Monuments, Public Art and Signage

Port Melbourne has a rich collection of monuments across the suburb that range from war memorials commemorating service in world conflicts, to more contemporary and ephemeral ways to celebrate local people and their memory. As the departure point for ships heading off to war, the area around Station Pier is a fitting home to a group of memorials to war, including the World War 1 Memorial Drinking Fountain and the Women’s Welcome Home Rotunda. Walking around Port Melbourne you can also spot a variety of public art and murals, like the significant Pickles Street ‘bottles’ mural, on the corner of Pickles and Danks Street, as well as a treasure trove of ‘ghost signs’ from previous times, revealing fascinating layers of the past. You can see examples of these on the PastPort ghost-signs tour.

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