir, Captain G H Gray, PS Weeroona, Captain George Harry Gray
Photocopy of items written by the last Captain of the PS Weeroona, Capt G.H. Gray of Swallow Street: 14 A4 photocopies from handwritten memoir, with many tales of the paddlesteamers and piersIn ink, details on backtransport - shipping, piers and wharves - station pier, business and traders - hotels, captain george henry (harry) gray, ps weeroona, ps hygeia, pier hotel -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Jim Beggs, "Proud to be a wharfie", 2014
"Proud to be a wharfie" by Jim Beggs. Paperback book of 260 pages second edition 2014"Best wishes Jim Beggs"piers and wharves - waterside workers, state government victoria, commonwealth government, piers and wharves, jim beggs, waterside workers federation, maritime union of australia, mua, missions to seamen, victorian trades hall -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Letter - E R Meagher to V Doube re proposed railway along Howe Parade, 1973 - 1983
Correspondence relating to proposed railway along Howe Parade to Webb Dock 1970s-80s 04 & .05 - 2 page letter from E R Meagher to V Doubelocal government - city of port melbourne, piers and wharves - webb dock, state government victoria, v j doube, e r meagher -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Submission from V Doube re proposed railway along Howe Parade, 1973 - 1983
Correspondence relating to proposed railway along Howe Parade to Webb Dock 1973-1983 .06 & .07 - - 2 page submission from V Doubelocal government - city of port melbourne, piers and wharves - webb dock, state government victoria, v j doube -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Drawing - Sketch, Proposed extension of Sandridge Jetty, R R M, 29 Oct 1863
Sketch showing proposed extension of Sandridge Jetty 1863.piers and wharves - town pier -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Drawing - Sketch, Shelter shed, Town Pier, Sandridge, 20 May 1862
Sketch of proposed shelter shed for Town Pier, 1862.Ball, Frederick William (Municipal Surveyor 1860s)piers and wharves - town pier, frederick william bull -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Verandah, Shipping Office, Town Pier, Sandridge, 8 Jan 1862
Plan of verandah to shipping office, Town Pier, Sandridge, 1862.Fred. W. Bull (Municipal Surveyor)piers and wharves - town pier, frederick william bull -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Photographic copy, Sketch of the Duke arrivng at Town Pier, Sandridge, Illustrated Australasian News, c. 1869
NB the date of this and the fact that the hotels shown were there in 1868-9 suggests this isn't the Duke of Edinburgh - he arrived late in 1867, at Railway Pier, and stayed quite a few months in Australia, but would he have been at Town Pier in 1869?Photographic copy of sketch of the Duke (Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh?) arriving at Town Pier, Sandridge' (Illustrated Aust. News 22.3.1869 p.59) shows Bell's Pier Hotel and Scott's Royal Hotelnumber 53 on back with some detail until pasted paperpiers and wharves - town pier, transport - shipping -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Sketch, Sandridge Pier, G Thomson, c. 1850
Photograph - "Sketch on Sandridge Pier" (G.Thomson c1850)piers and wharves - town pier, george f train co -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Illustration, Sandridge waterfront, 1859
Photographic copy of illustration of Sandridge waterfront from Sugar Mill, with Town and Railway Piersvarious numbers, and incorrectly identified as 'Gov. Pier Sandridge 1859'piers and wharves - town pier, piers and wharves - railway pier, built environment -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Aerial view of Port Melbourne, 23 Dec 1945
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 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Town Pier, Port Melbourne, 1905
Copy of B&W snapshot of Town Pier c1905, from the tower of S&A office, Stokes and Rouse Street, overlooking foreshore housing/shops/etcOn rear: 'D Beazley photo collection Neg No PM004/4'piers and wharves - town pier, built environment -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Ron Jackson, "Port Melbourne Yacht Club on the Bay", 2010
Book written by Ron JACKSON assisted by Jan MACDONALD. Draws on volumes of club minutes now held by PMHPSSpiral Bound booklet "Port Melbourne Yacht Club on the Bay", by Ron Jackson. The book includes photographs in and around the yacht club, an index of members and boats, and newspaper articles by Ron Jackson. Covers 1889 to 2010built environment - recreational facilities, piers and wharves - town pier, societies clubs unions and other organisations, sport - yachting, ron jackson, janice c macdonald nee morton, port melbourne yacht club, pmyc -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Painting - Sandridge Town Pier, watercolour by SM, 1985
Originally hung in McClusky & Associates, Solicitors at 180 Bay Street prior to their move to 111 Bay Street. Donated to PMHPS.One of ten framed watercolour paintings of Port Melbourne buildings by 'S.M.' c 1985: 'Sandridge Town Pier (now Port Melbourne)'piers and wharves - town pier, arts and entertainment - visual arts, mcclusky & associates -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - US seaman and ships at Town Pier, Port Melbourne, 1924 - 1925
Three photographs taken in 1925 of U.S. seaman and ships at Port Melbourne - Town Pier. .01 - U.S.Seaman Carl (?) Stewart, the donor's mothers cousin .02 - U.S. Auxiliaries - repair ships, "Medusa" (1923) .03 - U.S. Light Cruiser - Omaha Class (1920-23) piers and wharves - town pier, us medusa