In 1927 the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) visited Australia. The Port Melbourne Council established a Strong Post in St Kilda Road to welcome the royal couple. Standing third and fourth from left Mrs CRICHTON, holding an Australian flag, and Cr J P CRICHTON. The tall man in centre of photograph looking at the camera is S S ANDERSON, Town Clerk. Second from right is Cr William HOWE, Mayor. This is a proof version of the final photo also held in the PMHPS collection (293.02) where the oval inset of the royal couple has been swapped from the right hand upper corner in the proof to the upper left corner in final version. Note that the price for copies of the photo is inscribed on the mount. 5/- for this (the large size) and 2/6 for a smaller size.Sepia proof photograph in a cardboard mount of Port Melbourne Council Group in St Kilda Road awaiting the arrival of Duke and Duchess of York - 21 April, 1927. A oval photo of the royal couple is inset (pasted) in the top right corner."This size 5/- each, smaller size 2/6 each" in pencil on the top left corner of the mount. "PROOF" stamped on the right edge of the mount.local government - city of port melbourne, duke of york, duchess of york, william howe, sydney sims anderson, royal visits and occasions, mayors, town clerks, james peter crichton, elizabeth branton crichton nee portbury

Copy of address presented to T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of York at Federal Government House April 23rd 1927.local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, william howe, edward william cremer, herbert charles edwards, albert tucker, owen sinclair, george samuel walter, patrick francis murphy, james peter crichton, sydney sims anderson, town clerks, mayors

Institute of Incorporated Secretaries Certificate certifying that Sydney Sims ANDERSON, having qualified, has been admitted a fellow of the institute. 23rd December 1925.local government - city of port melbourne, sydney sims anderson, town clerks

Women's Hospital - Certificate of Life Governor certifying that Sydney Sims ANDERSON Esq was this day, Dec 17th 1920 elected a life governor.local government - city of port melbourne, sydney sims anderson, town clerks

Certificate - That the Committee of management has elected Mr. Sydney S. ANDERSON a Life Governor of the Melbourne Hospital, 13-2-1917.local government - city of port melbourne, sydney sims anderson, town clerks

Certificate - To Sydney Sims ANDERSON as Life Governor of the Children's Hospital, Melbourne 16-9-1926local government - city of port melbourne, sydney sims anderson, town clerks

Address presented on behalf of the City of Port Melbourne to Lord and Lady SOMERS by His Worship The Mayor Cr. J.P. CRICHTON on their departure from Australia 23rd June 1931.local government - city of port melbourne, lord somers, lady somers, james peter crichton, george samuel walter, william howe, arthur leaverack page, herbert charles edwards, edward william cremer, james ryan, thomas griffin, henry carr southward, sydney sims anderson, town clerks, mayors

"Football Recorder" - Official organ of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) 27-28 June 1970. Small pale blue,28 pg.sport - australian rules football

1956 Business Diary showing dockmen, the type of work done and the hours worked'Mr W Bassett' handwritten top right front covermelbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves - station pier, judge, carns, v akkerman, davies, knopp, jackson, keith, corfield, d caldwell, kelly, etchell, speath, allen, lawson, schrieber, robertson, colby, searle, schrauiven, kilbane, richards, biddlecombe, turkowski, hodgins, butterworth, mcmahon, bakker, jones, hughes, graham, grant, garrett, le marshall, gadsden, dyson, giltens, calleja, patterson, anderson, wright, pinch, wyers, fleming, ashdown, schofield, bassett

1967 Business Diary showing dockmen, the type of work done and the hours worked'734' handwritten on front cover 8cm from top; '64' handwritten on front cover 1 cm from top; '8' handwritten inside a roughly drawn four sided shape on front cover, left hand side, 21 cm from topmelbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves - station pier, love, karcz, sullivan, oliver, allen, spaeth, kiester, corfield, semieton, judge, molloy, v akkerman, savanyu, georgious, danos, paterson, wright, k williams, carns, hodgins, chapman, fleming, e johns, manny callejo, schrieber, firth, r williams, davidson, day, pinch, keith, biddlecombe, knopp, patton, hutchinson, cole, garrett, mcmahon, sherlock, etchell, v richards, v o'brien, simmons, jopisoff, dyson, camilleri, colby, kilbane, wyers, roberts, anderson, gadsden, goldsworthy, charters, m johns, j calleja, gruppetta, turkowski, phillips, conaghan, arnold, parry, mclennan, h johns, gilligan, nutter, shew

Collected by PMFC member Les PONT"Football Recorder" - Official organ of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1 July 1961sport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc, victorian football association, vfa

Collected by PMFC member Les PONT"Football Recorder" - Official organ of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1 Sept 1962sport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc, victorian football association, vfa

Collected by PMFC member Les PONT"Football Recorder" - Official organ of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) 21 Aug 1965sport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc, victorian football association, vfa

"Football Recorder" - Official organ of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) 2 July 1967sport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc, victorian football association, vfa

Two folders of research material for Terry Keenan's "Welcoming the Wounded ANZACS" .01 blue folder - copies of newspaper cutting mentioning the Welcoming Committee (from Port Melbourne Standard) .02 Green transparent folder of Terry's notes, photocopies, cuttingswar - world war i, women, piers and wharves - princes pier, piers and wharves - station pier, women's welcoming committee, catherine suffolk nee humphrey, albert 'joe' budd, annie samson nee anderson

.01 Black and white copy of photograph of a Port Melbourne junior football team - runners up 1908. (Syd ANDERSON is 4th from left in back row) .02 Black and white copy of photograph of a junior Port Melbourne football team - Premiers in 1905 (Syd ANDERSON is 2nd from left in the front rowsport - australian rules football, port melbourne junior football, sydney sims anderson

A photograph of Weerona Avenue's Monier Bridge testing failure in 1902. Here is a description from engineers australia.org detailing the bridges in Bendigo: "The 8 bridges in Bendigo represent the centre group of the 18 bridges built by Monash & Anderson under the Monier patents. The first group consisted of the two multi-span bridges at Fyansford and Wheelers Bridge in 1900. The eight Bendigo Bridges were built close together between 1901 and 1902. A further 7 Monier arch bridges were built at various other localities by Monash & Anderson during the period 1901 to 1913. "bendigo, history, early bendigo, weerona avenue, construction, incident.