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

First major exhibition from the Council of Port Phillip was held in 1995. The catalogue material on Port Melbourne was written by PMH&PS members. It toured the city and then a reduced version was sent to sister city, Devonport. Black text and picture of Sandridge from the Esplanade, St Kilda on cover. sandridge lagoon, engineering - canals and drainage, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves, piers and wharves - waterside workers, arts and entertainment, transport - shipping, centenary bridge, beacons, fishermans bend, transport - aviation and aerodrome, sport - swimming, flood, local government - city of port phillip, kulin nation, caroline frederica liardet, swallow & ariell ltd, mission to seafarers, emerald hill, st kilda

PMH&PS was incorporated in 1994, and from 1995 was required to hold an AGM and present an Annual Report. These were compiled, designed, printed on photocopier and bound by the Secretary, except for the Tenth anniversary edition and most recent edition, commercially photocopied.Annual Report of the PMH&PS, 2009 A5 pale greywith oval photoof Caroline Liardet plus dog on front. Contains financial reports, list of members and photossocieties clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, annual report

Prepared in August 1994 by Liardet's great great great granddaughter, Liardet family historian Nancy MATTHEWS nee LIARDET. Copies were given to the LaTrobe and State Libraries and to the Port Melbourne, Royal Victorian and Frankston Historical Societies.51 page document plus covering letter, bound in green/clear plastic and containing Nancy Liardet MATTHEWS' notes used by Curator Judy SAWFORD to compile the catalogue for the 1995 exhibition of WFE LIARDET's waterolours, Waverley City Gallery, Wheelers Hill, Vic. 19 May - 11 June 1995fire and fire services, transport - shipping, religion - anglican (holy trinity), environmental issues, arts and entertainment - visual arts, liardet family, industry, nancy matthews nee liardet, judy sawford, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, caroline frederica liardet, frederick augustus liardet, frank wilbraham liardet, alonzo liardet, hector liardet, josephine liardet, frances liardet, st clere liardet, leonora liardet, imogene liardet, business and traders - hotels

Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 500 printed."Historic Port Melbourne - Pubs and pastimes'' 2000 calendar produced by PMH&PS, printed sepia/black on ivory, 28pp. Cover photo view toward bay of Stokes Street, 1980ssocieties clubs unions and other organisations, built environment, sport - australian rules football, pat grainger, port melbourne glee club, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, thomas mccormack, walter 'watty' power, william morley, william may, swallow & ariell ltd, thomas swallow, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, business and traders - hotels

The author, Michael Hiscock, is a descendant of Liardet (brother of Penny Blazey, gt gt gt grandaughter). He brought this copy of the Journal to the 1999 'Lee-ar-day' event and donated it to the Society.An account of the life of 'Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet: Romantic visionary of the Beach 1839-1862" by Michael Hiscock - article in LaTrobe Library Journal vol 13 no 54 pp 4-14. Also contains article on sculptor James Gilbert, and Liardet sketches. Centre fold-out has excellent reproduction of Pier Hotel in its heyday. Cover painting is "view of the North Shore Port of Melbourne"liardet family, business and traders - hotels, michael hiscock, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet, georgina mccrae, gilbert james, william metcalfe, pier hotel

Researched, written and designed by member Pat GRAINGER as a fundraiser for PMH&PS. Production volume: 675 copiesHistoric Port Melbourne - 'Images from the Borough' Calendar for 2009 - Fishermen on cover.. Features photographers who have recorded Sandridge/Port Melbourne. All following years calendars also recorded against cat no 1864industry - fishing, arts and entertainment - visual arts, armed services - navy, built environment - commercial, faram brothers hardware, millie mcleavy, waterside workers, edward rice, henry rice, ernest rice, edward walter (ted) raven, swallow & ariell ltd, eli 'dick' edwards, jacob édwards, thomas edwards, vincent 'ben' edwards, claude butcher, george beazley, graham soccer club, harry ashworth, ken smallpage, port melbourne soccer club, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet, caroline frederica liardet, jack gould, charles nettleton, daintree & fauchery, william david swift, doug smallpage, arthur rowan, alison kelly, lloyd holmes, ron laing, david thompson, glen stuart, stefan cannatelli, geoff cross, pat grainger, george joosten, peter libbis, peter parrington, jim peterson, elizabeth rodda, us navy, william dalglish, william paterson, transport - motor vehicles, transport - railways, piers and wharves - princes pier, business and traders, religion - anglican (holy trinity), industry - manufacturing, industry - foundries, social activities, fetes, business and traders - hotels

Oral History of June KIRBY and Perce WHITE recorded by Glen STUART on 02.08.1995 at Liardet Community Centre. Experiences of June as the Port Melbourne History Librarian. And of Perce in local government. Period 1970s to 1994. Recording duration 22:20local government - city of port melbourne, june kirby, perce mcguire white, perce white, port melbourne library

Recording of the oral history of Phillipa Charles and Ynys Grecian. Recording made in Room B at Port Town Hall on 30.09.08. An interview regarding Liardet descendants in New Zealand. Recording duration 45:43oral history, liardet family, phillipa charles, ynys grecian, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet, caroline frederica liardet

Recording of PMHPS meeting on 26.02.1996. Recorded by Glen STUART at the Liardet Community Centre. Speaker was Margaret BRIDE about "A Radical Woman of Port Melbourne " - the life and activities of Ada BELLION, Margaret's mother. Recording time 45:59migrants, margaret bride nee polson, ada polson nee bellion

Recording of PMHPS Meeting on 26.07.1999. Recording done by Glen Stuart at Port Town Hall. Speaker was Dawn Harris of the Frankston Historical Society regarding Wilbraham Liardet, who was a distant relative of Dawn who has been working on a book about the family or a decade. Recording duration 59:11.liardet family, dawn harris

Recording of the PMHPS meeting on 22.08.2005 at the Liardet Community Centre. Speaker was Kate Prinsley the Executive Director of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Recording duration 40:47societies clubs unions and other organisations, kate prinsley, royal historical society victoria, rhsv, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps