Anticipating Refugee Week 2019, 16 to 22 June HMAS Kanimbla tied up at Princes Pier on 7 December 1947. On board were 839 people from displaced persons camps in Europe: 727 men and 112 women. All of them had all been carefully chosen, hand picked, for their youth, vigour …
Port & South Melbourne
A story of urban change
Port Melbourne Baseball Club Premiers 1961 Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society This photograph tells a big story. In the foreground, the Port Melbourne baseball team of 1961 on Lagoon Reserve (and doesn't the woman with her face obscured invite curiousity?) In the background, the …
Loss
On Saturday, at the Lagoon Reserve community planting, I found out that Chris, who lived opposite the park, had died six months ago. His neighbour told me. I didn't know Chris's surname until that news was shared - Stefanidis. I used to meet him often because he was always out walking. After …
Federal election in Macnamara
Some Port houses wore their colours on the fence in the lead up to the election on 18 May. The four polling booths in Port Melbourne - Bubup Womindjeka, Fishermans Bend Community Centre, Albert Park Arts & Environment Hub and Port Melbourne Primary School - were busy from poll opening at …
Stewardship
It rained. At last. It had seemed fruitless to invite people to the annual community planting day at Lagoon Reserve, even though the mulch had been spread in readiness and the date arranged. But it's about keeping the faith, says Alice, who has coordinated the annual planting day at Lagoon …
Palm trees in Port
Improving the Port Melbourne foreshore has been an enduring preoccupation of commentators, councillors and observers of the Port Melbourne scene for nearly a hundred years. The Town Planning Commission's report of 1929 described Port Melbourne as a drab and dreary entry to Melbourne. In the …