Historical and old photos of Portland, Victoria

A small historical reference Geography: Portland is a city in Victoria, Australia, and is the oldest European settlement in the state. It is also the main urban centre in the Shire of Glenelg and is located on Portland Bay. Date of foundation: 1834 History: Population: 10 900 Sights:
	Bentinck Street, Gordon Hotel, 1908	Builders Arms Hotel, circa 1890	Group standing on and beside a steam locomotive, 1898	Julia Street, 1859
	Julia Street, London Hotel, 1880	Julia Street, London Hotel, 1907	Robertson's 'Iron Store', 1859	Union Bank, 1858

Born in Portland, Victoria

Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen (29 November 1859 – 17 May 1933), Australian jurist, was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Brian James Doe (26 January 1862 – 16 April 1941) was an Australian politician.

William Dutton (31 August 1811 – 20 July 1878), known as "Captain Dutton", was a whaler and seaman remembered as a pioneer of Portland, Victoria. Posthumously he has been referred to as "William Pelham Dutton".

Vida Jane Mary Goldstein (13 April 1869 – 15 August 1949) was an Australian suffragist and social reformer. She was one of four female candidates at the 1903 federal election, the first at which women were eligible to stand.

Agnes Noyes Goodsir (18 June 1864 – 11 August 1939) was an Australian portrait painter who lived in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s.

Joanne King is an Australian triathlete, born in 1976 in Portland, Victoria who came to prominence as a triathlete in 1996. She was inducted into the International Triathlon Union's Hall of Fame in 2019.

Noel Fulford Learmonth (1880–1970) was an Australian author, sheep farmer, naturalist, amateur historian and amateur ornithologist. For most of his life he lived in Portland, Victoria or nearby at Tyrendarra.

Lorna Lorraine McDonald OAM (née Bucknall; 10 August 1916 – 25 June 2017) was an Australian historian and author.

David Nathan (born 12 October 1965) is an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Mark Noske (born 25 July 1975) is a former Australian racing car driver. He has scored round wins in various Australian championships including the Australian Drivers' Championship, the Australian Formula Ford Championship and the Australian Nations Cup Championship.

Samuel Parker (25 November 1931) is an Australian wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle featherweight at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Myfanwy Warhurst is an Australian radio announcer and television personality living in Melbourne, best known for her work at Triple J and on ABC Television's long-running music-themed quiz show Spicks and Specks. Before her career as a radio announcer and TV personality, she was editor-in-chief of Melbourne street press Inpress. Warhurst is currently Australia's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest alongside Joel Creasey and the co-host of the weekly art podcast Bang On and she is an actress who plays Aunt Trixie in the Australian animated show Bluey.