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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Crowds, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Roy Liebig, 1945
The donor's (Karen Bowden) grandfather - Roy Liebig (1897-1968) - took these photos in the 1940s. Karen, as administrtor of his estate, has extracted various photos and sent them to appropriate historical societies.A series of photographs taken by Roy Liebig in the 1940s Hard copy and digital. Crowds at Station Pier to see "Oranje" returning soldiersmaritime, war - world war ii, roy liebig, karen bowden, yarra river, oranje, piers and wharves - station pier -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Crowds welcoming returning wounded troops, Port Melbourne, Roy Liebig, 1945
The donor's (Karen Bowden) grandfather - Roy Liebig (1897-1968) - took these photos in the 1940s. Karen, as administrtor of his estate, has extracted various photos and sent them to appropriate historical societies.A series of photographs taken by Roy Liebig in the 1940s Hard copy and digital. Crowds at Port Melbourne, ambulances carrying wounded. Centenary bridge pylon in backgroundmaritime, piers and wharves, war - world war ii, piers and wharves - station pier, roy liebig, karen bowden, yarra river, centenary bridge -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Letter - Provenance of photos, Roy Liebig, 1945
The donor's (Karen Bowden) grandfather - Roy Liebig (1897-1968) - took these photos in the 1940s. Karen, as administrtor of his estate, has extracted various photos and sent them to appropriate historical societies.A series of photographs taken by Roy Liebig in the 1940s Hard copy and digital. Letter from donor re provenance of photosmaritime, piers and wharves, war - world war ii, piers and wharves - station pier, roy liebig, karen bowden, yarra river -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Tug, Marimba, Yarra River, Roy Liebig, 1945
The donor's (Karen Bowden) grandfather - Roy Liebig (1897-1968) - took these photos in the 1940s. Karen, as administrtor of his estate, has extracted various photos and sent them to appropriate historical societies.A series of photographs taken by Roy Liebig in the 1940s Hard copy and digital. "Marimba" and shipping in Yarra Rivermaritime, piers and wharves, war - world war ii, roy liebig, karen bowden, yarra river, marimba -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - British aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Roy Liebig, Jan 1946
On Wednesday 23 Jan 1946 British aircraft carriers HMS Indefatigable, HMS Implacable and HMS Glory escorted by destroyers HMS Tuscan and HMS Armada arrived in Melbourne. Indefatigable berthed at outer west Station Pier, Glory at inner east and Implacable at outer east. The Tuscan and Armada proceeded up the river Yarra and berthed at South Wharf.A series of photographs taken by Roy Liebig in the 1940s Hard copy and digital. British aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable at the outer west berth of Station Pier in Jan 1946. The photo shows many visitors on the pier.maritime, war - world war ii, roy liebig, karen bowden, piers and wharves - station pier, hms indefatigable -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Various wharf/pier locations, 1920 - 1922
Original photos. Eighteen loose photos in separate box . Charles Wynn Kiver Allison M.I.E.A.. Namely the New Pier (Princes), Railway Pier, Williamstown, Centre Pier in Victoria Dock, and the Interstate Swinging Basin (near Charles Grimes Bridge) in Yarra River 1920spiers and wharves - miscellaneous, piers and wharves - princes pier, charles wynn kiver allison, victoria dock -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map - Navigation Charts, Port Melbourne, Williamstown and River Yarra, 1994
... Navigation Charts, Port Melbourne, Williamstown and River... and River Yarra channels 1994. Chart No Aust 154 .02 - Navigation..., Williamstown and River Yarra channels 1994. Chart No Aust 154 .02 ....01 - Navigation chart of Port Melbourne, Williamstown and River Yarra channels 1994. Chart No Aust 154 .02 - Navigation Chart of approaches to Melbourne. Chart No Aust 155 c1986sport - yachting, maritime, beacons -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Proposed improvements to Hobsons Bay, Melbourne Harbor Trust, The Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners - General p`lan shewing proposed harbor improvements 1915, 1915
... and on the north side of the Yarra River. The Melbourne Harbor Trust ...MHT plan of proposed improvements to Hobson's Bay and areas surrounding and bordering the Yarra. The proposals include piers into the bay near the river and on the north side of the Yarra River.melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, hobson's bay, town planning - proposals shelved -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Cement ship, Goliath, in Yarra River on first voyage to Melbourne, 1990s
Colour photograph of Goliath moving upstream in River Yarra on first voyage to Melbourne. (Cement ship registered in Devonport, Tasmania.)Notoations regarding a function at which plaques were exchangedtransport - shipping, goliath -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Soundings, Yarra River, Operation Division, Port of Melbourne Authority, Jul 1987
Port of Melbourne Authority. Plan: soundings of Yarra River at entrance Beacon No 23melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, beacon no 23 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map - Yarra River, Saltwater River and Coode's Canal, 1935
Plan No.7. Yarra River, Saltwater River, Coode's Canal area 1935.Signed Walker A.W.melbourne, a w walker, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, mmbw -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Album - Projects by Charles Wynn Kiver Allison, Piers, etc, 1920 - 1922
Original photos. Photo album of 48 photos of projects undertaken by Charles Wynn Kiver Allison M.I.E.A.. Namely the New Pier (Princes), Railway Pier, Williamstown, Centre Pier in Victoria Dock, and the Interstate Swinging Basin (near Charles Grimes Bridge) in Yarra River 1920spiers and wharves - miscellaneous, piers and wharves - princes pier, charles wynn kiver allison - miea, victoria dock -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Kristin Otto, "Yarra - A Diverting History of Melbourne's Murky River", 2005
... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne yarra ..."Yarra - A Diverting History of Melbourne's Murky River" by Kristin Otto. History of Yarra River covering commercial and social uses."To Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society, with best riverside wishes. Kristin Otto"yarra river, kirstin otto -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Aerial view of the mouth of the Yarra from Williamstown, 2006
B&W aerial photographic view of the mouth of the Yarra River, taken from above Williamstown and looking east. Greenwich Bay and the cooling water outlet for Newport Power Station in the foreground, the entrance and Webb Dock in the centre, Sandridge Beach and the city upper right.piers and wharves - webb dock, yarra river, garden city, fishermans bend, newport power station -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - West Gate Bridge, Glen Stuart, 6 Oct 2002
Colour photo of West Gate Bridge over Yarra River looking west. Shows rock wall to stabilise bank. Fishermens Bendbuilt environment - civic, engineering - bridges, west gate bridge, yarra river -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Pier 35 marina, Lorimer Street, Fishermens Bend, Glen Stuart, 2002
... and wharves yarra river pier 35 Colour photo of Pier 35 marina ...Colour photo of Pier 35 marina on Lorimer St Fishermens Bend. Looking towards Coode Islandpiers and wharves, yarra river, pier 35 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Loading gypsum, Dock No 6, Yarraville, Glen Stuart, 17 May 2003
Colour photo of cranes used for loading gypsum on Dock No 6 Yarraville, taken from across Yarra Riverpiers and wharves -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Aerial view of J Kitchen and Sons site, Ingles Street, Port Melbourne, early 1930s, 1930s
Large Black and White aerial photograph on brown cardboard showing Kitchen and Sons buildings including the 1925 Administrative Building No 34 on Ingles st.Photograph taken looking North Easterly with Swanston and Barret Pty concrete works; Port Melbourne Football ground in foreground; Yarra River in top left hand corner; showing South Melbourne and Royal Botanic Gardens in the distance. Taken in the early 1930sindustry - manufacturing, built environment - industrial, j kitchen & sons pty ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Photograph board, Seven aerial views of J Kitchen & Sons site, Port Melbourne, J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd. Port Melbourne 1951, 1951
Large brown cardboard with seven (7) B&W aerial photographs pasted on it. Taken in 1951. Photo 1 - South East direction with Boundary Street in foreground, Kitchens buildings and Football Ground (cricket being played) Photo 2 - South West direction towards the Bay showing Station and Princes Piers, with ships in the distance. Photo 3 - almost directly above Kitchens Photo 4 - directly above kitchens Photo 5 - looking West including the Yarra River Photo 6 - looking North with Kitchen's storage and football ground in foreground Photo 7 - looking north east with football ground in foregrpound left and Yarra River top right.industry - manufacturing, built environment - industrial, piers and wharves - princes pier, piers and wharves - station pier, sport - australian rules football, sport - cricket, sport - recreational grounds, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, port melbourne football and cricket ground, north port oval -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Domestic object - Coasters, Port Melbourne Bowling Club, 1970s
From the collection of the late Fred WindussFour aluminium coasters from the collection of the late Fred WINDUSS - two gold plated and two silver plated, with Port Melbourne Bowling Club insignia; mounted on blue felt in a black card pouch. Impression of Yarra River with West Gate Bridge in foreground and City in background, edge of a bowl on right handsport - lawn bowls, frederick robert winduss, port melbourne bowling club -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Dismantled cranes on the edge of the Yarra, Ron Laing, Sep 2000
Colour photograph of the two dismantled 3 ton cargo cranes laying in the old pile yard on the edge of the River Yarra, where they were 'stored' after removal from Station Pierpiers and wharves, demolitions, glen stuart -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Dismantled cranes one the edge of the Yarra, Ron Laing, Sep 2000
Colour photograph of the two dismantled 3 ton cargo cranes laying in the old pile yard on the edge of the River Yarra, where they were 'stored' after removal from Station Pierpiers and wharves, demolitions, glen stuart -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Queen Street Bridge, Melbourne, 1990s
Colour photograph taken from under King Street Bridge, looking towards Queen Street Bridge with the Yarra River in foreground and the city skyline in backgroundbuilt environment, engineering - bridges -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Moreton Bay, outbound in the Yarra, Glen Stuart, 1950s
One of nine photographs taken of various ships at Port Melbourne and river berths in the early 1950s: Moreton Bay, outbound in Yarra Rivertransport - shipping, moreton bay -
Mount Evelyn History Group
Book Aboriginal Database, Tarcoola Press, Birrarung Database, Published 2012
Book with information on the history of the Wurundjeri people of the Yarra Valley, from the time of first European contact, arranged according to topic, e.g. law, ceremony, language, lifestyle, personalities, reconcilation.Sepia toned soft cover book with illustrations: engraving 'The Battle of Yering' by Margo Heeley; photograph 'The Yarra River' by Mick Woiwod'; sketch 'When Blacks First Saw Ships' by Tommy McCrae. Top: 'Birrarung Database' Bottom: 'compiled by Mick Woiwod Published by Tarcoola Press'aborigine, wurundjeri, woiwurrung, yarra, birrarung, woiwod -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Isaac Douglas Hermann, A Labour of Love The Public works of Carlo Catani Victoria 1876 - 1918, October 2021
The book covers all the Victorian Public Works projects of Carlo CATANI including the Catani Memorial Clock Tower & the Catani Gardens in St Kilda. Book, 'A Labour of love - the Public Works of Carlo Catani Victoria 1876 - 1918'. The front & back covers are from a 1905 painting by Laurence WILSON showing the southern approach to Melbourne and with Princes Bridge and the Yarra River.carlo catani, carlo catani memorial clock tower, catani gardens -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Aerial view of Fisherman's Bend circa 1940, circa1940
From the collection of Terry KEENAN. The 9 hole golf course known as the Sandridge Golf Club was part of Victorian Golf Clubs until it moved to Cheltenham in 1927. Trotting 'Speedway' located at top right of photograph.Black and white photograph of Fishermans Bend, Port Melbourne, c. 1940 showing General Motors Holden in the foreground. The original home of the Victoria Golf Club is shown on the left beside the Yarra River winding towards the city & North & South Wharves. built environment, fishermans bend, built environment - industrial, general motors-holden, victoria golf club, sport - golf, sport - horse racing -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Short Road Ferry ticket, c.1974
From the collection of Warren DOUBLEDAY. The short Road ferry ran between the end of Williamstown Road in Port Melbourne across the narrowest section of the Yarra River to the bottom of the Strand in Williamstown. The name came from it being the 'short road' between the two places. There was a type of ferry service in operation from around 1873 which was modernised in the 20th century to take cars and trucks across the river. It was operated by two heavy chains which sank to the river bed to allow ships to pass.A single trip 15 cent ticket for crossing the Yarra River from Williamstown on the Short Road Ferry. The off white ticket has two diagonal blue stripes and the number F 048261 printed on the side. transport - ferries, short road ferry, williamstown, transport - motor vehicles -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Short Road Ferry ticket, c.1974
From the collection of Warren DOUBLEDAY. The Short Road ferry ran between the end of Williamstown Road in Port Melbourne across the narrowest section of the Yarra River to the bottom of the Strand in Williamstown. The name came from it being the 'short road' between the two places. There was a type of ferry service in operation from around 1873 which was modernised in the 20th century to take cars and trucks across the river. It was operated by two heavy chains which sank to the river bed to allow ships to pass.A single trip 15 cent ticket for crossing the Yarra River from Williamstown on the Short Road Ferry. The off white ticket has two diagonal blue stripes and the number P016322 printed on the side. transport - ferries, short road ferry, williamstown, transport - motor vehicles -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Short Road Ferry ticket 1974, 7 Jan1974
From the collection of Warren DOUBLEDAY. The Short Road ferry ran between the end of Williamstown Road in Port Melbourne across the narrowest section of the Yarra River to the bottom of the Strand in Williamstown. The name came from it being the 'short road' between the two places. There was a type of ferry service in operation from around 1873 which was modernised in the 20th century to take cars and trucks across the river. It was operated by two heavy chains which sank to the river bed to allow ships to pass.A single trip 20 cent ticket for crossing the Yarra River from Williamstown on the Short Road Ferry. The off white ticket has two diagonal blue stripes and the number C049655 printed on the side. On reverse side of ticket -" 8.25 pm trip. 7-1-74 (last East bound for day'"transport - ferries, short road ferry, williamstown, transport - motor vehicles