Tidy Towns is a national award celebrating community led environmental action in rural and regional Australia. It is an initiative run by Keep Australia Beautiful that celebrated grassroots, community-led environmental action and sustainability. It originally focused on basic litter reduction and civic pride. It commenced in since 1968 and continues today in 2026 with a wider focus including eg. economic sustainability.Mt Beauty is a small town with an active community who cared for the environment.8 coloured photos 10 cm x 25.5 cm showing people involved including the cutting of the cake. Only 2 photos are labelled 1. "Aileen Moore-Committee" and "Barry O'Brien NEW" and 2 small photos - "1985 / Category A / Positive / Litter Control / Winner / Mt Beauty"rural towns, tidy towns, community beautification programs, sustainability and environment

This folder represents the true "Aussie" and the pride felt living in small rural communities. It was present in the period before the 1990's but fell so ever slightly away through the faster pace of the "modern" life evolution into a more "introspective" life style. The changes brought on by technology e.g. computers, mobile telephone "texting" and the internet has slowly impinged upon those community "get togethers" of the 1900's. Life in small rural towns and regions however have only slowly moved away from the community self worth attitudes which were so strong when life in rural areas was more insulated through physical and technologically isolation.This Tiny Towns Folder with its content is highly significant to the small town of Mount Beauty and the Kiewa Valley and its region because it represents the "true" value of rural life in the "modern" Australia. The "old" values of "mateship" and looking after the community is still very strong in the rural sector, as compared with living in the cities. The psychological and physical benefits of living in smaller rural centres is clearly demonstrated by the contents of this "Tidy Towns", keep Australia Beautiful, competition. The value of "the true blue, dinky die mateship" is still very much alive in country towns and rural environments. Although the physical isolation of yesteryear may not be so strong as the technology and population growths boost a greater interaction between city and rural folk, the ingrained attitude of comradeship still prevades. This large blue coloured lever arch folder (cloth with a red lined border) has 104 plastic pockets each with two sheets of documentation for the appraisal of the decision makers/judges of the "Keep Australia Beautiful Council (Vic), "Tidy Towns" competition.Adhesive stickers on front cover "Tidy Towns" "Keep Australia Beautiful" below this "Mount Beauty" community beautification programs, rural town pride, community pride

Notice of Ordinary Meeting 8th December 1987 Report of the Town Clerk Office Report of the Chief Executive Officer / Town Clerk Accounts for Payment as at 15th November 1987 Purchase of Moons Paddock from Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Carols by Candlelight Sunshine Minister's Fraternal Request to use Kevin Wheelahan Gardens Allocation of Tennis Courts Request for Donation by Australian Conservation Foundation Superannuation Lease to the Western Pigeon Federation Carrington Drive Lease to the Scout Association of Australia (Victorian Branch) Scouting Halls Located at Sassella Park, Dempster Park, Percy Street and Nixon Street Victorian Draft Manual Handling Regulations and Code of Practive Occupational Health & Safety Redemption of Inscribed Stock Tertiary Education Agreement Sunshine West High School Playing Fields Community Use Office Hours Christmas Training Program Scaffolding Permit Social Rooms Skinner Reserve Use of Council Chamber Sunshine District Centre Panel Hearing Function for Mayors Use of Council Meeting Room by Home Help Training Program, Sunshine Beautification Group and Sunshine International Women's Committee Purchase of Boral Land Use of Trail Bikes / Minibikes Short Term Investment status as at 26th November 1987 Proposed Discontinuance of the Right of Way Between Pizzey Street and Servant Street, Adjacent to Lot 89 Pizzey Street Sunshine Discontinuance of the Right of Way Between Lawson Street, Derrimut Street, Adelaide Street & Ballarat Road Albion Discontinuance of the Right of Way Between Lorenz Street, Dulcie Street and Hertford Road Sunshine Italo-Australia Social Club Application to Subdivide Land Workcare Review of the Council Position Invitation Australia Day Celebrations 27th January 1988 Hyatt on Collins Hotel Sealing of General and Farm Rates Year Ending 30th September 1988 General Rate, Sanitary & Interest Adjustments / Abandonments for the Month of November 1987 Rate, Sanitary & Interest Statements for the Period Ended 23rd November 1987 Progressive Analysis Schedule Accounts Outstanding Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Health Act and Food Act Registrations for 1988 Transfer of Registration of Premises Prosecution Proceedings Magistrate Court Mason V's Jewel Food Stores Pty Ltd Installation of a Septic Tank Sand Filter System Building Site Closets European Wasp Information Shepherd Foundation Closure of its Health Evaluation Centre Underage Drinking Sanitary Contract Litter Act Report of the Superintendent of Traffic & By-Laws Dog Act Traffic & Parking Infringements Court Proceedings Proposed Procession Feast of St. Pauls Church from Church Glengala Road into Dinnell Street, Murray Street, Links Street, Glengala Road and back into St. Pauls Church Church By-law Maintenance of Residential Blocks Notice of Motion Proposed Procession West Theatre Company Tallintyre Road, Mudford Street, Kermeen Street for the Official Opening of the West Sunshine Community Centre 12th December 1987 Report of the Chief Library Melton Library Annual Report Reference Librarian's Conference Report on The Challenge of the Information Age Conference Fourth Biennial Conference of the Victorian Association for Library Automation Report Report of the Manager Community Services Victorian Linkages Project Proposal Women in Sport Public Meeting Deer Park Youth Worker Resource Centre Proposal Holiday Programmes Family Day Care November Statistics 1987 Ethnic Food Services Project Maribyrnong Medical Centre Provision of Psycho-Geriatric Beds Short and Long Term Foster Care Sunshine Ladies Benevolent Society 60 Years Function Community Information Policy Sunshine / Keilor Mental Health Forum Sunshine Day Centre Project Recurrent Home and Community Care Funding Announcement Child Care Centres Central Administration Extensions to Rhodes Street Child Care Centre Children's Week 1987 Footscray Psychiatric Centre's Proposed Mental Health Clinic Foster Care Service Agreement Report of the Deputy Chief Executive Officer / City Engineer Local Government Engineers Association Annual Dinner 24th February 1988 Loenda Ballroom Hawthorn ABRD Allocation 1987/88 Dempster Park Car Park Construction Completion Bookmobile Site No 6 Corio Street Alterations to Parking Restrictions Indented Bus Parking Bay in Dover Street (South West Side) Parking Prohibition Dempster Park Car Park Construction Variations Street Lighting Fraser Street Notice of Motion Rosslare Parade Private Subdivision Station Road Duplication Stage 2 (Mawson Street to Kororoit Creek) Fencing Works Albion Explosive Factory Camperdown Avenue Private Subdivision Progress Report on Various Works up to 20th November 1987 Tenders for Two 8 Man Capacity Amenities Caravans Tenders for the Changeover of One Only suction Sweeper Traffic Control Items Wilkinson Street (North Side) Parking Prohibition Burke Street (West Side) Parking Prohibition Tree Removals Application to Use Skinner Reserve by Tasmania Football League for Bi-Centennial Carnival Practice Match Municipal Offices Office Accommodation Deer Park Hall Lighting for Table Tennis House of Sunshine Extensions Establishment of a Commercial Nursery by Council Rosamond Bowling Club Proposal to Extend Clubrooms Tender for Annual Supplies Supply of Steel Lift Travel Tower Report of the Manager Planning & Development Planning Permit Application Office Lot 2 Withers Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Take Away Food Premises 807A Ballarat Road Deer Park Rezoning No 135 Part Crown Portion 8 Foley Road Deer Park Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment No 437 Planning Permit Application General Industry ICI Australia Ballarat Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Additional Generator Pelaco 32 Duke Street Braybrook Friends of the Maribyrnong River the Hume Site Planning Permit Application 24 Hours Trading Hours Petrol Filling Station 559 - 563 Ballarat Road Deer Park Health Centre 117 Durham Road Sunshine Planning & Environment Act 1987 New Instrument of Delegation Planning Permit Application Consulting Rooms 150 Glengala Road Corner Estelle Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Metropolitan Park Hume Site (Bicentennial Project) Van Ness Avenue Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Additions to Existing Buildings 455A Somerville Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Warehouse Lot 7 Sunshine Road Tottenham Planning Permit Application Extended Christmas Trading Hours Myer Store Highpoint West Shopping Centre Planning Permit Application Alterations to Existing Timber Yard 19 Berkshire Road South East Corner Cumberland Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Buildings & Works 181 - 183 Sunshine Road Tottenham Town Planning Building and Garden Supplies Lot 1 & Part Lot 2 Reid Street Ardeer Planning Permit Application Ballarat Road South East Corner Ashley Street Maidstone Sunshine Planning for the 21st Century Planning Permit Application Building & Works 53 - 55 Wright Street Sunshine Delegated Matters Plan of Consolidation Lot 1 Boundary Road Laverton North Amended Plan of Consolidation 20 - 22 Cooper Street Sunshine Plan of Consolidation Lots 133 & 134 Davies Avenue Sunshine North Plan of Transfer & Plan of Consolidation Beachley Street Braybrook Plan of Consolidation Ralph McKay Pty Ltd Hampstead Road Maidstone Plan of Consolidation Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 Bunnett Street Sunshine North Plan of Consolidation Lots 31 & 32 Durham Road Sunshine Report of the Building Surveyor Location of Building Lots 492 & 493 Fairbairn Road Sunshine West Dangerous Building 15 Centre Street Sunshine Legal Agreement and Issuing of Certificates of Occupancy Lot 2 Kalingra Road Tottenham Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Orders of the Day Pounds Act 1958 Consideration of a Petition on Behalf of 245 Ratepayers of the City Petitioning the Council of Sunshine for Traffic Signals Anderson Road, Sun Crescent, Fraser Street & Forrest Street Sunshine Notice of Motions Fence E. 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Coulson Gardens Community Health Facilities Braybrook Traffic Survey McIntyre Road Purchase of First Resident Booklet Aboriginal Heritage Agency for Travel Arrangements Promoting Multiculturalism Public Office Hours History of the Albion Explosive Site YMCA Input to Youth Programs at West Sunshine Community Centre Storm Water from Jewel Food Barn Clarke Street Sunshine Councillor's Rights to Information and Public Debate Siting of Toxic Waste Facility in Melton Bocce Courts Carrington Drive Reserve Insurance Coverage Deputy City Engineer Vehicle Donation Deer Park Safety Group Traffic Signals Installation Ballarat Road Near St. Peter Chanel Primary School Western Regional Games October 1988kevin wheelahan gardens, devonshire road, sunshine, western pigeon federation, carrington drive, albion, sassella park, station road, deer park, dempster park, phoenix street, sunshine north, errington reserve, percy street, st. albans, nixon street, sunshine west high school, lachlan road, sunshine west, skinner reserve, churchill avenue, braybrook, sunshine beautification group, sunshine international women's committee, boral land, pizzey street, servant street, lawson street, derrimut street, adelaide street, ballarat road, lorenz street, dulcie street, hertford road, italo-australia social club, furlong road, jewel food, clarke street, st. pauls church, glengala road, dinnell street, murray street, links street, west theatre company, tallintyre road, mudford street, kermeen street, west sunshine community centre, moons paddock, sunshine ladies benevolent society, rhodes street child care centre, rhodes street, corio street, dover street, albanvale, fraser street, mawson street, kororoit creek, albion explosive factory, wilkinson street, rosslare parade, camperdown avenue, burke street, deer park hall, house of sunshine, rosamond bowling club, rosamond road, maribyrnong, withers street, foley road, ici, pelaco, duke street, friends of the maribyrnong river, durham road, hume pipes, van ness avenue, somerville road, brooklyn, sunshine road, tottenham, myer, highpoint west shopping centre, berkshire road, cumberland street, reid street, ardeer, ashley street, wright street, boundary road, laverton north, cooper street, davies avenue, beachley street, ralph mckay, hampstead road, bunnett street, fairbairn road, centre street, kalingra, anderson road, sun crescent, forrest street, e. a. coulson gardens, chifley drive, mcintyre road, aboriginal, aborgine, first nations, carrington drive reserve, st. peter chanel primary school