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elected commissioners were replaced with five commissioners appointed by the
Governor-in-Council. These five included a full-time Chairman and four representatives of ship owners, exporters, importers and primary producers. The trust also gained responsibility for the railway piers at Port Melbourne and Williamstown from 1 December 1913, bringing all the wharves, piers and jetties within the Port of Melbourne under the one authority. A sixth commissioner was appointed to represent port workers in 1954, perhaps indicating the growing influence of the Dockworkers Union.
103:, the Yarra was deepened and cleared of obstructions, and the Coode Canal was excavated, opening in 1886. Excavation of Victoria Dock was underway in 1891, opening in 1896. The Trust also undertook the filling of the Sandridge Lagoon and dredging the deep-water channel to the Port Melbourne piers. Dock construction under the original harbour trust scheme continued into the 1920s.
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Two additional commissioners were appointed on 14 November 1883. Until 1900 the
Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners were responsible to the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, and afterwards to the Minister for Public Works. There was a major reconstitution of the trust in 1913 whereby seventeen
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The trust was created after several boards of inquiry into means to improve access for shipping to
Melbourne, and a specific Act of Parliament was finally passed in 1876. The first appointment of fifteen commissioners, who represented various interests in the Port, was on 30 March 1877, with a
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in 1983. Subsequent restructuring in 1997 saw the
Melbourne Port Corporation take over property and assets, the Victorian Channels Authority berthing responsibilities, and Melbourne Port Services privatised and put out to tender. The
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By 1927 the trust was employing more than 1000 men
Melbourne, and was the eighth largest deep-water port in the British Empire. After 1945 new facilities were developed downstream, including
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207:, in line with modern organizational naming practice around the world, although its functions did not change greatly. It moved from its grand 1930 Market Street head office to the
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Melbourne ports facilities, with a variety of privately built wharves and jetties constructed along the
76:. Vessel movements and berthings, navigational aids, and wharfage rates, were the responsibility of the Ports and Harbours Branch under the Department of Trade and Customs.
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Jubilee history of the
Melbourne Harbor Trust: compiled from the original records of the Trust and from the Victorian Hansard / by Benjamin HoareHoare, Benjamin, 1842ā1932
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Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 16 April 2013.
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On either side a sea horse (Hippocampus) Or collared and lined Gules in front of a representation of the
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Southern Cross Argent on a chief enarched Or five pallets of the first.
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was formed on 1 July 2003, taking over the Melbourne Port Corporation, and the Victorian Channels Authority.
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118:(1969) docks, each of which was named after chairman of the trust ā
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Melbourne Harbor Trust eMelbourne encyclopedia by David Dunstan
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Other commissioners and chairmen included the following:
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Aubrey Duncan Mckenzie Chairman 1940-07-01 ā 1960-03-03
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OBE chairman from 27 May 1941 to 31 August 1971; and
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227:The trust operated a series of dredges including:
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158:George Kermode Chairman 1934-08-29 ā 1940-06-30
203:The trust was reorganised in 1978 to form the
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568:Jubilee history of the Melbourne Harbor Trust
173:Albert George Allnutt 1947-07-01 ā 1950-06-30
289:was reconstructed and extended, followed by
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275:Twin screw Steam bucket dredge 1941ā1976
161:Charles A Phayer 1937-02-04 ā 1947-06-30
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306:Coat of arms of Melbourne Harbor Trust
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182:The purpose of the trust was
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120:William Thomas Appleton
87:British engineer, Sir
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323:Granted 5 March 1963.
256:Sir William McPherson
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517:p.38 By James Smith
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130:from 1960 to 1972.
47:Mersey at Liverpool
613:37.819Ā°S 144.960Ā°E
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267:D. Mclennan
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66:Yarra River
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601:37Ā°49ā²08ā³S
356:References
338:Supporters
332:Escutcheon
250:John Nimmo
220:Facilities
89:John Coode
295:Webb Dock
269:1925ā1949
262:Melbourne
258:1912ā1949
252:1887ā1931
178:Functions
27:Melbourne
488:16 April
110:(1956),
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41:Creation
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116:Swanson
293:, and
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344:Motto
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