The Melbourne Western Region Commission (WRC) was a multi‑council planning and heritage body operating across Melbourne’s western suburbs, created to coordinate regional planning, infrastructure, and cultural‑heritage work.2335.01 - Letter Western Region Commission 27 May 1987 Release of the Regional Cultural Heritage Study 2335.02 - Typed Report What is the Western Region Council for Social Development 2335.03 - Typed letter To Western Region Council for Social Development 2335.04 - Brochure Western Region Commission Annual Report 1986 - 1987 2335.05 - Brochure Western Suburbs Planning and Environment Action Program September 1988western region commission

Part of the Gwenyth "Gwen" Goedecke Collectionsub committees in separate folders|Executive Committee|Advisory Committee|Environment Committee|Social Development Commission|Parks and Gardens Committee|Trainee and Apprenticeship Committee Engineering Committee|Health Commission|Regional Planners Group|Western Region Right to Work Committee|Arts Committee |publications: The Privatisation Papers - John Ernst (VU) 1994|Key Health Issues in Melbourne's West - Victorian Health Department (1987)|Western Region Social Profile - Western Region Consultative Commission/Westurb and Footscray Institute of Technology (1998)|West Link #4&8 - Western Region Consultative Committee (1976)|Industry and Industrial Relations in the Western Suburbs, Needs and Policies (Seminar in Sunshine 1976)|Metropolian Arterial Road Access Study (2 publications) - Ministry of Transport Priorities and Planning (1984)|Western Region Directory of Welfare Personnel (1979 & 1982) - Western Region Commission|We neeed great publict transport (no tollway tunnel and freeway) -office of Colleen Hartland MLC (2008)|Planning a better place to live -The Western Suburbs Facts Booklet (Western Region Commission ?) (1982)|Submissions to the Western Metro Region Health Planning Process #4 (1987) - West Metro Region Health Department|Comparitive Local Statistics - MMBW (1981)|Melbourne's West - The Way Ahead - Western Region Commission (1988)|A Social Profile of the Western Region of Melbourne - Western Region Consultative Commission (1979)|The Western Region - Action for the Eighties - Joh Cain MP Premier for Victoria / Beanland Lecture Footscray Institute of Technology (1983)|Hospitals and Health Services Planning Committee submission to the National Hospital and Health Services Interim Commission - Western Region Commission (1973)|Monitoring Melbourne's West - Western Region Commission 1986/1987|Extractive Industries in the Western Region - Draft by Western Region Commission (70's)|Melbourne Western Region discussion report - Department of Urban and Regional Development (1974)|Western Suburbs Transport Study - Wilbur Smith & Associates (1975)|Regionalisation of Refuse Disposal, a report to Western Region Steering Committee - Extractive Industries and Waste Disposal in the Western Region (1976)|Western Region Community Directory compiled by Footscray Institute of Technology (1989)|submission to the Hospitals and Charities Commission re Community and Counselling Centre in the Western Region by the Western Region Working Group of Alcohol and Drug Dependance (1976)|Report of the Western Region Recreation Study Draft (1976) for the Western Region Consultative Commission by John Paterson Urban Systems P/Lwestern region commission

Solf covered booknon-fictionwestern region, industry

List of Manufacturers with Business Names, Addresses and Product Type

This list of factories in the City of Sunshine is an extract from a report by K.G. Wilson, L.R. Dryer & R.A. Scaramella, prepared for the Melbourne Western Region Commission (WRC). The Melbourne Western Region Commission was a major inter‑municipal planning and advocacy body operating across Melbourne’s western suburbs in the late 1970s and 1980s. It coordinated planning, heritage studies, and regional development across multiple councils. The Commission brought together a broad sweep of western-region councils City of Altona, City of Essendon, City of Footscray, City of Keilor, City of Sunshine, City of Williamstown, Shire of Bacchus Marsh, Shire of Melton & Shire of Werribee. The Melbourne Western Region Commission was one of the most important institutional predecessors to the region’s later heritage, planning, and community‑development frameworks.This report records the business name, type of industry and address of businesses operating in the City of Sunshine in 1984.Factory Name or Occupier A. Korinfsky & Connolly A.J. & J.N. Cook A.R.C. Engineering Pty Ltd Air Refiners Aust Pty Ltd Ajax Pumps Pty Ltd Albion Explosive Factory (Department of Defence) Alliance Printing Co. Pty Ltd Aqua Heat Australia Pty Ltd Aranem Furniture Pty Ltd Arrar Pty Ltd Australain Tube Mills Pty Ltd Australian Quality Closures (Volanda Nominees Pty Ltd) Aztec Sheet Metal Industries Pty Ltd B.G. & J.M. Douglas Nominees Pty Ltd Berkeley Appatel Pty Ltd Berkshire Kitchen Cabinets Pty Ltd Blade Engineering Pty Ltd Boka Engineering Pty Ltd Boneham Engineering Pty Ltd Brand Engineering Toolmaking (Vic) Pty Ltd C.G. Carlton Pty Ltd C.J.T. Niven Pty Ltd C.M.A. Foam Group (Cablemakers Aust Pty Ltd) Campbell & Paterson Engineering Pty Ltd Cargo Newpack Industries City Insulations Pty Ltd Classic Garage Construction Cliff Poole Industries Pty Ltd Collie Cooke Consolidated Conlo Constructions Pty Ltd Connor Shea & Co. Pty Ltd Consolidated Partition Industries Holding Pty Ltd Cosmoplitan Clothing Manfacturers Crea Fashions Pty Ltd Currie Furniture Manufacturing Pty Ltd D. Richardson & Son Ltd Dalco Hardware (Dalco Pty Ltd) Daveyduke Industries (Mimvic Nominees Pty Ltd) Debora Downs Pty Ltd Deer Park Engineering Pty Ltd Deer Park Flyscreens (Azzopardi & Associates Pty Ltd) Dieselflex Pty Ltd Donald Minahan Pty Ltd Drava Continental Butchers & Smallgoods Manufacturer Drilling Equipment (Van Dyke Pty Ltd) Dunham Welding Engineering Pty Ltd E. & F. Industries Pty Ltd E.P. Morrisey & Co. Pty Ltd Elite-Built Holdings Ltd Englehold Engineering Pty Ltd Everlast Steel Products Explosive Factory (Department of Defence Support) Extruded Metals Pty Ltd Exy-Fit Screens F. & D.M. Costa Pty Ltd F. & I. Pfeffer Holdings Pty Ltd F.J. Humphrey Pty Ltd Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd Ferrous Forgings Pty Ltd Fleet Engineering Pty Ltd Fletcher Chemical Co. Ltd Franklin Printing & Lithographic Co. Pty Ltd Fraser Cabinets Pty Ltd G. & L. Stone Pty Ltd G.A.M. Engineering Industries Pty Ltd G.P.I. Automotive Products Pty Ltd G.U.D. Manufacturing Co. Pty Ltd G.W. Gregory Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd General Printing Ink (Aust) Pty Ltd George Press Pty Ltd Griffiths & Beeren Pty Ltd Gubbata Nominess Pty Ltd Harkrome Electroplaters Pty Ltd Hills & Mason Pty Ltd Hydraulic Equipment & Cylinder Service Pty Ltd Hy-Du-Ex I.C.I. Australia Operations Pty Ltd I.H. Mono & Co. Idea General Engineering Industrial Engineering Invicta Group Industries Pty Ltd K. & B. Windows Pty Ltd K.C. Furniture & Cabinets K.D.S. Manufacturing K.M. Tubular Industries (Aust) Pty Ltd K.P.T. Clothing Manufacturers (K.T.P. Fashions Pty Ltd) Kanga Engineering Pty Ltd Keilor Footwear Pty Ltd Kelgrif Patterns Pty Ltd Klipspringer Pty Ltd Krueger Transports Equipment Pty Ltd Langmar Pty Ltd Layton Granite Industries Pty Ltd Lesvos General Products (Gabbia Pty Ltd) Lewis Foundry Lysaght Durham Chemical Company (Austram Corporation Ltd) M.C.I. (Aust) Pty Ltd M.J. Billings M.S.M. Cabinets Pty Ltd Maidstone Cabinet Works Marble Art Company Marib Cutter Sharpening Service Massey-Ferguson (Aust) Ltd McIntyre Steel Industries (Vic) Pty Ltd Midway Press Business Forms Mirna Cabinets Manufacturers Pty Ltd Monsanto Aust Ltd Morgan Cabinets Morris Structural & Engineering Newroll Industries Pty Ltd North Sunshine Cases Novio Insulation (Vic) Pty Ltd Olex Cables (Dunlop Olympic Ltd) Ordnance Factory (Department of Defence Support) P. & S. Siegel Pty Ltd P.S. Fenech Pty Ltd Pacific Carpets Internations Pty Ltd Pattern Productions Pauls Woodworking Pty Ltd Penthouse Furniture Co. Pty Ltd Peter Bouris General Steel Work Pomona Printers Pty Ltd Presstool Manufacturing & Grinding R.E.M. Constructions Pty Ltd R.J. Thompson Nominees Pty Ltd R.M.D. Press Co. Pty Ltd Ralph McMay Ltd Reeco Industries Pty Ltd Regina Terrazzo Tile Robcliff Printing Rockwell Standard of Australia Ltd Saturn Quality Trailers Pty Ltd Sedco Pty Ltd & Sunshine Extrusion Die Co. Pty Ltd Sign City Pty Ltd Smithweld Pty Ltd Smorgan Consolidated Industries Solo Signs Spafco Pty Ltd Stafford Engineering Pty Ltd Star of Paris Pty Ltd Steel Improvement Pty Ltd Sunset Joinery Pty Ltd Sunshine Engineering Pty Ltd Sunshine Group Industries Pty Ltd Sunshine Joinery Pty Ltd Sunshine Metal Polishing Pty Ltd Sunshine Trailers Sunshine Vitreous Enamellers Pty Ltd Sunshine Wrought Iron Super Cartridge Superstyle Tubular Manufacturers Pty Ltd Talkprint Pty Ltd Tenderfoot Shoes Treble Printing Co. Trifoleum Pty Ltd Ultra Scales Pty Ltd United Scales Pty Ltd V.P. Hawthorne Nominees Pty Ltd Vinidex Tubemakers Pty Ltd Vitas Engineering W. & H. General Engineering Pty Ltd W. Pridham (Aust) (Peerless Processing Co Pty Ltd) W.G. Engels Pty Ltd W.L. Allen Foundry Co. Pty Ltd Wakefield Repetition & General Engineers Warren & Brown Co. (Repco Ltd) Westbury Joinery Co. Holdings Pty Ltd Western Containers Pty Ltd & Chanel Press Pty Ltd Westgate Engineering Westside Joinery Pty Ltd (The Bulman Family Trust) Westwork Industries Wiltshire Tools Pty Ltd Worsted Finishers (Aust) Pty Ltd melbourne western region commission

The Western Region of Melbourne Commission incorporated the local government areas of City of Altona, City of Essendon, City of Footscray, City of Keilor, City of Sunshine, City of Williamstown, Shire of Bacchus Marsh, Shire of Melton & Shire of Werribee. The Melbourne Western Region Commission (WRC) was a collaborative body formed to address the unique planning, social, and economic challenges of the western suburbs. Its key purposes included: - Strategic Regional Planning: Coordinating infrastructure, transport, housing, and industrial development across multiple municipalities such as Footscray, Sunshine, Williamstown, and Werribee. - Cultural Heritage Conservation: Commissioning detailed studies to identify, document, and protect sites of industrial, social, and architectural significance. - Community Engagement and Advocacy: Acting as a voice for the western suburbs in dealings with state and federal governments and promoting equitable access to services and funding. - Support for Local Councils by providing professional services, training, and policy guidance to its member councils and shires.The Western Region of Melbourne A Finding List Supplement 1978-79western region of melbourne commission

Soft covered book with a sketch of the 1875 Melbourne Regatta on the Maribyrnong Rivernon-fictionAccess to the West, is a bibliography of materials on the Western Region of Melbourne. This material was produced by the WESTDOC (Western Region Documentation) project. This project began at the Footscray Institute of Technology Library in 1978 by the Western Region Commission.western region commission

Employment And Industry Study Western Metropolitan Region Melbourne Summary of Findings For Western Region Commission city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon

Soft covered book with a picture of the Anglers Hotel on the Maribyrnong River and the Spong's Hotel in the backgroundnon-fictionAccess to the West, is a bibliography of materials on the Western Region of Melbourne. This material was produced by the WESTDOC (Western Region Documentation) project. This project began at the Footscray Institute of Technology Library in 1978 by the Western Region Commission.western region commission

Soft covered book with a picture of the Melbourne Meat Preserving Company on the banks of the Maribyrnong River and Raleigh's Castle on the hill in the backgroundnon-fictionAccess to the West, is a bibliography of materials on the Western Region of Melbourne. This material was produced by the WESTDOC (Western Region Documentation) project. This project began at the Footscray Institute of Technology Library in 1978 by the Western Region Commission.western region commission

Typed Report Maribyrnong Valley Study Canning Street Bridge to Brimbank Park December 1990 for the Western Region Commissionmaribyrnong valley, maribyrnong river, canning street, bridge

Braybrook Escarpment Development A joint report by Sunshine City Council SCC and Ministry for Planning and Enviroment MPE Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works MMBW and Western Region Commission WRCmaribyrnong valley, maribyrnong river, braybrook

Council Correspondence "City of Sunshine / Council Meeting / 25 July 1978 / Number ATC -/". Document includes "Lease - Italo-Australian Cooperative Social Club Ltd", "Overseas Study Tours 1979", Western Region Commission and "The Retail Association of Victoria 15432". city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon

Letter to Community Activists re Transport needs of Melbourne from the People for Environmentally Sustainable Transport (dated?)| Docklands Task Force - correspondence, information Bulletins on Docklands, Explore Docklands including history and map (all 1991) |Referendum on a Republic (flyer) - information regarding the referendum in 1999 by the Constitution Centenary Foundation |A Whole Year of Celebration (flyer) re Victoria turning 150 years old (1984) From Citzen to Councillor - A Guide for Prospective Councillors (3rd edition (1999) by the Municipal Association of Victoria | PUBLIC FIRST Campaign - a Coalition opposed to privatisation of public utilities - newsletter containing operating principles, organisational roles etc |Environment Victoria - Newspaper 52/53 Forestry in Victoria Western Suburbs Action - by the Conservation Council of Victoria (1984) |Police and Community Youth Clubs - report (1999) Managing Cultural Equity: The Philosophy, Politics and Institutional Behaviours |The Age souvenir pages Melbourne 150' (1992) |PUBLICATIONS|The Australin Municipal journal #64 (June 1985) by the Municipal Association of Victoria| Make Melbourne Marvellous - by the Socialist Alternative Melbourne Collective (The Sam Collective) 1985|Self Help Resource Directory - 2nd edition by a Collective of Self Help Groups (Victoria 1982)|Industrial Waste Project Information Kit (MMBW 1986)|Western Region Environment Commission Minutes July 1985 together with a copy of the Draft Industrial Waste Strategy for Victoria (1985) by the EPA|Interim Directory of Government Departments and Authorities VIC from the Department of the Premier (1979)|National strategies for Managing Hazardous Waste - Conference papers (1985) by the Commonwealth Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment, EPA and the MMBW|The Mt. Cottrell Project - project of the Western Region Commission - a final year thesis (1973)|Gwen's notes and photocopies of articles from a publication Melbourne's Development & Planning |Queen Victoria Hospital / Women's Centre - - newspaper clippings (1980's to 2000's) -correspondence, campaigns -a report by the Ministerial Advisory Committee (2000) |The Crow Collection Association - Ecosa Exchange Newsletters (80's and 90's) - Copies of extracts from Eureka Street, a Jesuit publication, with notations/comments from Ruth Crow (1993) -news articles, correspondence, phamplets, price lists, broad details of subject areas in the Crow Collection (1991) -report to the Committee of Management (1991) by Sheila Byard -article from the Australian Society (1985) on Ruth and Maurice Crow - Plan for Melbourne - parts 2&3 by Ruth and Maurice Crow (1972)john "jack" augustine tighe, gwenyth "gwen" goedecke, mayor

Memo dated 9/11/1960 to the Manager of Ballarat Branch from Manager North Western Region (Bendigo) giving details of Bendigo tram No. 1 transferred to Ballarat. Gives history, mileages, axle numbers, tyre mileage, armatures, and trolley wheels, including fitting date. The tram became Ballarat 37 (the second one) and is now at the Sydney Tramway Museum. Signed by Mr Sutherland. See item 5549 for dates of transfer.Yields information about Bendigo No. 1 when it was transferred to Ballarat during October 1960Memo on SECV letterhead, typed with handwritten signatures and receipt stamp.tramways, ballarat, reports, secv, tram 1, tram 37, bendigo, tramcars

Black and white photograph of group of SEC Officers and Mayors of Bendigo and Eaglehawk at a meeting in Bendigo 5/6/1963 to discuss the future of the tramways. Photo is of eight gentlemen sitting alongside a large table within the City of Bendigo Offices. Back of photo gives details of seven of the participants. Possibly a SEC official photo. Mr. G. A. Johnston, Mayor Eaglehawk Mr. L.J. Denmead, Departmental Tramway Superintendent SEC Mr. A.C. Sandon, Manager North Western Region Mr. K. L. Murray, Engineer and Manager SEC Mr. J. N. Sutherland?, Regional Manager N/W/R SEC Mr. J. B. ?onnrey, Chairman SEC (Connery?) Mr. R.A. Rae, Mayor of Bendigo. On the rear of the photograph is remnants of black ink or paint, which match up with the ink on the rear of Reg. Item 1??? (Album of Photographs from Keith Kings to L.J. Denmead) The ink or paint damage has obscured partly some of the names.On rear in pencil "Mr. G. A. Johnston, Mayor Eaglehawk Mr. L. J. Denmead, Departmental Tramway Superintendent SEC Mr. A. C. Sandon, Manager North Western Region Mr. K. L. Murray, Engineer and Manager SEC Mr. J. N. Sutherland?, Regional Manager N/W/R SEC Mr. J. B. ?onnrey, Chairman SEC Mr. R. A. Rae, Mayor of Bendigo. 6/6/234 and 10/5/53 (upside down and crossed out) Conference? between Bendigo interested parties and S.E.C. ? of trams Mayors ?, Bendigo Council / Wednesday 5th June 1963"trams, tramways, bendigo, secv, eaglehawk, conferences

Yields information about the provision of the tramway management by the SEC and Mr. Les Denmead., Yields information about the provision of the tramway management by the SEC and Mr. Les Denmead.Carbon copy of a Memorandum dated 3/10/1962 to the Manager North Western Region (Bendigo) advising that the Ballarat Tramway Superintendent, Les Denmead will act in the position of Departmental Tramways Superintendent and will come to Melbourne as required. Sheet has rounded corners and date stamped 4 Oct. 1962.trams, tramways, personnel, management, ballarat, bendigo, tramway superintendent

Conference for Independent and Non- Aligned Australia Reserve Housing Commission Estate Western Region Women's Refuge Purchase present tip site from Albion Reid Pty Ltd city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, abion tip