Document - Report, Ownership and lease of permanent camp at Balnarring, 1932

Historical information

Documents concerning Legacy having a legal hold over land owned by Sir Stanley Savige in Balnarring in order to erect permanent camp buildings.
00253.1 and .2 Report of Meeting of sub committee considering the questions of title re permanent camp building at Balnarring. Meeting held at Hotel Austalia 2nd October 1929. Legatees Armstrong, Carleton, Tregent, Hall and Massey in attendence.
00253.3 Signed letter from Charles H. Peters to Brian Armstrong, Messers Plante and Henty Solicitors.
00253.4, .5, .6, .7, .8 Report on Balnarring Camp Property. Same as collection item 00250 but with different corrections and additional notes.
00253.9 Cover letter to L Armstrong signed from Dudley Tregent.
00253.10 Letter to Blatchford, Deputy Chairman Junior Legacy Club from unknown author.
00253.11, .12 Minutes of Meeting of Board of Management. Camp Premises Agreement and negotiations mentioned on page 3.
Melbourne Legacy provides camps for junior legatees. The camps gave the children an opportunity of a summer beach holiday with other Legacy children. It started with camps on the property of Legacy founder, Legatee Stan Savige, who had a place in Balnarring, close to the beach. Permanent camp buildings were built in 1930. These documents relate to those buildings. Legacy Somers Camps continued intermittently at Stan's property until it was decided in 1951 to make other arrangements for holidays. Including two other camps in the Somers area: Lord Somers Camp and the Somers School Camp (owned by the Education Department).

Significance

Camps provided for junior Legatees have been very important from early in Legacy's history. In the 1920s Legacy started camps at Stan Savige's property at Balnarring. By the 1930s a permanent camp kitchen and building had been built at Somers Camp. These documents relate to the official status of the property.

Physical description

White paper with black type x 12 pages relating to land ownership and lease questions around the Balnarring Camp. Six sets of documents kept together. Total of twelve pages, some double sided.

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