Port of Portland: 07:01:23 Wed 21/10/2026
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Vern McCallum Collection

Vern McCallum Collection

The railway overpass in construction at Garden Street Portland .
Watsons Euclids used to transport the rock from Cape Grant Quarry to the harbour.
A view of the early part of the construction of the K. S. Anderson wharf with the Priestman Dredge and barge in the foreground ( called Elders Island}}.
Jorgens dredge pumping sand and rubble for reclamation works.
Unloading a huge machine, a generator for the paper mill at Millicent, at the Portland port.
Construction of the canal behind the Portland gardens.
Reclaiming land looking towards Battery Point.
Assembling Hornibrooks crane for the building of the K S Anderson wharf.
The Prime Minister of Australia Mr Robert Menzies with the Portland Harbour Trust Chairman Mr K S Anderson.
The first ship to use the partly constructed wharf. A large Generator that was transported to the Paper mill at Millicent.
Taken during construction of the rail sorting yard looking east .with "Kingsly" in the background.
Construction of the K S Anderson wharf.
Unloading a large stone on the main breakwater using the Marrion crane.
Hornibrook engineers and the P H T chief engineer Pat Hughes forth from the right.
Jorgens dredge pumping sand and rubble for reclamation works.
Construction of the canal behind the Portland gardens.
Assembling Hornibrooks crane for the building of the K S Anderson wharf.
P H T workmen at their Xmas break ip
P H T workmen left to right: Jack Dusting ,Jim Dusting ,chief Engineer Pat Hughes ,and Bob Radley.
A view of the harbour .
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