Captain Charles Forrest

Further to our last newsletter (see Life on the Yarra/Birrarung) featuring the Yarra, Valerie Farley has contributed the following pencil sketch of the Yarra drawn by Port Phillip Pioneer Charles FORREST c. 1870 with the accompanying summary: Charles was born in 1809...

Zoom Meeting Information

In advance of the ZOOM meeting, if you want to take part on your desktop or laptop computer, please download and install the Zoom ‘Desktop Client’ software onto your computer if you have not already done so: see https://zoom.us/download If you want to take part...

Life on the Yarra/Birrarung

Judith Buckrich Judith Buckrich has had a long involvement with the arts and literature and has written many books. Her presentation focused on the Yarra River which runs for 240 kms from its source near Mt Baw Baw in the Yarra ranges, to its mouth at Port Phillip...

The Matthews Family of Modewarre

Talk by Noelene Matthews PPPG member No. 1563 on the occasion of her joining the PPPG Hello everyone, on behalf of Richard Matthews and me, it’s with pride that we thank you for our admission to the Port Phillip Pioneers Group, recognising our respective ancestors....