Port Phillip
Pioneers Group
The Port Phillip Pioneers Group (PPPG) exists to understand and commemorate those who arrived or were born in the Port Phillip District before Victoria became a separate colony in July 1851.
We recognise that there were perhaps 60,000 people here before Europeans and others arrived from 1803. We acknowledge the Boon wurrung and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.
Find Out More About Us
History and Aims
Click here to find out more about our history and aims, who we are and what we do.
The Port Phillip District
Click here to find out more about the Port Phillip District before it became Victoria.
How to Become a Member
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Future Events
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Meeting: 2pm Saturday 9 November 2024
Speaker: Professor Fred Cahir Topic: They Rescued Us: Aboriginal heroes…
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Meeting: 2pm Saturday 1 March 2025
Speaker: Craige Proctor Topic: Telling the Story of Pioneer women…
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Meeting: 2pm Saturday 10 May 2025
Speaker: Dr Rosalie Triolo OAM FRHSV Topic: Local and international historical…
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Meeting: 2pm Saturday 12 July 2025
Speaker: Richard Broome Topic: Land Management from Deep time to 1851 Land use by traditional owners in deep time was marked by oneness with the environment and sustainable management. Land use from 1835 to 1851 was marked by mis-management and an unsustainable relationship with nature. Richard Broome AM, President of the Royal Historical Society and…
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Meeting 2pm 13 September 2025
To be advised.
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Meeting 2pm Saturday 8 November 2025
Speaker: Margaret Anderson Title: Melbourne: Foundations of a City After several false starts, the settlement that would be Melbourne grew rapidly. In this presentation Margaret Anderson examines the expansion of Melbourne in the pre-goldrush period and considers the nature of the city it became in 1847. Margaret Anderson is currently Director of the Old Treasury…
Meetings Venue: Wesley Hall, St. Andrew’s Uniting Church, 253A Burke Road (cnr. Malvern Road), Gardiner.
Visitors Welcome. Talks are from 2:00pm. Doors open 1.30 p.m. Two dollars entry includes refreshments. Our meetings generally end around 4pm.
Zoom access for members and visitors who are not able to attend meetings in person can be found here.
To protect members we ask that members and visitors with COVID or who are a close contact attend meeting via Zoom.
How to become a member
Membership of the Port Phillip Pioneers Group is open to persons having ancestors of whom at least one settled or was born in the present State of Victoria prior to 1 July, 1851 and can provide proof of direct lineal descent from their Pioneer ancestor/s.
If you have not yet proved your descent, or are just interested in what we do, you can join as an Associate Member.