by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Ships
The Ward Chipman on which my ancestor, Robert Dodd, arrived at Port Phillip on 29th December 1841 had a typical merchant ship history travelling to many ports in the world carrying emigrants and various cargoes during her life. She was a three-masted... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
JOHN WOOD FLEMING 1837-1919 John Wood Fleming is my great grandfather. He is truly a Port Phillip Pioneer. He was one of the first eight white children born in the new Port Phillip Colony, on the banks of the Yarra River, 150 meters east of where Princes Bridge was to... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
A member of The Friends of the St. Kilda Cemetery, Elizabeth Hore, enjoys taking people on tours of the Cemetery which was set out by Robert Hoddle in 1851. The first interment was on 1 May 1855, with the burial of a young girl named Charlotte Green. Over time there... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Places
1.Victoria. Department of Crown Lands Survey. (1884). Jika Jika, County of Bourke [cartographic material]Photo-lithographed at the Department of Lands and Survey, Melbourne, by J. Noone 22.2.84.(Haughton collection). (Melbourne: Department of Lands and Survey.(In... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
Early Victorian Hand-Coloured Daguerreotypes(Photographer Unknown – State Library of Victoria Collection) One of the earliest types of photographs were daguerreotypes. A light sensitive plate was produced by coating a copper plate with silver and iodine. After...