From a series of colour photos taken in Edwards Park at the 1997 Port Melbourne Festival: PMH&PS stall and display, Liardet Street in backgroundcelebrations fetes and exhibitions

From a series of colour photos taken in Edwards Park at the 1997 Port Melbourne Festival: City of Port Phillip Mayor Liana Thompson addresses crowdcelebrations fetes and exhibitions, liana thompson

Port Melbourne Centenary Souvenir newspaper from 1939 Liardet Centenary, tabloid size, pink (2 copies)celebrations fetes and exhibitions, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet

Colour booklet titled "Port Melbourne" by the Port Melbourne Tourism Association. Includes promotional photographic information on history, festivals and events, pubs and bars, eateries, shops, services and Beacon Cove. Ferry information current for 2000advertising, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - shipping, port melbourne tourist association inc

Sketch of the layout of Port Melbourne photos presented at a Paris Exhibition, original mount hanging in Port Melbourne Town Hall hallway. Written description of Syd Anderson's collection of 1870s photos (13.01 to 13.11). This sketch of the position of the original photographs on the board for the Paris Exhibition - located in Town Hall hallwaybuilt environment - civic, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, sydney sims anderson, paris exhition

Melbourne Harbor Trust monogrammed concrete roundel from pylon of Centenary Bridge, 1934.centenary bridge, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside

Back to Port Melbourne celebrations were an early type of Port Melbourne Festival.One of two festival badges from 1932: tin, white, printed in brown: "Back to Port Melbourne - Admit to Gymkhana on Station Pier - Afternoon & Evening - Mayor's Appeal", identical except for date: one "May 7th", this one "Äpril 7th". The former was the actual date, so possibly a corrected printing error.celebrations fetes and exhibitions, piers and wharves - station pier, social activities

Originally a correspondence record for the Warracknabeal Waterworks, this book was recycled for use as a visitors' register for the Missions to Seamen building, during the years the Mission Arts Centre occupied it (1987 - 1990). Included are signatures of visitors during the Bicentenary celebrations, January 1988 as well as casual visitors and attendees at exhibitions, performances, concerts, community days, private parties, etc.Large bound volume, blue with tan leather binding, stamped in gold "Water Works, Trust - Inwards Correspondence", used as visitors' register for the Mission Arts Centre, Missions to Seamen building 1987-89missions to seamen, mission arts centre

Produced 1976 for the MHT Centenary.324pp history of the port - 'Port of Melbourne 1835 - 1876" by Olaf Ruhen. Brown, cloth-bound, stamped in gold on spine only; beige dust jacket with overall early painting of Melbournemelbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, celebrations fetes and exhibitions

Produced 1976 for the MHT Centenary.Brown glass port bottle labelled "Vintage Port from the Port of Melbourne Australia Commemorating the Centenary of the Melbourne Harbor Trust 1877-1977". Back label with descriptive copy by John Walker (Rhine Castle Cellars).melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, celebrations fetes and exhibitions

Photocopy of items written by the last Captain of the PS Weeroona, Capt G.H. Gray of Swallow Street: from the flyleaf of 'Down the Bay', a brief autobiography dated 10.10.78, loaned by his family for an exhibition at the Missions to Seamen building 1988In ink, details on backtransport - shipping, piers and wharves - station pier, captain george henry 'harry' gray, ps weeroona, ps hygeia

1913 Christmas card from Holy Trinity Church - small 4pg card printed in brown with pictures of the new church and of the Vicar, Rev H. Stanley Hollowcelebrations fetes and exhibitions, religion - anglican (holy trinity), rev herbert stanley hollow

Made by Neighbourhood House co-ordinator Anne Callaghan to be given to those who brought baked goods to the house for judging on the festival Saturday. Following awards everyone was allowed to sample the goods (scones, bars, cakes, etc)Small tag, cream with gold edge and faded pink paper ribbon. "I participated in the Great Port Melbourne Bake-Off '93" from the Port Melbourne Festival 1993.celebrations fetes and exhibitions, anne callaghan, port melbourne neighbourhood house

Don Baker loaned teaspoons and a postcard to our 2008 Great White fleet Exhibition. This scrapbook was brought to the launch and later photographed for the Society.CD containing images of 3 scrapbook pages with photos of the 1925 visit of HMS Hood/Repulse and Princes Pierpiers and wharves - princes pier, transport - shipping, hms hood, hms repulse, don baker

Purchased on E-Bay from Jane Nicholas, who says the editor of the "Ïllustrated Handbook" states that the illustrations are taken from the "Sketcher" and the "Ïllustrated Australian News"."Port Melbourne Town Hall" - an imaginative engraving of the building which bears little resemblance, from the "Ïllustrated handbook of Victoria, Australia" prepared for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London. A page removed by the vendor.built environment - civic, port melbourne town hall

Large blue binder with slipcover containing photos and documents from or about waterside worker Tom Hills 1904-1995, including items 2525.02 to 2525.19, plus 169.02, 262.01-.06, 466, 508,01 -.02, 852 and 1062.piers and wharves - waterside workers, arts and entertainment - literature, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, awards and presentations, oral history, memorials, deaths and funerals, social activities, societies clubs unions and other organisations., tom hills, wendy lowenstein, wendy morris, lexie bown, maritime union of australia, mua, retired waterside workers, unemployed workers union

Letter October 1993 from Lexie Bown, Maritime Workers Union, to Port Melbourne Council re booking hall for Tom Hills' 90th birthday partycelebrations fetes and exhibitions, tom hills, lexie bown

Letter December 1993 from Port Melbourne Town Clerk David Graham to Lexie Bown, Maritime Workers Union, confirming free booking of hall for Tom Hills' 90th birthday partycelebrations fetes and exhibitions, tom hills, lexie bown, david graham

Invitation to Tom Hills' 90th birthday party at PortMelbourne Town Hall 18 February 1994; blue A4, with drawing of wharfie from ''Under the Hook"celebrations fetes and exhibitions, tom hills, lexie bown, david graham

Letter of acceptance from Minister Clyde Holding MP for Tom Hills' 90th birthday party at Port Melbourne Town Hall 18 February 1994celebrations fetes and exhibitions, tom hills, lexie bown, clyde holding

Letter of acceptance from Dr and Mrs Jack Goldberg for Tom Hills' 90th birthday party at Port Melbourne Town Hall 18 February 1994celebrations fetes and exhibitions, tom hills, lexie bown, jack goldberg

Letter of regret from Simon Crean MP for Tom Hills' 90th birthday party at Port Melbourne Town Hall 18 February 1994celebrations fetes and exhibitions, tom hills, lexie bown, simon crean - mp

Newspaper aricle on Tom Hills from The Guardian (Socialist Weekly) 'Tom Hills -the making of a communist'celebrations fetes and exhibitions, tom hills, lexie bown, simon crean - mp

Newspaper aricle on Tom Hills 'For a battler of 90, class still tells in the long struggle' from The Age 28 February 1994celebrations fetes and exhibitions, piers and wharves - waterside workers, tom hills

Simple, typed invitation from authors Tom HILLS and Wendy LOWENSTEIN to the launch of 'Under the Hook', Wednesday 3 March 1982 at Port Melbourne Town HallIn pencil at bottom: '1982'celebrations fetes and exhibitions, arts and entertainment - literature, piers and wharves - waterside workers, tom hills, wendy lowenstein, geoff swayn

Purchased with prize money from Best Exhibition Victorian Community History Prize."Aboriginal Victorians - a history since 1800" by Richard Broome 2005. A 68 page paperback. Photographic covers, basically brown.australian aborigines, richard broome