Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 26th February 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board Proposed Land Transfer of Land from the Sunshine R.S.L. Rates, Sanitary ad Interest Charges Adjustments / Abandonments Investments Dempster Park Transfer of Reserve to Council Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Building Regulations for Child Care Centres Y.M.C.A. Melbourne Outreach Project Sunshine North St. Albans Community Youth Support Scheme Unemployment Benefit Work Test Western Region Advancement Programme Corio Street Toy Library Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Weights & Measures Consumer Protection Petrol Pumps Disparities on Pump Computer Sample 226 (1979) Meat Pies W.E. Watters Offensive Trades Werribee Area Drybrook Nominees Pty Ltd Skin Shed Alteration Infant Welfare Service Proposed Noise By-Law Health Act 1958 Quarterly Return to 30th September 1979 Builders' Sanitary Service Health Act Registrations for 1980 Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Parking Exemption Citizens' Advice Bureau 40 Dickson Street Sunshine Snake Eradication Court Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Report of the City Library Christmas New Year Holiday Programme Melton Library Staff Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Factory Extensions Lot 13 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Internally Illuminated Pole Sign Railway Lot 24 Berkshire Road North West Corner of Steers Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory Extension Lots 1, 2 & 86 Berkshire Road North West Corner of Steers Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Noviciate Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Workshop & Warehouse Lots 36 & 38 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 172 Fairbairn Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 209 Gordon Street Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Storeroom Extension 121 Rosamond Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application Nursing Home Corner Thomson Street & Jackson Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application Warehouse Lot 17 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 40 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Warehouse / Factory and Caretaker's residence McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Temporary Office for Social Worker Andrea Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Subdivision and Erection of Detached Houses Neale Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Eight Flats Lots 1 & 2 Fraser Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Library Extensions to Existing School South West Corner of The Esplanade and Bard Street Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 88 Rankin Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Access to 594 Ballarat Road Ardeer Planning Permit Application Amusement Parlour 97 Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Used Car Sales Yard, Motor Repair Station and Junk Yard (Car Wrecking) 594 Ballarat Road Ardeer Creation of Easement 40 Mernda Street Sunshine West Consolidation of Title Fourth Avenue and Western Avenue Sunshine Plan of Subdivision Station Road and Montasell Avenue South East Corner Station Road Deer Park Street Lighting Main Road East City of Sunshine and City of Keilor Closure of Laneway Abutting Lots 291 & 292 Sunshine West High School Wright Street Sunshine Creation of Sewer Easement M.M.B.W. Lot 119 Station Road Albanvale and Diamond Avenue Albanvale Main Outfall Sewer Temporary Repairs Works at Jones Road Brooklyn Traffic Control Items Safety and Accident Control Programme Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement Lot 421 Redditch Crescent Deer Park Building Over Easement Lot 172 Yan Yean Place St. Albans Building Over Easement 23 Links Street Sunshine West Siting of Building Lot 104 Wendy Way Sunshine West Siting of Building 40 Benjamin Street Sunshine Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th February 1980dickson street, sunshine north, sunshine r.s.l., sunshine, corio street toy library, corio street, drybrook nominees, mcintyre road, berkshire road, steers street, glengala road, sunshine west, cromer avenue, fairbairn road, gordon street, maribyrnong, rosamond road, maidstone, thomson street, jackson street, andrea street, dempster park, phoenix street, neale road, deer park, fraser street, the esplanade, bard street, rankin avenue, ballarat road, ardeer, mernda street, fourth avenue, western avenue, montasell avenue, station road, main road east, st. albans, sunshine west high school, wright street, diamond avenue, albanvale, jones road, brooklyn, redditch crescent, yan yean place, links street, wendy way, benjamin street

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 26th February 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board Proposed Land Transfer of Land from the Sunshine R.S.L. Rates, Sanitary ad Interest Charges Adjustments / Abandonments Investments Dempster Park Transfer of Reserve to Council Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Building Regulations for Child Care Centres Y.M.C.A. Melbourne Outreach Project Sunshine North St. Albans Community Youth Support Scheme Unemployment Benefit Work Test Western Region Advancement Programme Corio Street Toy Library Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Weights & Measures Consumer Protection Petrol Pumps Disparities on Pump Computer Sample 226 (1979) Meat Pies W.E. Watters Offensive Trades Werribee Area Drybrook Nominees Pty Ltd Skin Shed Alteration Infant Welfare Service Proposed Noise By-Law Health Act 1958 Quarterly Return to 30th September 1979 Builders' Sanitary Service Health Act Registrations for 1980 Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Parking Exemption Citizens' Advice Bureau 40 Dickson Street Sunshine Snake Eradication Court Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Report of the City Library Christmas New Year Holiday Programme Melton Library Staff Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Factory Extensions Lot 13 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Internally Illuminated Pole Sign Railway Lot 24 Berkshire Road North West Corner of Steers Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory Extension Lots 1, 2 & 86 Berkshire Road North West Corner of Steers Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Noviciate Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Workshop & Warehouse Lots 36 & 38 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 172 Fairbairn Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 209 Gordon Street Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Storeroom Extension 121 Rosamond Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application Nursing Home Corner Thomson Street & Jackson Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application Warehouse Lot 17 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 40 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Warehouse / Factory and Caretaker's residence McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Temporary Office for Social Worker Andrea Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Subdivision and Erection of Detached Houses Neale Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Eight Flats Lots 1 & 2 Fraser Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Library Extensions to Existing School South West Corner of The Esplanade and Bard Street Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 88 Rankin Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Access to 594 Ballarat Road Ardeer Planning Permit Application Amusement Parlour 97 Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Used Car Sales Yard, Motor Repair Station and Junk Yard (Car Wrecking) 594 Ballarat Road Ardeer Creation of Easement 40 Mernda Street Sunshine West Consolidation of Title Fourth Avenue and Western Avenue Sunshine Plan of Subdivision Station Road and Montasell Avenue South East Corner Station Road Deer Park Street Lighting Main Road East City of Sunshine and City of Keilor Closure of Laneway Abutting Lots 291 & 292 Sunshine West High School Wright Street Sunshine Creation of Sewer Easement M.M.B.W. Lot 119 Station Road Albanvale and Diamond Avenue Albanvale Main Outfall Sewer Temporary Repairs Works at Jones Road Brooklyn Traffic Control Items Safety and Accident Control Programme Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement Lot 421 Redditch Crescent Deer Park Building Over Easement Lot 172 Yan Yean Place St. Albans Building Over Easement 23 Links Street Sunshine West Siting of Building Lot 104 Wendy Way Sunshine West Siting of Building 40 Benjamin Street Sunshine Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th February 1980 Extraordinary Business Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Office Sun Crescent Report of the Director of Parks & recreation Albion Tennis Club Selwyn Parksunshine rsl, dickson street, sunshinie, dempster park, phoenix street, sunshine north, sunshine r.s.l., drybrook nominees, mcintyre road, berkshire road, steers street, glengala road, sunshine west, cromer avenue, fairbairn road, gordon street, maribyrnong, rosamond road, maidstone, thomson street, jackson street, andrea street, st. albans, neale road, deer park, fraser street, the esplanade, bard street, rankin avenue, ballarat road, ardeer, mernda street, fourth avenue, western avenue, montasell avenue, station road, main road east, sunshine west high school, wright street, albanvale, diamond avenue, jones road, brooklyn, redditch crescent, yan yean place, links street, wendy way, benjamin street, sun crescent, albion tennis club, selwyn park, selwyn street

Situated on the Yarra River, 5.5 kms south of Christmas Hills on private property. This timber trestle bridge is said to have been built some time after 1907 by Melbourne master-builder, David Mitchell (the father of Dame Nellie Melba), to connect his two "Henley Farm" properties with Lilydale. In earlier days, when the McPhersons owned the property, their children used a punt to cross the river to attend Yering Primary School. This private bridge is best viewed from the end of Wendy Way. - Source: Christmas Hills Past and Present, Yarra Glen & District Historical Society, 2004.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.9 x 12.5 cm printshire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, warrandyte, henley bridge

Situated on the Yarra River, 5.5 kms south of Christmas Hills on private property. This timber trestle bridge is said to have been built some time after 1907 by Melbourne master-builder, David Mitchell (the father of Dame Nellie Melba), to connect his two "Henley Farm" properties with Lilydale. In earlier days, when the McPhersons owned the property, their children used a punt to cross the river to attend Yering Primary School. This private bridge is best viewed from the end of Wendy Way. - Source: Christmas Hills Past and Present, Yarra Glen & District Historical Society, 2004.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch black and white negative 9 x 12.5 cm printshire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, warrandyte, henley bridge, reflection

[article by Bettina Woodburn in EDHS Newsletter No. 105, November 1995:] EXPLORING THE UPPER YARRA - We enjoyed the Spring Excursion, this year "Exploring the Upper Yarra" - in spite of the constant rain and the countryside under the cloud cover, especially in the valleys, being mainly shiny shades of green. The occasional fields of buttercups, clumps of arum lilies and splendid rhododendron and other flowering bushes became very special. The Cobb and Co coach was warm and a cosy retreat as we zig-zagged on the highways and byways to glimpse the Yarra River, upstream and down, its secret places, and particularly the many bridges. Russell excelled as 'Poet Laureate', reading from Dacre Smyth's book. This 1979 publication includes paintings of all the bridges along the river with poems and brief descriptions of each one. Some of the bridges are in out-of-the-way places and are not very well known. We looked forward to hearing the poetry as much as seeing the 'constructions'… Big Pat (was he short or tall, lean or fat? - he did win the £200 reward for discovering gold and had the creek named after him), about the 'Eddies'?, and the disliked 'meccano' bridge in Warburton, etc. etc. The hot roast lunch in the old Reefton Hotel was also most welcome. It was easy to imagine it peopled by miners and early settlers. Starting by crossing the new (1974) concrete bridge at Warrandyte we headed through Wonga Park with views to the Christmas Hills and to the escarpment of the Yering Gorge, which causes flood waters to back up through the Yarra Glen plain, so avoiding disasters downstream. At the end of a long driveway we found the wooden, privately owned Henley Bridge (1935 after the 1934 floods). This facilitates access to different parts of Henley Farm and to Lilydale. Everard Park, named after Blanche Shallard's father, a State Member for 17 years, below the Highway Yarra crossing was in need of care. It is 10 miles from Yarra Glen by road but, as "Yarra Marra” canoeists well know, 32 winding miles down by water. After more delightful countryside scenes we joined the Warburton Highway at Woori Yallock. From the old Railway Station at Launching Place the Centennial Trail for walkers, cyclists and horse riders has replaced the rails. The line from Lilydale was opened in 1901, and the last diesel freight train ran to Warburton in 1965. It continued to rain as we had morning tea in Warburton in a shelter between footbridges. From here we continued upstream past the Bridge to O'Shannassy Lodge and Reservoir, Starvation Creek, and the Peninsular tunnel (miners dug it as at Pound Bend) which we visited (scrambling down those steps!) on our return after lunch. Our furthermost point was the Upper Yarra Dam Reserve (and vast catchment area). Finished in 1957 after ten years' work and 100 years after Yan Yean, it supplies much of Melbourne's water. After crossing the 30m Launching Place Bridge to the Eltham side of the Yarra and Healesville, we saw in the distance the Yarra Glen Timber Trestle Bridge over the river flats "the longest for years in the land it was said!" Harry's dream of "better weather over the Divide" unfortunately didn't come true, but I'm sure we 36 members will retain happy memories of a day that was wet and green and filled with Bridges. Situated on the Yarra River, 5.5 kms south of Christmas Hills on private property. This timber trestle bridge is said to have been built some time after 1907 by Melbourne master-builder, David Mitchell (the father of Dame Nellie Melba), to connect his two "Henley Farm" properties with Lilydale. In earlier days, when the McPhersons owned the property, their children used a punt to cross the river to attend Yering Primary School. This private bridge is best viewed from the end of Wendy Way. - Source: Christmas Hills Past and Present, Yarra Glen & District Historical Society, 2004.Two colour photographsactivities, henley bridge, upper yarra

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Friday, February 20, 2004. Girlfriends: Bagshot primary school in the 1950s. From left: Ruth Pitson, Joan Clay, Wendy Brown, Joy Peatling and Nola Clay. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Friday, May 20, 2005. Softies: the Acacia softball team was all smiles in the 1960s. In the back row are: Noelene McGann, Joy Pain, Vib Kupke, Maureen Rowe, Beth Vercoe and Joy Strauch. In the front row are: Bev McNamara, Jacquie McGann, Annette Hope, Wendy Hogan and Floss McCaw.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Thursday, May 27, 2004. Play ball: the Bombers softball team, 1955. Back row: Jean Watts, Noreen Fern, Edna Bolitho, Gladys Kimpton, Dawn Fitzpatrick and Doretta Phillips. Centre: coach Ernie Rainbow. Front row: Wendy Gibson, Nancy Fields and Dorothy Kimpton.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Students Name on back 6975-15 Stawell State School 502 Grade 3A March 19th 1965 Teacher Mr Neumann Top Row, Gilbert Whelan, Ian Cameron. James Bell, Mark Lever, Steven Stewart, Norman Mummery. Colin ?, Robert Scott, Second Row, Mr Neumann, Helen Heffernan, Susan Sinclair, Debbie Oliver, Kerryn Way, Janet Matfin, Carol Smith, Margaret Mortan, Lynn Roder, Joyce Matfin, Third Row, Peter Tangey, Peter Whitehead, Steven Whitehead, Craig Dawson, Peter Johnston, Craig Robson, Gary Honeyman, Geoff Coward, Greg Dryburgh, Bill Scurry, Fourth Row, Julie Devlin, Michelle Gross, Leanne Rickard, Wendy ?, Denise Gross, Betty Mitchell, Janine Ralph, Lynette Hallam, Jennifer Guy. Stawell State School Students and Teacher at Back Left. Mr NeumannStawell State School March 10 Grade 3A education

Part of a Bulletin newsletter that includes a poem by L.F.J. (Legatee Leigh Johns) titled Reflections. The poem honours the service to Legacy by Wendy Faulkner who came to Legacy on 13 September 1965 after working on the stage. Rest of the page and its reverse item highlights the Induction of three legatees, Amendments to diary and mailing lists, Transfers between branches, Resignations, and Nominations. These notifications were announced during the weekly luncheon meetings and later published in the Melbourne Legacy Bulletin.This item records the way in which Legacy kept Legatees informed of the arrivals and departures of members. The poem has been written as a tribute to Wendy Faulkiner to thank her for a wonderful contribution to the work of Legacy. White A4 paper with black type of a page from the Bulletin in 1990.No. VAW1209, Date 13/9/1990.membership, staff

Eldest daughter of Edna and Bon Barrie, born on 03 November 1943 in Melbourne, Victoria, Memoirs of Wendy Barrie, recalling the early formative years of life in Melton: In 1949 I started school at Melton State School no 430 and was driven the 2½ miles to there by my parents at first. Later we walked home in the afternoons or were picked up by car as we made our way home along the Western Highway. In 1956 I went to Bacchus Marsh High School. There were 4 students in grade 6 and 3 of us went to the High School. The students from Melton, Melton South and Toolern Vale State Schools went by bus to Bacchus Marsh High School as far a fifth form. My parents drove me to the pick up point and during the five years of travel to High School. The bus travelled via Toolern Vale and later went through Exford and through Parwan. On the return journey in the afternoon the bus went in the reverse direction. The bridge at Exford was an old narrow wooden one, and the students had to get off the bus and walk across, with the driver crossing in the empty bus for safety reasons. There was a travelling allowance paid to parents and it was estimated from the distance the crow flies, a straight line. We lived a Ferris Lane, just where the Harness Racing entrance is now situated about 2 ½ miles by road to school too close to qualify for the subsidy. While at State School Melton we would walk home in a group with the Nixon and Gillespie children, along the main road over the bridge near the Shire Offices and down a hill. I was being dinked on Joyce Gillespie’s bike while holding onto the seat, toppled off the bike striking my chin and teeth on the bitumen and cracking my jaw. I was about 9 years old and stayed a couple of days in the Quamby Hospital in Bacchus Marsh, it seemed like and eternity at the time and quite traumatic being separated from my family. I can remember contemplating how I could get out of the window and run away but realised it was too far to walk home. Often we would cut across the Common on our way home from school picking up stray golf balls and collecting them from the creek when it dried out. We were warned about not accepting lifts from strangers passing along the Melbourne/ Ballarat Road. The only danger we faced was being swooped by the magpies particularly on the open ground on the Common. We were also fairly cautious when the Gypsies camped on the Common in the area just about opposite the small reservoir. “Mum” grandma Myers loved to have us call in on our way home, and usually would cut a slice of Jongebloed’s bread and spread it with home made butter. Sometimes we waited there until we were collected by car, usually driven by our mother. Margaret Nixon and Joyce Gillespie were a few grades ahead of me and Barbara Nixon was born just two months earlier than me. Our mothers were great friends for over 6o years, born in the same month three years apart. They lived within a few days of the same age as each other at the time their deaths. Dad and George Nixon attended Melton school at the same time. Sarah nee Hornbuckle Nixon and my grandfather Frederick Myers Snr were at school together at the same in the 1880s. The Nixon family lived in Keilor Road just past the Toolern Creek near the turnoff. Tom and Ann Collins lived on the southern side of the Western highway and Keilor road intersection. Jim and Ruby Gillespie’s house was further long Keilor road on the right. They backed onto the Myers who lived on the north side of Western Highway east of Myers Gully (Ryans Creek). The Bridge over the Toolern Creek as very narrow and as truck traffic increased there were accidents. One truck took out the side railing and plunged upside down into the bank and into the shallow water. Another fatal accident happened between a car and a truck right in front of the Myers house. Grandfather Fred had been a bike rider all his life, as far as the Riverina in his younger years, wryly made the comment about the drivers the speeding along the Ballarat Road were setting out to kill themselves. The road was busy particularly after the Races at Ballarat when the crowds were hurrying home to Melbourne. Train travel had changed very little from the time my mothers generation to mine. The timetable meant the usual rush to Melton South by bike in her case and if she was running late the train pulled up on the crossing. I was driven to the Station from home past Keith and Mary Gillespie’s house near the Ferris Road rail crossing to Bridge road to Melton South for the 7.32 train. While attending Sunshine High School in 1961 I would meet up with three other students, two of whom I knew from Bacchus Marsh High School days. We usually got into the same compartment on the train, it was a typical country train with a corridor along the side and compartments with a door, roof racks and sometimes heated metal containers for the feet in the winter. Some of the trains came through from Horsham and Ballarat, and the Overland from Adelaide passed through in the evening, we could hear it in the distance from the Ferris Lane home. The carriages had 1st and economy class compartments showing photographs of county scenes and holiday destinations. The engine was the large A class diesel. They are still running to Bacchus Marsh 50 years later, due to the need for the greatly increased number of commuters travelling to work in the city. Sometimes the carriages were pull by a Steam engine, these were a problem in the summer time because the sparks caused fires along the train lines and then quickly spread into the dry grass, crops and stubble. The Motor Train left Spencer Street at 4.23 pm and was the best train for me to catch. Ferris Road was a designated stop and train pulled up on the road crossing. It had steps at the door and rungs to hold while alighting to the ground. The ballast along the tracks was rough and uneven and awkward to land on. The train was painted blue and yellow with the letters VR pained on the front. This saved may parents the afternoon trip to collect me from the Station. On the walk home on the gravel road I would pass Uncle Tom and Aunty May’s house before reaching home. Melva Gillespie was studying at Sunshine Technical School and we sometimes both got off the train at the same time. On other occasions the Motor Train was replaced with a diesel engine with carriages, it was also required to stop and the driver had to be notified in advance. This meant getting into the guards van a Rockbank. It was more difficult alighting from the carriage as the gap was greater and more precarious to swing out and land on the ground. A few times in my last year of study at Melbourne Teachers College in Grattan Street Carlton. I managed to catch the 2.30 pm train to Serviceton, it was express to Melton and was very quick trip. The last train, was the 5.25 pm diesel to Ballarat and I usually caught this train to Melton South Station. On one occasion after being held up on the tram in Bourke street I had to make a mad dash to the platform chasing the train as it was just moving off and yelling to the guard, fortunately I was noticed and the train ground to halt. I scrambled into the end door and took most of the journey home to recover. After the last year at High School I continued to travel on the train, 2 years to Prahran Technical School changing at North Melbourne. There were a lot school children travelling to private schools and some at the primary level and mainly from Bacchus Marsh. Rockbank children also travelled by train from the beginning of their high school years, quite a few went to Sunshine High School. During my third year of teacher training I travelled to Flinders Street to RMIT for ceramics classes and Grattan St Teachers College located in the grounds of Melbourne University. There were many teachers being trained at the Secondary Teachers College due to the baby bulge creating a great shortage of teachers. Sunshine High School was very well represented amongst the different courses in Primary, Secondary and Art and Crafts. I attended Melbourne University lectures, studying a Fine Art subject. Bernard Smith was the most notable of the lecturers. he replaced Professor Joseph Bourke who had taken leave for the years. In 1962 he published the art book “Australian Painting”. The secondary art and craft student teachers from the College were in the majority, taking this subject and were well regarded due to their practical art and craft methods and their teaching round experience. In December 1964 I graduated as a Trained Secondary Teacher – Art and Crafts. The graduating ceremony was held at Wilson Hall. I received my appointment to work at Maryborough High School. Uncle Max and Aunty Rosemary Myers arranged my accommodation. Uncle Max was a teacher at the Maryborough Technical School fat the time. The appointment was suddenly changed when just before the school year was about to start when I received notification that I was now required to move to Warracknabeal High School. I was subject to a bond for the three years of training and three years of teaching and was under an obligation to comply with the directive of the Education Department. My father stood as guarantor when I was accepted as student at the Melbourne Teachers’ College, thus enabling me to receive my teacher training, and a 5 pounds a week allowance for expenses. After teaching for two years at Warracknabeal High School I was fortunate enough the gain a transfer to Sunshine West High School, returning to live at home in Melton and travelling by car to work with a fellow colleague, Jock Smith who lived at Station road Melton. I completed bond obligation and resigned at the end of the year. The employment regulations at that time did not allow the option of leave of absence for, indefinite overseas travel. I returned to Australia in October 1969. Visiting Arthur Hart the Principal of Sunshine High School he arranged with the Education Department for my re-employment at Sunshine High School until the end of the year. In 1970 I was transferred, and returned to Sunshine West High School where I worked for the next three years. In January 1968 I sailed on the “Oriana” to South Hampton with two teaching friends from Warracknabeal High School on a travelling and working holiday. Doreen Kiely, a former Bacchus Marsh High student and fellow train traveller from Bacchus Marsh, was already working in London, had arranged our accommodation at the London Travellers Club Hotel, Braham Gardens, Earls Court SW5. We based our stay at this address in London and travelled around Scotland, Ireland and England. In the summer we took a four month trip around the Continent and the Mediterranean. I registered with The Royal Borough Of Kingston Upon Thames as a Supply teacher, and worked at Chessington School form autumn to spring the following year and living with Mrs Rose Gillies at Kinross Avenue, Worcester Park, Surrey. In the spring of 1969 visiting Norway, Sweden and Finland joining an organised camping group to the Artic Circle, entered Russia at Leningrad (St Petersburg) Moscow, Minsk, to Poland and Czechoslovakia. In August returning to Worcester Park for the flight to Montreal to stay with cousin Lynette and husband Jurgen. A side trip was taken to Toronto, Niagara Falls and New York. The flight home from Montreal to Melbourne took 52 hours. A ½ day break in Vancouver before boarding the Qantas boeing 707 via San Francisco, Honolulu, Fiji, Sydney to Melbourne. Around the world in 21 months. Photographs of Wendy local identities

From the earliest days of settlement in the shire, residents demonstrated their willingness to band together in times of crisis and need. "Bushfires were always a terrifying prospect and since its establishment in 1935, the local fire brigade (later the Country Fire Authority) fought hard to protect the people, homes and animals of the shire. In 1966, the Mount Cottrell Fire Brigades Group was formed as a way of consolidating the smaller groups around Melton, Rockbank, Toolern Vale, Sydenham, Truganina and Werribee. Its headquarters were established at the home of Ernest ‘Bon’ and Edna Barrie in Ferris Road, Melton. Captain Bon Barrie was a member of the Melton Fire Brigade and elected group and communications officer of the new Mount Cottrell Brigades Group.22 Wendy Barrie, daughter of Edna and Bon, remembers the fire truck parked at their house and her mother operating the fire brigade’s radio. Growing up in the fire station headquarters, Wendy and her siblings learned how to use the radio too, in case of emergencies".Rural Fire Brigade's Group List of Authorised Officers including the captains and lieutenantsemergency services