Corporate Body

Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners (1877 - 1978)

Colony and State of Victoria

From
1 January 1877
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
8 November 1978
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Reference No
VA 2799
Legal Status
Public Record Office Victoria, Registered Agency

Summary

Established under the Melbourne Harbor Trust Act 40 Vict., No.5523 (1876), the Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners had responsibility for all port facilities and regulation of trade of the Port of Melbourne, the lower reaches of the Yarra River and the Saltwater River (Maribyrnong River).

In 1978, under the Port of Melbourne Authority Act 1978 the Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners was reconstituted as the Port of Melbourne Authority.

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Published resources

Books

  • Ruhen, Olaf, Port of Melbourne, 1835-1976 (Stanmore, New South Wales: Cassell Australia, 1976), 324 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Mackenzie, A. C., 'The Port of Melbourne - Construction of a new Railway Pier', Commonwealth Engineer, 4 (7) (1917), 178-181. Details
  • Mackenzie, A. C., 'Notes upon the destruction of wharf piles by Crustacea and Mollusca in Australian harbours', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8 (1929), 121-158, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.263838168439998. Details

Ken McInnes

Created: 19 March 2025

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