Given to Society by Talbot Hill in 2003. The SMPMH&PS existed between the 1970s and approx. 1990.'Historical News'- One of three bulletins of the South Melbourne/Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society: Volume 3 No. 1, September 1981. 20 pages, A4, beige coveremerald hill, south melbourne, societies clubs unions and other organisations, town planning, south melbourne-port melbourne historical & preservation society, john robert buxton, william parton buckhurst

Church and grounds were renovated in 1999, completed 4th September in time for the reopening service the following day. Hugh BROWN, Parish PriestProgram of service for the reopening of St Joseph's Catholic Church 5 Sept 1999. 16pp, cover cream and green with full colour representation of stained glass windowreligion - roman catholic church (st josephs), celebrations fetes and exhibitions, jim power, hugh brown, fred elliott, kay elliott, robert winduss, dianne drury, bill blackmore, jacqui o'callaghan, cellia carmody, joseph lynch, sally o'shannessy, norma sheehan, charlotte winduss, frances moore, paula elliot, ed mcdonnell, fiona mcdonnell, scott mcdonnell, brendan o'donnell, kate ryan, kate cleaves

Church and grounds were renovated in 1999, completed 4th September in time for the reopening service the following days. Hugh BROWN, Parish PriestChurch bulletin for the reopening of St Joseph's Catholic Church 5 Sept 1999. 4pp, light green insert in programreligion - roman catholic church (st josephs), celebrations fetes and exhibitions, jim power, hugh brown, fred elliott, kay elliott, robert winduss, dianne drury, bill blackmore, jacqui o'callaghan, cellia carmody, joseph lynch, sally o'shannessy, norma sheehan, charlotte winduss, frances moore, paula elliot, ed mcdonnell, fiona mcdonnell, scott mcdonnell, brendan o'donnell, kate ryan, kate cleaves

Football card c1922 featuring PMFC player Bob FORBES and advertising Magpie Cigarettes (J.J.Schub Tobacco Co.) Mounted on card along with items 1531.01-.07sport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc, robert (bob) forbes

"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

Bridal good luck charms made by family and friends to be worn by Barbara GARDINER nee HEGARTY at her wedding. See 4007 for full detail.Seven bridal good luck charms with ribbon loops, to be worn on bride's wrist. Heart shaped charm, white satin over card, with white wax flowers, white bow and braided trim. Handwritten message on back in pencelebrations fetes and exhibitions, domestic life, costume, handcrafts, weddings, barbara gardiner nee hegarty, alice hegarty nee mott, robert (bob) gardiner

Bridal good luck charms made by family and friends to be worn by Barbara GARDINER nee HEGARTY at her wedding. See 4007 for full detail.Seven bridal good luck charms with ribbon loops, to be worn on bride's wrist. Shoe shaped charm, white satin over card, with white wax flowers, pink bows and pink trim.celebrations fetes and exhibitions, domestic life, costume, handcrafts, weddings, barbara gardiner nee hegarty, alice hegarty nee mott, robert (bob) gardiner

Bridal good luck charms made by family and friends to be worn by Barbara GARDINER nee HEGARTY at her wedding. See 4007 for full detail.Seven bridal good luck charms with ribbon loops, to be worn on bride's wrist. Horseshoe shaped charm, runched blue and white satin over card, with white wax flowerscelebrations fetes and exhibitions, domestic life, costume, handcrafts, weddings, barbara gardiner nee hegarty, alice hegarty nee mott, robert (bob) gardiner

Bridal good luck charms made by family and friends to be worn by Barbara GARDINER nee HEGARTY at her wedding. See 4007 for full detail.Seven bridal good luck charms with ribbon loops, to be worn on bride's wrist. Horseshoe shaped charm, runched white satin over card, with white wax flowerscelebrations fetes and exhibitions, domestic life, costume, handcrafts, weddings, barbara gardiner nee hegarty, alice hegarty nee mott, robert (bob) gardiner

Bridal good luck charms made by family and friends to be worn by Barbara GARDINER nee HEGARTY at her wedding. See 4007 for full detail.Seven bridal good luck charms with ribbon loops, to be worn on bride's wrist. Horseshoe shaped charm, white satin over card, wrapped with brown patterned ribbon, with blue ribbon and silver foil leaves.celebrations fetes and exhibitions, domestic life, costume, handcrafts, weddings, barbara gardiner nee hegarty, alice hegarty nee mott, robert (bob) gardiner

Bridal good luck charms made by family and friends to be worn by Barbara GARDINER nee HEGARTY at her wedding. See 4007 for full detail.Seven bridal good luck charms with ribbon loops, to be worn on bride's wrist. Horseshoe shaped charm, white flock with white wax flowerscelebrations fetes and exhibitions, domestic life, costume, handcrafts, weddings, barbara gardiner nee hegarty, alice hegarty nee mott, robert (bob) gardiner

Bridal good luck charms made by family and friends to be worn by Barbara GARDINER nee HEGARTY at her wedding. See 4007 for full detail.Seven bridal good luck charms with ribbon loops, to be worn on bride's wrist. Shoe shaped charm, white satin over card with white wax flowers, white bow and white braided trim. Handwritten on back in pen" All our love, Auintie Maya and Uncle Ernie"celebrations fetes and exhibitions, domestic life, costume, handcrafts, weddings, barbara gardiner nee hegarty, alice hegarty nee mott, robert (bob) gardiner

"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

"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

"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

This 1868 letter was kept by unknown persons until 100 years later, it was then forwarded to Holy Trinity Secretary F.A.W. ('Skip') SHORT. The persons not signed but listed at closing of the letter were all prominent citizens including various Councillors. A copy of letter in The Age, 16 May 1868, p1 lists 27 parishioners (giving better identification of the people ie first names or initials) plus 73 others. In both the handwritten letter and the printed copy in The Age the names CURTISS and Henry Chas. CURTISS are listed. While this could be the correct spelling we have used Henry Charles CURTIS which is the much more common reference to him in newspapers. He was a surgeon and Sandridge Councillor (8 Aug 1867 - 4 Feb 1873).Small handwritten letter to the vicar of Holy Trinity Rev F.C. PLATTS, 1868, suggesting he remove "to some other sphere of labour" - from 25 listed parishioners "and 73 others!"religion - anglican (holy trinity), public action campaigns, david thomas, george trodd, thomas swallow, william morley, james ker beck plummer, william richardson tarver, henry dando, frederick charles platts, william garside, robert mulford, james elsworthy, r g banner, richard j barlow, william james barlow, thomas clay, mrs cane, mrs mason, william arnold, thomas slater, william cook, john sharples, s bentley, e stevens, george kentish, thomas ripkey, c earnshaw, george carnaby, henry charles curtis, f a w 'skip' short

No final copy of this catalogue exists, but this draft indicates the level of loans from over a dozen local sporting organisations plushistorical collections and researchon past events and organisations. Rare trophies, pennants and medals (including a Brownlow medal for Peter BEDFORD)required security precautions.Six page draft of catalogue for 2001 "Back to Port" 2 day exhibition "Sportstuff". Held at the Liardet Street Freemason's Hall during Port Melbourne Community Festival, in conjunction with all Port Melbourne sporting clubsAlteration to document are written in inkross street rovers, watson's baths, sport - cricket, sport - baseball, sport - lawn bowls, sport - football, lifesaving, sport - shooting, sport - soccer, sport - tennis, sport - trugo, sailing, sport - quoits, sport - cycling, sport - basketball, sport - boxing, sport - golf, sport - gymnastics, sport - athletics, port melbourne cricket ground, j l murphy reserve, railway united football club, victorian sunday football league, port melbourne colts football club, peggy howard nee antonio, bill payne, john may, john kosinduss, fred coy, jimmy james, ken linnett, tony bogdanoff, tommy lahiff, tony cannatelli, graeme anderson, ted freyer, charles mcleod, james kelly, robert mcleod, reginald earle, william (bill) tilley, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, eli 'dick' edwards, ron bedford, peter bedford, jim penaluna, david holt, bill earle, percy may, jimmy drew, chris raeburn, clyde holding, william (bill) hegarty, walter charles pont, frank gomez, tony stewart, john w stewart, ron stranks, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, edward c crockford, town clerks, sydney sims anderson, sea bathing

Plaque removed from building upon its demolition in 2018Bronze or brass plaque installed on the City of Port Melbourne Parks and Gardens depot administration building when the building was officially opened on 28th July 1986"City of Port Melbourne Parks and Gardens depot. This admonistration and amenity building was officially opened on Monday 28th July 1986 by the Mayor Councillor Perce White JP. Councillors: T T Buckingham; P White JP; B J Mitchell; R F Julier; F R Winduss; N Tsilfoglou; Town Clerk F C Jackson City Engineer W A Thackraytown clerks, city engineers, barry 'bomber' mitchell, nick tsilfoglou, parks and gardens, frederick charles jackson, raymond frank julier, frederick robert winduss, theodore thomas (tom) buckingham, bill thackray, perce mcguire white, perce white, built environment - civic

Series of 31 photos of launch of book Fisher Folk of Fishermans Bend and Fisher Folk exhibition 24.10.2006 at Port Melbourne Town Hall includes .21 - Bell from Fishermens Bend Kindergartencelebrations fetes and exhibitions, arthur butcher, gladys butcher, carmel mccarthy, beryl rigby nee dixon, scott rigby, allam meiers, keith turnbull, barbara mcfarland, ray landorf, paul brennan, cliff gibson, janet bolitho, marge turnbull, robert brookes, david thompson, maree chalmers, ann smallpage, john d ?, suzy milburn, janice macdonald nee morton, christine butcher, neil butcher, pat grainger, beazley family

Single sheet with three notices of (1) annual election of Councillors; (2) selection of Mayor by ratepayers; (3) extraodinary election of one councillorlocal government - city of port melbourne, edward william cremer, william howe, owen sinclair, george samuel walter, walter robert john mclellan

Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999Packet of 160 smaller sized papers from collection of orders for goods from J.E. Earl, September 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. Yes!business and traders - timber, built environment, j e earl pty ltd, wormald brothers pty ltd, swallow & ariell ltd, o t box factory, a t harman & sons pty ltd, robert harper & co ltd, a e wearne & son, w c cone & co, joshua brothers distillery

Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999Packet of 57 medium sized papers from collection of orders for goods from J.E. Earl, September 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. Yes!business and traders - timber, built environment, j e earl pty ltd, wormald brothers pty ltd, swallow & ariell ltd, o t box factory, a t harman & sons pty ltd, robert harper & co ltd, a e wearne & son, w c cone & co, joshua brothers distillery

Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999Packet of fragile papers from collection of orders for goods from J.E. Earl, September 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. Yes!business and traders - timber, built environment, j e earl pty ltd, wormald brothers pty ltd, swallow & ariell ltd, o t box factory, a t harman & sons pty ltd, robert harper & co ltd, a e wearne & son, w c cone & co, joshua brothers distillery, port melbourne yacht club

After recording the final meeting of the Port Melbourne Benevolent Society in 1988, Mrs Elwin ALLEN kept the books until 1997, when she handed them on to PMH&PSMinutes of the Port Melbourne Benevolent Society 19.7.1979 to 20.7.1988, entered into grey book with green linen binding, printed 'Service Account Book'. One of several documents from the Society's archives.Pen scratches lower right front coverbarry 'bomber' mitchell, charities and appeals, societies clubs unions and other organisations, mrs elwin allen, port melbourne benevolent society, beris campbell, julia lindsay, jessie edwards, heather wale, lorna mason, emmy harrison, dudley sherlock, l smith, anna louise robieson, rosa coluccio, katherine partridge, w skelton, margaret white, tom stewart, shirley stewart, j stewart, barbara stewart, vera cunningham, frederick robert winduss, noni winduss, raymond frank julier, lil julier, iris wills, w bowtell, james mitchell, val mitchell, leslie mantle, ronald 'bunna' walsh, kenneth william stark

Copies of photographs of Beazley family members, labelled with names. Includes a family tree.families, industry - fishing, george robert beazley, margaret elenor gray, edith frances malcolm, melissa beazley, david beazley, karen perry, ted chapple, pearl chapple, ronald scully, florence beazley, caroline b beazley, lila scully, roy beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley

Collection of letters, flyers and meeting notes regarding the Bayside development. Including letters and notes from Bob Bryce. Meetings of the bayside Community Council Committee and Port Melbourne Citizens. Folder possibly collated by Pat Grainger.public action campaigns, robert bryce, bayside community council committee, bayside project