Information on 10 Community Houses in City of Whitehorse Information on 10 Community Housescommunity houses, burwood, vermont south, the avenue blackburn, koonung cottage, mitcham, kerrimuir, clota cottage, bennetswood, box hill south, box hill north

The Duke Street Community House (DSCH) was established in 1973, the Community House emerged during the wave of neighbourhood house development across Victoria. Its founding mission centred on social justice, responding to poverty, hardship, and social isolation in Sunshine, then a working‑class suburb shaped by migration, industrial employment, and limited social infrastructure. The house operated from 27 Duke Street, Sunshine, a property owned and maintained by Brimbank City Council. Early programs focused on basic education, community support, material aid, social groups, childcare (as noted in later organisational descriptions). This places DSCH among the earliest community‑run social support centres in Melbourne’s west.3633.01 - Duke Street Community House - Celebrating 50 Years Annual Report 2024 3633.02 - Duke Street Community House - A Community Development Approach To Food Relief 3633.03 - Duke Street Community House - Annual Report 2026 3633.04 - Duke Street Community House - Community Service Award Anthony Ashman Star Weekly 1st September 2026 Page 7 3633.05 - Duke Street Community House - My Place Filomena Parente - Star Weekly 5th May 2026 Page 14.jpgduke street community club, duke street, sunshine, anthony ashman

Black and white photograph of the Mitcham Community House established in the former Manse of the Mountainview Uniting Church in Whitehorse Road, Mitcham. This was the first home of the Community House opened in August 1975mitcham community house, mountainview uniting church, whitehorse road, mitcham, community houses, neighbourhood houses

Black and white photograph of the new Mitcham Community House in Brunswick Road, Mitcham, c1996mitcham community house, neighbourhood houses, brunswick road, mitcham, community houses

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Black and white photograph of the South Vermont Community House at 557 Burwood Highway, Vermont South, opened in October 1976vermont south community house, community houses, burwood highway, vermont south, neighbourhood houses

These photographs, taken by The Advocate in 1999, feature three members of the Duke Street Community House, located at 27 Duke Street, Sunshine, celebrating the donation of computer equipment to the centre. The contribution enhanced the organisation’s resources and reflected ongoing efforts to improve access to technology, education, and community programs for local residents.7685.01 - Duke Street Community House 27 Duke Street Sunshine 1999 Photographs (Advocate 165).JPG 7685.02 - Duke Street Community House 27 Duke Street Sunshine 1999 Photographs (Advocate 165).JPG 7685.03 - Duke Street Community House 27 Duke Street Sunshine 1999 Photographs (Advocate 165).JPGsunshine rsl, dickson street, sunshine

Community house and outside stalls

This book was produced as part of a raft of community projects under the umbrella of COWCH (City of Whitehorse Community Houses) with funding from the federal government. Projects aimed to celebrate the Centenary of Federation by recording a broad base of aspects of life and experience in Whitehorse drawn from a cross-section of ordinary members of the community. The steering committee for the book worked with the management of the Vermont South Community House - Marjorie Morgan, Carol Pawsey, Val Eldridge, Sue Barnett, Anne Jones, Margaret Banks and Murray Lewis (editor).A collection of stories contributed either as written memoirs or drawn from oral histories that reflect the ways in which the contributors have been associated with the City of Whitehorse. A Federation Project of the Collective of Whitehorse Neighbourhood and Community Houses.whitehorse, (ms) susan barnett, (ms) susan johns, (mr) arthur tonkin, (mrs) kathleen beanland, (mrs) nancye gration, (mr) norman kerr, (mr) murray lewis, tara cameron, andy hannam, christine howarth, danielle burgess, yeek hoon tjia, ian grandy, frances warren, jessie williams, joan nethercote, joyce kotze, john pawsy, greg bawden, hope hughes, thelma osborn, margaret sharp, merle forrest, caterhine jenkins, ted o'rourke, judy gordon, george ellis, rene & albert stevens, jessie barnes, mary roberts, howard & valda broadstock, nellie sutherland, jean johnson, evan walker, joan roberts, pat nitz, joan & patrick crummy, ray stanfield, plaatjien braaf, kath farrugia, noelene whitaker, margaret wood, phyllis johnson, marie stubbs, eileen pearson, jennifer o'sullivan, joy edwards, virginia burns, walter thompson, mae buckingham

Park Orchards Community House. Barbara Gray, writing course