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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Port Melbourne Council horse and cart, Railway Reserve, 1920
Photo of council horse and (water?) cart 'Port Melbourne Town Council No. 3' on railway reservation, Station Street in background'Raglan St?' on backparks and gardens, local government - city of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Station Street, near Raglan Street, David Thompson, 1996
Photographed for Then and Now display, to match 1920 photo (see 586 and 214)Colour print, Station Street near Raglan, showing Derwent House and others, from David Thompson's 1996 'Then and Now 'Series: relates to 214, but also 586parks and gardens, built environment - domestic, david thompson, station street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Quotation, Port Melbourne Council from W&A Pentland, coachbuilders, 13 Dec 1921
Found in pages of item 588 (Town Clerk's Reports); with reference to pp. 137 and 1391921 quotation to Council from coach builders W&A Pentland of Ingles Street, for water cart 'similar...to one owned by Messrs Swallow and Ariell' £163Notation in pencil lower lefttransport - horse, parks and gardens, w & a pentland, swallow & ariell ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Financial record - Invoice, Melbourne Water Supply to Nott Street Ornamental Reserve, 1884
Invoice from Melbourne Water Supply to Nott Street 'Ornamental Reserve' for supply of 47,000 gallons of water from 12 December 1884 to 13 March 1885 (relative to Bowling Club)Ledger folio 7/870 Regn folio 250sport - lawn bowls, parks and gardens, port melbourne bowling club -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Financial record - Payment advice, Melbourne Water Supply from Borough of Sandridge Council, 1880s
Payment advice for water from Melbourne Water Supply approved by public works committee, examined by finance committee, passed for payment by Sandridge Councilsport - lawn bowls, parks and gardens, port melbourne bowling club, henry norval edwards, michael tarver quinn, local government - borough of sandridge -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Receipt, Melbourne Water Supply, 1880s
Receipt from Melbourne Water Supply for supply of 47,000 gallons of water to ornamental reserve, Nott Street, Port Melbourne 1880ssport - lawn bowls, parks and gardens, port melbourne bowling club, henry norval edwards, michael tarver quinn, local government - borough of sandridge -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Station Street, looking south from Bridge Street, Port Melbourne, 1990s
Photograph of Station St looking south from Bridge St, late 1990sbuilt environment - domestic, parks and gardens, railway reserve -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Pat Grainger, "They Can Carry Me Out", Jan 1992
In 1990 City Librarian Wendy MORRIS commissioned Pat GRAINGER to co-ordinate a State and Council funded oral history project, the final product of which was this book. It was printed in time for the 1992 Port Melbourne Festival."They Can Carry Me Out" - Memories of Port Melbourne Blue, perfect-bound paperback book with white title and black line conversion of photo of fishing boats in the Lagoon. 96 pp, published January 1992fishermans bend, education - primary schools, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, education - kindergartens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - ferries, transport - shipping, garden city, mission to seafarers, transport - railways, transport - horse, built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, religion, arts and entertainment, livestock, sandridge lagoon, migrants, built environment - public housing, centenary bridge, local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, police, sport - australian rules football, societies clubs unions and other organisations, natural environment, business and traders, war - world war ii, deaths and funerals, flood, domestic life, gasworks, health - general health, excelsior hall, public action campaigns, ada mary a'beckett kindergarten, wendy morris, pat grainger, g borer & co, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, mckenzies milkbar, galatos chocolates, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, jack porritt, liardet family, porritts boot shop, vintage port worth preserving project, phyllis anderson, norman barry, david beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, florence beazley, george beazley, brenda bedford, lettie bradley nee walsh, margaret bride nee polson, anne callaghan, beris campbell, tony cannatelli, john carroll, john cass, margaret couch nee smith, brian couldrey, delva crawford nee rees, 'buffie' rees, joan curtis, elvir dragovic, james edward earl, linda edman, jessie edwards, lisa edwards, trevor emmett, judy faram, doug faram, george faram, richard faram, thomas faram, allen faram, a g warren, james murdock, margaret mclean, minnie mclean, m b muir, susie fox, william gleeson, sylvia gleeson, arnold goetz, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, gladys gott nee mccabe, stan gravias, george henry (harry) gray, len greaney, charles hall, bertha harvey nee carey, r graham carey, mac hatfield, f patricia (pat) hawkins, tippo hayes, tom hills, bradley hinge, lloyd holmes, norah howard nee mallet, voula hronakis, lorna johnson, diane keating nee bradley, alison kelly, june kirby, bob knell, tommy lahiff, nicole lalande, bill lane, kathleen lane nee moore, j s lang, ron laing, beverley lewis, andy libbis, peter libbis, emily lock, may lowe nee irving, wendy lowenstein, micael lucas, ted mccarthy, laura mcgill nee irving, vin mcnamara, elsie median nee mccabe, maree menzel, marie mills, marlene mitchell nee sharp, david moloney, ari pipilikas, ada polson nee bellion, les profitt, ted rohan, elizabeth saunders, vanessa savvaidis, prudence sheil, chutathip silpiphat, voula skourakis, flo stark, ted tobin, thelma todd, barbara villani, erica wilson, harry bocquet, nott street state school, port melbourne library, port melbourne temperance hall, swallow & ariell ltd, business and traders - hotels -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Pat Grainger, "They Can Carry Me Out", Jan 1992
In 1990 City Librarian Wendy MORRIS commissioned Pat GRAINGER to co-ordinate a State and Council funded oral history project, the final product of which was a book printed in time for the 1992 Port Melbourne Festival. Having been sold out for two years, it was reprinted with funds from the City of Port Phillip Cultural Development fund just in time to be launched at the 2002 Festival launch held at Beacon Cove on a Yarra Tram, 22 March 2002.2002 reprint of "They Can Carry Me Out" - Memories of Port Melbourne Blue, perfect-bound paperback book with white title and black line conversion of photo of fishing boats in the Lagoon. 96 pp, reprinted March 2002fishermans bend, education - primary schools, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, education - kindergartens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - ferries, transport - shipping, garden city, mission to seafarers, transport - railways, transport - horse, built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, religion, arts and entertainment, livestock, sandridge lagoon, migrants, built environment - public housing, centenary bridge, local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, police, sport - australian rules football, societies clubs unions and other organisations, natural environment, business and traders, war - world war ii, deaths and funerals, flood, domestic life, gasworks, health - general health, excelsior hall, public action campaigns, ada mary a'beckett kindergarten, wendy morris, pat grainger, g borer & co, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, mckenzies milkbar, galatos chocolates, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, jack porritt, liardet family, porritts boot shop, vintage port worth preserving project, phyllis anderson, norman barry, david beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, florence beazley, george beazley, brenda bedford, lettie bradley nee walsh, margaret bride nee polson, anne callaghan, beris campbell, tony cannatelli, john carroll, john cass, margaret couch nee smith, brian couldrey, delva crawford nee rees, 'buffie' rees, joan curtis, elvir dragovic, james edward earl, linda edman, jessie edwards, lisa edwards, trevor emmett, judy faram, doug faram, george faram, richard faram, thomas faram, allen faram, a g warren, james murdock, margaret mclean, minnie mclean, m b muir, susie fox, william gleeson, sylvia gleeson, arnold goetz, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, gladys gott nee mccabe, stan gravias, george henry (harry) gray, len greaney, charles hall, bertha harvey nee carey, r graham carey, mac hatfield, f patricia (pat) hawkins, tippo hayes, tom hills, bradley hinge, lloyd holmes, norah howard nee mallet, voula hronakis, lorna johnson, diane keating nee bradley, alison kelly, june kirby, bob knell, tommy lahiff, nicole lalande, bill lane, kathleen lane nee moore, j s lang, ron laing, beverley lewis, andy libbis, peter libbis, emily lock, may lowe nee irving, wendy lowenstein, micael lucas, ted mccarthy, laura mcgill nee irving, vin mcnamara, elsie median nee mccabe, maree menzel, marie mills, marlene mitchell nee sharp, david moloney, ari pipilikas, ada polson nee bellion, les profitt, ted rohan, elizabeth saunders, vanessa savvaidis, prudence sheil, chutathip silpiphat, voula skourakis, flo stark, ted tobin, thelma todd, barbara villani, erica wilson, harry bocquet, nott street state school, port melbourne library, port melbourne temperance hall, swallow & ariell ltd, business and traders - hotels -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Aerial view of first Bank Houses in Garden City, 1927
Photographic copies from black and white aerial photograph of the building of the first State Savings Bank Houses in Garden City 1927, showing also Graham Street State School, Princes Pier, Graham Street and Williamstown Road, west wing of Station Pier ("Rotomahana" at pier)built environment - domestic, fishermans bend, garden city, education - primary schools, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, state savings bank of victoria, graham street state school, port melbourne primary school, bank houses -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Garden City Football Club, Premiers, 1937
Team played in competition that was a forerunner of U.F.L. 3rds. Defeated Carlton for 1937 Premiership, played at various locations behind fire station and at the end of Edwards Avenue. Disbanded about start of WWIIPhotograph of Garden City Football Club Premiership Team 1937sport - australian rules football, w davis, c tyrell, w harris, r reid, f la busque, f lock, j dreaver, f watt, n spencer, mr spencer, t mcmanus, l allan, w wills, f redding, v (?) castles, b perkins, p brice, s spencer, c hands, w bright, f beaumont, m allan, s collins, l blocker, kevin hands -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Flyer, Save Your Park!, May 2003
A response to Port Phillip Council's Light Rail Reserve masterplan which provides for staged works in the Reserves, letterboxed to all houses in Station and Evans StreetsSave Your Park!'; flyer urging residents to attend Port Phillip Council meeting 19 May 2003 re railway reserveparks and gardens, railway reserve -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Rockery, newly planted garden area, Port Melbourne Uniting Church, Heather Wale, c. 2002
One of four photos taken early 2003 of newly planted garden area in front of Port Melbourne Uniting Church, where a 2001 plaque acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land (Wurundjeri and Bunnerwrung peoples): rockeryparks and gardens, religion - uniting church, australian aborigines, wurundjeri, bunnerwrung -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Rockery, newly planted garden area, Port Melbourne Uniting Church, Heather Wale, c. 2002
One of four photos taken early 2003 of newly planted garden area in front of Port Melbourne Uniting Church, where a 2001 plaque acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land (Wurundjeri and Bunnerwrung peoples): rockery, close-upparks and gardens, religion - uniting church, australian aborigines, wurundjeri, bunnerwrung -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Plaque, newly planted garden area, Port Melbourne Uniting Church, Heather Wale, c. 2002
One of four photos taken early 2003 of newly planted garden area in front of Port Melbourne Uniting Church, where a 2001 plaque acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land (Wurundjeri and Bunnerwrung peoples): plaqueparks and gardens, religion - uniting church, australian aborigines, wurundjeri, bunnerwrung -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Plaque, newly planted garden area, Port Melbourne Uniting Church, Heather Wale, c. 2002
One of four photos taken early 2003 of newly planted garden area in front of Port Melbourne Uniting Church, where a 2001 plaque acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land (Wurundjeri and Bunnerwrung peoples): plaque close-upparks and gardens, religion - uniting church, australian aborigines, wurundjeri, bunnerwrung -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Legal Record, Act to Incorporate a Company to be called 'The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway Company', 20 Jan 1853
Victorian Parliamentary Act "to Incorporate a Company to be called 'The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway company' ": 20 January 1853, 16pp photocopy of ActPortions pertaining to reserves marked outtransport - railways, parks and gardens, melbourne & hobsons bay railway company, melbourne & hobsons bay united railway company -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Legal Record, Act to authorise The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway Company to sell their undertaking and property and to vest the same in the Board of Land and Works for other purposes, 20 Jan 1853
Victorian Parliamentary Act "to authorise The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway Company to sell their undertaking and property and to vest the same in the Board of Land and Works for other purposes" 14 November 1878: 13pp photocopy of Acttransport - railways, parks and gardens, melbourne & hobsons bay railway company, melbourne & hobsons bay united railway company -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, City of Port Phillip, Naming Proposal Port Melbourne, Mar 2002
Proposal for "Fussy"s Beach"in honour of Peter Fussell, formerly South Melbourne engineer, soundly rejected. 1. Although Peter was involved in designs for this area of foreshore as an engineer for COPP, he was unknown in Port 2. Not customary to name beaches after people 3. "Fussy" was only certain officer's nickname for Peter and was also seen to lack dignityPublic notice placed in Emerald Hill Times, March 2002, proposing "Sandridge Beach" be renamed "Fussy's Beach"in honour of former city engineer peter Fussell, who was ill.town planning - proposals shelved, garden city, peter fussel - city engineer -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Functional object - Nail, hand-made
Dug out of donor's garden at 246 Stokes StreetOne hand made nailbusiness and traders, domestic life, building materials -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Tool - Tool, probably plasterer's scraper
Dug out of donor's garden at 246 Stokes StreetIron tool, probably plasterer's scraperbusiness and traders, building tools -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Tool - Tool, Probably a bone lace bobbin
Dug out of donor's garden at 246 Stokes StreetBone implement, probably lace bobbindomestic life, handcrafts -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 1999 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne in the 1930s, Sep 1998
... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne Produced ...Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 600 printed.1999 calendar produced by PMH&PS, printed black on white; cover photo the 'Monterey' approaching Station Pier 1932. Produced with blank protective cover.societies clubs unions and other organisations, built environment, piers and wharves - station pier, centenary bridge, transport - shipping, transport - railways, port melbourne town hall, missions to seamen, garden city, industry, arts and entertainment - film/cinema, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, religion - anglican (holy trinity), transport - tramways, pat grainger, monterey, ps weeroona, r graham carey, faram brothers hardware, george faram, thomas faram, richard faram, herbert faram, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 2002 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne, Jan 2001
Researched, written and designed by member Pat GRAINGER as a fundraiser for PMH&PS. Production volume: .550 copiesHistoric Port Melbourne calendar 2002 (no theme) Swallow and Ariell coopers on cover, sepia on ivory All following years calendars also recorded against cat no 1864transport - railways, industry - food, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - tramways, garden city, religion - anglican (holy trinity), education - primary schools, piers and wharves - princes pier, education - kindergartens, flood, sport - yachting, sport - swimming, sandridge lagoon, religion - melbourne city mission, business and traders, transport - motor vehicles, mission to seafarers, gasworks, swallow & ariell ltd, janice macdonald nee morton, r graham carey -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 2017 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne - Borough Homes part II, Sep 2016
All researched, written and designed by Pat GraingerPMHPS Calendar 2017 . "Borough Homes" part 2, interwar estates. Cover shows houses and cars in Griffin Crescent built environment - domestic, fishermans bend estate, bank houses, garden city progress association, bagdad, george burridge leith, the quartets, dunstan estate -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Isaac Douglas Hermann, A Labour of Love The Public works of Carlo Catani Victoria 1876 - 1918, October 2021
The book covers all the Victorian Public Works projects of Carlo CATANI including the Catani Memorial Clock Tower & the Catani Gardens in St Kilda. Book, 'A Labour of love - the Public Works of Carlo Catani Victoria 1876 - 1918'. The front & back covers are from a 1905 painting by Laurence WILSON showing the southern approach to Melbourne and with Princes Bridge and the Yarra River.carlo catani, carlo catani memorial clock tower, catani gardens -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Original Port Melbourne Swimming Club Building, c. 1920
In the 1920's West Beach Swimming Club was located at the corner of Beacon Road & the Boulevard in Garden City. The main hall was a men only facility with the women using in the smaller building at the rear. Situated next to the hall is the Commonwealth Oil Refinery storage tank.B & W photograph of large wooden hall with a smaller hall to the rear. In the 1920's it was used by the West Beach Swimming Club.On reverse - Original Port Melbourne Swimming Club.sport - swimming, port melbourne swimming club, west beach swimming club -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Pamphlet - Historic Housing Schemes of Garden City 2001, Pat Grainger, Walks around Vintage Port No.5, 2001
Update and reprint of Walks Around Vintage Port No 5. Project Assisted by CoPP.Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society publication, "Walks around Vintage Port", No.5 Historic Housing Schemes of Garden City 2001 Editiongarden city, built environment, architecture, city engineers, g b leith, fred cook -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Pamphlet - Historic Housing Schemes of Garden City 2016, Pat Grainger, Walks around Vintage Port No.5, Jun 2016
Update and reprint of Walks Around Vintage Port No 5. Supported by CoPP.Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society publication, "Walks around Vintage Port", No.5 Historic Housing Schemes of Garden City 2016 Editiongarden city, built environment, architecture, city engineers, g b leith, fred cook -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Open Air Campaigners, Garden City Reserve, Reverend Donald LANGFORD, c.1970
An Open Air Campaigner entertains a group of children at Garden City reserve. Behind him, the inland ship navigation Beacon is on the left and the BO building to the right. This building was used for several years in the 1980's as the location for the Port Melbourne Library.B & W photograph of Garden City Reserve with Open Air Campaigner.built environment - industrial, built environment - recreational facilities, beacon, open air campaigners, port melbourne free library