WELCOME

• 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 Meetings
  Wednesday 3 July 2013 from 10.30 a.m. to 12 noon	Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne Visit to RHSV by PPPG Members and Talk by Judith Bilzta
  Saturday 13 July 2013 at 2.00 p.m.	Speaker from Victorian Public Record Office "Early Records and Plans for Indexing and Digitising"

• View sample entries from Lester Stephen's Port Phillip Pioneer Register.

• 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.

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

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

• View a list of our publications.

• See a chronology of historical events in the timeline.

• View images of historic buildingsand pioneer memorials in Melbourne.

• Visit other sites of interest.

• Contact our President, Jessie Handoll on (03) 9870 5341, our Vice President, Barbara Hawkins on (03) 9763 8252; and our Examiner of Proofs, Michael Grogan on (03) 9770 5570.

• OFFICE BEARERS & COMMITTEE FOR 2013 - Jessie Handoll (President); Barbara Hawkins (Vice President); Marilla James (Honorary Secretary); Susan Grant (Honorary Treasurer), Pam Fenwick, Michael Grogan, Ken Smith and Clare Bayne (Committee Members). Michael Grogan is Examiner of Proofs; Barbara Hawkins is Newsletter Editor; Tom Davison is Property Officer, Val Farley is Door Person; Jan Hanslow is Speech Transcriber; Alexander Romanov-Hughes is Webmaster & Auditor and Ken Smith is Distributor of Publications.

• REPRESENTATIVES - The PPPG has representatives in Queensland (Elaine & John Bampton, 16 Robina Court, Robina, Qld., 4226. Tel: 07-5578-8382) and in the United States of America (Ken McNaughton, 3778 College Avenue, Ellicott City, Maryland 21043, U.S.A.).

• ADDRESS - The Registered Office of the Port Phillip Pioneers Group Inc. (ACN: A0022862G) is maintained by the Genealogical Society of Victoria at Level B1, 257 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria.

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© 2013 Port Phillip Pioneers Group Inc. & Alexander Romanov-Hughes
Title Image Source: State Library of Victoria
Updated 17 May 2013