Large printed map of Melbourne and suburbs 1936 showing historic sightsmelbourne, south melbourne, transport - tramways, transport - railways

"Commuting by Cable" a history of melbourne's cable tram service. Covers routes; engagement and disengagement of cable; steam winchhouse and operations; cable maintenance. Brief cover of Port Melbourne route including trip down the bay from Station Pier on Hygiea and Weeroona. One of the first colour films to be shot in the late 1930stransport - tramways, transport - shipping, cable trams, ps hygiea, ps weroona

One of three sheets of blueprints showing street configuration in Beach and Sandridge Road along cable tram route. Badly torn around edges. Indistinguishable signature of 'George ------ Esq., lower rightNotations in red crayon or penciltransport - tramways, transport - roads

Bound volume containing detailed report by Tramways Board Chairman on matters of relevance to Port Melbourne and other municipalities compiled after his overseas tour, 1938. A covering letter is loose inside front cover. The report is indexed.A letter loose inside front cover 17.3.1939 indicates the Chairman sent a copy of his rport to the Council. Name of report appears inside volumen.transport - tramways, transport - bus, h h bell

A Centenary of Federation-funded project of South Port Day Links, coordinated, directed and designed by Mary Mason, written by Pat Grainger on behalf of PMH&PS'Linking us Together: A history of transport in the Port Phillip community' Soft cover, 72pp teal blue cover with '2001'graphic, brown spine. A Centenary of Federation Project printed Oct 2001transport, 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, william maskell, james mcnab, eli 'dick' edwards, jacob edwards, vincent 'ben' edwards, claude butcher, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, bicycles, cable trams

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, mary mason, south port day links inc

Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works 1894, Plan number 18 Segments Shown: Between 322 - 486 Smaller scale map incorporating piers, lagoon and town north to beyond boundaryIn pencil: "7/7/94" (Which is the copywrite date)engineering - board of works, piers and wharves - railway pier, piers and wharves - town pier, lagoon, transport - tramways, transport - railways, gasworks, built environment

Reports to Council hand entered by Town Surveyor and ATS, with marginal notes on actions taken by Council.Book of reports of Port Melbourne Town Surveyor 1901-1911: 475 pp volume bound in dark green with maroon spine and corners. Gold stamped on spine 'Minute Book' but added leather label below reads 'Surveyors Report Book'. Some inserts (glued in)Stamped inside cover and on some pages, 'Town of Port Melbourne Surveyors Office'local government - town of port melbourne, fishermans bend, flood, fire and fire services, port melbourne town hall, transport - horse, transport - tramways, parks and gardens, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, excelsior hall, societies clubs unions and other organisations, built environment, lagoon, hotels, industry - manufacturing, engineering - canals and drainage, crimes and misdemeanours, transport - ferries, south melbourne, arthur victor heath, george beazley, h v champion

11d tram tickettransport - tramways, melbourne and metropolitan tramways board, mmtb

No longer required by PMCC in 1980s (offered to and rejected by the LaTrobe Library; kept in a storeroom by the Port Melbourne Library, given to PMH&PS in 1994)Surveyor Charles Clay's reports to Council March 1877 to June 1882, handwritten. 176pp volume bound in maroon linen with red spine; sticker on front: MINUTE BOOK; 'Surveyor's Reports' hand printedThree names/addresses noted on first page. Two printed Agendas 1881 and 1882 pasted in front.local government - borough of sandridge, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, port melbourne town hall, transport - tramways, lagoon, engineering - canals and drainage, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, business and traders, fishermans bend, fire and fire services, flood, engineering - bridges, utilities, health - general health, hotels, built environment - domestic, industry - manufacturing, livestock, transport - railways, charles clay

Large book of 9 pages, incl. title page, bound on left with black tape, wih plans and typeset descriptions of a proposal to run a cable tram under the Yarra from Williamstown to Melbourne (Falls Bridge) via Port Melbourne. Submitted to Victorian Legislative Assembly 1889Signed p. 2 by J.W. Banks, C.E.transport - tramways, town planning - proposals shelved, williamstown, j w banks

Plans and typeset descriptions of a proposal to run a cable tram under the Yarra from Williamstown to Melbourne (Falls Bridge) via Port Melbourne. Oriniginally submitted to Victorian Legislative Assembly 1889; this updated 1891 version has 10 pages, and includes an added section to take tramway to Sandridge Road as far as St. Kilda Road. A company has now formed to back the proposal being re-presented to the Legislative Assembly.Signed by Edward Clark 2-6-1891, with Borough stamp on cover; initialed, ditto, on page 2; signed by A.J. Duncan page 2.transport - tramways, town planning - proposals shelved, williamstown, edward clark, town clerks, mr jennings, austral - anglo tramway and general agency co ltd, a j duncan

Plans and typeset descriptions of a proposal to run a cable tram under the Yarra from Williamstown to Melbourne (Falls Bridge) via Port Melbourne. Oriniginally submitted to Victorian Legislative Assembly 1889; this updated 1891 version has 10 pages, and includes an added section to take tramway to Sandridge Road as far as St. Kilda Road. A company has now formed to back the proposal being re-presented to the Legislative Assembly. (Copy of 46.2)Signed by Edward Clark 2-6-1891, with Borough stamp on cover; initialed, ditto, on page 2; signed by A.J. Duncan page 2.transport - tramways, town planning - proposals shelved, williamstown, edward clark, town clerks, mr jennings, austral - anglo tramway and general agency co ltd, a j duncan

Large, deteriorated 1882 plan of Port Melbourne, Parish of South Melbourne, County of Bourke - showing Town Lots. Pasted onto board.town planning, fishermans bend, lagoon, transport - tramways

Plan of tramway in Normanby Road from Ingles Street to Boundary Street, together with written specification for works attached (Reg 66.2), 1893.A.V. Heath (Town Surveyor) J.J. Bartlett (Mayor)engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, transport - tramways, town planning, arthur victor heath, town clerks, james john bartlett, mayors

Written specification for works attached to plan of tramway in Normanby Road from Ingles Street to Boundary Street (Reg 66.1), 1893.A.V. Heath (Town Surveyor) J.J. Bartlett (Mayor)engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, transport - tramways, town planning, arthur victor heath, town clerks, james john bartlett, mayors

Specification for tram and road works in Rouse Street between Esplanades East and West and adjacent to Lagoon Loan Works 1893 plan 19; relates to plan 99.2.Signed by JJ Bartlett (Mayor) 14.3.1893engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, lagoon, transport - tramways, arthur victor heath, town clerks, james john bartlett, mayors

Plan for tram and road works in Rouse Street between Esplanades East and West and adjacent to Lagoon Loan Works 1893 plan 19; relates to specification 99.1Signed by JJ Bartlett (Mayor) 14.3.1893engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, lagoon, transport - tramways, arthur victor heath, town clerks, james john bartlett, mayors

Large, hard-bound set of plans for tramway development (Williamstown to Melbourne under the Yarra via Port Melbourne) presented to the 1882 Victorian Leg. Council. Blue-black with gold-stamped maroon title panel.Signed by the Engineer and the Parliamentary Agent.transport - tramways, melbourne tramway and omnibus co ltd

From set of three photocopies of two plans of coal tramway, Town Pier to Gas Works via Esplanade West: Full size plan with cross sections, signed by South Melbourne, Port Melbourne and Gas Co. engineerstransport - tramways, utilities - gas, lagoon, industry - manufacturing, piers and wharves - town pier, metropolitan gas company, australasia sugar refining company, robert harper & co ltd

From set of three photocopies of two plans of coal tramway, Town Pier to Gas Works via Esplanade West: Reduced size version of 656.01transport - tramways, utilities - gas, lagoon, industry - manufacturing, piers and wharves - town pier, metropolitan gas company, australasia sugar refining company, robert harper & co ltd

From set of three photocopies of two plans of coal tramway, Town Pier to Gas Works via Esplanade West: Plan of coal tramwaytransport - tramways, utilities - gas, lagoon, industry - manufacturing, piers and wharves - town pier, metropolitan gas company, australasia sugar refining company, robert harper & co ltd

Large volume of rough minutes Port Melbourne Town Council May 1901 - April 1904, with typed and printed minutes inserted throughout - dark green, dark red binding loose and partly missinglocal government, built environment, port melbourne town hall, societies clubs unions and other organisations, social activities, deaths and funerals, built environment - civic, excelsior hall, library, engineering - canals and drainage, transport - tramways, local government - town of port melbourne, edward c crockford, town clerks

Halftone photograph of two cable trams passing the Town Hall. Pepper trees in Bay Street prominent in foreground; a rainy day, probably 1920stransport - tramways, port melbourne town hall

STATE LIBRARY acknowledgement required. Image of Bay Street Port Melbourne in 1917. Photo taken near intersection of Bay and Liardet Streets and looks towards the Bay. Shows Port Melbourne Theatre on left and Burns Bros on right and cable trams. Used in the PMHPS calendar for 2015 (May)Image H32492/4606. Rose postcard series 3334built environment - commercial, transport - tramways, recreation, burns brothers - grocers, port melbourne theatre, bay street

Photographic images of properties in Port Melbourne. Image may have been taken by a PMHPS member or scanned from a past resident or taken for real estate sale purposes. Beacon Cove; two images looking West towards the Bay showing the light rail line, bike path and waterfront developments in distance. One image includes tram. (January 2006)built environment - domestic, transport - tramways, beacon cove, light rail, tram

B&W image. View of Town Hall tower northwards along Bay st. Shows cable tram and Fountain Inn.built environment - commercial, transport - tramways, fountain inn, cable tram

Obviously EC Crockford's scrapbook from time he became acting Town Clerk (1892) until he left to serve South Melbourne (1909).Scrapbook kept by Port Melbourne Town Clerk EC Crockford, 1890s: notebook with marbled board covers, 38 ruled pp, some empty. Back of book used upside down. Pasted with clippings related to municipal operation, and ads for contracts (in back). Insert: note on rateslocal government - town of port melbourne, engineering department - town of port melbourne, transport - railways, transport - tramways, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - canals and drainage, amalgamation, piers and wharves - station pier, business and traders, sport - lawn bowls, health - general health, law, nightsoil, piers and wharves - railway pier, statistics, edward c crockford, town clerks, municipal elections

98 pages of clippings kept by Port Melbourne Town Clerk E.C. Crockford; sequential to item 162. (This also has his bowling scores in back). NB Crockford supposed to have moved to South Melbourne in November, 1909, but this book kept up to 28-07-1910, apparently still in Crockford's handwriting.Notationslocal government - town of port melbourne, engineering - board of works, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, lagoon, livestock, piers and wharves - miscellaneous, amalgamation, royal visits and occasions, law, sport - lawn bowls, transport - tramways, health - general health, business and traders - dairies, flood, transport - horse, transport - railways, environmental issues, fishermans bend, engineering - canals and drainage, hotels, built environment - domestic, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, town planning - proposals shelved, natural environment, edward c crockford, town clerks, pumping station, waste disposal, sand carters