by pppg | Jun 17, 2022 | History, Places
Dr. Maxwell Lay, civil engineer, is director of Connecteast which is constructing the Mitcham – Frankston toll road. He is also the author of “Melbourne Miles: The Story of Melbourne’s Roads”. As the Port Phillip District had some 180... by pppg | Jun 17, 2022 | Methods & Sources
Beryl O’Gorman’s favourite quotation is ‘the survival of any tribe or family depends on the ability of someone in each generation to pass on the stories’. As genealogists, we are in a good position to take on that role, to listen and take... by pppg | Jun 17, 2022 | History
At our last meeting Allan Willingham described architecture in the Port Phillip District. He suggested that the people whose lives were intertwined with the early buildings made the history of the architecture much more interesting. Robyn Annear uses her knowledge of... by pppg | Jun 17, 2022 | Methods & Sources, Pioneers
Probate for settlers in the Port Phillip District was generally granted by either the Supreme Court of New South Wales or the Ecclesiastical Court in Sydney, N.S.W. These probate papers are now held by the Public Record Office of Victoria at their North Melbourne... by pppg | Jun 17, 2022 | Miscellany
Architectural Historian, Allan Willingham, brought the early Port Phillip District alive with his talk on the early buildings of the Port Phillip District. The first buildings were very primitive and not meant to be permanent. They were mostly made of local bush...