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

Printed map of City of Port Melbourne with proposed Lorimer Street realignment marked in red and blue.Pencilled lower right: Proposed realignment Lorimer St Also 'Request by Council under Sec 523 L. Getch' : (Getel?)engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, l getel, l getch

Issued to Cr Liana THOMPSON in what turned out to be the last term of Port Melbourne Council.1994 City of Port Melbourne Diary used by Mayor Liana THOMPSONCr. L. Thompsonlocal government - city of port melbourne, mayors, liana thompson

Copy of Address of Welcome presented by Port Melbourne Council to His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester on his arrival at Port Melbourne 18th October 1934 for the Victorian Centenary. (Ref 310)local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, duke of gloucester

Guest list for council function -72 guests/couples; mounted on manilla backing. From group of related papers kept by Town Clerk Andy AANENSEN relating to a function held at Town Hall 19.4.1969. Includes letter of invitation, acceptances, guest lists etc.local government - city of port melbourne, andreas (andy) t aanensen, town clerks

Addendum to guest list for council function -7 additional names on notepaper. From group of related papers and documents file kept by Town Clerk Andy AANENSEN relating to a function held at Town Hall 19.4.1969.local government - city of port melbourne, andreas (andy) t aanensen, town clerks

The slogan 'Our city, Our Life, Our Choice' was the result of a competition run by the Council and won by Joan CURTIS of Heath Street. The poster was designed by the Council in protest against the amagamation threat of the early 1980sProtest poster 'Port Melbourne - Our City, Our Life, Our Choice - No Amalgamation' Port Melbourne City coat of arms in black, graphics red, white and bluepublic action campaigns, amalgamation, joan curtis

Contract from the City of Melbourne Gas & Coke Company for lighting street lamps in Sandridge 1879. Attached to contract is correspondence from Gas Company to Council 1886, from Council to Gas Company 1885utilities - gas, city of melbourne gas & coke company

.01- Port Melbourne artist Liz MILSOM with floral piece created at farewell to Janet BOLITHO on retiring from City of Port Phillip Council in 2012 and also to welcome Bernadene VOSS as new Port Councillor. .02 - Floral piece created by Liz MILSOM for Port Melbourne Festival 2001celebrations fetes and exhibitions, arts and entertainment, port melbourne festival, janet bolitho, bernadene voss, liz milsom

.01 - Agendas for Ordinary Meetings and whole Council Meetings of the City of Port Mebourne between 18.02.1922 and 14.06.1994 .02 - Agendas for meetings held on 11.10.1985, 12.08.1988 and 13.06.1989local government - city of port melbourne, wendy morris

Minutes of Council Meetings 07.08.1991 to 21.06.1994 .01 Major Activity reports 01.06.1993 to 24.05.1994 .02 Councilor's Bulletins 17.03.1992 to 28.05.1994local government - city of port melbourne, wendy morris - chief librarian

City Council of Port Melbourne Minutes 1991-94 .01 - 7 August 1991; .02 - 27 August 1991; .03 - 18 February 1992; .04 - 10 March 1992; .05 - 31 March 1992; .06 - 22 April 1992; .07 - 12 May 1992; .08 - 9 february 1992; .09 - 6 April 1993; .10 - 23 March 1993; .11 - 14 April 1993; .12 - 4 May 1993; .13 - 25 May 1993; .14 - 15 june 1993; .15 - 6 July 1993; .16 - 27 July 1993; .17 - 31 August 1993; .18 - 26 October 1993; .19 - 3 November 1993; .20 - 16 November 1993; .21 - 15 february 1994; .22 - 29 March 1994;.23 - 19 April 1994; .24 - 10 May 1994; .25 - 31 May 1994; .26 - 14 june 1994; .27 - 21 june 1994local government - city of port melbourne, chris raeburn, liana thompson, wendy morris

Six (6) folders of documents relating to the City of Port Melbourne as per attached list. .01 - two editions of Grapevine newslatter (May 1988 and April 1990) and eight editions of Port Council News (1988-1994) .02 - various letters, newspaper articles, etc; regarding unemployment in Port Melbourne during the Great Depression. .03 - Two surveys of Port Melbourne City Library services (1974/75 and 1990/91), various Book-Talk newsletters, Library News articles etc. .04 - Miscellaneous newspaper clippings re Port Melbourne City Library .05 - Architects Brief and Architects drawings for proposed new library in Liardet St 1986 .06 - various reports, mewspaper articles, correspondence, News Releases, minutes of "Preserve our Port" committee meetings, etc. All relating to the Victorian Governments efforts to carry out Council amalgamations in 1993/94local government - city of port melbourne, built environment - civic, amalgamation, port melbourne library

Campaign leaflets for 1974 Port Melbourne Council, Boundary Ward Election .01 - Michael Barbieri, independent .02 - Phillip Lang, ALPlocal government - city of port melbourne, politics, societies clubs unions and other organisations, michael barbieri, phil lang, alp, australian labor party

Retained by donor from his service on Port Melbourne Council 1973-78Miscellaneous Port Melbourne Council documents 1974-78 Submission to Parliamentary Labor Partylocal government - city of port melbourne, town planning, glen cosham

Archivist Nancy U'REN was employed by Port Council in 1982 when they needed to remove old documents for Town Hall renovation. This coincided with the writing of "A History of Port Melbourne" by Noel TURNBULL. (This catalogue assisted PMHPS with cataloguing these Council records after they had been transferred to us in 1994).01 - Unbound archivist's catalogue, 49 pages briefly detailing the items given to PMHPS by Port Melbourne Council in 1993. 55 in series but some are missing. .02 - with compliments card, Town Clerk of City of Port Melbourne (was clipped to front of .01In ink on front page ; "Forward to Nancy U'ren"local government - borough of sandridge, local government - city of port melbourne, local government - borough of port melbourne, local government - town of port melbourne, nancy u'ren nee morris, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps