Ewan Ogilvy, former Melbourne Councillor and also of Community Services Victoria, Inner Urban Ministerial Advisory Committee and Uniting Church's Centre for Urban Research and Action (CURA), was instrumental in social justice approaches to town planning. He and CURA's Social Justice and the City Project funded Port Melbourne community groups protesting against the SCDC development in 1987. His files were presented to the Society in May 2001 on his preparation for leaving Victoria.From Ewan OGILVY's chronologically organised 'Bayside Papers' relating to the proposed development of Port Melbourne industrial land in the late 1980s, bound file: Bayside Development Action Group records, items from Bayside Open Planning Forum August 1992 (ref #1474, 1505), various press reports, flyers etc.All items signed 'Ewan Ogilvy'town planning, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, public action campaigns, environmental issues, public housing, missions to seamen, centre for urban research and action, sandridge city development co pty ltd, scdc, linton r lethlean, barry pullen, ewan ogilvy

Part of Ron LAING's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of 7 colour photographs taken by Ron LAING of sites shown in the Historic Port Melbourne 2001 calendar (early traders), as they are in 2001. Includes::Demmler's:MacLennan's:Davenport's:Coles Supermarket:Miss Jago's:J.E. Earl's:Faram Brosbuilt environment - commercial, built environment - domestic, business and traders, ron laing, demmler's boot store, maclennan's grocery, davenport's, coles supermarket, miss jago's corner shop, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware

Twenty black and white photographs covering the PMH&PS exhibitions held in the Town Hall as part of the Back to Port celebrations in 1999celebrations fetes and exhibitions, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps

A set of 72 black and white photographs of the Sports Stuff exhibition for Back to Port at the Port Melbourne Community Festival 2000, held at Masonic Lodge Hall in Liardet Street and covering the sporting history of the area with photos and memorabilia from all the sporting clubs and playerscelebrations fetes and exhibitions, sport - recreational grounds, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps

Book produced under a Federation grant. Five of the trails are associated with benches located on the foreshore.'Walks in Port Phillip - A guide to the cultural landscapes of a city' by Meyer EIDELSON. Small blue soft-cover book with seven guided walks and maps. 2001. 82pp with fold-in back coverSigned by author on title page 'Meyer'piers and wharves - station pier, immigration, piers and wharves - lagoon pier, utilities - gas, swallow & ariell ltd, natural environment - beaches and foreshore, natural environment - lagoon, liardet family, australian aborigines, meyer eidelson, vincenzo coluccio, rosa coluccio, pat grainger, gasworks

Eleven colour photographs of Westgate Park and birdlife, bank of Yarra River skirting the park, and the Puntbuilt environment - civic

Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of eleven colour photographs of the extensionn of Webb Dock development by reclamation of the bay behind Berths 4 and 5 Eastpiers and wharves - webb dock, ron laing

Maree and Marcus of 63 Station Street married after several years of living together. As she is a fashion designer, she designed and made all costumes; as he is a musician, some of his friends played jazz and rock for the procession to the Port Melbourne Yacht Club for the ceremony. Only three neighbours (including photographer) were invited to accompany the procession. The wedding must have been one of the last functions in the clubhouse before it burned.From a group of photographs of the 1989 wedding procession of Maree MENZEL and Marcus DAVIDSON, from the railway reserve near 63 Station Street to the Port Melbourne Yacht Club: three photos in railway reserve (Hester Reserve)celebrations fetes and exhibitions, built environment, maree menzel, marcus davidson, amelia finch

Four colour photographs showing storm damage to the Priory and surrounds at St Josephs Catholic Church, Stokes Street, 14 December 1998religion - roman catholic church (st josephs), storm

Photographed by Pat Grainger a little late, as internally the building is already partially demolishedSix photographs of former R. Knight Pty Ltd Cartage & Storage Contractors stable and doorway in Cruikshank Street prior to development. The business had been in this location from 1890s until finally the premises was sold in the 1990sindustry, transport, built environment - commercial, r. knight haulage contractors

Group of 14 colour photographs covering various lacations near Station Pier, Port Melbourne: Centenary Bridge, Engine Works, the Missions to Seamen at night and views from the roof, the onshore beacon, and intersection of Swallow and Poolman Streets -- all before the development of the area c 1990mission to seamen, centenary bridge, memorials, built environment

Group of seven photographs of the Sailing Barque Endeavour (Replica) laying at Outer East Station Pier in January 1995piers and wharves - station pier, transport - shipping, replica endeavour

Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of 32 colour photos of various cruise and cargo ships visiting the Port of Melbourne in 1999-2000.piers and wharves - station pier, ron laing, vistamar, silver cloud, rotterdam, norwegian star, arcadia (ex star princess), takaradi, óocl accord, msc rita, óceanic odyssey, direct jabiru, msc fremantle, doulos, kakariki, legend of the seas, uss paul hamilton, fletcher, blue ridge, benfold, chosen, lake erie, nivose - french nato ship

Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of 34 colour photographs of Port Melbourne's changing waterfront, covering the old and new harbor control tower on Fishermens Bend, restoration of the outer beacon, reconstruction of the west wing of Station Pier, demolition of the concrete 'steps' breakwater at Port Melbourne, reconstruction of the foreshore - Sandridge Beach to Beacon Roadbuilt environment, natural environment, demolitions, piers and wharves, ron laing

Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of 16 colour photos covering the almost demolition of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church and the development of apartments and shopsdemolitions, built environment - commercial, religion - anglican (holy trinity), ron laing

Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of 9 colour photographs of the HMAS Lonsdale site: preparation of cleared land and foundations for high rise construction, c2000built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, ron laing

The book 'Linking us Together: A history of transport in the Port Phillip community' was designed and written on behalf of South Port Day Links in 2001 and the author's daughter, Mary MASON, prepared this reference to its 200 images.Linking us Together: A history of transport in the Port Phillip community'. (.02)- Black A3 binder containing source information, page by page, to each of the 200 images designed into the book. prepared for PMHPS by the designer. (.03) - Author's notes are packaged in the rear of the bindertransport, transport - tramways, transport - shipping, transport - railways, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - horse, transport - motor vehicles, transport - ferries, workers, industry, royal visits and occasions, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - princes pier, immigration, flood, business and traders - dairies, south port day links, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet, frank liardet, caroline frederica liardet, hector liardet, frederick liardet, liana thompson, r graham carey, swallow & ariell ltd, melbourne and metropolitan tramways board, mmtb, general motors-holden, gmh, faram brothers hardware, bert turner, james mcnab, eli (dick) edwards, jacob edwards, vincent 'ben' edwards, claude butcher, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, bicycles, cable trams, mary mason, pat grainger, frederick william maskell, linking us together

Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of four colour photographs showing the re-laying of concrete decking on the inner west berth of Station Pierpiers and wharves - station pier, ron laing

Set of 13 colour photographs covering the event of the maiden arrival of the Spirit of Tasmania at Station Pier to replace the Abel Tasman on the Bass Strait crossings 28th Nov 1993transport - ferries, piers and wharves - station pier, sprit of tasmania, abel tasman

From a group of 15 photographs of interior of Holy Trinity church, probably 1980s or 90s: View toward entrancereligion - anglican (holy trinity)

Ten colour photographs of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society Christmas dinner at Cafe Limani on Station Pier, 11 December 2000celebrations fetes and exhibitions, ron stranks, terry keenan, jim power, irene higham nee gannon, val power, maree chalmers, maralyn kobelt, ted kobelt, glen cosham, glen stuart, ann gibson, henk gibson, sister norma jean barnett, judy archer, marilyn allport, helen schweiger, david kennett, mary lyden, lois daley, deidre harrison, pat grainger, janne ray

Nine colour, wide angle photographs of the Port Melbourne foreshore and adjacent land behind Station and Princes Piers before the high-rise development, Dec 1992piers and wharves - princes pier, natural environment, transport - railways

Small book titled in blue, 'Station Pier Revisited': photographic recollections of Station Pier from the 1960s, by Nicholas CREEmaritime, piers and wharves - station pier, nicholas cree

8 lasercopies of photos of participants in the Bayside Open Planning Forum, held between 6 and 10 August 1992town planning, built environment, bayside development action group, bdag, joh drury, lyn allison, neil robinson, david raynor, leanne matheson, robin edmond, bayside open planning forum, wendy morris, neil beddoe, city engineers

.01 - Plans and landscape drawings for Port Melbourne Life Saving Club, March 1993, 10pp .02 - One sheet "Landscape Master Plan" Port Melbourne Foreshorenatural environment - beaches and foreshore, built environment - recreational facilities, societies clubs unions and other organisations, graeme bentley - landscape architects

(22)colour photographs of Mayors Chris Raeburn (Port Melbourne) and Frank O'Connor (South Melbourne) abseiling the clock tower of the Port Melbourne Town Hall in aid of the South-Port Youth Services-Wilderness program, 1992societies clubs unions and other organisations, chris raeburn, frank o'connor, mayors