1970 - NOW IN OUR OUR 51st YEAR - 2021

WELCOME

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• The Port Phillip Pioneers Group (PPPG) is a family history group and was formed in May 1970 as a special interest group of The Genealogical Society of Victoria (GSV). The original purpose was to bring together members of the GSV who could establish lineal descent from Pioneers who settled or were born in the Port Phillip District of the Colony of New South Wales (the present State of Victoria) prior to 1 July 1851. The Group became a separate Incorporated Association in April 1991 and membership of the GSV is no longer required. Linking with the GSV is maintained as a Member Group. We are also affiliated with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.

• The State of Victoria in Australia was known as the Port Phillip District of New South Wales prior to separation on 1 July 1851. Settlement at Melbourne, on the northern shore of Port Phillip Bay, commenced in 1835.

• To find out more about us read about our history and aims and our membership.

• To find out more about our activities view our calendar and news page and see articles from our newsletter.

  Date:	Next Scheduled Event:
  Saturday 11 September 2021 at 2.00 p.m.	Speaker: Beverley Jacobson Topic: "Secrets and Lies - The Search for Truth"
  Meetings Venue: Zoom (usual venue is Wesley Hall, St. Andrew's Uniting Church, 253A Burke Road, (cnr. Malvern Road), Gardiner. (not currently in use given COVID-19 restrictions)

• PIONEER PROFILES - "Pioneer Profiles, Volume 7" is now available. To order a copy please contact Dean Wheeler. Cost per volume is $20.00 plus $10.00 postage in Australia. Guidelines for contributions to the next volume of "Pioneer Profiles" are available here.

• PPPG 50th ANNIVERSARY HISTORY - To celebrate our 50th anniversary a book entitled "Port Phillip Pioneers Incorporated - Reflections of 50 Years" has been produced. To order a copy please contact Dean Wheeler. Cost per volume is $5.00 plus $10.00 postage in Australia. (If ordering "Pioneer Profiles, Volume 7" at the same time, combined postage is $13.00 for both books.)

• View a list of our publications.

• Access the latest (April 2021) PPPG List of Claimed Ancestors database.

• View sample entries from Lester Stephen's 'Register of the Pioneers of the Port Phillip District of N.S.W.'

• To find out more about Victoria's history take Pioneers Quiz No. 1 and Pioneers Quiz No. 2.

• See images from our 150th Anniversary of Separation luncheon and visits to the "Enterprize".

• To learn more about St. James Old Cathedral and its continuing ministry.

• View a list of pioneers whose portraits were recorded by Thomas Foster Chuck.

• See how we celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the founding of the Port Phillip Pioneers Group.

• See photos and a report of our Golden 50th Anniversary celebrations.

• View a list of resources held in the Library of the Genealogical Society of Victoria c2000.

• Search through a list of early settlers who became insolvent.

• See a chronology of historical events in the timeline.

• View images of historic buildings and pioneer memorials in Melbourne.

• Visit other websites of interest.

• Contacts: All enquiries to the Honorary Secretary or our Examiner of Proofs, Anne Bevis ( bevishome11@gmail.com or (03) 5672 2593 ).

• OFFICE BEARERS & COMMITTEE FOR 2021/2022 - Barbara Hawkins (President); Stuart Hamilton (Vice President); Beverley Jacobson (Honorary Secretary); Dean Wheeler (Honorary Treasurer), Anne Bevis, Paul Cronin, Margaret Fleming, Bronwyn Quint, and Carol Stals (Committee Members). Anne Bevis is Examiner of Proofs; Dianne Wheeler is Newsletter Editor; Dean Wheeler is Membership Secretary; Tom Davison is Property Officer, Jan Hanslow is Librarian and Speech Transcriber; Bronwyn Quint is Welcome Desk Receptionist; Dean Wheeler is eNewsletter Distributor; Margaret Kaan is Afternoon Tea Co-ordinator; Beverley Jacobson is Editor of "Pioneer Profiles;" Margaret Fleming is Speakers Co-ordinator and Stuart Hamilton is Webmaster. Publicity Officer is vacant.

• REPRESENTATIVE - The PPPG representative in the United States of America is Ken McNaughton, 3778 College Avenue, Ellicott City, Maryland 21043, U.S.A.

• ADDRESS - The Registered Office and mailing address for the Port Phillip Pioneers Group Inc. (ACN: A0022862G) is 21 Apex Avenue, Hampton East, Victoria, 3188.

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© 2021 Port Phillip Pioneers Group Inc. & Alexander Romanov-Hughes
Title Image Source: State Library of Victoria
Updated 4 September 2021