Black notebook, badly scuffed: Port Melbourne Electricity Supply Department, half filled with handwritten reports addressed to the Town Clerks (HEATH, ANDERSON) by F.E. WINWOOD (1914-16) and Norman D. MacPHEE (1916-21). Also notations on various aspects of operation and installations to local premises.local government, norman d macphee, frank e winwood

IF Toll Gate Plan, refer Minute Book (Reg 234) September 1865 IF Poundkeeper's Cottage, see 7 December, 1865 referring to preparation of plan for house for Poundkeeper, (guesswork!)Front, side and section elevations and floor plan for unidentified cottage and gate, 1860s. Possibly tip tender.built environment - domestic

Material Handling Equipment 1981 Small wire bound black and grey booklet produces by Malcolm Moore Ltd. Malcolm Moore were specialists in the mechanical handling of materialsN Robinson 1921-1986 - inside coverbuilt environment - industrial, industry, engineering, malcolm moore pty ltd, norm robinson

Spare parts Catalogue, with illustrations. Powermaster & Roadmaster graders June 1941. Small blue covered book.On front cover "E.R.O'Neill" Inside first page "1941"built environment - industrial, industry, engineering, malcolm moore pty ltd, norm robinson

Small blue and white book titled "Overhead Travelling Crane" Picture of crane hook and Moore's emblem on front cover"Norm Robinson" written on label; on front coverbuilt environment - industrial, industry, engineering, malcolm moore pty ltd, norm robinson

"60 years Leadership in Australian Engineering" A4 size whte and blue bookOn front cover written label "N Robinson 1980"built environment - industrial, industry, engineering, malcolm moore pty ltd, norm robinson

Journal of the Australian Historical Association with coloured cover and photo of Swallow and Ariell "Busy Bees". Article on letters between "Busy Bees " and French soldiers. Vol 15 issue 4 December 2018industry - manufacturing, war - world war i, busy bee, swallow & ariell ltd

Page from unknown book with cartoon of Sydney Sims Anderson, Town Clerk, Port Melbourne. Around the edge are caricatures of him playing cricket, golf and bowls. Main image has photo of his face and drawing of his suit and book under his arm. Book title "The Affairs of Port Melbourne"local government - city of port melbourne, sydney sims anderson, town clerks

Artist sketchbook of Arthur "Ted" Powell created when he was a resident artist at Gasworks Arts Park. He left in August 2019Small black concertina artists sketchbook of the Port Melbourne foreshore from Lagoon Pier to Station Pier showing Pacific Pearl, Pacific jewel, Carnival Spirit and the Spirit of Tasmaniainside front cover signed by artist, Station Pier 4th November 2014. Pacific Pearl; Pacific jewel; Carnival Spirit; Spirit of Tasmaniaarts and entertainment - visual arts, arts and entertainment - community arts, arthur 'ted' powell, gasworks arts park

June 2019 issue of Light Railways; Australia's Magazine of Industrial and Narrow Guage Railways. Article - Pathways around Melbourne page 2, page 8 containing details of Port Melbourne.Number 267 ISSN 07278101 June 2019. $7.95 recommended retail price onlytransport - railways, history, industrial and narrow guage railways

Jan MacDONALD was urged by yachting enthusiasts to write this book after she had written 'Thomas EDWARDS & Family' in 1997. The latter touched on Dick EDWARDS' yachting exploits and in this one she expands on these.Janice Morton MacDONALD's 'A Monkey for a Yacht', self published in 1999. Story of Eli ('Dick') EDWARDS, noted Port Melbourne yachtsman and Rouse Street farrier. 70pp, soft cover, many photos.sport - yachting, sandridge lagoon, janice macdonald nee morton, eli (dick) edwards, port melbourne yacht club, pmyc

'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

Green covered ledger with tan leather spine, containing handwritten minutes of the J Kitchen & sons Employees Mutual Benefit Society meetings from July 31,1926 until July 6 (probably 1956). The last meeting includesthe vote to recommend the winding up of the society.industry, manufacturing, societies clubs unions and other organisations, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, employees mutual benefit society, w s l sear, m v dunn, n l cox

Blue coloured ledger, with tan leather spine (labels attached) containing pasted-in typed minutes of meetings of the Directors of J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd from 3rd Nov 1958 to 5 October 1978: and then Directors of Unichema till 8 July 1977. Meetings took place at 1 Macquarrie St Sydney until 9th April 1984, and then various Sydney addresses.industry, manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, unichema australia pty ltd, administration

Pale khaki covered cheque book issued by the Bank of Australasia. Used by J Kitchen & Sonsindustry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, the bank of australasia

Large brown canvas covered shareholders ledgers - for J Kitchen & sons - of 501 numbered pages. Each page has the name of the shareholder, purchases and dividends. The first entry is for Dec 11, 1901 and the last June 26, 1956industry, manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

Green covered book of "Forms of Contract". Black binding along spine. Each form is numbered and headed with name of commodity for which a contract would be needed . Back of each page has "Rules of Arbitration and Appeal"The London Oil and Tallow Trades Association forms of contract 1955. 84 Leadenhall St, London, EC 3industry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, coconut oil, vegetable oil, australasian tallow, english tallow, american spirits of gum turpentine, gum rosin, wood rosin, china wood oil, hardened oriental fish oil, linseed oil, south american matadero beef tallow, whale oil

Written and published by the author. First edition.Book "32 Gellibrand Road 3207, Life and times 1941-71". Rosalie BRAY (THRUP). Green cover with photo of 32 Gellibrand Road on coverbuilt environment - domestic, garden city, education, war - world war ii, piers and wharves - princes pier, gellibrand road, fishermans bend, millie mclean, roy mclean, sandra sleeth, rene smith, dave mclean, phyllis moore, joe watson, nancy carroll, violet pope, len pope, june moore, lois moore, sis peat, mrs mills, mary edwards, alf edwards, judy faram, swallow & ariell ltd, robert harper & co ltd, j h boyd domestic college, mrs wood mewton, oranje, ss nairana, daisy thrup, rosalie (rosie) bray nee thrup

Written and published by the author. Second edition printed 2014Book "32 Gellibrand Road 3207, Life and times 1941-71". Rosalie BRAY (THRUP). Green cover with photo of 32 Gellibrand Road on coverbuilt environment - domestic, garden city, education, war - world war ii, piers and wharves - princes pier, rosalie (rosie) bray nee thrupp, gellibrand road, fishermans bend, millie mclean, roy mclean, sandra sleeth, rene smith, dave mclean, phyllis moore, joe watson, nancy carroll, violet pope, len pope, june moore, lois moore, sis peat, mrs mills, mary edwards, alf edwards, judy faram, swallow & ariell ltd, robert harper & co ltd, j h boyd domestic college, mrs wood mewton, oranje, ss nairana, daisy thrup, rosalie (rosie) bray nee thrup

Researched by Terry KEENAN, who managed to locate details of this noted but unrecorded group of women."Welcoming the Wounded Anzacs" by Terry KEENAN. 132 page softcover book in blues and aquas. The story of the Women's Welcome Home Committee, World War I. Launched 100 years to the day of the commencement of the "Great War"Signed "for PMHPS" by the authorwar - world war i, societies clubs unions and other organisations, women, armed services, terry keenan, band rotunda, women's welcome home committee, women's welcoming committee, australian women's association

"Each a new Leviathan - Great Passenger Ships in Melbourne" 174 page soft cover book about Great Passenger ships which have visited Melbourne. Author Neil Maclean. Includes some brief local history in Introductiontransport - shipping, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - princes pier, war - world war i, war - world war ii, migrants, neil maclean

"Unilever 1945-65. Challenge and Response in the Post-War Industrial Revolution." Follow up to Volume II of "The History of Unilever" (Cat no. 3410) written by Charles Wilson in 1954, and so covers the next 20 yearsindustry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, unilever australia (holdings) ltd

"Fifty years of Unilever" History book on Unilever by W J Reader, covering the years 1930 to 1980 worldwide. Many photographs included. Black cover with two photographs of a grocer shop and supermarket.industry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, unilever australia (holdings) ltd, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

"A Lever & Kitchen Album" History of Lever & Kitchen by Kristine Bak from beginnings in 1800s to year of publication, 1988. Pale blue cover with black and white photo of Balmain Works; many black and white photos included.business and traders - soaps/candles, industry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, lever & kitchen pty ltd, unilever australia (holdings) ltd

Yellow coloured book with photo of soldier and a woman on the front. Titled "My Anzac Quest", "Ginny & Honkie" by Brenda Stevens-Chamberswar - world war i, armed services - army, henry foster midgley, georgina midgley, jonathon midgley

Dinah Higham, great-great-granddaughter of James, put this book together after much research by her father (in New Zealand where the family now lives)28 pages in newspaper format originally published Feb 1997. This book gives an account of the life of James Higham, his background and particularly his life in Australia after banishment from England, 1865 to 1875, as a reporter on local papers. .01 is in A4 sizefamilies, publishing, newspapers, james higham, the record, the sandridge reporter and hobsons bay advertiser, the telegraph and st kilda, prahran and south yarra guardian, borough of sandridge

Dinah Higham, great-great-granddaughter of James, put this book together after much research by her father (in New Zealand where the family now lives)28 pages in newspaper format originally published Feb 1997. This book gives an account of the life of James Higham, his background and particularly his life in Australia after banishment from England, 1865 to 1875, as a reporter on local papers. .02 is A3 sizefamilies, publishing, newspapers, james higham, the record, the sandridge reporter and hobsons bay advertiser, the telegraph and st kilda, prahran and south yarra guardian, borough of sandridge

Belonged to donor's grandfather - Harold Williams - a boatman who took people and stores out to the anchored ships. He lived in Port Melbourne.Black oblong case with handle and metal lock. Contains Lodge apron and small blue constitution book. Side of case is unstitched for 3/4 of its length. Case locked and no key. Case is in a cotton bag with "This is genuine Hollywood handbag" on itBro H W Fletcher Port Melbourne City Lodgecostume, recreation, societies clubs unions and other organisations, bro h w fletcher, masonic, port melbourne city lodge

Hard bound dark red book entitled "Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1967"advertising, families, local government, business and traders, built environment, sands & mcdougall pty ltd

"Vintage Port - Worth Preserving" Index of research material for the book "They can carry me out". 11 pages in plasticlocal government - city of port melbourne, built environment, families, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, domestic life, industry, recreation, sport, pat grainger, jill dawson, wendy morris, vintage port - worth preserving project 1991