​Dumbleyung Community Resource Centre
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Network
  • What We Do
    • Services
    • Membership
    • Facilities
    • Library
    • Government Access Point
  • Bluebird Interpretive Centre
  • News & Events
    • Quack Chat (News)
    • Events/Whats On
    • Submit an Article to Quack Chat
    • Subscribe
  • Contact

Dumbleyung wins Tidy Town award!

26/9/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
Pictured above left to right: Shire of Dumbleyung CEO M.Gilfellon, Shire Councillor A.Knight, C.Bairstow, C.Bairstow, Community Development Officer N.Taylor and P.Bairstow.
WE WON! 2018 Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Awards Heritage & Culture Category.
​

Rewind a few months and the Dumbleyung community and shire staff were busy mowing lawns, tidying gardens, collecting rubbish and helping those in need to prepare to welcome the Tidy Towns judges to showcase the newly completed Bluebird Precinct and passion that has revitalised the town! To our delight Dumbleyung was nominated as a state finalist in the Heritage & Culture category of the 2018 Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Awards along with Albany, Collie, Dowerin, Northam, and Quairading for their amazing projects!
 
Honoured to be a part of the 2018 Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Award Ceremony it was exciting to see pictures of the completed precinct on the big screen in the big city! As the smallest community in our category we quivered with excitement when Dumbleyung was announced as the category winner, what special recognition of our community achievements! For every contribution great and small, we thank and congratulate our passionate community.
 
Below are some words on all the nominee’s projects from the 2018 Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Award Ceremony:
 
Dumbleyung - winner
Bluebird precinct
The installation of the final interpretive panel for the Bluebird precinct project marked the completion of this outstanding four-year heritage project. The community-led initiative preserves and celebrates the significance of Donald Campbell's unrivalled 1964 World Water Speed Record on Lake Dumbleyung. The project has revitalised the main street into a vibrant heritage area. When driving into Dumbleyung you cannot miss the stunning replica of Donald's boat Bluebird Kl at the new Bluebird precinct and the wire sculpture of Donald. The site of the precinct is built upon existing CWA memorial infrastructure and the old railway station. The project, which includes landscaping, picnic areas, nature play, banners and the purchase of the Post Office building for an interpretive centre and cafe, make this project visually appealing and regionally significant.
 
Albany - finalist
ANZAC Albany Festival
Albany's heritage and culture projects are outstanding. The RSL and City of Albany collaborated to deliver the inaugural ANZAC festival, including the Convoy Campout event. Ship H MAS Newcastle officers performed a sunset ceremony and over 10,000 people attended the Troop March. The Field of Light art installation of 13,000 glass spheres will mark 41,000 troops who departed for the Great War from Albany.
 
Collie - finalist
Museum revitalisation
Collie's Coalfields Museum grew from humble beginnings, with local Stan Cull salvaging items from the rubbish tip. The collection grew into a museum run as a family concern for nearly five decades. This year the museum was taken on by a volunteer group, and 60 volunteers have put in over 6200 hours to catalogue, digitise and upgrade displays, with work still ongoing. The Shire of Collie repaired the building so that the museum, which was always a great place to visit, now displays a magnificent heritage collection.
 
Dowerin - finalist
Minnivale old bakery oven
The town of Dowerin aims to resurrect the history of the nearby village of Minnivale, once a thriving community. To date, volunteers and the Shire of Dowerin have revamped the Methodist church and general store and created the outstanding Wheatbelt Heritage Rail Discovery Centre. The oven is all that remains of a significant dynasty of bakers. Restoration of the bakery land has included clearing of rubbish, weeds and dead trees for safer access, erecting signage, and a protection area around the bakery, with further plans to preserve the oven and create an interesting visitor experience.
 
Northam - finalist
Bilya Koort Boodja Centre (8KB)
Set on the Avon River next to the Northam Visitor Centre, this unique cultural centre is a beautiful and spacious building that will have a regional impact. Completed in June 2018, BKB has a welcome space, interpretative space, sorry space and yarning circle. Interactive displays provide outstanding cultural educational experiences. The centre is a significant project and demonstrates outstanding commitment to, and preservation of, the culture of the Nyoongar Ballardong region. The Shire of Northam and Northam Aboriginal Advisory Group collaborated on the building. The centre will protect, celebrate and share the culture of the Nyoongar people and highlight land management practices that draw upon the knowledge of the land's traditional custodians.
 
Quairading - finalist
Stacey's Fat Lamb Train
The Quairading Agricultural Society and Land Conservation District Committee combined to acknowledge the entrepreneurial excellence of Stacey family who, from 1942-1973, commissioned an annual train at the Badjaling railway siding to take fat lambs to market. More than 10,000 lambs transported in 1971 made it the largest consignment from one farmer in the world at that time. Leslie Stacey received an M BE for his services to the fat lamb industry.

Article by N.Taylor
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Staff and committee of the Dumbleyung CRC along with community members and volunteers contribute to the weekly Quack Chat Newsletter.
    Disclaimer
    1)No liability shall be incurred by the Quack Chat by reason of any amendments to, or error; inaccuracy in; partial total omission of an advertisement; by reason of delay; default or from any other cause whatsoever.  If in the opinion of Quack Chat the error clearly reduces the value of the advertisement and the advertiser notifies it to Quack Chat within six days of the publication date, then one correct insertion will be made without charge.
    2) While the Quack Chat aims to publish all material submitted, Quack Chat reserves the right to refuse to publish or re-publish any contribution or advertisement without giving any reason.
    3) No articles, letters or advertisements will be accepted which may appear to be defamatory or accusatory, or to favour one side in a legal dispute.
    4) Quack Chat reserves the right to shorten or otherwise amend any contribution other than advertisements.
    5) The opinions, views and beliefs expressed in articles and other submissions to the Quack Chat do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views or beliefs of the CRC staff or Committee.

    For more information please read the Quack Chat Policy below.

    Quack Chat Policy available to view here

    Read previous news stories, sporting results, and announcements by searching the archives below.

    Archives

    December 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Picture

Hours

Monday 9.30am to 4.30pm
Tuesday - Friday 9.00am to 4.30pm
CLOSED Saturday/Sunday and Public Holidays

Telephone

(08) 9863 4829

Email

admin@dumbleyungcrc.com

DISCLAIMER: Dumbleyung Community Resource Centre is committed to quality service to its customers and seeks to ensure accuracy, currency and reliability of information and transactions provided over the internet, but this cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Dumbleyung Community Resource Centre and its officers and employees are released from liability (including in respect of negligence) for any loss, damage, cost and expense caused by use of or reliance on this website and the information contained on it Dumbleyung Community Resource Centre has no control over the content of material accessible on any site that is referenced from this website. It is your responsibility to make your own decisions about the suitability, relevance, accuracy, currency, reliability and privacy practices of any external the websites.​
COPYRIGHT: Unless otherwise stated, copyright in all materials on this website is the property of Dumbleyung Community Resource Centre. In addition to any fair dealings permitted under the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968, material on this website may be reproduced for research, study, private non-commercial use provided that Dumbleyung Community Resource Centre is acknowledged as the copyright owner and the material is not altered.
Dumbleyung Community Resource Centre cannot and does not grant any permission or authority in respect of the copyright of the materials appearing at third-party Internet sites, and strongly recommends that you refer to the copyright statements at those sites before making use of the materials.
Enquires may be directed to admin@dumbleyungcrc.com 

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Network
  • What We Do
    • Services
    • Membership
    • Facilities
    • Library
    • Government Access Point
  • Bluebird Interpretive Centre
  • News & Events
    • Quack Chat (News)
    • Events/Whats On
    • Submit an Article to Quack Chat
    • Subscribe
  • Contact