by pppg | Sep 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Speaker: Bronwyn Quint. Topic: Resources for Researching Port Phillip Pioneers. Bronwyn will review resources available for research on your ancestors and the history of the District. Meetings Venue: Wesley Hall, St. Andrew’s Uniting Church, 253A Burke Road (cnr....
by pppg | Jul 17, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, Publications, Uncategorized
Click the issue number and date next to the logo. We have not indexed the articles in each issue, but you can find individual articles by topic in the member resources section. #200 Aug-Sept 2017 #203 April-May 2018 #206 Oct-Nov 2018 #209 June-July 2019 #212 Feb-March...
by pppg | Feb 17, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Pioneers, Uncategorized
“On a delightful spring day in August,1864, Mrs John Duff was alone with her three children Jane Cooper, aged 7 years, Isaac Cooper, 9, and their step-brother, Frank Duff, 4, in their cosy little shepherd’s home of bulloak slabs with its gumbark roof and floor...
by pppg | Oct 23, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Uncategorized
How Christmas was celebrated between about 1830 and 1851 in the Port Phillip District seems to have depended on one’s status in the new colony. If you were a convict, you probably came across from Van Dieman’s Land and might have had Irish or English roots. If you...
by pppg | Sep 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Rajah quilt is one of Australia’s most important textiles according to the National Gallery of Australia. It is an extraordinary work of art which was made by the hands of many convict women in abject conditions on the ship Rajahwhilst sailing for Van...
by pppg | Jul 28, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Ships, Uncategorized
In her July 2024 talk to the PPPG, Elaine Race discussed he importance of Bass Strait to shipping, starting with those early explorers and cartographers who mapped that portion of the Australian coast at great risk to themselves and crew. The fragility of their...
