Historical information
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.
Physical description
"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 1992
Subjects
- fishermans 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,
- missions to seamen,
- transport - railways,
- transport - horse,
- built environment - civic,
- built environment - domestic,
- built environment - commercial,
- built environment - industrial,
- built environment,
- town planning - proposals shelved - bayside,
- library,
- religion,
- arts and entertainment,
- livestock,
- lagoon,
- migrants,
- built environment - public housing,
- centenary bridge,
- temperance hall,
- 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,
- hotels,
- 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,
- swallow & ariell ltd,
- g borer & co,
- johnny allsorts pawnbrokers,
- mckenzies mild bar,
- 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,
- flo beazley,
- george beazley,
- brenda bedford,
- harry boxquet,
- lettie walsh bradley,
- margaret polson bride,
- anne callaghan,
- beris campbell,
- tony cannatelli,
- john carroll,
- john cass,
- margaret smith couch,
- brian couldrey,
- delva rees crawford,
- buffy rees,
- joan curtis,
- elvir dragovic,
- james edward earl,
- linda edman,
- jessie edwards,
- lisa edwards,
- trevor emmett,
- judy faram,
- george faram,
- douglas 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' johnson goss,
- gladys mccade gott,
- stan gravias,
- captain george henry (harry) gray,
- len greaney,
- charles hall,
- bertha carey harvey,
- graham carey,
- mac hatfield,
- f patricia (pat) hawkins,
- tippo hayes,
- tom hills,
- bradley hinge,
- lloyd holmes,
- norah howard,
- voula hronakis,
- lorna johnson,
- diane bradley keating,
- alison kelly,
- june kirby,
- bob knell,
- tommy lahiff,
- nicole lalande,
- bill lane,
- kathleen moore lane,
- j s lang,
- ron lang,
- beverley lewis,
- andy libbis,
- peter libbis,
- emily lock,
- may irving lowe,
- wendy lowenstein,
- micael lucas,
- ted mccarthy,
- laura irving mcgill,
- vin mcnamara,
- elsie mccabe median,
- maree menzel,
- marie mills,
- marlene sharp mitchell,
- david moloney,
- ari pipilikas,
- ada bellion polson,
- les profitt,
- ted rohan,
- elizabeth saunders,
- vanessa savvaidis,
- prudence sheil,
- chutathip silpiphat,
- voula skourakis,
- flo stark,
- ted tobin,
- thelma todd,
- barbara villani,
- erica wilson,
- nott street primary school
