Historical information
PMH&PS applied for a LocalHistory Grant to publish this book on member Sigred BORKE'S behalf. Grant was denied but Sigrid produced it anyway, with family doing the design and typesetting and partner Bill IRELAND loaning the money. Purchased at the launch 15 December, International Bookstore, Trades Hall. Subsequently this book won the Victorian Local History Award for the Best Collaborative Effort, with $1000 prize.
Physical description
'In and Out of Port - Voices from the Port of Melbourne: An Oral History' by Sigrid BORKE. Paperback 280 pp book of stories from local seamen and others, self published in 2000. Full colour cover with waterfront photograph.
(Absent from collection October 2023)
Inscriptions & markings
Signed by author 'To Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society - who keep the flames burning - Sigrid Borke' Stains on back, probably from the launch celebration.
Subjects
- piers and wharves - waterside workers,
- transport - shipping,
- societies clubs unions and other organisations,
- sigrid borke,
- bill ireland,
- flossy bell barry,
- bert fagin,
- maisie adams,
- frank milne,
- roger ilson,
- kim ryan,
- bob o'shea,
- nancy vorherr,
- lou guihenneuc,
- elain cleary,
- eileen cleary,
- fred frese,
- raymond frank julier,
- alby ireland,
- maritime union of australia,
- mua,
- seamen's union of australia,
- sua,
- peter close
