Historical information
Although undated, this plan is probably from the late 1940s or early 1950s. Around this time Port Melbourne Council were looking to built a basketball court in Lagoon reserve, and shelters and a senior citizen's clubhouse in Edwards Park. PMHPS does to believe the basketball court shown in the plan was built but the Port Melbourne Senior Citizens and Trugo Club is at the location shown on the plan. A shelter is in a similar location to the one on the plan. A children's playground existed in that location shown in a photograph from the 1930s. The round flowerbed where the paths cross in the centre of the park in not in the 1930s photograph but is a current feature of Edwards Park.
Physical description
Plan drawing to scale, hand coloured, of proposed improvements to Edwards Park (Trugo Green), undated possibly late 1940s or early 1950s.
Inscriptions & markings
"City of Port Melbourne"
Subjects
References
- 1947 - SHELTERS TO BE ERECTED IN EDWARDS PARK Record, 15 February 1947, p 4
- 1949 - ELDERLY CITIZENS' ASSN. FORMED IN PORT MELB Record, 13 August 1949, p 1
- 1951 - CLUB ROOM FOR AGED MEN AT PORT MELBOURNE Record, 19 May 1951, p 1
