Hugh D.T. WIlliamson C.B.E. was born in Ballarat on 04 February 1901 and died on 20 December 1985. "He witnessed first-hand the difficulties of rural life exacerbated by a world war that had stripped whole towns of their young men, and the long, lean years of the Depression were to define the way he lived the rest of his life. Hard work, constancy, eschewing wastage of any kind along with a hunger to seize opportunities wherever they presented themselves were the principles that informed his life and career and which, in time, gave rise to a commitment to others and to organisations and communities in which he saw the same ideals. Hugh attained the rank of Honorary Colonel in the Salvation Army and attained its highest award in 1978 when he was presented with its Distinguished Service Medal. In his time with the Salvation Army, Hugh helped establish the Red Shield Appeal and established scholarships to support senior officers to obtain business management training at the Australian Administrative Staff College in Mt Eliza (operated from a property formerly owned by Sir Reginald Ansett). He began his working life at age 16 at the Ballarat Banking Company. He steadily worked his way up through the ranks of the banking industry to become General Manager of the ANZ Bank from which he retired in 1961. Hugh was also a founding Trustee of the William Buckland Foundation, an association which strongly influenced his decision to set up his own foundation."Yellow Order of Service booklet for the funeral of Hugh Williamson. hugh williamson, hugh d.t. williamson, memorial service, martin carlson, j. davis mccaughey, francis macnab, frank linsell, john norman, ian harrison

Articles in the annual report include: official opening of a new library building at Enfield by the Governor of NSW Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair, over 1 million items circulated in the library, passing of Sir Robert Drew and Nola Dekyvere, first production of Talking La Fiamma il Globo was launched by Prime Minister Bob Hawke, launch of Bookline - a telephone ordering service for talking books, a cheque was received from the estate of beloved actor and talking book narrator Pat McDonald, the discontinuation of the Sports Girl award after this year's winner Krys Macready, and winning the first Australian Audio Book Award for Children's Books for The Clinker. Narrated by Denise Kirby.1 MP3 of 1991 RBS Annual reportroyal blind society of new south wales, corporation records, annual report, nola dekyvere, robert drew, bob hawke, gail martin, krystal keller, cec hopkins, freda booth, geoff green, paul shorter, john herman, john chatterton, max roberts, ivan cribb, frank billson, dick mason, will penfold, christopher cullen, frank martin, margaret sargent, len bleasel, barry chapman, des lean-fore, jon isaacs, bob oakeshott, june hings, harry linsell, denis thomas, bill byrne, joy barrett, sue bates, delphine swift, doug walker, colin rush, alison king, shirley martin, michael simpson, lee casey, naomi grubica, barbara fewtrell, peter sinclair, david powell, sir robert drew, judith northey, nick greiner, irene mcminn, ettore cipellone, nick opolski, pat mcdonald, allan stewart, krys macready, warren o'rourke, janine eyles, helen lloyd, brooke anderson, steve ingram, sam taylor, denise kirby