Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 9th December 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Kiosk Sunshine Swimming Pool Professional Indemnity Insurance Proposed Technical School for Keilor Rate Recovery Sale Lot 88 Balfour Avenue Sunshine North Deed of Release Advertising Contracts Increase in Ceiling Municipal Association Committees Nomination of Representative Proposed Closure Dobson Crescent Braybrook St. Johns College Report of Rainbow Workshop Supplementary Valuations Land Transfer 88 Station Road Deer Park Sunshine Swimming Pool Learners Pool Heating Golf Course South Side of Maribyrnong River Proposed Link with the Essendon Golf Course Sealing of General Rate Year Ending 30th September 1980 Date of Ordinary Meetings of Council Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Purchase of Land Randall Street Maribyrnong Funding for Teenage Holiday Programmes Emergency Foster Care Family Day Care Local Youth Affairs Council's Forum International Year of the Disable Federal Government Funding of Child Care Programmes Victorian Transport Study Lonie Report Sunshine CYSS Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Authorisation of Officers Under Summary Offences Act 1966 Issuing of Septic Tank Approval Notices Application for Septic Tank Systems Subsidies for Infant Welfare Sisters Weights and Measures Practical Experience Health Act Registrations Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Health Act Registrations for 1981 Health Act Registration Late Fee Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Smorgan Consolidated Industries (Paper Plant) "Black Liquor" Process Refuse By-Law Enforcement Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Jumble Sale Albion Rovers Soccer Club Sunshine Commonwealth Offices Devonshire Road Sunshine Dog Act Court Proceedings Parking and Traffic Infringements Dog Act Authority Under Sections 695 (10) of the Local Government Act 1958 Disposal of Derelict Vehicles Proposed Procession St. Pauls Parish Report of the City Librarian Report of the Melton Branch Librarian Corio Street Branch Library National Conference on Multiculturalism and Libraries 8th to 11th November 1980 Report Report of the City Engineer & Planner Industrial Development Code for the City of Sunshine Planning Permit Application Sonley Street Kindergarten Maidstone Planning Permit Ground and First Floor Offices 237 & 239 - 24 Hampshire Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Service Premises 250 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Illuminated Sky Sign Corner Glengala Road and Evelyn Crescent Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Alterations to Existing Shops Highpoint West Shopping Centre Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and Part 12 Rosamond Road Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Four Flats 225 Main Road West St. Albans Planning Permit Bank Corner Hampshire Road and Devonshire Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Transport Depot and Grain Store Francis Street Brooklyn Strata Subdivision 46 Monash Street Sunshine Strata Subdivision 53 Hertford Road Sunshine Plan of Subdivision Denton Avenue, Cavell Close and Maroondah Court St. Albans Prestressed Beam Lawrence Street Ardeer Footbridge Tenders Transfer of Reserves Westerngate Estate Installation of Fire Hydrants Transport Regulation Board Sunshine Bus Lines Pty Ltd Application to Change Route No 450 Sunshine to Ardeer St. Albans Road Footpath (East Side) Albion Station to B.T.M. Tubemakers Request by St. Albans South Progress Association Traffic Engineering Measures Accident Analysis Programme South Road Street Proposed Lighting Scheme by City of Footscray Electricity Supply Department Rochester Street to Darnley Street Braybrook Tariffs Public Lighting Sale of Surplus Equipment Appleby Avenue (Appleby Court) Private Street Scheme Boundary Road reconstruction East of Fitzgerald Road Laverton North St. Albans Heights Primary School Request for Regular Maintenance Proposed Roundabouts Northumberland Road / Suffolk Road and Northumberland Road / Warwick Road Sunshine North Air Conditioning Municipal Offices Proposed Public Toilet Block Ballarat Road Deer Park Report of the Building Surveyor Underground Tanks 199 Ballarat Road Maidstone Location of Building 63 Westmoreland Road Sunshine North Location of Building 8 Tullaroop Court St. Albans Building Over Easement 11 Jeffrey Close St. Albans Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 30th November 1980balfour avenue, sunshine north, dobson crescent, sunshine, station road, deer park, sunshine swimming pool, kennedy street, st. johns college, essendon golf course, randall street, maribyrnong, smorgan consolidated industries, somerville road, tottenham, albion rovers soccer club, devonshire road, hampshire road, mcintyre road, glengala road, evelyn crescent, sunshine west, highpoint west shopping, rosamond road, main road west, st. albans, francis street, brooklyn, monash street, hertford road, denton avenue, cavell close, maroondah court, lawrence street, lawrence street bridge, ardeer, sunshine bus lines, st. albans road, b.t.m. tubemakers, south road, rochester street, darnley street, appleby avenue, appleby court, fitzgerald road, boundary road, st. albans heights primary school, norwich street, northumberland road, suffolk road, warwick road, ballarat road, maidstone, westmoreland road, tullaroop court, jeffrey close

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 9th December 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Kiosk Sunshine Swimming Pool Professional Indemnity Insurance Proposed Technical School for Keilor Rate Recovery Sale Lot 88 Balfour Avenue Sunshine North Deed of Release Advertising Contracts Increase in Ceiling Municipal Association Committees Nomination of Representative Proposed Closure Dobson Crescent Braybrook St. Johns College Report of Rainbow Workshop Supplementary Valuations Land Transfer 88 Station Road Deer Park Sunshine Swimming Pool Learners Pool Heating Golf Course South Side of Maribyrnong River Proposed Link with the Essendon Golf Course Sealing of General Rate Year Ending 30th September 1980 Date of Ordinary Meetings of Council Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Purchase of Land Randall Street Maribyrnong Funding for Teenage Holiday Programmes Emergency Foster Care Family Day Care Local Youth Affairs Council's Forum International Year of the Disable Federal Government Funding of Child Care Programmes Victorian Transport Study Lonie Report Sunshine CYSS Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Authorisation of Officers Under Summary Offences Act 1966 Issuing of Septic Tank Approval Notices Application for Septic Tank Systems Subsidies for Infant Welfare Sisters Weights and Measures Practical Experience Health Act Registrations Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Health Act Registrations for 1981 Health Act Registration Late Fee Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Smorgan Consolidated Industries (Paper Plant) "Black Liquor" Process Refuse By-Law Enforcement Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Jumble Sale Albion Rovers Soccer Club Sunshine Commonwealth Offices Devonshire Road Sunshine Dog Act Court Proceedings Parking and Traffic Infringements Dog Act Authority Under Sections 695 (10) of the Local Government Act 1958 Disposal of Derelict Vehicles Proposed Procession St. Pauls Parish Report of the City Librarian Report of the Melton Branch Librarian Corio Street Branch Library National Conference on Multiculturalism and Libraries 8th to 11th November 1980 Report Report of the City Engineer & Planner Industrial Development Code for the City of Sunshine Planning Permit Application Sonley Street Kindergarten Maidstone Planning Permit Ground and First Floor Offices 237 & 239 - 24 Hampshire Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Service Premises 250 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Illuminated Sky Sign Corner Glengala Road and Evelyn Crescent Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Alterations to Existing Shops Highpoint West Shopping Centre Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and Part 12 Rosamond Road Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Four Flats 225 Main Road West St. Albans Planning Permit Bank Corner Hampshire Road and Devonshire Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Transport Depot and Grain Store Francis Street Brooklyn Strata Subdivision 46 Monash Street Sunshine Strata Subdivision 53 Hertford Road Sunshine Plan of Subdivision Denton Avenue, Cavell Close and Maroondah Court St. Albans Prestressed Beam Lawrence Street Ardeer Footbridge Tenders Transfer of Reserves Westerngate Estate Installation of Fire Hydrants Transport Regulation Board Sunshine Bus Lines Pty Ltd Application to Change Route No 450 Sunshine to Ardeer St. Albans Road Footpath (East Side) Albion Station to B.T.M. Tubemakers Request by St. Albans South Progress Association Traffic Engineering Measures Accident Analysis Programme South Road Street Proposed Lighting Scheme by City of Footscray Electricity Supply Department Rochester Street to Darnley Street Braybrook Tariffs Public Lighting Sale of Surplus Equipment Appleby Avenue (Appleby Court) Private Street Scheme Boundary Road reconstruction East of Fitzgerald Road Laverton North St. Albans Heights Primary School Request for Regular Maintenance Proposed Roundabouts Northumberland Road / Suffolk Road and Northumberland Road / Warwick Road Sunshine North Air Conditioning Municipal Offices Proposed Public Toilet Block Ballarat Road Deer Park Report of the Building Surveyor Underground Tanks 199 Ballarat Road Maidstone Location of Building 63 Westmoreland Road Sunshine North Location of Building 8 Tullaroop Court St. Albans Building Over Easement 11 Jeffrey Close St. Albans Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 30th November 1980 Extraordinary Business Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Catherine Yeung Community Nurse Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application 74 Lot Residential Subdivision Opie Road St. Albans Planning Permit Application 3 Flats Lots 23 & 25 Madden Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application Extensions to School Classrooms Land bounded by Churchill Avenue, Dobson Crescent and Darnley Street Planning Permit Application Restaurant, Service Premises and Associated Signs Red Rooster 204 - 210 Ballarat Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application Enforcement Factory and Petrol Filling Station Lots 13, 14, 15 & 16 North West Corner Ballarat Road and Glencairn Avenue Deer Park Planning Permit Application Two Lot Subdivision Ballarat Road Albion Planning Permit Application Junk Yard Scrap Metal Maida Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Warehouse Lots 30 & 31 Cromer Avenue Sunshine Planning Permit Application Display Home Centre Furlong Road St. Albans Planning Permit Application Factory Warehouse 4 Arvona Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory Renovation South West Corner Somerville Road and Tottenham Parade Planning Permit Application Bus Depot Lot 1 Emu Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application 4 Flats Lot 31 Bardsley Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Grain Storage Depot Stage 2 Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Factory Warehouse North West Corner Ballarat Road and Lacy Street Braybrook Planning Permit Application Ground and Forst Floor Offices 239 - 241 Hampshire Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 30 Frederick Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Service Premises Alterations Lot 2 Rosamond Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application 2 Flats 185A Main Road West St. Albans Planning Permit Application Clothing Manufacturer 67 Dumfries Street Deer Park Planning Permit Application Factory Display and Sales Lot 39 Reid Street Ardeer Planning Permit Application Extensions to Secondary School Marian College Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Promotion Panel Sign Lots 1, 6 and 7 Berkshire Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Shop Bank and Offices 288 Hampshire Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Brick Store 75 Wright Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Erection of New Multiple Sclerosis Residential and Day Attendance Centre Furlong Road St. Albans Planning Permit Application Warehouse Alterations 22 St. Albans Road St. Albans Planning Permit Application Junk Yard Lot 5 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Water Purification Plant Press Filter Platform Smorgon Consolidated Industries Meat and Paper Pty Ltd Planning Permit Application Bread and Cake Stall Level 2 Highpoint West Shopping Centre Rosamond Road Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Hot Bread Kitchen Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Alterations to Service Station Lot 1 Ballarat Road Braybrook Planning Permit Application Market Extensions Level 1 Highpoint West Shopping Centre Rosamond Road Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Laboratory and Offices Ballarat Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Petrol Filling Station and Hotel Neale Road Deer Park Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 3 Droitwich Crescent Deer Park Building Over Easement 20 Hook Street St. Albans Building Over Easement 191 Wright Street Sunshine Building Over Easement 288 Station Road St. Albans Building Over Easement and Location of Building 11 Thwaites Street Sunshine Location of Building Lot 132 Hargreaves Crescent Braybrook Location of Building Lot 1 Station Road Deer Parkbalfour avenue, sunshine north, dobson crescent, sunshine, station road, deer park, sunshine swimming pool, kennedy street, st. johns college, churchill avenue, braybrook, maribyrnong river, essendon golf course, randall street, maribyrnong, smorgan consolidated industries, somerville road, tottenham, albion rovers soccer club, devonshire road, corio street branch library, corio street, sonley street kindergarten, sonley street, maidstone, mcintyre road, glengala road, evelyn crescent, sunshine west, highpoint west shopping centre, rosamond road, main road west, st. albans, francis street, brooklyn, monash street, hertford road, denton avenue, cavell close, maroondah court, lawrence street, lawrence street bridge, ardeer, sunshine bus lines, st. albans road, st. albans south progress association, b.t.m. tubemakers, south road, rochester street, darnley street, appleby avenue, appleby court, boundary road, fitzgerald road, laverton north, st. albans heights primary school, norwich street, northumberland road, suffolk road, warwick road, ballarat road, tullaroop court, jeffrey close, opie road, albanvale, madden street, red rooster, glencairn avenue, maida avenue, cromer avenue, furlong road, arvona avenue, tottenham parade, emu road, bardsley street, lacy street, frederick street, dumfries street, reid street, marian college, berkshire road, wright street, neale road, droitwich crescent, hook street, thwaites street, hargreaves crescent

Beryl Knox speaking about early life in Melton. Page 1 1949 – 64 years ago. We began our married life at Melton Sth. The house on the corner of the Exford Rd and Staughton St-- dusty gravel roads, box thorns and noxious weeds everywhere and a sprinkling of houses and vacant land. It was a friendly community consisting of old family names. McDonalds, Blacks, Dodemaide, Cahill, Coopers, Minns, Tinklers, Nesbitts, Cochranes, Wickhams, Exells. Mavis Butler. The home owned by Mr. Robinson and Miss Robinson had been shifted in two parts transported from Diggers Rest and it is still standing 2013. Bruce’s father purchased the house and two adjoining blocks, the Conways built on one and the Rawlinson family on the other block. Eileen still resides there, she was only a baby in a pram and the family had not long arrived from England. The railway line was close to the house and the contents would rattle when heavy steams trains went through, and on a clear frosty night the 1am paper train would echo roar through very loudly when labouring towards the Exford Bridge. Then the two carriage motor train was introduced, this was great for the workers and schoolies who travelled to Melbourne. The train pulled up at the crossing or riding to pick up or drop off. Melva Gillespie (nee Hirt) Bill Cahill delivered the milk by the billy and then in bottles. Len Kennedy (Paul Kennedy’s father, Norma Murrays son) delivered Jongebloeds bread, he always had a sweep going for the Melbourne Cup and raffles for the footy club. Mr. Woodgate owned an old bus and pick up point was the Post Office when there was a Saturday film on a Melton. There were no doctors or dentists in the district. If we need a Doctor we had to travel to Bacchus Marsh or discuss problems over the phone. In later years a Bacchus Marsh Doctor rented the Bluestone building in McKenzie St a couple of days a week. If we needed the Dentist we had to travel to West Footscray or Footscray. We did our banking at “State Savings” then the Miss Minns had the agency and then Bardsleys Store. We travelled to Bacchus Marsh to the National and Commercial banks. Station Rd to Western Highway, now (High Street) was a narrow stretch of bitumen and gravel farmland either side and a couple of farm houses and large gum trees on the properties. Page 2 North of the Railway line Mrs Bessie Jones, mother of Chas and Betty Jones managed the Post Office, next door to her Chas and Betty had the Shell Centre, and later moved the business to Melton. Hughie Nesbitt and mother owned the grocery and hardware store, and I bought my first set of saucepans there. On the opposite side of Station road Mr Coombe owned the fruit shop, and also provided soft drinks and lollies for children. The Chaff Mill was on the corner of Station Rd and Brooklyn Rd. Mr Lumsden was manager and later years Bernie Trethowan and Jack Butler were partners. It finally burnt down and is a Service Station now. Along Brooklyn Rd there were a few houses and Victoria Hall, not a very big hall, but catered for lots of functions, Balls, Fancy Dress, Bazaars, Square Dancing and meetings. The Bacchus Marsh Baptists held Sunday School in the hall. A group of shops were built south of the railway line Molly and Len Skinner managed the Post Office and handled a few essential groceries. Tom McDonald and Ron Lunsberg were the butchers. Mary and Syd Cooper lived next door to us and often in turn would run out of something when we had a baking spree we would borrow or exchange, sugar flour etc over the fence. Mavis and Jack Butler lived there before the Coopers. Bernie and Iris Trethowan lived two doors up. Neighbours were invited into their home to view the first black and white television in Melton Sth. Bill Exell was one of the first Melton Sth farmers to sell his land to developers, the land was idle for years before housing developed. I joined the Melton Valley Golf Club in 1960. The Gun Club as our Club House, an old tin shed consisting a water tank, trestle table and forms and dirt floor. It was a 9 hole course with sand scraps and landscape putting before greens. The Common or parkland was part of the Golf Course. It was open for every ones recreation. Roy Norton an old identity trained his trotters on the Common and wouldn’t clear the track for the golfers. The golfers had to avoid him to continue to play. We had to keep clear when the young youths came in their paddock cars and motorbikes. Over the years the Toolern Creek flooded its banks, water and debri covered the course on one year our first Club house was flooded out. It took several working bees to clean it up. We lived at Melton Sth for 15 years and moved to Melton on the farm “Croxton Park.” The Nixon family farm “Mowbray” adjoined the farm. Bruce worked the land cropping the farm when Mrs Nixon died. Page 3 (page 4 on the handwritten script) Bruce had the first offer to buy, in those days it wasn’t easy to get good bank loans. Part of the land is the Golf Course now and Mr O’Shea purchased the bulk. Moving to Melton was totally different – I became involved with Committees, Scouts, Guides, Mothers Clubs, CWA, Church Op shop (8 years). Melton Amateurs players produced and tutored by Mabel Rogers exerts from Pyjama Game, South Pacific, Carousel - later years a group of ladies did gentle water exercise at Essendon and Station Road swimming pool. I was 20 or so years in Probus. The local followed the football, there was always a Gymkhana on the long weekend in June. The tennis always created a lot of interest during the finals. It didn’t matter which team played the supporters were treated to a cup of tea and leftovers from their afternoon tea. In 1978 were the first residents to move into the Jennings Estate Kurunjang and lived there 31 years and retired 4 years ago into Unit. The amazing changes I have experienced. Merrimu supplied our water, after depending on tanks. The landscape changed completely when developers came in, no more dusty plains \ typed web Sept 2013 McFarlane, Mrs Knox and Beryl Gillespie at the First Hundred Years Celebration of Melton State School 430. The event was held at Mechanics Hall, Melton.local identities, local significant events, education