Tag: history
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2007 Youth Volunteer Recognition Evening
As part of Volunteer Week, the City of Maroondah held its Youth Volunteer recognition evening to acknowledge the many young people in Maroondah that volunteer to their time to community causes. People of all ages are able to volunteer and contribute their skills and talents to making their community a better place to live. Examples…
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Meeting the new Minister for Public Transport
Today, as part of delegation through the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA), I met the new Minister for Public Transport, Lynne Kosky. While the meeting was largely introductory in nature it was encouraging to see the Minister take on board a number of concerns shared by the PTUA. Unlike her predecessor, Minister Kosky has a…
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Maroondah Journal: Mayoral flap – Peter Gurr voted in as leader at 'open' election
The Maroondah Journal has reported on the events surrounding Maroondah’s mayoral election, where for the first time in Maroondah’s history there was an open process for the position of mayor. A dispute about the openness and accountability of Maroondah Council spilled into the council chamber last week as two councillors battled for the mayoral position.…
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Mayoral Election and Committees for 2007
Tonight Maroondah Council held its statutory meeting for the election of the mayor and council representatives on committees. To increase the level of transparency an open election was held and Councillor Maureen Naylor lost the bid for mayor against Councillor Peter Gurr, with three votes versus four. While I did vote for Councillor Naylor due…
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Delegates' Report: Community Partnerships in Removing Zone Three
Tonight I will be reporting on the Eastern Transport Coalition meeting held on the 19th of October and the outcome of our ‘fair fares’ campaign. The Eastern Transport Coalition’s campaign in seeking the abolition of zone three was obviously a success with both major parties; first the Victorian Liberal Party and then copied by the…
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Ringwood Croquet Club – Running of the First Hoop
Today marked the official opening of 2006-2007 Croquet Season for the Ringwood Croquet Club and upon invitation I was invited to run the first hoop and to speak to croquet club members. Croquet traces its origins back to Ireland in the 1830s (source Wikipedia) and Maroondah is fortunate to have a croquet club located at Jubilee…
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The Power of Community Engagement
Over the past three weeks I attended a variety of meetings and there are several events I wish to expand upon in further detail. On the 18th of July I attended a workshop organised by the Municipal Association of Victoria focussed on community engagement. This workshop covered the usage of technology to improve access to…
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Ringwood Historical Society – A Photographic Journey Through Time
Tonight I attended the July meeting of the Ringwood Historical Society which featured a pictorial overview of the development that has occurred along Main Street Ringwood with a specific emphasis on the area between Ringwood Street and Warrandyte Road. Extensive work was undertaken by the Ringwood Historical Society in collating and researching the photographs and…
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Rowville End Of Suburbia Screening
Rowville located within Melbourne’s outer east has a history of being long neglected in regard to the provision of public transport. Despite Rowville’s current situation as a public transport wasteland historically this was not supposed to be the case with plans for the construction of the Rowville rail line first proposed in 1969 via an…
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Paper Moon – an example of art within Maroondah
Tonight I had the pleasure to open the Paper Moon Art Exhibition at the Maroondah Art Gallery at Maroondah Federation Estate (32 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood). Maroondah is fortunate to have a burgeoning arts scene and whether your interests reside in theatre, galleries or music there is an art program available for all tastes. Paper Moon…