Garth and Dulcie Hammet were the owners of 11 Durham Road from 1949-1974. They were married on 16 January 1943 at the Gardiner Presbyterian Church. Garth was born 24 October 1919; died 5 December 2009. His parents were Ivy Read and Norman Hammet. He had an older sibling Holmayne Hammet. He served in the RAAF in WW2. He was an insurance clerk with T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society. Dulcie (nee Burnet) was born 1 May 1919; died 5 May 1997. Her parents were Charlotte Curtis and Harold Burnet and she had a younger sister Marjorie. She was a WRAN during WW2. At the time of her marriage she was living at 38 Mangarra Road, Canterbury (later 40 Mangarra Road). Her father was manager of the Melbourne Steamship Company. Prior to her marriage, Dulcie was a typist / secretary at T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society. The couple had 3 children: Ian (B 1945), Peter (B 1946) and Elizabeth (B 1950). After the Hammets sold 11 Durham Road, they moved to 29 Hill Street, Hawthorn.Black & white photo of a couple standing in the doorway of a church. The groom is wearing service uniform."Dulcie & Garth Hammet / 16/1/43 / Wedding at Gardiner / Presbyterian Church"- written in blue pen on the rear by an unknown hand, possibly Dulcie.garth hammet, dulcie burnet, dulcie hammet, weddings, gardiner presbyterian church, world war 2, uniforms, bridal wear

Portait of the third Principal of Morongo Girls College, GeelongColoured Oil PaintingMiss Dulcie Brookshaw - Principal/Head Mistresseducation, school, morongo, geelong, girls, principal

Dulcie Brooke (nee Hoffman) was born in 1927. The history of women and the Wendouree Amateur Athletic Club seems to be very closely linked to that of women's athletics in Ballarat. Club photos of the 1953/54 season are the first to show women to be represented among the numbers who competed for Wendouree. However the Kevin Ruddick book, Always Striving - The Ballarat Harriers First 100 Years, notes that a Ballarat Harriers Women's Club was formed in September 1952 to compete against a Wendouree team and also mentions the Harriers women winning the premiership of 1953. Whatever the chronology, what is for certain is that Wendouree was at the forefront of the development of women's athletics in Ballarat and continued to be so until the unification of the sport for both men and women in 1979. Dulcie was one of those who are thought to be among the original members for Wendouree. Ballarat College of Advanced Education established a Health and Safety course.This became known as the Victorian Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Australia (VIOSH) beginning in 1979. Max and Dulcie Brooke were members of Staff at Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education and became part of the initial group in presenting the course. Dulcie had science qualifications and was a bacteriologist. She was involved with the library aspect of the course and informed on the selecting of resources. In the early 1990s, Max became ill and Dulcie retired to care for him. Max died in 1992 and Dulcie established the Max Brooke Memorial Shield in his memory. This was presented by Dulcie to the winner of the Award at the Presentation Dinner every year from 1993 to 2010.women of note, dulcie brooke, science, librarian, institute of occupational safety and health, viosh, ballarat college of advanced education, university of ballarat, max brooke, max brooke memorial shield, wendouree amateur athletica club, women of wendouree, dulcie hoffman, 1927-2023, 1979, bacteriologist