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■ EIGHT extra Police members will be deployed to the Whittlesea Police Service area, according to an announcement made by Chief Commissioner Graeme Asheton on Monday.

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Seymour Police numbers will increase by three, and Kilmore Police staffing will rise by two. Mernda’s strength will be up by five.

● Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graeme Ashton

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The Diamond Creek Division numbers will rise by 49, with two more Divisional Highway Patrol members, the Divisional Crime Investigation Unit up by 17, Divisional Crime Scene Services increased by six, the Divisional Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Unit strengthened by two, with Banyule and Darebin levels up by six and eight respectively.

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TIMBER HARVESTING BREACHES ALLEGED ‘Greenies’ sway Shire’s attitude

● Cr Charlie Bisset, Murrindindi Shire Mayor, and her Councillor colleagues, are continuing their anti-logging industry stand ■ Findings of the informal’Have Your Say’ survey of 11 per cent of Murrindindi Shire residents last year has been used as an argument by Council as to why the logging industry should cease operations locally.

A report to last week’s Council meeting said that the survey gave clear findings that Murrindindi residents wanted Councillors to protect the local environment.

A report to Councillors said that the Murrindindi Environment Advisory Committee’s ‘predominant focus ... has been on forestry related issues”.

Different suggestions were made on what should replace the Committee.

One was for a task force, with a single defined task, and with a defined start and finish.

Another idea was for community panels for areas such as natural resource management and renewable community energy projects. An alternative was to re-constitute the Environment Advisory Committee, assisting with the delivery of the Council Plan.

Proposals included a reduced number of meetings each year, and fewer members (“say, four-six in total”).

“Council already has its strategy for the environment which was formed largely through its engagement with the community through the Have Your Say program,” said a report to last week’s meeting.

Council critics argue that 89 per cent of the Murrindindi Shire residents did not participate in the Have Your Say project.

■ ALLEGATIONS of breaches by VicForests of the Code of Practice for timber harvesting within the Murrindindi Shire, were put to the Shire Council meeting at Alexandra last week.

A report to Councillors alleged breaches have occured “particularly in the Rubicon State Forest”.

The accusations were made to Council by the Murrindindi Environment Advisory Committee, which had its Terms of Reference expire in August last year.

The Committee made the allegations after hearing from influential members of the Rubicon Forest Protection Group, which claimed “significant and environmental damage” occurring locally.

The Forest Protection Group said the local logging had implications on the tourism and outdoor education industry locally.

The Committee was told that non-compliance reports had been made to the regular, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.

“Some members discussed the need for Council to write a letter to the regulator requesting a response on Vic Forests logging practices (in the Rubicon State Forest) and whether they are compliant with the Code of Practice for Timber Production 2014,” saide the Committee Minutes.

The Committee motion called for Council to write to DELWP requesting an urgent assessment be made of alleged breaches within the Murrindindi Shire, particularly in the Rubicon State Forest.

The Murrindindi Environment Advisory Committee met for two hours at Alexandra in December last year, and its draft Minutes indicate that the meeting was attended by Rita Seethaler, John Coyne, Christine Glass-ford, Ann Jelinek, Judy Watts, Roger Cook, Ron Litjens, Cr Rebecca Bowles, Robert Chaffe, Steve Meacher, Nigel Waterhouse, Zoe Blakeney, Mark Leitinger and Stuart McConnell.

The Committee had failed to form a quorum at its previously scheduled meeting in July last year, and that meeting did not proceed.

According to the Committee Minutes, “it was acknowledged that attendance was low over the last 12 months”.

The Committee discussed a review of the Central Highlands Forest Agreement from last year, in which Murrindindi Council voted to call on the Victorian State Government to cease allowing native timber harvesting.

More than 100 jobs are provided by the timber industry in Murrindindi Shire. The Council’s decision not to support the timber harvest-

Shire continues its anti-logging industry stance

ing industry was met with opposition from business groups, Murrindindi Inc., and the Alexandra Traders.

A protest by people in the timber industry, and other local businesses which support companies involved in it, was held outside the Council offices in Alexandra.

Murrindindi Council first adopted its antilogging stance in August 2012 by adopting a policy: “The Murrindindi Shire Council recognises that State Forest in the Murrindindi Shire provides important environmental, economic, and social benefits.

“For these benefits to be realised the Council supports forest management practices that sustain the long term health and biodiversity of the forest and respect the needs of Shire’s local communities.

“To this end, the Murrindindi Shire Council opposes logging in State Forest in the Murrindindi Shire which: • reduces the visual appeal of significant landscapes and vistas • adversely impacts threatened species or ecological communities • in the longer term reduces biodiversity of the forest • significantly reduces reasonable access to the forest by local communities • unfairly impacts on the amenity of local residents.”

Environmental groups base some of their stance on their claims about the endangered status of Leadbeater’s Possum.

The Wilderness Society wants logging stopped, a Great National Park established covering a wide area including much of Murrindindi Shire.

The Society commissioned a report , “Great Forest National park: economic contribution of park establishment, and visitor expenditure” A report tabled to Council last May acknowledged that the Shire had not collated all side of the timber industry question. “"Following a number of events including the 2009 fires, the available timber resources will not support continued harvest at the level and using the approaches employed historically.

“Some evidence suggests continuing to do so will cause unacceptable damage to the local environment and undermine a range of uses of forests within the Shire that underpin the local economy,” said a report to Murrindindi Council.

Councillors voted to request DELWP to undertake an assessment of alleged breaches.

Committee terms revoked by Cl.

● Cr Rebecca Bowles has been Council’s representative on the Murrindindi Environment Advisory Committee ■ Murrindindi Shire Councillors last week revoked the terms of reference of the Murrindindi Environment Advisory Committee.

The Committee’s “terms of reference and membership has expired” said a report in the meeting agenda.

A Council officer recommended that two expert advisory panels be formed, representing natural resource management and renewable energy initiatives.

A recommendation was backed that Council conduct an annual forum on the environment to showcase projects undertaken by local groups.

It was suggested that the forums be held to include information about the progress of Council projects “and to provide an opportunity for community feedback to Council”.

Questions have been raised by Council observers about the validity of the meeting of the Murrindindi Environment Advisory Committee held in December. The Committee’s terms of reference are said to have expired in August last year.

The Committee was not delegated to make decisions on behalf of the Council.

The Committee comprised seven community representatives and three agency representatives.

A recommendation to last week’s Council meeting was that the Shire “send letters of appreciation to current members of the Murrindindi Environment Advisory Committee thanking them for their contribution”.

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Local doctor withdraws ● Dr Lachlan Fraser. Photo: Herald Sun ■ Dr Lachlan Fraser has provided The Local Paper with this letter: “I will not be providing medical services to Alexandra Hospital for a time from March 8.

“I regret any inconvenience to patients,” Dr Fraser said.

What’s On Production issues ■ There was no issue of The Local Paper published last week (Wed., Feb. 28) due to an eight-hour electricity outage in the district where the newspaper is assembled.

Editor Ash Long was taken by ambulance to Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, on newspaper deadline night (Mon., Feb. 26), then transferred to Warringal Hospital, Heidelberg, where a heart procedure took place.

Mr Long faces further hospital procedures this Friday (Mar. 9). There will be no issue of The Local Paper on Wed., Mar. 14, and weekly production will resume on Wed., Mar. 21.

Advertiser and subscriber accounts will be adjusted accordingly, so that full value of schedules are delivered to customers.

Stuart appointed ■ Stuart McConnell, Murrindindi Council’s General Manager Infrastructure and Development Services, has been appointed as the Shire’s representative on the board of Goulburn RiverValley Tourism.

A report on future options for the Council in regard to regional tourism partnerships is due to be delivered to Councillors no later than February next year.

Guest speaker

● Melinda Burgess with Rotarian David Strongman ■ Melinda Burgess, the business Dame groups and service in need of some help CEO of Dame Pattie Pattie Menzies Inc., as clubs come in. With- from little things like Menzies Inc., was the she did so she also out the massive drive changing a light globe speaker at the Rotary looked at the opportu- and assistance in the through to complete in Club of Alexandra on nities and possibilities first place Dame Pattie home support.

Many of the Wednesday, February for such a business Menzies Centre would into the future and they not exist and the sec- Rotarians have re21. ond is that this support cently become aware She took the current were very good.

The best part of the continues, again how of the needs for supRotary theme of port so it was a fertile “making a difference” story is that she was good can this get?

Now that is the past area for questions afinto the field of service the successful candito people with a dis- date, the other chal- and the future is rush- ter the presentation. lenging part was when ing at us, so we if we Rotarian David ability. was appointed her are to be an effective Strongman, chairMelinda had only she job was to deal part of the future we man for the evening, completed the pur- first with an accreditation need to plan. thanked Melinda for chase of a property at review.

Making a differher address and inviMolesworth after deHow better to get to ence will be easy as tation to be part of ciding on a “tree know the business? It we have a good foun- Dame Pattie Menzies change” from a life in worked and at every dation within the busi- Inc.’s future and small business provid- turn she found innova- ness and its relation- “Make a Difference” ing services in the area tion and adaption ship with the commu- to those who need supof training and per- set the business upthat to sonal development. both be responsive to nity while we are ide- port.

Melinda Burgess She said finding the its clients needs and be ally positioned geographically to service admires her "wooden advertisement for a compliant with the CEO at Dame Pattie current state regula- the needs of the angel" she received Menzies came at a tions and acts relating quickly growing north- from David as he time when she was to disability services ern suburbs of thanked he for her adlooking around for and the National Dis- Melbourne and the dress and confirmed something that would ability Insurance southern area of the that a donation would Murrindindi Shire. be made on her behalf complement her life Scheme.

Currently there are to Angel Flight the alchanges.

First thoughts were grant funds available ternate transport serNow the challenge what an opportunity! community vice for persons with was to find out about That is where local for groups/businesses to non critical illness. develop and imple- Robert Chaffe ment such plans.

Already a submission has been made by a group including most of the health services in Alexandra; it has re- ■ Two questions ceived a favorable re- were lodged to last ception and fingers week’s Murrindindi crossed as the suc- Council meeting by cessful applicant Yea resident Jack should know in the Russell.

“The questions near future.

Melinda invited were not read as the Rotary to not only submitter was not continue their current present at the meetsupport programs but ing,” note the draft to embrace some of minutes of the Counthe opportunities the cil.

Mr Russell is project, if successful banned from attending will provide.

“Making a differ- the Council meeting, ence”: we have and under letters issued by we will and what bet- retiring Chief Executer way than through tive Officer Margaret collaboration in Abbey.

Mr Russell has Suprojects to serve those ● Nicholas Charles made a presenpreme Court of tation to the Rotary Club of Yea late with a disability.

In our ageing popu- Victoria actions afoot last month. He spoke about his year lation every day more to have the bans overas a Rotary Exchange student in Denand more people are turned. mark. in 2017.

Queries not read

Grants deadline ■ The application deadline is 3pm next Wednesday (Mar. 14) for the first round of Business and Tourism Innovation Grants being offered by Murrindindi Council, Cr Jackie Ashe reminded last week’s Shire meeting.

“If you are not quite ready for this round there will be other rounds in the next financial year,” Cr Ashe said.

Tour well covered ■ The Herald Sun tour stages ru n within Murrindindi Shire last month received 85 traditional media articles or radio interviews, Cr Jackie Ashe said last week.

The reach included Spain, Italy, Vietnam, Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Borneo, South Africa and Portugal..

There were 125 tweets from stages 3 and 4, and the “Facebook ads featuring Murrindindi Shire had a reach of 61,471”, it was claimed.

Cr Ashe said the Facebook ‘organic content” had a 42,662 reach, and that there were 7108 likes/views on Instagram, including 1094 views of the penny farthing race.

Visit to Marysville ■ The Small Business Bus, operated by Business Victoria, is due to visit Marysville on Thursday next week (March 22).

Tip shop comp.

■ The competition to name the re-use ships in Alexandra and Yea will have an entry deadline of Thursday, March 22, Cr Eric Lording told last week’s meeting of Council.

A “positive interview” was conducted on ABC Radio, Cr Lording told last week’s meeting of Council.

Wasp numbers ■ Yea businesses are reporting a reduction in the observation of wasps, Cr Eric Lording told last week’s Murrindindi Council meeting.

Council has initiated a trial of removing open rubbish bins, replaced with lidded bins.

The number of bins has been reduced, and those remaining are emptied daily and washed weekly.

Flowerdale meet ■ The Flowerdale Forum is to be held at 7pm this Friday (Mar. 9) at the Flowerdale CFA. “Influential people will be there, so please come and present a vision for the future o0f Flowerdale and nearby towns,” said Cr Eric Lording at Council. Cathy McGowan MHR and Cindy McLeish MLA are due to attend.

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Romance looks very interesting; some will meet the mate of their dreams and some an old flame could re-appear.

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CEO acts to close dangerous play area ■ Murrindindi Shire CEO Craig Lloyd took urgent action o close a playground bridge at Rotary Park,Alexandra, after hearing a local mother’s report about safety issues.

“My two-year-old was sitting on the wooden play bridge and slid through the side (pictured). She hung by her neck only,” said Ashlea Simmons on Facebook.

“Thankfully she came only away with cuts. This could have been fatal,” said Ms Simmons.

Mr Lloyd made a personal response on social media to Ms Simmons: “I am very concerned about this incident and am personally reviewing both the safety of the equipment and the response of our Council.

“I can confirm that the bridge has now been removed.

“My first priority is the safety of our children, which is why the bridge has been removed whilst we assess a longer term solution.

“It is clear to me, as a new resident of the Shire, that this has been raised by numerous people previously and I thank you all for coming forward.

“I have spoken personally to Ashlea Simmons, assured her that we are taking this seriously and wished her daughter well,” Mr Lloyd said.

Murrindindi Council issued a media statement on Friday, February 23.

“Murrindindi Shire Council decommissioned the climbing bridge between play equipment in Rotary Park following child safety concerns in Alexandra this morning “Council CEO Craig Lloyd said this followed a complaint from a mother regarding an accident with her toddler daughter who slipped between the equipment's bridge deck and the rails.

"As a father of a similarly-

■ Whittlesea Community House Inc. has secured funding to be able to offer that governance training to community-based committees and boards, which operate in the Whittlesea and Humevale areas.

WCHI has previously hosted a training session for people involved with local, community-based not-for-profit committees and boards.

These three-hour sessions will help groups to better understand governance roles and responsibilities, and also how to avoid the pitfalls that can sometimes befall community-based not-for-profit organisations.

The Grass Roots Governance presenter is Megan Buntine.

To book a three-hour personalised session, contact Megan Smithwick on 0439 836 458 to book. There is a limited number of places available.

Photo exhibition

■ A second and final historic photo exhibition by the Alexandra Historical Society will be held at the Alexandra Shire Hall from 10am-4pm on Saturday-Sunday, March 1011.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Shire of Murrindindi, Alexandra Rotary, Alexandra's 150th Committee and the Alexandra Historical Society.

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● Playground equipment at Rotary Park, Alexandra Photo: Ashlea Simmons/Facebook concern," Mr Lloyd said.

"As the newly-appointed CEO, I had commenced a detailed review into our Customer Service arrangements and we will be making an announcement shortly about how we will be setting about improving our service.

"While this play equipment at Rotary Park does meet the safety standards of its day, we do recognise it's dated and needs to be refreshed.

“Rotary Park playground is a well loved and greatly used facility and it is time now to plan for its replacement.

"Community consultation and design of a new playground ● Craig Lloyd, at the Rotary Park were Murrindindi Shire CEO planned for next financial year, aged child and being a new- I have however asked for this comer to this area looking for to be brought forward to complaces for our children to play, mence in the next few weeks," I completely understand the Mr Lloyd said.

New leases at Kinglake ■ Murrindindi Council has been asked to extend the leases for a further 12 months with current tenants at the Kinglake Rebuilding Advisory Centre.

“This to enable sufficient time for the tenants, including Parks Victoria, to relocate and to allow options for the potential future community use of the facility to be properly formulated and assessed by the community and Council,” says a report to Councillors.

The Council had called a meeting at Kinglake in Octoberlast year to explore future uses for the Centre.

“At the meeting a community working group was formed to assess the feasibility of the ideas raised at the meeting,” says the report.

“Whilst the group has been

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● Kinglake Rebuilding and Advisory Centre working through these ideas rebuild its Kinglake facilities there has not yet been suffi- on its former site in the Kingcient time for the group to for- lake National Parkon National mulate a sustainable commu- Park Rd. nity management model for the “The new facilities would RAC for consideration by not be ready for occupation Council. prior to Jane 30, 2019.” It has “Further, Parks Victoria sought a 12-month extension to has advised that it is likely to its current lease.

● Local emergency volunteersat Wilhelmina Falls.

■ Yea CFA volunteers were disptached to a were dispatched to a high angle rescue incident at Wilhelmina Falls.

They worked alongside Monbulk, Dandenong District 8 Rescue, Glenburn, Murrindindi CFA crews, Ambulance Victoria, Victoria Police and Victoria State Emergency Service Marysville Unit.

The unit said the rescue operation resulted in a very successful outcome.

Marysville push ■ Question about delays in works at Marysville were raised last month in State Parliament by Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish.

“Marysville residents and business owners want to know when Lady Talbot Drive and the beautiful beeches rainforest walk will be reopened,” said Ms McLeish.

“They want a clear time frame for its opening. The spectacular beeches rainforest walk is about 4 kilometres return.

“It features groves of ancient myrtle beech trees, many over 300 years old and covered with epiphytotic mosses and ferns.

“There is also a walk through enormous mountain ash trees to the Taggerty River.

These remarkable trees are one of the tallest species in the world, second only to the Californian redwood.

“The Marysville visitor information centre relies heavily on volunteers, who want to see their area prosper again.

“Their ambassadors are always being asked when these walks will be reopened. In addition, the natural beauty of the walks offer an insight into the area’s history.

“Minister, you know the town of Marysville, a very popular and beautiful destination, was all but destroyed in the Black Saturday fires.

“The community has been particularly resilient, but they really want to see the government get behind their recovery,” Ms McLeish said.

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● St Pat’s Race Club President, Leonard Sheahan, Frank Hargrave of Larkfield Pastoral, with Caitlan King and Cliff Murray, winning connections of the Cup winner, Lardner Lou. Photo: Alan Cole.

■ The large crowd, which attended the St Pats Races, was treated to an enjoyable day, says Club President Leonard Sheahan.

“There were good fields and the races were keenly contested,” said M r Sheahan.

“The course was ● Cr Jackie Ashe picture perfect with interest under the defithe green lawns, the nition within the Local shady trees and the Government Act. beautiful setting within ■ Murrindindi busithe hills of Yea providnessmen Mike Daling an ideal setting. mau (Murrindindi “There was a picInc), Andrew Emnic atmosphere bling (Goulburn amongst the crowd as RiverValleyTourism) they enjoyed day of and Gordon Simpson with Ash Long, Editor good racing.

(Alexandra and DisPrevious winner, Victoria’s best local reporter “As per last year trict Traders and the winner of the Tourism Association Most senior newsman in the local area.

Larkfield Estate St last week) spoke at the Now in his 49th year of local newspapers.

Pats Cup was Council meeting Lardner Lou, ridden “For the cause that lacks assistance, against plans to leave

by Caitlin King and ‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance GRVT. trained by Michelle For the future in the distance, Murray from Sale.

And the good that we can do” “It was a closely contested race with Phone: 5797 2656, 1800 231 311 Larner Lou winning Web: w ww.L ocalPaper.c om.au by a half-head from Email: editor@LocalP aper. com.au ■ Vicki Ward, Riley's Rocket.

Personal Web: www.Long.c om.au Eltham MLA, has “Other races were thanked Premier sponsored by Webb ful day, with good Bellman. The Coun- DanielAndrews thank Pastoral, Royal Mail fields, some close fin- cillors also recognised the Premier for Hotel, Reddrops ishes and a large Neil and Delice Gus- quickly giving $50,000 FoodWorks, Black crowd enjoying a day cott as recipients of the to Nillumbik Council Range Estate and Pep- at the St Pats Races,” Melvin Jones Award to kickstart the rebuild percorn Hotel. for 30 years of Lions of the Eltham North “Fifty guests en- Mr Sheahan said.

Adventure PlayClub service. joyed the fine dining in ground.

Yea High School the club house with “I also thank those captains were also local chefs Naomi who have helped bring due to have been Harry and Marilyn at last our community toMallia preparing and ■ Murrindindi Shire recognised gether: Rotary and week’s meeting. presenting a delicious Council halted its Eltham Men’s shed, luncheon. who have helped with usual procedures at its “The barbecue, ar- meeting to be held at barbecues; Bambi ranged and conducted the Alexandra chamMcLean, who helped by the Sacred Heart bers last week organise the original parents, was popular.

The Mayor and ■ Cr Jackie Ashe left playground; Eltham “People flocked to Councillors will sus- the Murrindindi District Historical buy the home made pend standing orders Council meeting last Society’s Jim Connor cakes, jams, chutneys to recognise the ap- week during discus- for the display; Isabel and the home grown pointment of the 2018 sion on regional tour- Nalato for setting up produce. the friend’s group; and school captains from ism partnerships.

“More than 80 chil- Alexandra SecondShe had concerns all the other commudren participated in the ary College. that there may be a nity members who Kelly Sports program The captains are public perception that have contributed their enjoying the games Harrison Walkerand she had an interest in thoughts and ideas on and variety of activi- Maya Linehan. Vice- the matter. how the new playties that they conduct. captains are Brayden This was not a de- ground should look “it was a success- Burchall ane Jess clared conflict of in- and feel.”

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● Two men had a lucky escape when their Fiat semi-trailer plunged from Higgins Bridge, Killingworth ■ Driver Ray Kleinert and passenger Daryl Martin were suspended, almost upsidedown, when the Fiat semi-trailer in which they were travelling, fell victim to the collapsing Higgins Bridge at Killingworth, 30 years ago.

They were carting a load of gravel when the open-load timber bridge collapsed. They had to scramble through the driver’s window, then down the side of the precariouslybalance up-turned truck, believed to weigh about 25 tonnes. There was no limit on the bridge which led to the McLeish and Tainton properties.

Shire employees had been instructed to say that the Yea Council accepted no responsibility for the incident. “Bridges are subject to inspection by the Council at regular intervals. Councils have a responsibility to declare unsafe bridges closed, or place load limits on bridges,” we reported in 1988.

Cricket apology ■ Yea cricket spectator Bruce Elliott said he had receivced an apology from the Homewood cricketer who threw a cricket ball at spectators, which then hit his new car.

The impact of the ball caused minor damage to Mr Elliott’s new Ford Falcon.

Wasp sightings ■ In 198, Yea Shire CEO Peter Mangan reported on a n increase in European Wasp sightings. Health Surveyor Terry Old was offering advice on the destruction of nests.

“The responsibility for control of wasps, as with other pests, rests with individual property owners or occupiers,” Mr Mangan said.

Apex raises $3141 ■ Yea Apex Club raised $3141 for the Sporting Globe-3DB-HSV7 Royal Children’s Hospital in 1988. Collections took place at the Whatton Pl. intersection with the Goulburn Valley Hwy. David and Lynne Allen’s Grand Central Hotel collected $101.83; Bob and Jean Newman’s Royal Mail Hotel had a tally of $91.50; Greg and Maggie Graham’s Country Club Hotel raised $58.82; Norah Connell’s Flowerdale Hotel collected $41.34; and Sullivan’s Railway Hotel had a tally of $9.64.

Haystack fire ■ Thousands of bales of hay were destroyed by fire at the Flowerdale Sprout Farm operated by Catherine and Charles Rattray in 1988.

A car was heard to back-fire about the time the fire started, according to locals.

Five units from Glenburn and Flowerdale CFA attended, as did Sen. Const. Ken Moore of Yea uniform police.

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Council Latest MoU renewed, says M’dindi Cl ■ Murrindindi Council has endorsed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Goulburn RiverValleyTourism for one year.

Murrindindi Shire Mayor Cr Charlie Bisset said Council recognises the partnership with GRVT and its support of our tourism businesses.

"Council has benefited from working together with the City of Greater Shepparton, Mitchell Shire and Strathbogie Shires, to strengthen our ability to attract visitors to our region," Cr Bisset said.

"There is a full program of events and activities ready to be delivered over the coming 18 months including the continued 'Heart of Victoria' campaign and these will deliver benefits for our tourism-related businesses.

"In the meantime, we are aware the State Government is reviewing its regional tourism arrangements as the current agreements generally conclude in 2019," she said.

"This gives us an opportunity to monitor and respond to any changes and also to engage with our own Shire's tourism and events community to get a better sense of what our own future needs will be."

Cr Bisset said Council is expecting a report in early 2019 for its consideration, which will provide the basis for a decision by Council about the best options for future tourism partnership arrangements for Murrindindi Shire tourism businesses beyond mid 2019.

"We can then build this into our Shire's long term tourism and marketing strategy," she said.

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Saleyards opening on Fri. ■ Murrindindi Shire Council's redeveloped Yea Saleyards will be officially opened on Friday (Mar. 9) at 9.15am.

Murrindindi Shire Mayor Cr Charlie Bisset said the $787,255 new and improved facility is expected to not only attract clients from across Victoria to buy and sell their livestock, but also create long-term social and economic benefits for the district.

"This upgrade has already delivered major benefits to its local districts and has ensured the Yea Saleyards' long-term future," said Cr Bisset.

"It has ensured these Saleyards retain their significance as a regional selling centre and has also provided flow-on benefits to our local community."

The Yea Saleyards' new features include: ■ 32 holding pens - accommodating an additional 640 head of cattle ■ scales and scale house and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) scanner ■ fixed B-Double loading ramp and forcing pen ■ a roof to cover the new holding pens and the enlarged existing hospital pen ■ lighting has also been installed under the new roof.

Cr Bisset said this investment in the Saleyards with the added infrastructure and services would also lift their profile which would see them becoming a competitive option for the industry in North-East Victoria.

"These improvements are enabling us to provide a local and regional option for our district's farming communities by reducing their transport costs and their animals' time spent on trucks," Cr Bisset said.

"Along with the Saleyards' increased capacity, the introduction of the combined weighing and scanning process has also provided local training and employment opportunities with 14 casual and part time workers engaged from the district.

$787,255 investment in improved facilities "Twenty workers were also employed during the Saleyards' construction phase," she said.

"The addition of new holding pens means cattle can be held for longer periods, both pre and post sale, freeing up our formal selling pens.

"The scales and scale house are now a key draw card for both vendors and buyers, adding to the existing advantages of selling and buying through the Saleyards.

"Our fixed B-Double loading ramp was built in response to the increasing use of B-Double trucks now transporting cattle and will reduce potential injury risks associated with loading two decks of cattle."

Cr Bisset said there were also the less tangible but no less important positive effects associated with the Saleyards - the social benefit they bring to our farmers.

"With increasing social isolation in rural communities, our Saleyards remain an important community tradition where local and regional farmers can connect with like-minded people," she said.

"Their upgrade has consolidated the Saleyards' unofficial role as a place for our farmers to gather, "chew the fat" and build their social networks.

"Council appreciates the support shown by the Federal Government through the National Stronger Regions Program for this important work and acknowledges the input of the Committee of Management which has been instrumental in the development of the upgrade plans," Cr Bisset said.

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■ Murrindindi Shire Council is taking what is says is a more focused approach to the environment and sustainability and will be forming closer ties with the community in this process.

During last week's meeting in Alexandra, Council resolved to form two new advisory panels.

Council also resolved to establish an annual public forum to report on its delivery on the environmental commitments in the Council Plan 2017-2021 and engage with the community on our priorities in delivering on the plan.

Council's Natural Environment and Climate Change Portfolio Councillor Rebecca Bowles said while the Murrindindi EnvironmentAdvisory Committeehad served Council well since it was formed in 2007, it was time to consider how to best focus advice on delivering the environmental commitments in the Council Plan.

As a result the terms of reference and membership of MEAC has not been renewed.

"MEAC has been integral to the development of our Roadside Management Plan and Code of Practice, as well as the Roadside weed pest and animal Control Plan," Cr Bowles said.

"On Council's behalf I'd like to recognise and thank our MEAC members for their time and the excellent advice they've provided as volunteers over the years. They've allowed us to tap into their knowledge and expertise over this time and we greatly appreciate it. “"The changes we are making reflect a change in focus to ensure we not only protect our environment, but also continue to improve the Shire's sustainability, as we believe these go hand-in-hand. Therefore, we'll be setting up two expert panels to advise us on our natural resource management and our renewable energy initiatives.”

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■ Yan Yean MLA Danielle Green has asked in State Parliament about local football facilities.

“My constituency question is to the Minister for Sport,” Ms Green said in the Legislative Assembly.

“I ask: what support is the Andrews Government providing to women’s sport in the Shire of Nillumbik, and what opportunities exist for the Hurstbridge Football Netball Club to attract planning and construction funding for female-friendly change rooms?

“The participation of women and girls is growing rapidly across Nillumbik, so more facilities are desperately needed at venues such as the Hurstbridge Football Netball Club.

“I will continue to work to attract financial support from local government and the Victorian government, but if the minister could clarify this for the club that would be great,” Ms Green said.

Tech. school

■ Vicki Ward, Eltham MLA, used last month’s State Parliament session to ask a ‘Dorothy Dix’ question: “My constituency question is to the Minister for Education. There is excitement across my electorate over the current build of the Banyule Nillumbik tech school at Melbourne Polytechnic’s Greensborough campus, a TAFE campus reopened by this government last year.

“The tech school will give secondary school students in my electorate — in fact across the north-east — a unique, world-class facility which will give access to innovative, high-tech learning resources offering exciting challenges and pathway opportunities for jobs of the future.

“Minister, how many Eltham electorate students will stand to benefit from this educational opportunity provided by the Andrews Labor government?” Ms Ward asked.

Fire remembrance

■ Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish attended a commemorative service at Panton Hill to mark 35 years since the Ash Wednesday fires.

“Importantly this marked 35 years since the tragic loss of five members of the Panton Hill brigade,” Ms McLeish told the Legislative Assembly.

“Joining the service were representatives of the Narre Warren brigade, which also lost six members in the devastating Upper Beaconsfield fire.

“We remember from the Panton Hill Country Fire Authority Maurice Atkinson, Stuart Duff, Neville Jeffrey, Bill Marsden and Peter Singleton.

“The touching service was held at the firefighters memorial park established in honour of those members by their colleagues, friends and families.

“Time moves on, our pain tends to dull a little, but it is always there, and memories remain etched in detail as evidenced by Neil Marshall’s words at the service.

“This serves as a reminder that the role of a CFA volunteer and indeed any emergency service volunteer can be perilous.

“We take it for granted that our volunteers will return home safely. When our volunteer firefighters are out defending life and property, they need to know that their government and their community have their back.

“The Andrews Labor government and the United Firefighters Union’s continuing attacks on volunteer firefighters are not only demoralising, they are simply dangerous.

“Volunteers are critical to Victoria’s surge capacity during major bushfires.

“Without our volunteers, areas prone to major bushfires will be placed in even greater harm’s way.

“In rural communities, we respect our CFA volunteers.

“The Andrews Labor government should do the same.

“CFA volunteers can be assured that I will always have their back,” Ms McLeish told the Legislative Assembly.

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Tourism partnership faced axe by Dindi Cl ■ Murrindindi Shire Council last week considered leaving the Goulburn River Valley Tourism organisation from June 30.

Councillors were asked not to renew the Memorandum of Understanding with the tourism organisation.

Instead they agreed to continue their association for a further 12 months, as long as all other Councils continued their membership.

The report suggested Council officers should prepare a report recommending future regional touism partnership agreements.

Council entered into the GRVT agreement in 2011. The region covers other municipalities including Mitchell, Strathbogie and Greater Shepparton.

GRVT provides collective marketing and other services.Over the years significant resources have been produced through the organisation to support tourism in Murrindindi.

GRVT does not receive funds from Visit Victoria. It relies on the councils for much funding.

It has promoted under under the ‘Heart of Victoria’ banner, and has advertised nature based tourism, snow and cy-

■ Murrindindi Shire Council is awaiting final quotations for renewal works at the Thornton Recreation Reserve Football Pavilion.

Quotations are also being sought for floor coverings and toilet renewal at the Eildon Visitor Information Centre.

Works have been completed at the Alexandra Visitor Information Centre.

Yea Rec. works

■ Murrindindi Council says renewal works at Yea Recreation Reserve commenced this month, and are expected to continue in March.

Grant approved

■ An application for a grant for the renewal of Yea Playground in Station St has been successful, says a report to Council.

It is unlikely that the works will commence this financial year.

At Alex. landfill

● Regions of the Goulburn River Valley Tourism cling, food and wine, cultural indicates Murrindindi Shire heritage, equestrian and major as being part of the Yarra Valevents. ley and Dandenong Ranges Discussions have already region. been held with other tourism Murrindindi’s memberorganisations. ship of Goulburn River Valley Many website enquiries for Tourism would be $39,937 in Murrindindi Shire have his- 2018-19. torically been directed to Yarra Council would need to conRanges Tourism, said the re- tribute to tourism campaigns port. and other work in excess of “The Visit Victoria website this, elsewhere.

Shire loss likely to be $2.09 mil.

■ Murrindindi Shire Council’s operating deficit for the 2017-18 year is predicted to be $2.09 million, instead of the original estimate of $2.66 million.

A report to the Council meeting last week said the operating deficit results from a Victorian Grants Commission payment of $2.22 million was unexpectedly received in the last week of June 2017, and not in the 2017-18 year.

“Several other grant funded projects either advanced or not completed at year-end improved the overall June 30, 2017, operating result and increased the levels of cash held

by Council,” says the report.

“These project budgets will be expended during 2017-18.”

The report says Council’s decision not to borrow an additional $500,000 in 2017-18, contributed to a revised balance as at June 30, 2018, in interest bearing borrowings of $986,865.

Council’s revised budget forecasteda total 2017-18 revenue of $32,588,056, against total expenses of $34,346,689.

A progress report of Council’s infrastructure capital works notes that rehabilitation works had been completed on Breakaway Rd, Acheron,

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and Limestone Rd, Limestone.

Other resealing works were to start after this month’s Herald Sun tour.

Other road projects included Wattle and Pendlebury Sts in Alexandra; design currently underway at Aitken Cres., Kinglake and Extons Rd, Kinglake; and shoulder resheeting.

Quotations have been received and being evaluated for road safety audits.

Gravel road re-sheeting works are currently underway for: ■ Blackwood Lane, Taggerty, ■ Buxton Rise, Buxton, ■ Hill Avenue, Marysville, ■ McLean St, Marysville, ■ Tarnpirr Rd, Narbethong, ■ C.J. Dennis Rd, Toolangi, ■ Cherrys Lane, Toolangi, ■ Dickens St, Narbethong,

■ Halls Rd, Pheasant Creek.

A report to Council said the bridges program contract works has been completed.

Painting works on the Acheron Bridge will be undertaken in March.

A guard rail on Frees Bridge is still to be completed.

Path programs have been due to commence this month.

Quotations for kerb and channel program have been received and are currently being evaluated.

The report says that works at the Eildon Alliance Boat Ramp had been completed by Goulburn-Murray Water, and Council funding was no longer required.

Drainage works at the Kinglake Memorial Reserve had been awarded and “about to proceed”.

Consultation was underway for the traffic management at Yea Pioneer Reserve.

Demolition works at 13 Webster St, Alexandra, had been completed.

A grant application has been made for hard courts resurfacing at the Alexandra Lawn Tennis Club. The application has been successful.

Works had been completed at the Marysville Kindergarten and Yea Pioneer Hall.

■ Installation of monitoring bores is proceeding at the Alexandra landfill, said a report to last week’smeeting of Murrindindi Council.

“Shiping containers and roof (have been) installed at Alexandra, and shelving at the Yea Resource Recovery Centres for the tip shops.

“Capping design for Alexandra landfill is currently out for quotation,” says the report.

Estimates coming

■ Final quotations are being awaited for an upgrade and road/drainage at Marysville Caravan Park, says a report to Murrindindi Shire Council.

Building program

■ Works have been completed on the airconditioning system at the Shire offices at Alexandra offices, a Council report confirms.

Carpet laying was finished at the Alexandra Library.

Carpet renewal at the Kinglake Office and Library is due to take place this week.

A suitable time is being sought for carpet renewal at the Yea Office and Library, possibly in April.

Windows soon

■ Window furnishings at Alexandra Shire Hall are expected to commence in March, says a report prepared for Councillors.

Quotes are being finalised in the coming month for lights and curtains in the Alexandra Chambers meeting room.

Office renovation works at Alexandra have been put “on hold to allow further consideration of the best use options including the overall Perkins St precinct”.

Works postponed

■ Restoration works at Yea Shire Hall have been postponed to 2018-19, said a report to last week’s Council meeting.

Grant funding outcomes are being awaited.

Prime mover

■ A generator is being installed in the new prime mover used by the Murrindindi Shire mobile library. Generators have already been installed at the Shire’s permanent library sites.

Bus shelter

■ Building of a bus shelter on KinglakeWhittlesea Rd, Kinglake, will commence as soon as delayed works on a sub-station are completed.

Special scheme

■ If a special scheme scheme for Snodgrass St, Yea, is declared, works will commence in the next financial year, said a report to last week’s meeting of Murrindindi Council.

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$90,000 for Station Street ■ VicRoads is to contribute $90,000 for improvements to kerb and channel in Station St, Yea.

Shot pistol

● Cr Leigh Dunscombe ■ Kinglake Councillor Leigh Dunscombe told last week’s meeting that he had participated in the Herald Sun tour last month.

“I am chuffed to to be able to say that at myu age I actually started and finished an international bike race,” Cr Dunscombe said.

“It’s porbably not necessary for me to point out that I shot the starter’s pistol and waved the chequered flag.”

Desert Ash removed

● Cr Bec Bowles ■ Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority has completed the Desert Ash Removal program along a three-kilometre riparian zone at Hughes Creek, Cr Bec Bowles told last week’s meeting of Murrindindi Council.

In her role as the Councillor handling the Natural Environment and Climate Change portfolio, Cr Bowles said that the Arthur Rylah Institute of Environment Research concluded fish surveys at the Yea Angling Clubwith Macquarie Perch, Yellow Belly and Red Fin recorded. The Carp faced disposal.

Cr Bowles says the Council has written to State Government Minister Lily D’Ambrosio, seeking restoration of funding for the Good Neighbourhood funding program.

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Special mention this month

■ Former Murrindindi Councillor Chris Healy is due to face a ‘special mention’ at Shepparton Magistrates’ Court this month.

The ex-Eildon Ward Councillor is due to face Court on Tuesday, March 27, in regard to five charges brought by the Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate.

Mr Healy faces the charges related to alleged occurrences of misuse of position.

The Inspectorate is the integrity agency for local government in Victoria, and completed the investigation regarding Mr Healy.

The Inspectorate alleges that as a former councillor, on five separate occasions, Mr Healy attempted to gain an advantage by making improper use of information acquired while a councillor in written or oral submissions regarding Murrindindi Shire’s proposed rating strategy.

The Inspectorate began its inves

● Chris Healy

tigation in March 2015. This investigation took a considerable time to complete due to the complex analysis of documents and the prioritisation of investigations into election offences in 2016. The Inspectorate has filed the charges in relation to alleged misuse of position under the Local Government Act 1989.

Misuse of position carries a serious penalty under the Act of 600 penalty units ($93,276) or up to five years imprisonment or both. The Sentencing Act 1991 gives a magistrate discretion to reduce any penalty imposed on the accused.

Chief Municipal Inspector David Wolf said: “This matter reflects the expectations and responsibilities of a councillor when privy to information received only as a result of holding the office of councillor. As the matter is now before the courts, the Inspectorate cannot provide any further comment.”

‘Look out for yourself’

■ Murrindindi Shire Deputy Mayor Cr Sandice McAulay said there was a clear message from the attendees of the local senior citizens aged 90 and over, at the Alexandra Shire Hall.

“I was honoured to attend the scrumptious high tea at the Alexandra Hall held to recognise the amazing people in our community who are over 90 years old, otherwise known as nonagenarians,” Cr McAulay told last week’s Council meeting.

“I talked to amazing people who were both inspirational and had so much wisdom as well as humour to impart.

“Their consistent message to ensure a long life was of look out for yourself and keep positive.

“It was wonderful to be able to recognise many for their contribution over decades to our community,” Cr McAulay said.

Mid-March for first game

● Cr Sandice McAulay

■ Cr S andice McAulay and Cr Jackie Ashe attended the first training of the “first all female footy team in Murrindindi Shire”.

The team is based at the Thornton Eildon Football Club, Cr McAulay told last week’s Murrindindi Council meeting.

“I look forward to attending their first game that I believe is to be held mid March.

“I am particularly impressed given that a number of years ago the Club had completely folded and was only reactivated a couple of years ago,” the Deputy Mayor told Council.

Neville’s 90th birthday

■ Prominent community leader Neville Emerson celebrated his 90th birthday this week.

A special function was held at the Heidelberg Golf Course, Lower Plenty, on Sunday (Mar. 4) to mark the occasion.

Neville is still active in business, and heads Emerson National Property, which specialises in strate property management.

He was active in the formation of Eltham College, the Rotary Club of Eltham, the Salvation Army and a number of other community organisations.

Neville headed a retail estate group in the Diamond Valley and beyond in the 1960s and 1970s, after starting his professional career with Caltex, after beginning his business career as a baker in the inner suburbs.

● Neville Emerson

Neville Emerson has also been active as a Freemason for decades, and is a Past Master, and currently a member of Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge.

The State’s Grand Master, Don Reynolds, is due to announce a special honour this month for Neville Emerson: he is to be named as a Past Grand Standard Bearer, in recognition for his work, including charitable projects.

Neville Emerson has been active in the organisation of scholarship funds for needy students at local schools.

Local Paper Editor Ash Long was invited to speak at the Sunday surprise gathering, and paid tribute to Mr Emerson’s energy and verve, and his commitment to helping other people in the community.

Praise for new owner ■ Murrindindi Mayor Cr Charlie Bisset has praised Peter Scott, the new owner of the Alexandra Tourist Park on Maroondah Hwy, after being invited to a barebcue and tour.

“It is great opportunity to meet and see passionate business owners who have the best interest of their customers at hand.

“Peter has a great vision for the park from infrastructure to rebranding.

“This will ultimately have a positive impact to the local community, tourism and economy,” Cr Bisset said.

$176,000 for truck park

■ Local firm, Keath’s Excavations Pty Ltd, has been granted the $176,533 contract to provide a truck parking area at the Yea Regional Saleyards.

Murrindindi Councillors, after meeting in a closed session last Wednesday, agreed to sign and seal the contract.

In another contract, Quality Roads Pty Ltd has won the $385,558 contract for road safety improvements on the Eildon Jamieson Rd. The Council’s planning services will be provided by a panel including these companies: ■ Cathkin Vale Pty Ltd, ■ Currie Brown (Australia) Pty Ltd ■ Mountain Planning ■ PLC Consulting Pty Ltd, and ■ SED Regional Advisory.

Yea Tigers Footy Briefs

■ Nikki Watts was selected to play for the Murray Bushrangers under 18s team against the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup last Sunday.

■ Yea has entered its inaugural girls team in the under 16s of the Eastern Region Girls Football League (a collaboration between AFL Yarra Ranges and the Eastern Football League).

■ Yea footballers had their first hit out for 2018 on Saturday with a practice match against Greta at Tatong. Tatong hosted a barbecue and drinks after the game, with the bus making a quick stop at Bonnie Doon on its return.

Aron signs on

■ Kinglake Football Netball Club has signed Aron Burns, a former Hepburn Springs player, having won the premiership.. He is an exNFL Div 1 premiership player in Heidelberg’s undefeated 2009 team.

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Yea artworks head to Melb.

Meeting at Flowerdale

■ Flowerdale and district residents azre urged to be at the CFA shed for a 7:00 pm start this Friday for a public forum.

"This gathering will be a unique opportunity for Flowerdale,” said Cr Eric Lording.

“Shire CEO Craig Lloyd, and Infrastructure Manager Stuart McConnell, are keen to continue listening to the visions and needs of locals in my King Parrot Ward.

“State MP Cindy McLeish and Federal MP Cathy McGowan will also participate.

“Focus of the evening will be ‘working together respectfully to achieve positive outcomes for the Flowerdale district’.

“Whether you wish to speak from the floor or chat more informally over a cuppa and supper, make attending this gathering one of your priorities for 2018. “our voice makes a difference.

Some of the items already flagged by locals include improved rubbish collection, speed limits on residential roads, lighting at public venues, access for all (disability access), public building maintenance and renovations, support for the local school and the 2009 fire public memorial,” Cr Lording said.

“When speaking to a born and bred local recently, the comment was made " anything good for Flowerdale we always had to fight for, and often felt forgotten - I'll be attending to see what we can achieve.”

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● Jack Harrison and Ivy Leatham

Police act at Marysville

■ Marysville Police are investigating an alleged group of dodgy tradesmen scamming residents.

Police believe a group of travelling English conmen are targeting residents north-east of Melbourne, including Marysville, Yea, Buxton and surrounding country areas.

It is believed they have hired trucks and cars and are door knocking areas, asking people if they need their drive-ways surfaced or re-surfaced.

Once the victim has committed to having the work done, they demand cash and do not return.

Investigators are keen to speak to anyone in the area that may have been approached by this group.

It is believed the men are aged in their 20s or 30s and all have English northern and southern accents.

● Lila McKay, Liam Williams and Cooper Holdsworth-Rose

■ There was great excitement at Sacred Heart Primary School Yea as the framed artwork of five students was unveiled.

This was after being delivered to the school

by Peter Euston from Yea Custom Picture Framing.

After taking some photos of students proudly displaying their work, the works were packed and are awaiting courier delivery to be exhibited in Melbourne.

Each year as part of Catholic Education Week, a Visual Arts Exhibition is held at the Catholic Leadership Centre in East Melbourne.

All schools in the Archdiocese of Melbourne are invited to submit up to five artworks to be considered by the curators to be included in the exhibition.

Visual Arts teacher, Suzanne Brown, said that she felt 'over the moon' upon reading the email announcing that all five artworks had been successfully chosen for inclusion.

“I am so proud of the way the students apply themselves to their work and embrace whatever challenge I present to them. There are 400 artworks in this exhibition, so it is such an honour for students from a small, country town to be represented,”said Mrs Brown.

The student work was completed last year

by Year Six students Liam Williams and Jack Harrison, Cooper Holdsworth-Rose in Year Five, Lila McKay in Year Two and Foundation student Ivy Leatham.

To coincide with the centenary of Sidney Nolan's birth, students in Years Five and Six studied Nolan's series of Ned Kelly paintings and created their own interpretation through a mixed media artwork.

Liam, Jack and Cooper's work all show unique interpretations of Ned Kelly's life and the Australian bush.

As 2017 was the Year of the Rooster, students in Years Two and Three learned about Pablo Picasso's style to create his 'Roaster' artwork and then created their own rooster picture using chalk and oil pastels.

Lila's rooster is colourful and artistically decorated, showing intricate detail of the bird's features.

In celebration of the Van Gogh exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, Foundation students created a smudge painting to create an iris just like Van Gogh's field of irises.

They then completed the picture using oil pastels for the leaves. Ivy's iris stands tall and proud and is a beautiful example of her understanding of the shape and shading of the leaves of an iris.

This is the third time that student artwork from Sacred Heart has been chosen for exhibition in Melbourne.

Sacred Heart Principal, Judy Degenhardt, commented that this reflected the calibre of the teaching and curriculum that Sacred Heart was able to offer, and that she was proud of the students' achievements.

The exhibition is open to the public between Tuesday (Mar. 13) and Saturday (Mar. 17) during Catholic Education Week 2018.

This year's theme is 'Open New Horizons for Spreading Joy.'And Sacred Heart Primary School in Yea is certainly doing that.

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‘Come fly with me’ across the sea ■ Hi everyone, from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

WeHo team in Australia ■ Everyyear around this time, Alan Johnson, Managing Director, Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, hosts a delegation from West Hollywood travelling Down Under.

The delegates include former Mayors of the City, Councilmen and women, City leaders and travel industry executives.

Purpose of the exercise is to educate stakeholders about the wonder and beauty of Australia and also to talk with Australian travel executives about the benefits of landing in West Hollywood.

Cancer link to processing ■ We hate to spoil your breakfast, but a groundbreaking new study by French scientists has linked processed foods such as cereals, mass-produced bread, and bacon to an increased chance of getting cancer.

The study, published by the British Medical Journal, suggests that the more "ultra-processed foods" ones made in factories with lots of added preservatives and flavourings a person consumes, the higher the risk of them developing certain types of cancer.

The risky foods also include chicken nuggets, chocolate bars, and sodas, so basically all of the most delicious things in the world.

The team of scientists studied the medical records and eating habits of nearly 105,000 people for the project and said, while further study is needed and they didn't want to be alarmist, the results were "consistent and quite compelling".

● Alan Johnson

■ Snowboarding legend Shaun White set the stage for a triumphant Olympic comeback, taking first place in the second qualifying run for the Men's half pipe event.

After falling behind Australia's Scotty James and Japan's Ayumu Hiranoin the first qualifying run, White, 31, pulled out all the stops to win, with a near-perfect score of 98.5 in the second round. James took second place with 96.75, and Hirano fell into third with 95.25.

White, who gained fame as the Olympic half pipe winner in 2006 and 2010, suffered a setback in 2014 and came in fourth place.

With fans eager for a comeback, his journey to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics was almost derailed in October, when he suffered a brutal training injury that left him requiring 62 stitches in his face.

Ahead of the Games, however, he told reporters he'd come to terms with his loss in Sochi and come back "stronger than ever."

Amy ties the knot ■ Amy Schumer is a married woman. The Trainwreck star secretly tied the knot with chef boyfriend Chris Fischer.

Their surprise ceremony came shortly after Schumer, 36, made her relationship Instagram official, posting a PDAfilled picture from Ellen DeGeneres' 60th birthday party.

According to The Blast, Schumer and Fischer rented a private home in Malibu to say their vows in front of about 80 people, including Larry David, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Aniston and David Spade.

Westminister champion ■ Flynn, the bichon frise, was crowned as America's top dog at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York.

The five-year-old pooch beat out six other finalists to win Best in Show, apparently impressing judges with his powder-puff fur and light-footed prance.

"It feels a little unreal," Flynn's handler, Bill McFadden, said after the event. "I came in expecting nothing and just hoping for a good performance and I think I got it," he said.

A total of 2 882 entries competed in the 142nd Westminster event, with 202 breeds and varieties.

Flynn competed against six other finalists, including Biggie the pug; Bean the Sussex spaniel, Slick the Border collie, Winston the Norfolk terrier, Lucy the borzoi, and Ty the giant schnauzer, who was the runner-up.

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Netflix lures top producer

North and South: ‘Momentum

■ Netflix has lured producer Ryan Murphy away from 21st Century Fox with a five-year deal reportedly worth as much as $300 million, one of the biggest deals ever for a TV producer.

Murphy, whose hits like Glee and American Horror Story attracted huge ratings, is due to move to Netflix in July, after his contract with Fox expires.

Fox executives reportedly sought to keep him around, and he was viewed as a potential boost for Walt Disney Co. once the studio takes over most of Fox's assets.

"This history of this moment is not lost on me," Murphy said in a statement.

"I am a gay kid from Indiana who moved to Hollywood in 1989 with $55 in savings in my pocket, so the fact that my dreams have crystallised and come true in such a major way is emotional and overwhelming to me."

■ Kim Jong Un has welcomed his sister home from the Winter Olympics, praising South Korea for its "impressive" and "sincere" hosting of the Games.

The North Korean leader's sister, Kim Yo Jong, led a delegation of officials whose attendance in Pyeongchang has been seen by many as a warming of relations after decades of hostility against each other since the Korean War in the 1950s.

North Korean state media quoted Kim Jong Un remarking on his "satisfaction" with the visit and "expressing thanks" to the South Korean hosts.

He went on: "It is important to continue making good results by further livening up the warm climate of reconciliation and dialogue created by the strong desire and common will of the North and the South with the Winter Olympics as a momentum."

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Last curtain for stars ■ Vic Damone, the post war crooner whose intimate, rhapsodic voice captivated bobby soxers, middle-age dreamers and silver-haired romantics in a five-decade medley of America's love songs and popular standards, died last week in Miami Beach. He was 89.

Ed Henry, a family friend, said the cause was complications of respiratory failure.

■ Marty Allen, the bug-eyed comic who formed one half of the hit comedic duo Allen & Rossi, died last week in Las Vegas at age 95.

The Associated Press confirmed the news via his spokeswoman Candi Cazau, who said that he died from complications from pneumonia with his performing partner of 30 years and wife Karon Kate Blackwell at his side.

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Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs FILM: HOME AGAIN: Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance.

Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Michael Sheen, Lake Bell, Candice Bergen.

Year: 2017.

Rating: M. Length: 97 Minutes.

Stars: **½ Verdict: Recently separated from her husband (Michael Sheen), Alice (Reese Witherspoon) decides to start over by moving back to her hometown of Los Angeles with her two young daughters.

During a night out on her 40th birthday, Alice meets three aspiring filmmakers who happen to be in need of a place to live, so Alice agrees to let the guys stay in her guest house temporarily, but the arrangement ends up unfolding in unexpected ways. Alice's unlikely new family and new romance comes to a crashing halt when her ex-husband shows up, suitcase in hand.

Amiable but not altogether fulfilling formulaic rom-com-drama remains fairly pedestrian throughout, and though it may raise a mild smile from time-to-time it never really lists to anything totally satisfying or memorable.

Nonetheless, there are sprinkles of hope due to Reese Witherspoon's briskness, radiance and charm, though not in the league of some of her more recent efforts including the award winning "Wild" (2014) and the multi-award-winning "Big Little Lies," but the real coup is having screen veteran Candice Bergen as her mother.

A midlife crisis comedy short on comedy and crisis, there is enough here to fill in a couple of hours on hot or rainy afternoon while the kiddies play with their toys or cooking dinner, or both.

FILM: THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM: Genre: Mystery/Horror/Thriller.

Cast: Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Eddie Marsan.

Year: 2016.

Rating: MA15+.

Length: 109 Minutes.

Stars: *** Summary: In Victorian Era London a series of murders by a "Jack The Ripper" style serial killer has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a creature from dark times, the mythical so-called Golem, must be responsible as Detective Inspector John Kildare closes in.

The dark, brooding and seamy side of Victorian Era London are all captured well in this effectively made mystery-horror-thriller, with superb production, set, costume design and period detail.

Bill Nighy, stepping in for the late Alan Rickman who passed away shortly before filming began, is the standout as the Detective Inspector on the case and on the chase as the body count rises and puzzle thickens, along with Olivia Cooke in a richly captivating performance as music-hall star Elizabeth Cree and Eddie Marsan as the music-hall owner, Uncle.

Written for the Screen by Jane Goldman (The Woman in Black, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class), even though the frights are light, theatrics high, the plot and pacing sketchy, this is nonetheless, a delightfully morbid, quirky and devilishly lurid nightmare who-done-it tale.

FILM: GEOSTORM: Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller.

Cast: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Mare Winningham, Ed Harris, Andy Garcia.

Year: 2017.

Rating: M. Length: 109 Minutes.

Stars: **½ Summary: A catastrophic climate change endangers Earth's survival and world governments unite and create geo-engineering technologies designed to stave off the natural disasters, but after two years, something is starting to go wrong, and two brothers are tasked with solving the program's malfunction before a world-wide Geostorm can engulf the planet.

"Independence Day" (1996), "Godzilla" (1998), "Eight Legged Freaks" (2002) and "Independence Day: Resurgence" (2016) producer, and Roland Emmerich collaborator, Dean Devlin makes his feature directorial debut this (yet another) disaster pot-boiler, and the results are big, dumb beyond words, and ultimately catastrophic.

Among the madness and mayhem of earth crumbling around us there are plenty of yelling and explosions, buildings falling down, running, jumping, more yelling, cities crumbling, punching, shotouts, more yelling, car chases, and oh yes, bad weather, and a 14 year old daughter who just knows that daddy is going to save us all and is coming because he said so.

Filled with cliché and more pot-holes than on the moon, especially when designer Gerard Butler tries to open a door in space, only to be told it's the wrong door, and as millions die the pooch has to be reunited with its boy owner, this is glued together by plot points from so many movies it's difficult to keep up, most notably "Our Man Flint" (1966) and "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), among many others.

Nonetheless, with spectacular special effects and cheesy dialogue, here is a "guilty pleasure" waiting in the wings as earth faces another catastrophe, and it right here, entertaining for all the wrong reasons, and there plenty of those around, we've all enjoyed.

One more thing reliable than death, taxes and bad weather are bad movies, and with that in mind, this is as close as it gets.

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FEBRUARY 25-MARCH 3: THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE TOP TEN: 1. BLACK PANTHER. 2. FIFTY SHADES FREED. 3. LADY BIRD. 4. THE GREATEST SHOWMAN. 5. I, TONYA. 6. INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY. 7. JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE. 8. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI. 9. DARKEST HOUR. 10. DEN OF THIEVES. NEW RELEASES AND COMING SOON TO CINEMAS AROUND AUSTRALIA: FEBRUARY 22: 2:22, A FANTASTIC WOMAN, ERIC CLAPTON: LIFE IN 12 BARS, FINDING YOUR FEET, GAME NIGHT, THE BBQ, WINCHESTER. MARCH 1: FILM STARS DON'T DIE IN LIVERPOOL, GOLDEN SLUMBER, JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE - CHAPTER 1, RED SPARROW, THE SQUARE.

● Chris Hemsworth stars in 12 Strong While not up there with his best, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is still ■ (MA). 130 minutes. Opens in lively, colourful fun, filled with eccinemas on March 8. centric characters and strange, What can be neatly described as sometimes indescribable incidents.

Top Gun meets The Magnificent Josuke (Kento Yamazaki), also Seven, 12 Strong sees producer known as JoJo, is a high school stuJerry Bruckheimer return to his dent with special powers, and unshrewd, 80's-style jingoistic roots, sure of where they originated until and while young male audiences he meets Jotaro (Yusuke Iseya). may lap all this up, older movieInadvertently teaming up with goers wanting a more thoughtful new student Koichi (Ryunosuke examination of America's initial Kamiki), the understandably coninvolvement in Afghanistan after fused JoJo must figure out why his the tragic events on 9/11, will be small town is suddenly inundated sorely disappointed. with chaotic behaviour, and who is Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth causing it. stars as Captain Mitch Nelson, Miike (Blade Of The Immortal) who along with 11 other soldiers, inventively brings all this mangamust team up with Uzbek warlord adapted madness to life, but in an General Dostum (Navid attempt to cram as much of the Negahban) and his small army, to source material into one film as enter Afghan territory and defeat possible, some of the narrative and well-armed Taliban fighters. secondary characters are overDue to the type of terrain they whelmed by the entertainingly have to cross, these wary allies elaborate craziness. have to accomplish it on horse, and RATING - *** all within a three week timeframe.

There is an absorbing, insightful movie to be made about what is quite an incredible mission, but 12 Strong isn't it.

Simplistic in its writing, filled ■ (MA). 108 minutes. Now showwith one-note characters, and over- ing in selected cinemas.

More successful as a straightseen by a director who emphasises explosions and one-liners over gritty forward thriller than an in-depth exrealism, this oddly retro tone makes amination of friendship, nostalgia the whole project feel uncomfort- and trust, this remake of the excelably out-of-step with other modern lent 2010 Japanese film of the same name is exciting enough, but trunwar movies.

Hemsworth is better than the cates the smaller details a little too material given to him, while much, never allowing the audience Michael Shannon (The Shape Of to fully connect with its terrified, Water) looks lost among the conflicted characters.

Gun-woo (Gang Dong-won) is Michael Dudikoff-inspired shean honest, hard-working courier nanigans. who sees his life turned upside RATING - ** down when he is accused of assassinating a prominent presidential candidate. Forced to go on the run, Gun-woo doesn't know who to trust, and as the media quickly present ■ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure : Dia- him as the number one suspect, he mond Is Unbreakable - Chapter 1 must find out who set him up be(MA). 119 minutes. Now showing fore those very people see him siin selected cinemas. lenced for good. Golden Slumber With a body of work that in- is certainly entertaining, but the cludes just over one hundred mov- numerous changes made diminies, it is nice to see some of inde- ishes its overall effectiveness as fatigableTakashi Miike's films fi- both a paranoia thriller and affectnally start to garner theatrical re- ing human drama. leases in this country.

RATING - ***

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THE DVD AND BLU-RAY TOP RENTALS & SALES: 1. GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN [Biography/Drama/Domhall Gleeson, Margot Robbie].

2. DETROIT [Crime/Drama/Thriller/John Boyega, Will Poulter, Anthony Mackie].

3. BAD MOMS 2 [Comedy/Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn].

4 BELOW [Biography/Adventure/Drama/Kale Culley, Sarah Dumont, Josh Hartnett].

5. SUBURBICON [Comedy/Mystery/Drama/ Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac].

6. SHOT CALLER [Crime/drama/Thriller/ Nikolai Coster-Waldau, Jon Bernthal].

7. BLADE RUNNER 2049 [Sci-Fi/Mystery/ Drama/Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright].

8. THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC [Comedy/ Fantasy/Drama/Jessica Brown Findlay].

9. BRAD'S STATUS [Comedy/Drama/Ben Stiller, Michael Sheen, Austin Abrams, Jenna Fischer].

Also: DUNKIRK, BATTLE OF THE SEXES, MOTHER!, GEOSTORM, BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99, HOME AGAIN, TOMMY'S HONOUR, THE SNOWMAN, ANOTHER MOTHER'S SON, JIGSAW. NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS ON DVD THIS WEEK: DADDY'S HOME 2 [Comedy/Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, Mel Gibson, John Lithgow].

TULIP FEVER [Drama/Romance/Alicia Vikander, Christoph Waltz, Judi Dench].

WONDER [Family/Drama/Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson].

PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN [Drama/Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall].

NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS ON BLU-RAY THIS WEEK: DADDY'S HOME 2 [Comedy/Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, Mel Gibson, John Lithgow].

WONDER [Family/Drama/Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson].

NEW & RE-RELEASE CLASSIC MOVIES ON DVD HIGHLIGHTS: None Listed for This Week.

NEW RELEASE TELEVISION, DOCUMENTARY AND MUSIC DVD HIGHLIGHTS: THE STRAIN: Season 3.

THE AMERICANS: Season 4.

THE SINNER: Season 1.

- James Sherlock

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■ For those who remember radio station 3DB in the 1950s, and the beginning of GTV Channel 9 in Melbourne ,you may recall Geoff Corke.

Geoff Corke was born in Melbourne in 1935.

His father was a rubber plantation farmer in New Guinea, and Geoff spent some of his childhood there.

The family were evacuated in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour and returned to Melbourne.

Geoff went to SouthAuburn Primary School and then Scotch College.

When he left college, Geoff started working for International Harvester as a tractor salesman.

He loved radio and one day he heard an advertisement for a position at 3DB on Danny Webb's breakfast show. He applied for the job and started working there as an office boy.

Geoff advanced to being a turntable operator and worked with many of the radio personalities such as Eric Pearce, Jack Little, Dick Cranbourne, Geoff McComas, Binny Lum and Stephanie Deste.

He eventually became an announcer on 3DB and he had a late night program.

Geoff gained television experience doing oncamera work in the Brashs store window. Norm Spencer invited Geoff to join GTV Channel 9 and when the test transmissions began on the September 27, 1956, Geoff Corke became the first person in Melbourne to be seen on "live to

Whatever Happened To ...

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air" television from the Mt Dandenong transmitter. The studios at Richmond had not been built at that stage.

When GTV9 opened in 1957 Geoff became a popular personality hosting breakfast shows and other programs such as Anything Goes, Penalty Box, Geoff and Judy and Happy Go Lucky.

Geoff was tall and "a gentle giant". When In Melbourne Tonight began, Geoff was working as the "off sider" to Graham Kennedy.

I used to go into the studios as an audience member to watch Geoff and Graham working together on IMT - it was live television and brilliant to watch.

In 1958 Geoff married Val Ruff, who was a

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singer at the television station and they were featured on the front cover of the first TV Week magazine.

The marriage lasted about five years and they had a daughter Lindy.

In the early 1960s Geoff took over as host of The Tarax Show as King Corky, King of the Kids.

When Geoff took leave, Philip Brady was the replacement as ‘Prince Philip’.

Ron Blaskett and ‘Gerry Gee’ were always a big part of the show.

Geoff Corke was a private man and retired from television and public life in the late 1960 and concentrated on other projects.

In 1979 he married Sue, who he met whilst in hospital and Sue was his nurse.

They were happily married for 14 years Geoff Corke passed away in 1993 at the age of 58 after a long illness.

Geoff is the uncle of 3AW's Simon Owens.

Kevin Trask Kevin can be heard on 3AW Mike Till Midnight: Saturday at 8.10pm The Time Tunnel: on Remember When Sundays at 9.10pm And on 96.5 FM That's Entertainment: Sundays, 12 Noon

When you gotta go, here’s the place to go ■ Hopefully it appears that the days of public toilets being hidden as far away as possible at many city and country tourist centres, and worse still tucked down the end of spider-webbed long bush tracks, may soon be a thing of the past.

Because operators and overseers of these centres and sightseeing drawcards are realising that rather than being an expensive burden they’d rather not have, quality public toilets can prove a cosy little money-maker for their attractions, villages, towns and cities.

So much so in fact, that after the toilets at the Southern Highlands Welcome Centre at Mittagong in NSW were refurbished in late 2015, annual visitation to the Centre increased from 60,000 then, to 72,000 last year.

And sales of travel items and souvenirs, plus bookings for local accommodation and sightseeing tours at the Centre’s tourist shop rose a whopping 20 per cent a year in that time.

All this also saw the Centre win the award for Best Economic Contributor in last year’s first-ever International Toilet TourismAwards.

If you want to know more about these unusual awards and the Southern Highlands’Welcome Centre toilet facilities, have a look at www.

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Shortest river

■ There’s little wonder the State of Montana in the USA claims its Roe River is the world’s shortest – at just 61 metres long it’s a whole 10 metres shorter than the length of a 747 jumbo jet, and it can be walked from start to finish in under a minute.

It was back in 1987 that final year students at the Lincoln Elementary School in Great Falls, Montana thought the little un-named river near their school really deserved a name.

So with the help of teacher Susie Nardlinger they wrote to America’s Board of Geographic Names, suggesting that the tiny stretch of water, that ran that 61 metres from its source at Giant Springs to where it empties into the Missouri River, be given a name and put on the map.

And they proposed Roe River after

OK. With John O’Keefe Lifestyle no longer

■ Macquarie Radio has decided to dump the format of Talking Lifestyle (formerly Magic 1278) to an all sports broadcaster.

The drastic change is because of shocking ratings as the talk format did not fire, particularly in Melbourne. The new format will go head to head with SEN and sister station 3AW. The changeover takes place March 30. Expect most of on-air material to be Sydney based . A lack of marketing had a lot to do with demise of Talking Lifestyle.

Roseanne returns

■ Remember when Roseanne was a ‘must watch’ on telly? Well, the same gang and a few newbies are on their way back in an 11-part sitcom .

The new Roseanne remake started last week in the US, followed by release locally on Ten .

Roseanne Mark I series ran for 20 years .

Presley in debt

■ Daughter of Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie has launched legal proceedings against her manager Barry Siegal.

The King left a trust valued at $100,000 and upon Elvis’s death Siegal and Lisa Marie went on a spending spree buying real estate, entertainment companies and a few pizzas.

The investments went belly up, leaving little left of Daddy’s fortune.

Today Lisa Marie is reported to be $16 million in debt. ● NSW Southern Highlands Welcome Centre’s loos have information boards that are a check-list of everything you’ll likely be thinking about – and a reminder to grab a cup of coffee.

The suggestion won approval, and the students then put it to Guinness World Records that it recognise their now-named Roe River as the world’s shortest.

But when Guinness did so in 1989, it drew a lengthy challenge from the State of Oregon that claimed its briefly-named D River was shorter by 24 metres than the Roe, which then brought counter-challenges from Montana.

But because the two States used different methods for measuring, and their rivers had differing tidal influences, Guinness decided it didn’t want anything to do with the squabble, and in 2006 quietly eliminated the World’s Shortest River category from its World Records – leaving Montana’s Roe River the world’s shortest, having been previously with David Ellis recognised for this by Guinness back the fish eggs used in their biggest lo- in 1989. cal industry, a fish hatchery.

- David Ellis

Struth

Russell’s garage sale

■ Russell Crowe is having a garage sale of his movie memorabilia on April 4. Billed as ‘The Art of Divorce’ certain proceeds will go to pay off the divorce settlement with former wife Danielle Spencer. Sothebys have got the gig to auction online everything from his collection of watches, paintings, posters, movie props including a Roman chariot ( rarely used) – all going under the hammer with $3 million as the reserve.

Philip misses the memo

■ Phillip Brady had a brain fade when he discussed the Rumour File with listeners. Phil mentioned how contributors to the Rumour File could win a Lexus vehicle. Station management should alert the veteran announcer the popular segment is sponsored by Melbourne BMW Dealers. Whoops.

Rolling Stones rumour

■ Rumour getting a lot of traction is the possible visit of the Rolling Stones to tour Australia in November. The timing makes sense as the Stones multimedia exhibition of memorabilia is due to open in Sydney at same time.

We’ll be watching closely for any announcement.

Ash’s 50-year milestone

■ Can’t overlook the fantastic achievement of Ash Long, publisher/editor of the Melbourne Observer. Ash has notched up nearly 50 years service with the weekly paper that continues to entertain Melburnians with all the news that matters. Well done Ash.

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Topper’s Mountain Tannat: give it time

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Adam, Beccy

■ Country music favourites Adam Harvey and Beccy Cole will perform at the Gateway Hotel, Corio, on April 27.

They will revive a number of the songs from their 2017 number one country album, The Great Country Songbook.

"The stripped back show is sure to delight fans by highlighting the authentic country vocals and wicked humour we love them for,” their media release says. Tickets at Oztix.ood Friday Ap

Charlie’s last tour

■ International singer-songwriter Charlie Landsborough will tour Australia for the last time this year.

The British country and folk musician will head down under for a series of shows in May and June.

Latrobe Valley fans can see him on June 3 at the Morwell Club. For bookings, contact Elaine, 5635 4292.

Brunswick 2018

■ Melbourne's longest running inner-city Brunswick music festival celebrates its 30th year and continues to reflect the exciting and diverse local music community.

From March 4-18 both local talent and international artists will share a number of stages across Brunswick's iconic music venues.

The ever-popular Sydney Road Street Party and Music for the People will once again be a highlight of the festival.

- Rob Foenander

■ John Rozentals becomes more familiar with tannat, and like what he tastes It's surprising how often the sounds of the names of grape varieties reflect the characteristics of the wines that they make.

Hence, the name 'merlot' indicates a soft, roundness to this writer.

Which is what most wines made from merlot in Australia are.

Similarly, shiraz makes soft, rich, alluring red wines, just as its name would indicate, and 'cabernet sauvignon' sounds a bit like an aloof, somewhat austere sophisticate.

With tannat you do generally get a red wine that tastes what its name sounds like.

Apart from the lexicographic similarity to the word 'tannin', 'tannat' sounds rather robust and angular, which is what the variety's wines are usually about.

Tannat has its home in the southwestern French region of Madiran, where is makes long-living red wines that high respected English critic Jancis Robinson describes as "liquid treasures that are rarely given the time they need to develop".

But the place that tannat really seems to have come into its own is Uruguay, which given the South American country's obsession with beef should be hardly surprising.

It's pretty rare in Australia, but Mark Kirkby has readily embraced it at his Topper's Mountain operation in the elevated, cool New

● Mark Kirkby has embraced tannat at Topper's Mountain.

England region of northern NSW. Just give it time.

WINE REVIEWS I've tasted wines made from the Topper's Mountain 2013 Wild variety before, but not often. It's a bit like durif, from north-eastern Ferment Tannat ($38): In less PC Victoria - a bit surprising to start days I would probably have dewith, but a style that grows on you. scribed this red as 'masculine', with

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its full flavour and muscular tannins quite able to cope with a substantial steak.

With five years of age, the wine is just beginning to lose its angularity. This is a red definitely worth trying.

It has novelty value, sure, but also quality - and that's important if you're outlaying close to $40.

Topper's Mountain 2015 Bricolage Blanc ($30): Gewurztraminer contributes only 16 per cent of this unique white blend but its distinctive perfumed character assures that it dominates the other components - chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and petit manseng, a rare, in-Australia anyway, white variety also originating in the southwest of France.

It's a complex, food-friendly dry white that particularly suits spicy Thai or Szechuan cuisine.

WINE OF THE WEEK Shaw Vineyard Estate 2017 Winemakers Selection Riesling ($18): I often wonder why our bottleshop shelves and winelists seem awash with sauvignon blanc and pinot grigio when there are rieslings as good as this around at much the same price point. This riesling, from near Canberra, is simply a lovely drop offering a burst of fresh, limey flavour. It's a dry, zesty wine that will go a treat with oysters or white-fleshed grilled fish.

Go easy on the lemon, though, the wine will mostly take care of the required cutting acidity.

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Mike McColl Jones

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THE T OP 5 TELL TOP TELL--TALE SIGNS THA TAR ACE HORSE THAT RA MIGHT BE DOPED 5. It can't stop neighing Bob Dylan songs.

4.Spending too much time at the local tattoo parlour.

3. He goes into the TAB and backs himself for a win, not each-way.

2. He wanders into the local Amcal chemist and asks for a "top up".

1. Channel 9 has booked him for a role in‘Underbelly’.

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Local Media’s 50 Years. Part 1.

Media group’s history started with Gordon Barton

50 YEARS

Local Media Pty Ltd, publisher of the Melbourne Observer and The Local Paper, traces its origins to September 1969. Our 50-year anniversary will be held in September 2019. Over the 18 months from March 2018, we present a series of feature articles looking at our history over the past half-century.

■ In the fast-moving internet-age of the 21st Century, Local Media Pty Ltd is publisher of the Melbourne Observer and The Local Paper newspapers.

The Melbourne Observer is a weekly statewide newspaper, on sale at hundreds of newsagencies across Victoria.

The Local Paper is a weekly publication focusing on the north-east, with a footprint that extends from Mernda to Seymour, the Diamond Valley to Yea and Alexandra, from Lilydale to Mansfield.

About half the readership is now of digital editions - exact replicas of the print issues - at our websites.

Our history goes back to the different times of1969, when Australian transport magnate Gordon Barton founded the Sunday Observer newspaper in Melbourne.

Over the past half-century, the Observer has been run by four quite different publishers: ■ Gordon Barton, ■ Maxwell Newton, ■ Peter Isaacson, and ■ Ash Long.

Four quite different publishers.

Four quite different newspapers. But all linked by the Observer tradition.

Gordon Page Barton was born in Surabaya, on the island of Java, then in the Dutch East Indies, to George Barton and the former Antoinette (Kitty) Kavellars.

George had grown up in Charters Towers in northern Queensland.

Kitty was raised in Holland.

George was the youngest in a family of 11 brothers, starting work at age 13, as a pearl fisherman. Kitty was a school teacher.

They had a son Basil, eight years older than Gordon, who arrived on August 30, 1929.

Father, George Barton, was Assistant Manager of Burns Philip’s, controlling its rubber plantations and trade agreements Gordon was enrolled at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School, known as ‘Shore’, in January 1939.

In May 1940, with the threat of Japan’s expanionist policies, and the German occupation of the Netherlands, George Barton sent his wife to Sydney.

Same Everingham, author of Gordon Barton: Australia’s Maverick Entrepreneur, notes: “Gordon was delighted. It meant he could persuade his mother to remove him from boarding school.

Together they rented a pretty house

● Gordon Barton: established the Observer in 1969 in Mosman near the water. George acter. He has considerable initiative sent money each month from Java and is capable of sustained diligence. to support the family.”

I think that he is likely to do well in Japan’s entry to World War II his future career.” saw rthe School evacuate pupils to Gordon Barton won an Exhibithe Mount Victoria Hotel in the Blue tion scholarship in Law, transferring Mountains, with Gordon and his to Arts, allowing him to finiosh his mother living nearby at Blackheath. shorthand and typing, putting him in Abruptly, George Barton’s a better position to apply for a jourmonthly cheques stopped arriving, nalism cadetship. and his fate was unknown.

He signed on to write for the Gordon’s brother Basil, a Flight Sydney University newspaper, Honi Sergeant, went missing in Bass Soit.

Strait, north-west of Flinders Island; In 1952, Barton went into partno further information ever came. nership with Harry Ivory, sourcing A compassionate scholarship was a Reo truck, with the help of a large awarded by ‘Shore’ to Gordon, with bank loan,m and the involvement of his mother now only in receipt of an a university friend, Jim Staples.

RAAF pension of 15 shillings per The trucking business carted pofortnight. tatoes and onions, refrigerators, deGordon, a young teenager, won mountable homes and telephone ex£15 in a Sydney essay writing com- changes. petition held by newspapers, and Sometimes Barton would drive gardened and cleaned at weekends 48 hours straight, combining it with to supplement the family income. his legal work as a judge’s clerk asAt August 1945, at the end of the sociate. war, news came through that George Ivory & Barton purchased a secBarton was indeed alive. He was ond and third truck. Maintenance hospitalised for months, and was put problems plagued the business for on lighter Burns Philip duties in Port years.

Moresby.

In June 1955, the business was Says Everingham: “The boy making £50 to £100 weekly. Then it promised his mother he would ‘work hit the jackpot by winning a contract harder than anyone has ever worked to transport 1400 refrigerators in a and become rich so that none of us month, using contractors until he will have to worry about money could purchase more vehicles. again’.”

The business made headlines As Gordon Barton weighed up when the distance problems on trickhis university options, he considered ing to Western Australia saw Barton becoming a cadet journalist. and Staples arrange for the ComHeadmaster L.C. Robson wrote monwealth Railways transport the of Gordon: “He is, in my opinion, huge trucks by rail from Port Auhonourable and of high moral char- gusta to Kalgoorlie.

George Barton was now in Australia, working for his son’s transportr business as an accountant, and described the financial state of his son’s business as “desperate”.

In 1958, Barton eyed the business of Adelaide pair Charlie Nesbitt and Alf Charleson, who had started a door-to-door delivery service, Interstate Parcels Express Company.

Companies were clamouring for the service to deliver their urgent freight.

In 1959, Barton bumped into old university friend, Greg Farrell, an accountant. It was to prove to be a fortunate re-meeting.

Barton, his father and Farrell convinced the McNamara brothers to sell their Rex trucking business.

Innovative solutions had to be found to find cash to fund the evrexpanding businesses, that were challenging rail and air freight competitors.

Barton devised lease agreements so that drivers could purchase trucks.A petrol company was persuaded to inject £16,000 into the business.

The business was soon delivering more than 10,000 sonsignments every working day.

IPEC started its own insurance company, instead of paying 1.5 per cent to outside insurance companies.

It made a lot of money.

Within eight years, IPEC had grown to 300 vehicles, a £2.25 million turnover, 15,000 urgent consignments every working day, and staff numbering 1500.

With the business bringing in a comfortable income, Barton was able to afford a return to an interest in the political issues that had been a focus of his university years.

The Vietnam war, and a visit by US President Lyndon B. Johnson, saw Gordon Barton take out a fullpage ad in The Sydney Morning Herald to air his views opposing the Vietnam war.

Prime Minister Harold Holt called an election at the end of 1966, and Barton and colleagues were to stand as ‘Independent Liberal’ candidates. They called themselves ‘Liberal Reform’.

Backed by wealthy businessmen, a campaign of 150 TV ads and 600 commercial radio spots was booked.

The Liberal Reform Group (later to be re-named as the Australian Reform Movement) picked up more than 53,000 votes - an average of 5 per cent in each of the seats they contested.

They were heady days. Barton and wife Vonnie (nee Hand) had a son, Geoffrey. Gordon Barton was said to be in an expansive mode, even though Vonnie’s illness meant it was likely that she would not see Geoffrey’s first birthday.

By 1967, Farrell and Barton looked to set up a new venture specialising in takeovers, asset-stripping, mergers, company restructuring and on-selling of assets.

It was Tjuringa Securities, a name based on Aboriginal legend.

An engraved Tjuringa stone was given by the tribe elders to every initiated members.

According to Everingham, “this team would become one of the most feared raiders in corporate Australia”.

Interests expanded to include Federal Hotels and Direct

Acceptance Corporation. The Victorian interests included the Savoy Plaza, the Mezies and the Federal Hotel. Wrest Point Hotel in Tasmania was considered a jewel.

In July 1969, the political interests had re-branded as the Australia Party. In August 1969, Vonnie passed away. In September 1969, Gordon Barton launched the Sunday Observer newspaper in Victoria.

One of the party’s early organisers had been journalist John Crew. Barton approached him: “I’d like to start a Melbourne Sunday newspaper. I’d like you to run it.”

Crew’s experience was in radio and television, and he expressed his reluctance in running a big newspaper operation.

“Oh ywes, you can do it. We’ll keep an eye on you.”

Premises were located at 822 Lorimer St, Fishermans Bend. It was a converted World War II Nissen hut, that proved to be a rust magnet for the Goss press that was installed, months after the paper had started.

Barton used the presses owned by suburban weeklies to print the Observer. Amongst those used were Dern Langlands’s Regal Press, Progress Press headed by Ken Heyes, Waverley Offset Press, and Peter Isaacson Publications.

There were few controls on spending in those early weeks.

Michael Cannon was briefly the first Editor. He was given the task of finding 20 full-time and part-time staff.

In 1969, The Herald afternoon newspaper sold for 4 cents; the Observer was to be priced at 12 cents.

The Victorian Associated Newsagents’ Association were not keen on their members having to open on Sundays. They agreed to take up to 70,000 newspapers, but Barton wanted an order for 100,000 copies.

So, he set up his own army of 2000 delivery boys and girls across Melbourne, with a network of zone supervisors and area agents.

Each newsboy would receive 2 cents per copy sold. One of the newsboys from September 1969 was Ash Long, then aged 12. He was to create Melbourne’s third largest-selling round, in the working-class suburb of Reservoir.

The Observer was also distributed through a network of independent milk bars.

“This is possibly the first Sunday paper you have bought,” Barton wrote to readers in that first issue of September 14, 1969. “It is certainly the first I have published. I hope you like it.

“Outr policy in regard to news is that it shall be objective, complete, concise and up-yo-date. Our columnists will be expected to be independent, plain spoken and fearless.”

Barton’s anti-Vietnam war attitude was reflected in the editorial columns. He was said to infuriate early editors by re-writing headlines and copy.

Barton was first in Australia to publish colour photos of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.

IPEC was losing $25,000 a week on Barton’s Sunday Observer experiment. Circulation had not achieved targets, advertising revenue was affected by Barton’s antiwar stance. Farrell was furious, and urged the Observer’s closure.

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Special Report

Invest in local schools: McLeish ■ Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish last month spoke in State Parliament about capital works in schools.

“I rise to join this matter of public importance put forward by the Deputy Premier, the Minister for Education and the member for Monbulk,” Ms McLeish told the Legislative Assembly.

“I think when we look at education, capital investment is certainly one thing.

“We do need to invest in buildings, we need to invest in facilities, and we need to make sure that we maintain what we build.

“We know that Labor governments are certainly poor at that. Not only that, but we need to focus on what is being taught, how it is being taught and of course supporting the teachers in schools, making sure that they have the resources at their disposal to do what they can do in everchanging and challenging classroom situations.

“I represent and advocate for some 50 or so schools in my electorate in the government sector.

“Only about six are secondary and the rest are primary schools.

“I have a bunch of Catholic schools as well.

“But when we are focusing here on capital investment in public schools, “I think it has really been underdone in country Victoria.

“We know that very clearly, certainly from the member for Euroa’s comments.

“I spent four years of my life as a teacher — as a science teacher. I taught maths and sport as well.

“I certainly understand the challenges that exist for teachers and students.

“With my background, I am a firm believer in the importance of STEM — science, technology, engineering and maths.

“I really do not support that being called STEAM, where they are advocating for the arts to be part of it.

“The whole point of putting STEM on the table in the first place was because there was a lack of investment and a lack of opportunity for kids being pushed through, girls in particular, into the science and engineering areas.

“I think that has been quite sad.

“When I was at university, a friend of mine was doing engineering, and she was the only person.

“That has changed a little bit, but I think we need to be out there as passionate advocates for children to be actively taking part in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“I see that as being of great importance.

“When you start to put arts in there, your start to dilute that particular stream.

“I am quite disappointed that when we have got that on the table for a reason, there are people out there now advocating and promoting something a little bit different.

“I find that extremely disappointing because I know how much fun science and maths is.

“As I have said, investing in buildings is one thing, but you need to invest in the facilities and you need to maintain those facilities.

“When the coalition came to government in 2010, we inherited an enormous load of crumbling schools.

“There was a $420 million main-

● Cindy McLeish, MLA for Eildon, at State Parliament tenance backlog that was neglected, Alexandra Secondary College.

“Not only do modern school buildand 200 schools were requiring ur“When I announced the invest- ings provide a better learning envigent maintenance following a de- ment in Kinglake Primary School, ronment but they also provide a safer cade of Labor neglect. the principal cried because she felt environment.

“In 2013 the then minister had to that they had been neglected for such “In the Hume region — where it get moving fairly quickly to address a long time. appears that very little money is bethis backlog, because we had schools “I was so touched by that. De- ing invested except in Shepparton, crumbling. spite the Andrews Labor govern- certainly in the coming budgets — “In fact I think even former At- ment now claiming to build an Edu- Mansfield Secondary College has torney-General Rob Hulls tried to cation State, they certainly have not had some investment. bring in a stall or something one time, delivered one penny for capital “I know the former member for and that was as a result of the ne- works in Yarra Valley schools over Benalla, Bill Sykes, and I had lobglect of maintenance by the Bracks- the last two budgets. bied for and committed to this prior Brumby Labor governments.

“The region in the Upper Yarra to the 2014 election.

“This has also certainly been is facing significant challenges, with “I am tremendously proud of that documented by the Victorian Audi- a lack of job opportunities for young school community and principal Tim tor-General’s Office. people.

Hall, because they are taking the lead “They did “Our kids need a top education to here by pursuing this funding. a report on the implementation of give them a strong start, but our “Unfortunately the Andrews Laschool infrastructure programs, and schools are having difficulty deliv- bor government has failed to deliver it was tabled in Parliament in Feb- ering this because they have got important funding needed to continue ruary 2013. some very outdated facilities. the redevelopment at that school.

“They thought the department did “Unfortunately I am hearing that “It is funding a job half done. not have a comprehensive under- despite the strength of many of our “I have been and will continue to standing of the condition of all school school communities, some of the be an unceasing advocate for the buildings until 2012 when we did that buildings are a little bit worse for educational needs of our local stuaudit, because we did a whole-of- wear. dents. portfolio assessment on the condi“I am disappointed that the state “They did have that big win, but tion of school buildings. government is failing to be respon- this is only halfway to completion.

“As a result, we saw what was sive to the needs of these schools.

“It is so important that stage 2 of not done. So it is one thing to build “A great education, as we know, this project does not get left behind. new schools. gives our kids opportunities and the “It makes complete sense to dove“We did an enormous amount of chance to choose their own future. tail it straight into the completion of investment to pick up those schools “Our schools do a terrific job stage 1 so that the disruption to these that were falling to bits, the crum- teaching our kids often in very chal- students and staff is indeed bling schools, to get them back on lenging conditions, but they should minimised. the ground. not be in second-rate buildings.

“Mansfield is an unusual town. It “Then there was also the capital “ To continue providing students is a growth pocket. program. In my electorate we cer- with a great education in our region “While the region might be shrinktainly had good capital investment the Victorian Labor government, ing a bit, Mansfield is indeed growin Seymour College, and I see the the Andrews Labor government, ing and there are many young famigovernment is actually now continu- needs to step up and provide funds lies there. ing and finishing that project. that are urgently required to “The council is looking at long“We invested in Yea and modernise our schools. term planning to accommodate that

growth.

“Obviously increasing growth will require a corresponding increase in services and facilities.

“We have seen that at the primary school.

“They needed some fairly urgent attention to get extra portables in there to cope with the increasing numbers this year.

“Stage 2 of the project at Mansfield Secondary College includes, among other things, building a gymnasium, which is needed.

“There is a basketball stadium in town, but it is not close to the school.

“The school’s assemblies are held at the Mansfield Performing Arts Centre, which adjoins the school, but they cannot have a whole-of-school assembly.

“They have to have it in two halves because there is not one building that can accommodate the whole school.

“The school council and the entire Mansfield community should be commended for their work in trying to get this funding.

“I am proud to have been able to advocate for this project since the coalition’s original commitment in 2014, and I will continue to do so.

“The government’s refusal to fund the full cost is leaving the community in limbo.

“I will certainly continue to advocate for that extra $5 million to come forward.

“I also want to comment on what is taught in schools and how it is taught. Certainly I support the announcement made by the shadow minister, the member for Kew, with regard to the introduction of phonics and phonics testing in year 1.

“We know reading and writing are particularly important.

“I know many adults who feel they left school early without fully establishing these skills and that it really put them behind the eight ball in their job prospects — and some of these people are now in their 50s.

“What is really quite staggering is that education spending in Victoria since 2001, when it was $6.1 billion, rocketed to $15.392 billion in 2017, but despite this we are not seeing an increase in the literacy of our students.

“In fact it has stagnated.

“The NAPLAN results for students in years 5 and 9 have gone backwards.

“It is really quite alarming that this can happen.

“If we have a solid phonics program aimed at students in their first year of primary school, we can get on with that and we can have people working with those students.

“Often schools have volunteers coming in.

“The teachers will know where they need to direct their classroom support and their own attention to really get these kids identified early on and work with them so that they are not left behind.

“I understand there are a lot of children whose parents do not read to them.

“Some of them do not do so because they do not understand English to that extent or they may not be literate in their own language, let alone in English.

“So there are kids coming from other countries that we need to pick up and look out for as well,” Ms McLeish said.

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150 Years of Local Press

Aborigines said Yarck meant ‘swamp grass’ ■ The Yarck Precinct covers properties along most of the main street of the town, which serves as an important community focal point for the surrounding rural locality, says the Murrindindi Shire Heritage Study.

The history of this area reflects several important eras of the residential, commercial and community development: ■ early private settlement before the formal survey of the town.

■ early development of the town following the opening of the railway and the township survey ■ early 20th century growth and development.

Early settlement of Yarck The explorers Hamilton Hume (1797-1873) and William Hilton Hovell (1786-1875) travelled together in 1824 on an exploratory expedition from New South Wales to Corio Bay near present-day Geelong and are believed to have travelled through the site of the future township of Yarck in 1824.

A settlement on Spring Creek was proposed in an article in the Alexandra Times in October 1868.

The area was surveyed into large agricultural allotments by John Downey in May the following year, and blocks were gradually taken up by selectors beginning from 1877.

The name Yarck is Aboriginal in origin, possibly deriving from words meaning either 'swamp grass', 'long river' or 'magic'.

It is believed miners had originally occupied land where the township is now located.

The infrastructure of a small country town had begun to evolve by the early 1880s.

As Downey had surveyed the area into allotments rather than a formal township, development proceeded along the Cathkin-Mansfield Road (now the Maroondah Highway) as land owners gradually subdivided their land.

Postal directories list 27 residents by 1884-85, mostly farmers, but also included a schoolteacher and hotel keeper.

It actually took several decades after the initial survey for the town's name to be confirmed as Yarck.

In the late 1880s there were two settlements in the area using that name, one being the current town of that name, and another along Spring Creek Road, about 3km north-east of Fawcett.

It would seem the opening of the Yarck Railway Station in 1890 confirmed the current town's use of the name.

Construction of the railway line prompted the surveying of the township of Yarck, with a series of small blocks being laid out on the east and west sides of the station and along the Cathkin-Mansfield Road.

The subdivision next to the station included land for a primary school.

The first school, originally built as rural school No. 69 was then called Home Creek and was opened on September 1, 1870.

It was replaced by State School No. 1331 which opened on January 18, 1874.

The School's name was changed from Home Creek to Yarck in August 1903.

By 1891-92 town residents included the proprietor of Yarck Hotel, Mrs Elizabeth Goodear, storekeepers Haack Fritz and Robert T. Smith, bootmaker John Collins and

a blacksmith, Frederick Brombam.

A butter factory was opened by Abe Gough and Courtney Ware in 1895, though it was closed in 1898 after being acquired by the Yea Dairy Company.

Early 20th century and post-WWI period By the early 20th century Yarck had developed into a small town serving the needs of the surrounding rural hinterland.

Another sign of the development of the town was the formation of the Yarck Fire Brigade on January 29, 1902.

By 1915 Sands and McDougalls Directories list nearly 50 residents in the town, including storekeepers Arch. Balding and Percy B. Chapman, blacksmith John M Halligan and baker William T. Williams.

There was a post office, Roman Catholic Church, race club, public hall, National Bank, Methodist church, state school and athletics club.

Electricity was installed in the township in the year of the Melbourne Olympics, 1956.

Through the 20th century the town has retained its rural character, and not undergone substantial major development.

A significant event was the closure of the Yarck Railway Station in 1978 and the removal of the railway track and other associated infrastructure.

PRECINCT HISTORY The Yarck Township precinct is situated on land originally contained in three allotments taken up by selectors in the late 1870s:“ ■ Allotment 10C on the south-west corner of Maroondah Highway and Yarck Road ■ Allotment 12A on the north-east corner of Wright's Road and Maroondah Highway ■ Allotment 9B on the south-east corner of Maroondah Highway and Wright's Road.

Allotment 10C was originally sold to Nugent Taylorof Yea on March 3, 1876, who then sold it to Dugald Gillies on March 28, 1877.

Gillies subsequently subdivided the land along the Maroondah Highway into a series of narrow allotments during the 1880s and 1890s.

A series of houses and shops had been constructed on these sites by the turn of the century, forming the commercial heart of the town, most

● Yarck Railway Station of which are still extant today. The former Yarck Mechanics' Institute (now the Yarck Public Hall) was built in 1888.

The quarter-acres site was chosen in October 1887, and purchased from Dugald Gillies for £10.

It was designed by architect H.B. Gibbs of Melbourne, with a main hall and stage, behind which were a library and committee room.

The planned facade was described as follows: 'the main entrance being through folding doors, each leaf with six raised panels.

There will be two semi-circular headed windows in front, with deep mouldings, and it will be finished off with three louvres [sic].

The contract was let to builder Mr Heffernan, and the £325 construction costs were financed as follows: 100 from public subscription, a Government grant of 50, leaving a debt of about 170.

The hall was opened on December 12, 1888, with a concert and grand ball.

An extension was made to the rear in the 1950s or '60s.

It has been an important focus of community life for the township.

A photograph of the Yarck General Store (at 6585 Maroondah Highway) in 1910, and title information indicates it was owned by C. Perry .

A branch of the National Bank is believed to have operated at No. 6597.

Additional buildings including CFA facilities, shops and dwellings have been erected in this part of the township in the twentieth century. “ Allotment 12A was sold to farmer Denis Hamilton of Alexandra on April 18, 1879. He sold it to another farmer Samuel Allardyce of Alexandra on June 17 the same year, who sold it a decade later to Yarck farmer, Thomas Aldins.

Aldins begin subdividing the allotment that year, selling a strip of land to the Victorian Railway Commission for the planned Tallarook and Mansfield Railway.

On October 13, 1893 he sold a block of land fronting what is now the Maroondah Highway to Martha Lancaster.

The strip of land that was sold to Martha Lancaster was later sold to Thomas Aldous, Grazier of Yarck on April 30, 1897.

It was further subdivided in 1921.

The corner site was sold to in two portions, the first to John Marshall Halligan, blacksmith, on September 24, 1921, and the second to John Henry George Creighton, storekeeper on October 4, 1921.

It is not known what structures were on these sites at the time, although it is likely that a forge and a store had been constructed by this time.

The Yarck Motor Garage at 6608 Maroondah Highway is believed to have been erected in 1938.

A motor garage is first listed in Directories in 1939.

The proprietor was J.M. Halligan, subsequently becoming J.M. Halligan & Son. This business later included his son, John Thomas Tait Halliganwho subsequently became the title holder on April 8, 1953 Thomas Lancelot Halligan was the proprietor from 1984 until his death in 1988.

The shop at what is now No. 6606 Maroondah Highway became known as Yarck General Store, and John Henry George Creighton remained the owner until his death in 1952.

The title was transferred to storekeeper Ian Austin Embling in June 1953, who subsequently sold it to

● Yarck Railway Station

Harold and Mavis Morgan in 1954.

The store became known as 'The Magpie's Nest’.

Allotment 9B was first sold to farmer James Nicholson Frood of Alexandra on September 17, 1877, and was subsequently sold to John Tait on September 30, 1879.

This block was also subdivided to make land available for the construction of the railway line.

On January 7, 1885, Tait donated a parcel of land along what is now the Maroondah Highway for the construction of a local Presbyterian Church, the initial title holders being parishioners Andrew Dunn, David Bruce, John Tait and Timothy Creighton (Land Title, Volume 1066, Folio 213097).

The Yarck Presbyterian Church was opened in July 1885 by Rev Thomas Beecher Swift, and was built by George Grieson of Gobur.

The title was transferred to the Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts Corporation on March 14, 1946, then the United Church in Australia Property Trust in 1980 (Land Title, Volume 1648, Folio 239484).

Local historian Brian Lloyd notes that in 1953 the Yarck Community Church Hall was transported from Cathkin, where it had been a church, and placed beside the church, across the highway from the Public Hall.

In August 2005 the decline of the congregation at Yarck brought closure of the Uniting Church.

Brian Lloyd wrote in 2006 that the buildings and property were to be disposed of by the Uniting Church in Australia Trust.

The remainder of Tait's allotment, including what is now the former shop at No. 6600 on south-east corner of Maroondah Highway and Wrights Road, was transferred to Margaret Agnes Tait on August 23 in 1918 (Land Title, Volume 4139, Folio 827691).

The corner site was subdivided in 1919, sold to John Edward Harris in 1930, then Agnes Halligan (Land Title, Volume 4221, Folio 844135).

Following the First World War, memorials became a common way of honouring those who volunteered for the War and did not return.

These memorials were frequently given prominence in local communities, and in Yarck a memorial was erected on the roadside reserve near the church by the people of Yarck, Kanumbra, Middle Creek, Gobur, Terip, Ruffy, Cathkin and Koriella.

A memorial to Hume and Hovell was later built, with an inscription reading 'Hume and Hovell passed here December 3rd, 1824'.

It is uncertain when the avenue of oaks and other exotic trees was planted along the main street of Yarck.

It is not identified by J. Haddow in her 1987 study of avenues of honour in Victoria as a World War One memorial.

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The Yea Story: Part 35

Origins of Yea district schools From The Story of Yea

by Harvey Blanks

Ghin Ghin (Switzerland) No 2371 ■ Initially Miss Agnew had nine pupils, eight of them being children of the four Anderson brothers,Adam, Archibald, David and William.

The ninth pupil’s name appeared on the roll as Gordon Stanley, but he was known as Peter Power, having been brought up from infancy by his aunt, Mrs Power, who had a property near Switzerland Station.

Mrs Smith recalls that she and her pupils often used to ramble through the deserted Ghin Ghin diggings on nature walks and excursions, and frequently found old tin dishes, shovels, pick axe heads and other abandoned and broken tools.

Even then, in the late 1920s, there were still one or two men fossicking about the diggings looking for alluvial gold: one was Archibald Snodgrass, who, according to Mrs Smith, had two huts in the area which he referred to as his ‘winter and summer residences’; one of which he called Blairgowrie Park was on the Goulburn and the other, Blairgowrie Castle, was higher up on the river banks to avoid winter flooding.

In summer, the school children were given swimming lessons in the Goulburn, near the Ghin Ghin bridge, after first clearing the area from snags washed downstream by spring floods.

They also had an earthen tennis court which was very popular with local families.

By the end of 1929, all but two of Mrs Smith’s pupils had finished their primary education and were ready to proceed to secondary school, which at that time was the newly established Yea Higher Elementary School.

The Education Department therefore decided that Ghin Ghin School had outlived its usefulness and it was closed at the beginning of 1930.

Mrs Smith parcelled up the rolls and register, sent them off to the Department, locked the door behind jer and departed to her new school in South Gippsland.

During the depression years, an occasional unemployed man scratching over the Ghin Ghin diggings used the abandoned building as sleeping quarters until eventually it was destroyed by fire.

● Strath Creek School. 1918. Courtesy: Yea and District Historical Pages.

Two years later, Mr McLoughlan then burned and in 1890 a new weathBreak O’Day school was 2½miles from the Flowerdale turnoff, demanded the return of his building erboard structure was erected for between Glenburn and Flowerdale and land and refused to sign a lease £30. The new teacher, Miss Isabella and although the building disap- with the Education Department un Martin, operated the school on a half peared long ago, the marks of its til it paid up its rent for the previous time basis with Molesworth, No 2233, 24 months. foundations can still be seen. until October 1891, when WhanAt the time, Whanregarwen was regarwen and Molesworth were Both schools were opened on February 10, 1873, and the first head- being conducted on a half time basis amalgamated under Mr Henry master, Mr James Walker, shared with Molesworth School.

McCann as head teacher.

However, when the Department his time between them.

The Whanregarwen building reTotal enrolment amounted to 27 supplied a portable school room at mained empty until it was finally dischildren, but transport difficulties, Cotton’s Pinch (it must have re- mantled and shifted to Katamatite. chores on the home farm and par- solved its argument with Mr ents’ general lackadaisical outlook McLoughlan), the school was linked toward education all combined to on a half time basis with Murrinreduce the average attendance to dindi School, both being operated about 14.

by Mr J. Jones.

McGillivrie’s Swamp School opAbout 1877, the Department conerated only for a limited time, draw- sidered removing the building from ing its pupils from the families of Cotton’s Pinch to a new site closer ■ Molesworth’s first school was a Morrisey, Collins, Brady, Dough- to Molesworth, and at this point private one, opened by the publicspirited Miller Brothers with Francis erty, Blackman, McLeish and records cease.

MacIntosh.

It seems however, that the school F. Bainbridge as head teacher, and When it closed in July 1874, the was closed at some time between its premises were a bark and split Break O’ Day School continued to this date and 180, when the class paling structure on Ridd’s Hill near operate on a full time basis until Janu- room was transferred and began a the present railway line.

The date when this school began ary 1882, when it once more became new life as Cheviot School. is not known, but it may have been a part time became a part time esonly a year before the first Molestablishment worked in conjunction worth State School No 1709, were with the Boundary Creek School. officially opened on August 8, 1877.

Break O’ Day School came to an The allotted number however is untimely end on July 17, 1883, when ■ There were 16 children on the roll the same as Whanregarwen, so it it was destroyed by fire.

According to local legend, a par- ofWhanregarwen No 1709 in 1881, appears that both establishments ent who became irate when he was the year records begin; only 12 were were worked under the same regisprso0ecuted for keeping his children of school age, the other four being tration and shared the same Headmaster. away from school retaliated by put- under six years.

The teacher, Miss Florence HarFrom 1877 to 180, the teacher at ting a match to the building.

Early records are incomplete, but ris, seems to have doubted whether both Whanregarwen and Molesamong the families who sent their it was worth keeping the school open, worth Schools was Mr Edwin children to the school were the War- as attendances were very erratic and Rasche, who taught at each on a part nocks, Doughertys, Collins, there seemed to be few young chil- time basis.

Knopps, Matchetts and Walkers. dren coming on.

In 1880, each became a full time In 184, Whanregarwen was school and Mr Rasche became the linked with Crystal Creek School No first head teacher at Molesworth 1364, about five miles away, and both State School No 2233, the average establishments were operated on a attendance at the time being 18 chilpart-time basis. dren.

Two years later, the current In its early years, Molesworth headteacher, Mr Frederick Bass, School was a simple building meareported that Whanregarwen was in suring 20 feet by 12 feet, with a ceil■ Whanregarwen No 1268 had a a very had state of repair, ant-ridden ing height of 6½ feet.

When the school at Cotton’s short and chequered career and al- and in danger of falling down.

In July 1886, part of the building Pinch, some four miles distant was though early records are very brief and incomplete in many aspects, it did collapse and Mr Bass shifted closed, its water tank was moved to is nevertheless possible to piece desks and furniture into a spare room Molesworth.

Somewhere about this time, them together enough to follow the in the home of Mr John Hoban while Molesworth parents petitioned the repairs were carried out. beginning of formal education in this These cannot have been very ef- Education Department for a new part of the Shire.

In 1873, the first Whanregarwen fective, as part of the building col- building, indicating that the number School was established under Mr H. lapsed again six months later, when of children for whom they would be Murray in an unoccupied building teaching activities were transferred demanding teaching facilities had grown. at Cotton’s Pinch on land belonging to Crystal Creek.

The petitioners, with the numbers The old, ant-ridden building was to Mr C. McLoughlan.

McGillivrie’s Whanregarwen Swamp (Cotton’s (Break O’ Day) Pinch) No 1405 No 1268 ■ These were actually two separate schools, working together on a part time basis in leased buildings.

McGillivrie’s Swamp School was about eight miles from Yea in Ti-Tree Lane, on part of the Williamson property, and although the school building no longer exists, its exact site is still indicated by the presence of a very old, gnarled plum tree.

The school was only three miles from the site of the Welcome goldmine, with its temporary town, many stores and six hotels.

Molesworth No 1709 and No 2233

Whanregarwen No 1709

of children shown in brackets were: Thomas Aldous (4), J.H. Sloan (2), James McCormack (2), Thomas Roberts (2), Daniel Hoban (4), Henry Pear (2), William Clark (2), William Smith (1), Charles Smith (3), John Bryan (3) and William Merry (3).

The site which the parents recommended for the new school, supported by the schools inspector, Mr Craig, was up to the north-west corner of the Clarendon Pre-Emptive Section, where it was suggested that a portable classroom should be erected with a two roomed residential section attached.

There are no formal records, but this plan was probably adopted and carried out in 1882-83.

ByAugust 1885, Molesworth was being worked part time with Ross’s Creek, State School No 2484, and two years later was conducted in tandem with Switzerland No 2371.

However, heavy flooding in both 1887 and 1888 caused frequent clsoing of both schools, especially Switzerland, and some of the outbuildings and fences were washed away at Molesworth.

In 1887 too, part of the original school grounds were lost when the new railway line was constructed from Yea. By 1889, Molesworth had 33 children on the roll and its grounds has been improved by the transplantation of six pine trees from the old Molesworth School No 1709, at site 36A, Parish of Whanregarwen.

Records are very sketchy for the next few years, but in 1909 there is mention of a ‘new state school’, although none of the tenders for the approved plans was apparently regarded as satisfactory; simultaneously, the need for a completely new site was emphasised, the old one being regarded as unsuitable and unhealthy.

In 1912, a property of more than two acres, and a four roomed house belonging to a Mr Martin, were purchased for £400, and a further £200 was spent on removing and re-erecting the old building, which by now had been expanded to some 22 feet by 22 feet.

The new school was completed in 1914, and the headmaster took up occupation in the new residence.

Attendances continued to grow, enrolments teaching 50 by 1930, when there was a staff of two men teachers and a sewing mistress; accordingly, the school building was extended by a further 10 feet.

By the same year, 1930, Molesworth won an ANAprize for a school garden.

A year earlier, it had organised its official plantation, the timber from which, when grown, would be cut and sold for school funds.

SEC power was connected in 1954, and 10 years later the school gained a reticulated water supply and septic tanks.

In 1967, it again won the ANA prize for school gardens.

Cathkin No 2841

■ In the 19th century, Cathkin School was accounted part of the Yea district, and many of its pupils were from families whose names figure prominently in the Shire’s history. ● To be continued next week in The Local Paper.

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YEA GOLF CLUB REPORT

YEA TENNIS CLUB REPORT

KINGLAKE CRICKET CLUB REPORT

KINGLAKE CRICKET CLUB REPORT

■ Alan Pell, with his best score ever of 75 off the stick and 41 stableford points, ensured the men at Yea Golf Club were the winners of the gender challenge last Wednesday.

Extra points were available with 12 individual matches being conducted with each winner scoring 10 points.

However, each team won six matches and scored equal points. With Pelly taking 20 points for the day's best score the men cruised to victory.

The men's runner-up was Jeff Aurisch, 34, with Bob Glenister next on 33. Vicki Clements had the women's best score with 38 and Miranda Gill had 36. As a result of the victory the women will supply lunch for all players this Wednesday to winder up the summer season.

On Saturday the men played the first round of the Barry Moore Trophy. Barry was club champion for many years in the 60s 70s and 80s and was almost unbeatable in those years.

Club veteran, Bruce Kindred is the leader after round one with a solid 36 points. Alan Pell, JeffAurisch, Jonathan Fisher and Martin Lowe are all just one shot in arrears.

- Gary Pollard

As always, the tournament attracts the usual loyal out of town participants, many of whom have been coming to Yea for over 25 years to attend the event, as well as numerous local players from around our town and region.

Events cater for all ages and abilities with Open, B and C grade singles and doubles events on offer.

Never played in a tournament before? Then this is the one to break the ice! Great fun is guaranteed as the real champions of the event are camaraderie and conviviality.

Featuring superb on site catering, pro shop and a Saturday night dinner with live music, there is plenty of activity for spectators and families as well.

Tournament information and entries can be found by searching Yea Tennis Club on the internet, emailing yeatennisclub@hotmail.com or calling 0409 671 000.

Printed entry forms are also available at the Yea & District Community Bank, 66 High St, Yea. - Russell Gouldthorpe

all out for 154. Six of the eight bowlers pressed into service by Kinglake managed to take wickets with Declan Walters (3-0-12-0) and Matt McAllister (4-1-8-0) being the ones to miss out.

James Gibbs (16-1-39-3) was the most successful, with Declan Grant (12-2-33-2) producing the next best figures.

The balance of Kinglake's bowlers was Jason Gaffee (12-7-19-1), James Edwards (4-019-1), Lachlan Martin (3-1-8-1 -bowled) and Josh Green (2-0-4-1-caught behind). The delight on both Josh and Lachlan's faces were highlights of the day as they are both junior players.

The early closure of the innings meant that Kinglake had 14 overs to bat before stumps at which time they were 22-1 with Jason Gaffee being caught for 11 runs from 34 balls.

Came day two and Kinglake found themselves two batsmen short with players becoming absent out. James Edwards 6, James Gibbs 8, Simon Andrews 10, Ken Aitken 1, Lachlan Martin 5, Declan Walters 1, Josh Green 0 and Keith Martin 0* were the others in the lineup to come and go in 20.3 overs.

This meant that Kinglake were 105 runs short of Holy Trinity's 1st innings score so they were invited to bat again.

Captain Jason Gaffee decided that Kinglake would bat in reverse order for the second innings to give the lesser lights a chance to have a bat.

Opening for Kinglake were Keith Martin 0 (12 balls) and Josh Green 0 (3 balls), then came Declan Walters 0 (4), Lachlan Martin 4 (9), Ken Aitken 7* (66 balls), Simon Andrews 1 (7),

James Gibbs 1 (2), James Edwards 1 (11) and finally Jason Gaffee 77 (43 balls).

Ken and Jason's partnership was 85 runs from 12.4 overs with Jason hitting 3 sixes, 13 fours and 7 singles.

This meant at the close of Kinglake's batting scores were level, therefore Holy Trinity needed to score one run for an outright victory, which they did by dispatching Josh Green's first ball to the fence for 4 runs and a win by 10 wickets.

Kinglake's Presentation Dinner will be held at the clubrooms on Saturday March 24 starting with a kids vs adults traditional cricket match, a bbq tea and awarding of trophies.

We thank the editors for their support in bringing our reports to all our faithful readers this season.

- Bruce Stonehouse, Scorer

YEA TENNIS CLUB REPORT

■ Entries are rolling in for the 90th Annual Yea Easter Tennis Tournament.

The tournament is being held from Friday, March 31 to Monday, April 3.

KINGLAKE CRICKET CLUB REPORT ■ Last Saturday saw Kinglake C.C. travel to Hayes Park East in Thornbury for the last day of the home and away fixture against Holy Trinity's 3rd XI. On February 24 Holy Trinity won the toss and elected to bat. After 34.3 overs they were

SEYMOUR DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD

■ A-Grade. Avenel 176 S Donovan 54* W Wheeler 49 K Duncan 27 W Dundon 3/33 L Watts 3/54 K Winnell 2/13 A Dundon 2/25 def Tallarook 80 L Irving 28 M Lawrence 7/15 T Burke 2/16. Broadford 0/110 MJ Collier 60* A Wood 43* def Yea Tigers 99 M Lockhart 34 R Akers 25 N Woods 4/17 C Berry 4/26.

■ B-Grade. Pyalong 9/159(cc) def Broadford 139. Alexandra 8/202(cc) B Cooper 94 J Kidd 64 D McLarty 3/28 S Van Duinen 3/36 L Drummond 2/48 def by Seymour 7/204 D McLarty 60 D Murphy 40 L Drummond 32 .

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Alexandra

SOLD

Prime Building Block in Alexandra:• Slightly elevated block measuring 1064m2.

• All essential services available for connection • Magnificent views • Located within walking distance to schools & shops. $74,500

Taylor Bay

NEW

Build your dream holiday home • Ideal building block with Lake views • Block measuring 1.2Ac (4989m2) • Level house site available with Power • Direst access to deep water ideal for boating $390,000

Alexandra

SOLD

Country living in the Heart of town! :• 3 bedroom Family home plus office/ study • Situated on an Acre of land with 2 titles • 3kw Solar System plus 6m x 11m Shed • Lovely parklike gardens with established fruit trees & vegie garden $445,000

Eildon

SOLD

Solid Investment suit investor or first home buyer:• Three bedroom Eildon home • Open plan living with split system • Rear deck with rural outlook • Timber home currently leased for $220 per week $225,000

Sales Specialists I Belinda Hocking 0418 115 574 Sales and Property Services I Jessica Bates 0437 533 236 Property Management I Sarah Brockhus 0457 537 222

Eildon

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Country lifestyle on 30 acres:• Light and bright 3 bedroom brick home plus studio • Magnificent views, wonderful garden with fruit trees • Ample sundry sheds and Lock-up colorbond shed • Water bore, 3 dams and 7 tanks $625,000

Developers Take Note! :• Rare opportunity to purchase 7.65Acres 3.1HA • Council approved 30 lot sub-division in the township of Eildon • Current plans and planning permits available • Flat allotments ranging from 626 sqm to 1778 sqm $460,000

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With full rear veranda to overlooking the mountain ranges, Yea River and Yea Racecourse just to name a few, you could laze your day away just sitting and taking it all in.

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There is plenty of shedding for storage or for those ongoing projects, and also a little potting area for the keen gardener.

The property also has a bungalow away from the house for guests or family to stay in.

There is also a large open paddock leading down from the house to the Yea River frontage.

Priced between $795,000 $825,000 it is well worth the visit to this gorgeous part of the world.

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