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APRIL 2001 NEWSLETTER ANNUAL MEETING Our
annual meeting took place on Monday night in the courthouse. Sixteen people were
present to bear the reports, elect office bearers for the forthcoming year and
to hear the guest speaker, Dave Evans. Alan Burgess in his president’s report
spoke of the year’s highlights, which included the grants for filming The
Echo, landscaping the surrounds as well as the launching of the Historic Walks
Brochures. Janet Trudgeon, our treasurer, presented the statement of receipts
and payments for the past year, a copy of which is attached John Neall gave a
report on the visit of Mandy Jean, Heritage adviser to Mount Alexander Shire,
the main points of which were.
1: quotes to eradicate termites as soon as possible
2: door timber in the frame on magistrate’s bench to be replaced 3: cracking plaster to be left for the time being to see if it improves when the wet weather comes
4: agricultural drains not to be closer than 1 metre to the building
5: none of the brick spoon drains to be removed altered or damaged
6: sandstone foundations to be repaired using sandstone and a suitable
mortar mix
7: a record of maintenance – past and future plans – to be kept. Alec
Culvenor took the chair for the election of office bearers who are as follows- President Alan Burgess 54762367 Vice
President
Peter Skilbeck
54762450 Secretary
Dawn Angliss
54762906 Treasurer
Janet Trudgeon
54762437 Committee
Dorothy Clark
54762220 John Neall 54762207 Research
and Public Officer
Liz Coady
54762430 The
guest speaker, Dave Evans was then introduced as a member of the Woady Yallock
Historical Society with a special interest in mining accidents. Since starting
by buying a few books from the Mines Department, Dave has now an impressive list
of many thousand and which is continually growing. He illustrated his talk with
overhead slides showing mining methods and explaining the many ways that
accidents would happen. It was good to see Alleyne and Ian Hockley from the
Castlemaine Historical Society in attendance as well as a couple of local
residents with an interest in mines. SUBSCRIPTIONS Fees
for the year are unchanged, $15 for single membership, $25 for a family
membership and $5 if you wish the newsletter to be posted to you. Membership
forms are included and our treasurer would appreciate prompt payment. TRIP TO THE MUSEUM Everyone
is welcome to join us on our trip this Thursday May 3rd to the new
Melbourne Museum. We intend leaving on the 8.12 train from Castlemaine and a car
pool will leave from the courthouse in Newstead at 7.35 am (perhaps a phone
call. 54762006 if you want a ride, to ensure we don’t leave you behind!). The
exhibition ”Forging The Nation” is current, which includes the first single
engine aeroplane to fly from England to Australia, the ceremonial carriage used
in the procession at the opening of the inaugural Federal Parliament and
Mawson’s sled from his 1911-12 expedition will be seen as well as significant
paintings such as ”The Opening of Federal Parliament 9 May 1901 by Charles
Nuttall and on loan for the first time from the Australian War Museum, ”Anzac,
the Landing 1915” by George Lambert. Sounds good but we intend to cast a
critical eye over the new museum because some of us, were very attached to the
old one! (Weren’t we, Janet and Dawn!)? Admission prices Adults $15 Children
$8 Concessions $11 Families $35 MONDAY MORNINGS It
is great to see several people regularly coming to the courthouse on Monday
mornings. Bev Gray, Di Reid and Brian Dieckmann are currently typing data
supplied to us by Margaret Di Fiore into our Filemaker programs. Janet Trudgeon
is working on the reader and microfilm copies of the early Echo. John Neall and
Dorothy Clark are working on a record of the past members of our Society and
want a photo of each of us, please, to insert in the book. Derek Reid is
searching for information on the mines and William Aberdeen. Quite often a
visitor calls in but there is always a stop at 11 o’clock to share a cuppa. We
would love to see you there. CALENDAR Museum
trip Thursday May 3 car pool from courthouse at 7.35 am. or 8.12 am, train Next
meeting Monday May 21st 1.30 pm. at the courthouse.
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