The South and Port Melbourne Thistle Club (later The South and Port Melbourne Thistle Society) held their first annual meeting at the Temperance Hall, Napier Street, South Melbourne on Monday 22 Aug 1899. They held regular concerts and balls and generally celebrated all things Scottish. They had a male Pipe Band and during the First World War when many men were serving in the military they formed a Ladies Pipe Band."South and Port Melbourne ladies original pipe band" badge. "Established 01.02.18" (This was the first ladies pipe band in the world). McKenzie and Stuart tartan surrounding a photo (sepia) of the band of approx 18 womenarts and entertainment - music, war - world war i, societies clubs unions and other organisations., south and port melbourne ladies pipe band, south and port melbourne thistle society

.1) James Worland MILLS; .2) & .3) James Worland MILLS 1st on L; .4) James Worland MILLS 2nd on L front row; .6) James Worland MILLS on R in rickshaw. James Worland MILLS No 3441 59th Battalion. Refer Cat No 169P for his service details..1) Photo, sepia, showing a soldier in uniform standing outside a tent. .2) Photo, sepia, showing 5 soldiers, 4 standing, 1 kneeling. .3) Photo, black / white, showing 6 soldiers standing in a wood. .4) Photo, sepia, showing a soldier sitting with 3 stripes on arm & no hat. .5) Photo, sepia, showing 8 soldiers on deck of a ship. .6) Port card photo, black / white, showing 8 soldiers standing with a native & a rickshaw. Average size listed..6) On rear in black pen: “Taken at Durham 11.8.17 while on leave from Troopship A16 Port Melbourne”photographs, 59th

See 1833.02 for more information about Little Bay St. Ed WHITING lived in Dow St Port Melbourne in 1930s (A PMHPS Member in 2000s). Photos copied by Ed WHITING for PMHPS include Violet JOHNSON (now WOODS) as a little girl and later as a young woman. Shows 1930s Port Melbourne life.Note that .01, .02, .05 are in hard copy and a copy of all six is on database Black and white photos (copies) from the 1930s .01 - Ed WHITING and friend Ron .02 - Ed WHITING and three friends at BP filling station on Beach St near Princes Pier .03 - Ed WHITING and two friends in Port Melbourne lane.(database) .04 - Violet JOHNSON and friends, Port Melbourne backyard area (database) .05 - Violet JOHNSON and friend on Little Bay St .06 - Violet JOHNSON with pretend gun (database)families, domestic life, built environment - domestic, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, edwin whiting, violet johnson, violet woods johnson

History of shipwrecks and strandings from Port Campbell to Anglesea, with photographs, locations and gravesites, and some mention of areas either side of the main wrecks.Wrecks around Cape Otway. Shipwrecks and strandings from Port Campbell to Anglesea. J.K. Loney. 1st ed. Apollo Bay (Vic); J.K. Loney; nd. iv, 50 p.; illus. Soft cover.cape otway; shipwrecks; strandings; port campbell; anglesea; apollo bay; lorne; j.k. loney;

Digital copy of Port Gazette newspaper photograph of 1896 Port Melbourne Football Teamsport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc

Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia..1) Black and white photograph of three men dressed in suits and wearing Egyptian hats. They are standing on a footpath with a large palm tree behind, a fence to the left and part of a car and building to the right. The men are from the left Tony Hanlon, Dan Barry and Frank Wright. The place is Port Said. .2) Frank Wright wearing an Egyptian hat.Written in pencil on back - Tony Hanlon (left), Dan Barry (centre), Frank Wright, Port Said 4/9/33 Printed on back - Carte Postalefrank wright, dan barry, tony hanlon, port said, conductor

From the collection of Terry KEENAN.Back Row from left -Tom LAHIFF (Port), George BARNETT (Port), Jack WILLIAMS (South) , Ron REYNOLDS (Port), CHIEF LITTLE WOLF (American wrestler), Norm FLETCHER (Port), ?, ?, Roy KENT (Port official). Centre row from left - Ian JOHNSON ( Australian Cricket Captain), Austin ROBERTSON(South/Port), Laurie NASH ( South/Camberwell), Syd COVENTRY ( Collingwood), Bob POWELL (South official), Herbie MATTHEWS ( South/Oakleigh), Charlie RICHES (Port). Front row from left - unknown except for 2nd from left Hugh McLAUGHLIN (South).Black and white photocopy of Bob Powell's League & Association Fags for Fighters Football Club team 1940. Includes players from Port & South Melbourne, South/Camberwell, South Oakleigh & Collingwood. Bob Powell was a well know proprietor of the Railway Club Hotel in Ferrars Street, South Melbourne. Fags for Fighters was a fund raising organisation to provide funds for troops overseas.sport - australian rules football, fags for fighters football club, bob powell's league & association, george barnett, jack williams, ron reynolds, chief little wolf, norm fletcher, roy kent, ian johnson, austin robertson, laurie nash, syd coventry, bob powell, herbie matthews, charlie riches, hugh mclaughlin, tommy lahiff

The Passages exhibition looked back to Port Melbourne in the 1970s when the make-up of the Council changed and the Greek community became even more a part of life in Port. This CD covers the valuable contribution made by the members of the Greek community who came from Greece to make Port Melbourne their home.CD-ROM containing information relating to the Passages Exhibition launched at Port Melbourne Town Hall, 28 Aug 2017. The disc includes family stories, working documents, photographs of display items, photographs taken during the launch, Powerpoint presentation prepared by John Kirby and display panels prepared by Pat Grainger.pat grainger, jill dawson, john kirby, greek community, celebrations fetes and exhibitions

An original newspaper cutting from The Illustrated London News 28 August 1852 regarding the steam-packet Great Britain leaving London for Port Phillip and Sydney.Realism, historical, etchings, newspaperAn original newspaper cutting from The Illustrated London News 02 April 1853 regarding the Royal Mail steam ship SS SYDNEY leaving London for Port Phillip and Sydney and its return journey.On the reverse - [NIL] iron-screw steam-ship, 1853, ss sydney, royal mail ship, port phillip, port jackson

St Vincent Gardens South Melbourne c. 1915. Historic Gardens in the City of Port Phillip postcard series, 1996. Showing three childrenblack and white postcardSt Vincent Gardens. Historic gardens in the City of Port Phillip postcard series celebrating the launch of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. Flora for Victoria 1996.

Biscuit tin: late 19th century Swallow & Ariell operated continuously in Port Melbourne from 1858 to 1991. The former Swallow & Ariell’s factory buildings, now The Anchorage, continue to add interest and pleasure along Stokes, Rouse and Princes Streets. Thomas Swallow, born in Reading, travelled to California and Ballarat before setting up a business making ships biscuits in Port Melbourne. His business partner Ariell died in 1877. He then went into partnership with Frederick Derham, his son in law. Company farms around Shepparton provided much of its wheat, and after 1889 most was ground into flour on the Port Melbourne premises. For the year ending 1 May 1920, the factory used 51 tons of butter, 2,740 eggs and produced more than 66 lines of biscuits. They also made puddings, elaborate cakes and ice cream. S & A was a significant employer – locally referred to as S & A College. At the height of the South African war it employed 1900 workers but even in 1991 it employed 450 people.Pink and brown clover-shaped ornamental biscuit tin decorated with pictures of a girl (central panel), 2 dogs (lower section), 2 rabbits (upper left-side panel) and 2 birds (upper right-hand panel. It has floral designs around the outer edges of both the tin and the lid which is hinged at the top of the tin.Inside the lid: "Swallow & Ariell, Ltd. Biscuit Manufacturers, Port Melbourne. Prizes received at all international & inter-colonial exhibitions"biscuit tins, tins

Trophy was won by Rodney Lawson, winner of 1978 Port Melbourne Festival Schools Sprint SocialA wooden trophy on an oblong base with a narrow metal plaque. Upright section has a tapering metal plaque. Trophy is topped with figure of a runner.Plaque on base inscribed with 'Port Melbourne Festival school sprint Champion Boy. Donated by Woodruffs Dairies. Upright plaque - Winner 1977 Jason Love; 1978 Rodney Lawsonsport-athletics, jason love, rodney lawson, woodruffs dairies, port melbourne festival

From set of nine colour photographs of various locations on the Port Melbourne Railway Line from Port Melbourne to Montague Stations, 1987: Port Melbourne Railway Stationtransport - railways, glen stuart

From set of nine colour photographs of various locations on the Port Melbourne Railway Line from Port Melbourne to Montague Stations, 1987: Port Melbourne Railway Stationtransport - railways, glen stuart