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Newspaper Clipping from "The Maroondah Post", 1/7/1997. Planning zones cut
Council planning officers are confident Maroondah City's draft planning scheme will ensure the area retains its unique characteristics. The council officers believe its effectiveness will only be truly tested once it is fully implemented.
Newspaper Clipping from "The Post", 10-3-1998. 79. Dvelopments put on hold
Maroondah Coincil sat to consider three town planning issues at its meeting last Monday night. Council deferred decisions on applications for a 17 lot subdivision in Warranwood; two units at the back of a house in Croydon and three units at another Croydon site.
Newspaper Clipping from "The Post", 17-2-1993. P9. New North Ringwood shops proposal
The two major property owners at North Ringwood shopping centre, Mr Gary Milne and Rushish Pty Ltd, have resolved their differences of two years ago and are now working on a combined proposal to expand and redevelop the centre.
Newspaper Clipping from "The Post", 21/6/1995. P1. New Planning Zones
Maroondah City residents may have less opportunity for a say in how the municipality will be developed following sweeping changes by the State Government to planning zones
Newspaper Clipping from "The Post", 19-7-1995. P1. Fight on over units
Ringwood East will become "the mental health suburb of the eastern region" a group of residents has warned, following a council decision to allow units to be built in a residential street, for people with diagnosed mental illness
Newspaper Clipping from "The Post", 21-6-1995. P5. New planning zone
Local laws governing tree removal throughout Croydon may also be extended to Ringwood, Mr Turner from Maroondah Council said
Newspaper Clipping from "The Mail", 30-04-1996. P5. Club gambling plan anger
Residents, traders and churches are angered by a proposal to build a social club with gambling facilities near Ringwood North Shopping Centre. But club management and its developer have defended the club as an asset for Ringwood.
Newspaper Clipping from "The Post", 24-1-1996. P9. Shopping centre history grows
Progress continues on the North Ringwood shopping centre redevelopment, adding shops and extra parkinbg spaces. The Milne and Dickson families are still involved in the shopping centre, since the land had its beginning as an orchard
Newspaper Clipping from "The Mail", 8-8-1995. P6. "The Polite Achiever" written by Jodi Pine
Top ranked North Ringwood sailor Sarah Blanck likes to think of herself as polite and Conservative when it comes to the competitive world of sailing. She was recently named the best under 19 female sailor in the world
Parent Record for Archive collection of photographs and documents relating to Eastland Shopping Centre in Ringwood
Black and White photo of teachers and children at the Ringwood Methodist Church Sunday School, Greenwood Ave, believed to be c1957-8.
Digitised video (1.98GB). Duration: 48 minutes. Recorded August, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)
In this presentation, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines talks about some of the Society's archival activities, with a focus on "rescuing" items of significance, including timely digitisation of photographs and film potentially susceptible to loss or deteriorisation with the passing of time.
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Blue Ribbon with Gold lettering. First Place 1978 Athletics. (Presented to Mark McDonald)
R.T.S 1978 Athletics FIRST
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Newspaper Clipping from "The Mail", 11-6-96. P5. "Ringwood men receive honors", written by Rebecca Thorpe
Two Maroondah re sidents have been acknowledged in the Queen's Birthday honors list. North Ringwood residents Graeme Ford and Bruce Colcott were awarded the Public Service Medal and the Medal of the Order of Australia, respectively.
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.