Copy of a newspaper article titled Work begins on showpiece. A new playground and recreation area will be built at the Chum Reserve. It is still seeking support from the Bendigo community and more funds. Funding is discussed. A highlight of the finished area will have a mosaic of tiles created by the children of Bendigo Violet Street Primary School and Comet Hill Primary School. These would be permanently laid into the paths. July 14th written at the top of the page. Page has a sketch of the tree house and a photo of David Boyce and Pamela Power at Chum Reserve.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - work begins on showpiece, chum reserve, north western province mlc ron best, long gully community house, shared action project, city of greater bendigo, government's office of housing, rotary club of bendigo sandhurst, paul kirkpatrick, international rotary foundation, children's opportunity grants, bendigo violet street primary school, comet hill primary school, carol rasmussen, david boyce, pamela power

The woollen mill was a vital part of Warrnambool for all but 22 years of the town’s history since it's the establishment in 1847 when the first land sales were held and white settlement began. In 1869 the Warrnambool Meat Preserving Company began operations on the mill site, in 1875, shareholders of the then defunct Warrnambool Meat Preserving Company happily sold the land and buildings on the Merri river to Warrnambool Woollen Mill Company Ltd for £5,000. The site was sold again in 1876 to grazer Robert Hood of Sherwood, who was chairman of directors of the failed company, which couldn’t raise sufficient capital to keep the works operating. The entrepreneurial Hood then used the existing plant to turn his own wool into tweed cloth. But just as the mill was starting to show a profit, a fire destroyed the building and plant on the night of 25 March 1882. So again, the mill was operational for six short years. Insurers only paid a fraction over 10% of the damage, Hood couldn't raise sufficient capital to rebuild on his own, and so the site lay unused until 1910. In 1908 Marcus Saltau and Peter John McGennan convinced the Warrnambool Chamber of Commerce to invest in a secondary industry with local capital. A public meeting in September 1908 agreed to raise £40,000, electing Saltau chairman of directors, a post he held for 34 years. A year later, using mostly local money, the Warrnambool Woollen Mill Company dispatched its first manager, John E. Bennett, to buy a plant and recruit 20 experienced staff from the Yorkshire woollen industry in December 1909. Another year more, the new mill was officially opened on 14 November 1910 by Marcus Saltau as company chairman and town mayor. Eighteen months on, in May 1912, the mill paid its first half-yearly dividend of 2 ½%. It was now working two shifts, with a year's orders to fill. In 1914 the mill ordered its own generator, providing the town with electricity and effectively doubling its plant size by October 1915, six months after Gallipoli. Thereafter, government orders for cloth and military supplies assured the mill’s success right through the First World War and on until 1923. A plant upgrade in 1922 for machinery to make worsted fabric drained profits, which, with a fall in demand, led to a loss in 1925. Profits were restored by the 1930s, despite the Depression, mostly due to tight management and robust marketing. Production boomed again during the Second World War, but soon foreign competition bit into profits, forcing the company to consolidate operations. The ‘50s and ‘60s were golden years for the mill. Security and growth gave the company confidence to trial Australia’s first electric blanket in 1958 and to install Swiss Sulzer looms in 1965. Over time, the building facades took on the modern look that the mill presented until it closed. The Dunlop company bought the mill in 1968, fending off a challenge from Onkaparinga in South Australia, and continued to expand by adding Wendouree Woollen Mill in the same year and Dream-spun Textiles a decade later, in 1979. Soon after that purchase, however, the mill began its slippery slide into decline. Dunlop sold to its former rival bidder Onkaparinga Woollen Co. Ltd in 1982, which in turn was taken over by Macquarie Worsted's only a year later, in 1983. Operations remained stable for a decade until 1994 when the Macquarie Group signaled that its newly rationalised operations left no room for the Warrnambool investment. The final operator of the mill was The Smith Family charity group, which ran the site by agreement with the Warrnambool City Council and a state government grant in that same year, 1994. The mill became more of a fabric recycler than a manufacturer. The site was sold to private operators in February 2003 and rezoned four months later to allow for the mixed housing development. The embossing press is significant for its association with the Warrnambool Woollen Mills 1910-1968, a major employer in the Warrnambool district. The press is also significant as an example of commercial office equipment used in the 19th and 20th century.Press, metal, for Company seal of Warrnambool Woollen Mill, stamping their brand as Western District Worsted Mills Pty Ltd. Metal is black with red and gold floral markings. Inscription of stamp reads "WESTERN DISTRICT WORSTED MILLS PROPRIETRY LIMITED" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, warrnambool woollen mills, western district worsted mills proprietry limited, worsted fabric, printing press, logo printing press, stamp printing press, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Brian James Dixon (born 20/05/1936) is a former Australian rules footballer and Victorian politician. Dixon played 252 VFL games for Melbourne between 1954 and 1968, playing mostly on the wing. He had a stellar football career, playing in five premierships, winning Melbourne's best and fairest in 1960, while in 1961 he was selected in the All-Australian team and he also won the Tassie Medal for his performances at the 1961 Brisbane Carnival. In 2000 he was named in Melbourne's Team of the Century. Despite still playing football for Melbourne, he entered parliament in 1964, as the member for the now abolished seat of St Kilda, representing the Liberal Party. Being from the moderate wing of the party he clashed with then Premier Henry Bolte, especially over the hanging of Ronald Ryan which Dixon strongly opposed.[1] After Rupert Hamer took over as Liberal Party leader and Premier, Dixon was promoted to the ministry. He variously served in several portfolios including youth, sport and recreation, housing and Aboriginal affairs. His most remembered achievement was introducing the iconic Life. Be in it. program.[2] In 1979 Dixon won St Kilda by an extremely narrow margin, which crucially gave the Hamer Liberal government a majority of one seat in the Legislative Assembly and meant that the Liberal Party did not need to form a Coalition with the National Party with whom relations were traditionally poor in Victoria. However, in 1982 Dixon was defeated as the Liberals lost government after 27 years in office. After his defeat, Dixon has worked predominantly in sports administration and he currently runs public speaking seminars. Brian currently travels the world representing TAFISA and ASFAA. He is also president of AFL South Africa and takes a keen interest in other countries playing Australian rules football.[3]B & W photograph of Brian Dixon in profile.dixon, brian, football, victorian parliament

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Sunshine to be held on 9th March 1977 Report of the Acting Town Clerk Acquisition of land bounded by Gooding and Willis Streets and the Railway Line St. Albans Cat Protection Society Audit Fees Lease of Navigational Deacon site in Robinsons Road Deer Park Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board Rates & Sanitary Interest Abandonments for 1976/77 Safety Precautions with Swimming Pools Land Transfer from D.U.L. National Estate Programme Award Matters Variation to the General Award for Building Inspectors Staff Gratuity Scheme Federal Funding for Local Government PRojects Report of the Chief Health Inspector Amusements Parlour Application Woolworths Shop Hampshire Road Corner Devonshire Road Application to Extend an Amusement Parlour 69 McIntyre Road Application for Septic Tank Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Conditions of Flats Application Office & Amenities Block Colyer Fehr Pty Ltd Burke Street Braybrook Authorised Officer for Immunisation Procedures for Housing Orders Infant Welfare Request for Opening Outside Normal Hours Report of the By-Laws Officer Scout Hall Signs on Lamp Poles Various Area Report of the Welfare Officers People Rights Booklets Family Day Care Report of the City Library Extended Hours of Opening Rainbow Workshop Report of the City Engineer Furlong Road Estate Stage 6 Westerngate Estate Stage 1A Plan of Subdivision Tallintyre Road Housing Commission of Victoria Land Use Permit Application Detached House 38 Doherty Street Land Use Permit Application Detached House Lot 497 Leila Street Land Use Permit Application Extension to Flats Lot 50 Oldfield Street Land Use Permit Application Detached House Lot 275 Orama Street Rezoning St. Albans Road and Percy Street St. Albans Glengala Estate Stage 3 Abandonment of Easement Land Use Permit Application Motorcycle Sales and Service 87 - 89 McIntyre Road Land Use Permit Application Sign Magnet Store Ballarat Road Deer Park Exchange of Land Nickson's Subdivision Furlong Road abutting the North West Boundary of the Sunshine Tip. Lots 700 to 407 abuts on to Denton Avenue and came across garbage. Transport Regulation Board Variation to Existing Bus Route 455 Transport Regulation Board Bus Service Glengala Estate Preferred Development Area Deer Park Variation to Contract Glengala Estate Stage 3 Meals on Wheel Van Irrigation of Reserves Employment of Council Plumber Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Geelong Road and Old Geelong Road Geelong Road at Burgess Road Brooklyn Land Use Permit Application Extension of Annunciation Primary School Playground Heather Avenue & Eames Avenue Central Avenue Drain Culvert at Western Avenue Land Use Permit Application Lot 122 Whitehill Avenue Land Use Permit Application Home for the Frail / Aged Darnley Street North West Corner Lily Street Land Use Permit Application Factory 172 McIntyre Road Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Easement Drain under the Health Act Albion Navigator Street North of The Esplanade Proposed 6 Tonne Load Limit Strata Subdivision 1 Fabian Court Cranwell Street Kerb & Channel & Footpath Construction Land Use Permit Additions to Christ the King Primary School & Caroline Chisholm Catholic College Churchill Avenue Plan of Subdivision Ballarat Road South Side between Ashley Street and Whittaker Street Land Use Permit Application Extension of Offices Pridham Holdings Evans Street Alterations to Flat Areas Maribyrnong Opening in Party Walls Lots 24 & 25 Alick Road Brooklyn Undersize Allotment 17 Benjamin Street Installation of Underground Tank Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th February 1977 Confirmation of Loan with Melbounre & Metropolitan Board of Works Plan of Subdivision 36 Market Road city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, gooding street, willis street, st. albans, navigational beacon, robinsons road, deer park, woolworths, hampshire road, devonshire road, sunshine, mcintyre road, sunshine north, burke street, furlong road, doherty street, leila street, oldfield street, sunshine west, orama street, st. albans road, percy street, ballarat road, sunshine tip, geelong road, old geelong road, burgess road, brooklyn, annunciation primary school, eames avenue, heather avenue, western avenue, whitehill avenue, darnley street, lily street, braybrook, navigator street, the esplanade, maribyrnong, cranwell street, christ the king primary school, caroline chisholm catholic college, churchill avenue, ashley street, whittaker street, pridham holdings, evans street, alick road, benjamin street

Minutes of the ordinary meeting of council held on 9th March 1977 Report of the Acting Town Clerk Acquisition of land bounded by Gooding and Willis Streets and the Railway Line St. Albans Cat Protection Society Audit Fees Lease of Navigational Deacon site in Robinsons Road Deer Park Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board Rates & Sanitary Interest Abandonments for 1976/77 Safety Precautions with Swimming Pools Land Transfer from D.U.L. National Estate Programme Award Matters Variation to the General Award for Building Inspectors Staff Gratuity Scheme Federal Funding for Local Government PRojects Report of the Chief Health Inspector Amusements Parlour Application Woolworths Shop Hampshire Road Corner Devonshire Road Application to Extend an Amusement Parlour 69 McIntyre Road Application for Septic Tank Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Conditions of Flats Application Office & Amenities Block Colyer Fehr Pty Ltd Burke Street Braybrook Authorised Officer for Immunisation Procedures for Housing Orders Infant Welfare Request for Opening Outside Normal Hours Report of the By-Laws Officer Scout Hall Signs on Lamp Poles Various Area Report of the Welfare Officers People Rights Booklets Family Day Care Report of the City Library Extended Hours of Opening Rainbow Workshop Report of the City Engineer Furlong Road Estate Stage 6 Westerngate Estate Stage 1A Plan of Subdivision Tallintyre Road Housing Commission of Victoria Land Use Permit Application Detached House 38 Doherty Street Land Use Permit Application Detached House Lot 497 Leila Street Land Use Permit Application Extension to Flats Lot 50 Oldfield Street Land Use Permit Application Detached House Lot 275 Orama Street Rezoning St. Albans Road and Percy Street St. Albans Glengala Estate Stage 3 Abandonment of Easement Land Use Permit Application Motorcycle Sales and Service 87 - 89 McIntyre Road Land Use Permit Application Sign Magnet Store Ballarat Road Deer Park Exchange of Land Nickson's Subdivision Furlong Road abutting the North West Boundary of the Sunshine Tip. Lots 700 to 407 abuts on to Denton Avenue and came across garbage. Transport Regulation Board Variation to Existing Bus Route 455 Transport Regulation Board Bus Service Glengala Estate Preferred Development Area Deer Park Variation to Contract Glengala Estate Stage 3 Meals on Wheel Van Irrigation of Reserves Employment of Council Plumber Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Geelong Road and Old Geelong Road Geelong Road at Burgess Road Brooklyn Land Use Permit Application Extension of Annunciation Primary School Playground Heather Avenue & Eames Avenue Central Avenue Drain Culvert at Western Avenue Land Use Permit Application Lot 122 Whitehill Avenue Land Use Permit Application Home for the Frail / Aged Darnley Street North West Corner Lily Street Land Use Permit Application Factory 172 McIntyre Road Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Easement Drain under the Health Act Albion Navigator Street North of The Esplanade Proposed 6 Tonne Load Limit Strata Subdivision 1 Fabian Court Cranwell Street Kerb & Channel & Footpath Construction Land Use Permit Additions to Christ the King Primary School & Caroline Chisholm Catholic College Churchill Avenue Plan of Subdivision Ballarat Road South Side between Ashley Street and Whittaker Street Land Use Permit Application Extension of Offices Pridham Holdings Evans Street Alterations to Flat Areas Maribyrnong Report of the Building Surveyor Opening in Party Walls Lots 24 & 25 Alick Road Brooklyn Undersize Allotment 17 Benjamin Street Installation of Underground Tank Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th February 1977 Confirmation of Loan with Melbounre & Metropolitan Board of Works city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, gooding street, willis street, st. albans, navigational deacon, robinsons road, deer park, woolworths, hampshire road, devonshire road, sunshine, mcintyre road, burke street, braybrook, tallintyre road, doherty street, leila street, oldfield street, sunshine west, orama street, st. albans road, percy street, sunshine north, furlong road, sunshine tip, denton avenue, geelong road, old geelong road, brooklyn, burgess road, annunciation primary school, heather avenue, eames avenue, western avenue, whitehill avenue, darnley street, lily street, fabian court, navigator street, the esplanade, maribyrnong, cranwell street, christ the king primary school, caroline chisholm catholic college, churchill avenue, ashley street, whittaker street, pridham holdings, alick road, evans street, benjamin street, market road