Historical information

On August 19th 1966 a Public meeting was held in the Portland Town Hall with Cr Mibus as Mayor of the town of Portland chairing. From this meeting, a Provisional Committee of ten (10) people was established.
At the first meeting of this Committee, it was resolved that a competition to find a name for the Centre was held amongst the local schools.
From over two hundred (200) entries the name “Kyeema”, an aboriginal word meaning “dawn” was selected.
The Kyeema Centre opened in June 1967 in the Portland Guide Hall. These temporary premises were used until funds could be raised to build on the land the Portland Town Council gave for this project.
On 23 November 1969 the new building was built on land donated by the Portland Town Council at the corner of Lalor Street and Bridgewater Road and was officially opened by the Hon. Malcolm Fraser. This facility provided services to children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Physical description

Black and white photo of an artist's impression of what Kyeema would look like when built

Inscriptions & markings

Front: ':KYEEMA:' printed bottom of photo