Record shots were taken over a three year period; stage in renovations by owner Despinis Kapogiannis and tenant Ian WilsonColour photo of former Port Theatre 1996, stripped to original brick. Bricked-in front windows visible, new square windows being installed. From set of five panoramic photos showing stages of development, former Port Theatre - restored in 1996 as shops and officesbuilt environment - commercial, port theatre

Photo of the Port Theatre, 1920s, with man and boy crossing Bay Street in foreground. Silent film 'Stolen Triumph' advertised.arts and entertainment - film/cinema, port theatre, william swift

Photocopy of a flyer announcing the opening of The Eclipse theatre for Saturday the 25th October 1924. Photocopied document. The grand opening of Eclipse Theatre Port Melbourne 25 October 1924arts and entertainment - film/cinema, eclipse picture theatre

The membership card for boys and girls (number 100) was for Noel Kerr Photocopied members card plus grand opening notice. The grand opening of Eclipse Theatre Port Melbourne 1924arts and entertainment - film/cinema, eclipse picture theatre

The Port Melbourne picture theatre is pictured at the top of the newspaper cutting with old movie house enthusiast, John POULIANAKIS. John described it as being " ... well & truly a working man's theatre. Cr Barry MITCHELL sold lollies to moviegoers as a nine year old and remembered it as 'a bug house'. Newspaper cutting from a April 1991 copy of 'The Emerald Hill, Sandridge & St Kilda Times' reporting on the proposed redevelopment of the Port Melbourne picture theatre by property developer, Adrian VALMORBIDA.built environment - commercial, arts and entertainment - film/cinema, port melbourne picture theatre, adrian valmorbida, cr barry mitchell, john poulianakis

Shot in 1973 with particular interest in architecture226 Bay St, corner Liardet St. Port Theatre in backgroundIdentified and dated on back in inkbuilt environment - commercial, janet walsh, allen walsh, bay street, liardet street

Interior of Hoyt's Eclipse theatre at Pickles and Crockford - proscenium and portion of walls and ceiling, after 1938 renovationsarts and entertainment - film/cinema, built environment - commercial

Construction of Adventure Playground Nott Street Primary School. in the background can be seen the former Port Melbourne Picture Theatre at 284 Bay Street. Sign shows that in 1977 it was Dudley Pty Ltd. The building was gutted by fire in 2015. B & W photograph of preparations for an Adventure Playground on the Nott & Farrell Streets corner, Nott Street Primary School 1977education - primary schools, nott street primary school

Gerasimos Galatis is the shopkeeper standing outside his confectionary shop at 225 Bay Street, Port Melbourne. The chocolates were home made and were artistically presented, especially at Easter. He and his wife Ellie ran the business in Port Melbourne for over thirty years and it was a very popular venue especially as it was near the former picture theatre in Port Melbourne.This was yet another example of the various businesses which early Ithacan Greek immigrants owned and ran successfully throughout the first half of the twentieth century.A sepia photograph mounted on board of a man standing outside a confectionary shop. A variety of sweets are displayed attractively in the shop window which has a sign declaring the confectionary are 'Home Sweets'

This paper records local, national and International news with events such as elections news, sports news, and 807 entries for the Warrnambool May Races.Other local articles relate to curriculum at Warrnambool High School,Port Fairy Sea Scouts as well as football results for many local teams of all levels. There are also photographs of Junior tennis A grade champions. Likewise there are many advertisements for local businesses such as Swintons Rock A bye Cradle shop and Stephens Stores. The film The graduate was playing at the Capitol Theatre and still drawing large crowds The Warrnambool Standard was established in 1872 and had remained locally owned until taken over by the Melbourne Age in 1980. Both were subsequently taken over by Fairfax media in 1983As the only daily local newspaper in the Western District,The Warrnambool Standard contains much that is of interest socially and historically. Black text with photograph of young boy on horseback ,jumping fence. back page has articles about sport with photograph of three footballers contesting for the ball. 12 PagesThe Warrnambool Standard Monday April 21 1969.warrnambool, warrnambool standard, standard 1969,

This is a programme of 16 pages. The cover has a colour image of a seascape and a ship and black printing. The pages contain printed text, black and white sketches and photographs and advertisements. The pages have been stapled but the staples have been removed.non-fictionThis is a programme of the opera performance of the Wreck of the Loch Ard wreck of the loch ard, warrnambool theatre company

Items in the collection relating to ARTHUR GEORGE HOLLEY no 13556 RAN Refer cat no 2134 for his service record. The photographs are from his personal album, and are mainly official photographs widely available among the services. The photographs are from Australian , British and American sources. This set coincides with the Hobart's service around the time of the loss of Singapore. The Norah Moller was a British merchantman bombed in Singapore harbor while trying to escape. The Hobart rescued the bulk of crew and passengers. Whilst not taken personally, these photographs do capture some of the events Holley and his Hobart crewmates would have experienced and witnessed.Each description is preceded by an approximate date e.g.1940 06 is June 1940. 1. 1942 02 Singapore Port side view of the destroyer HMS Express (H61)..jpg 2. 1942 02 Singapore docks burning 1.jpg 3. 1942 02 Singapore docks burning 2.jpg 4. 1942 02 Singapore docks.jpg 5. 1942 02 singapore evacuation.jpg 6. 1942 02 Singapore Hobart refueling.jpg 7. 1942 02 SS Norah Moller burned and blind being led down gangway.jpg 8. 1942 02 survivors Norah Moller.jpg 9. 1942 03 HMS Exeter bombed Second battle of Java Sea.jpg 10. 1942 03 March 1942 HMS Stronghold sunk 2nd March 1942.jpg 11. 1942 04 Close bomb HMAS Perth Greek evacuation.jpg hmas hobart, arthur george holley ran, pacific theatre, fall of singapore