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A Word from the President Volume 4, No.1 April 2006 ISSN 1447-4026 CONTENTS Page A Word from the President A Word from the President 1 Rodney Davidson, AO, OBE Forthcoming Events 2006 Calendar 2 Review of Recent events 2-3 What a great year it's going to be! La Trobe in South Gippsland 3-7 The big news is that after years of Charles Joseph La Trobe and work, led by John Drury, we have Geelong 7-9 income tax deductibility through the La Trobe and Cape Otway 10-12 Australia Cultural Fund, for an appeal Life of Sofie La Trobe 12-14 to create the first statue of Charles La Trobe Society Statue Fund 14 Joseph La Trobe. Hot off the Press (literally!) 15-16 The appeal, just launched, is going New Light on the Baron 16 well, and the statue has been Landmark Turns Le Trobe on his Head 16 commissioned. Please make a donation, as much as possible, but of course, every little La Trobeana is the Newsletter of the La Trobe helps! Society Inc. It appears three times per year, with news of forthcoming events, and reports of Dianne Reilly's book, La Trobe: The interest to the membership. Contributions are Making of a Governor, has been always welcome. Please contact Fay Woodhouse at [email protected] launched, as has the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Year of La Trobe. Committee Many events will be held to celebrate President: Mr Rodney Davison, AO, OBE. the importance of La Trobe to Victoria. Vice President: Ms Susan Priestley Treasurer: Mr John Drury Please consider inviting a friend to join Secretary: Dr Dianne Reilly our Society - membership is a great Members: Professor John Barnes strength! Dr Fay Woodhouse All in all, 2006 is going to be a great The La Trobe Society Inc. year! Support your Society in P.O. Box 65 celebrating this important milestone. PORT MELBOURNE Vic. 3207 Telephone: 9646 2112 Rodney Davidson 2 FORTHCOMING EVENTS March in the beautiful Rippon Lea Ballroom, 2006 CALENDAR Elsternwick. CEO of the National Trust, Mr Stephen Hare, told an audience of more than one hundred members of both the THE YEAR OF LA TROBE National Trust and the La Trobe Society, that as part of the celebration of the 'Year of La Trobe', the Trust will June - Book Launch feature a travelling exhibition of La Trobe's watercolours. La Trobe's Jolimont: My Australian Regional centres where the exhibition can be viewed are: Garden La Trobe University Gallery, Hamilton Art Gallery, Swan Tuesday 6 June, 6.00 for 6.30 pm Hill Art Gallery and La Trobe Regional Gallery in Morwell. Mueller Hall, The Herbarium, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra, Other events will also be scheduled to pay tribute to the Joint publication of the La Trobe Society foresight of our first Lieutenant-Governor, Charles La and the Australian Garden History Trobe, and members will be informed of details. We look forward to the National Trust's celebration of this Year of Society. La Trobe. Mr Hare said: 'Much remains to be done, and RSVP: Helen Botham - 9583 1114 collaboration is required between the Trust and the La (see p. 16 for details of launch & lecture) Trobe Society to fulfil our mutual aim to promote recognition and understanding of the achievements of June - Joint La Trobe Society/RHSV Charles Joseph La Trobe'. AGL Shaw Lecture Book Launch - La Trobe: The Making of a Governor Charles La Trobe: the Forgotten Governor by Dianne Reilly Thursday 22 June, 6.00 for 6.30 pm Village Professor Peter McPhee, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, The Roadshow Theatrette University of Melbourne, launched this new study of La State Library of Victoria Trobe's career. The work was derived from Dianne $5 members $10 non-Members Reilly's PhD thesis, awarded in 2003. RSVP: Gerardine - 9326 9288 Professor McPhee spoke passionately about Dianne's work, and the importance of it in documenting and August - Annual General Meeting analysing La Trobe's role in Victoria's colonial history. Date and speaker to be confirmed. Launch of the C J La Trobe Statue Fund December - Christmas Cocktail Party Mr John Drury, Treasurer of the La Trobe Society, Date and speaker to be advised. launched the C J La Trobe Statue Fund, commending it to the audience and emphasising the importance of the fact that contributions are tax deductible making it a benefit to Review of Recent Events those who wish to donate to the Fund. The aims of this Society are to erect a bronze statue of La Trobe, and to facilitate a Fellowship in his name for the A Night of Launches at Rippon Lea study of the colonial period of Victoria's history, and these intentions were reiterated during John's launch of the Statue Fund. Member Daryl Ross officiated in the absence of the Society's President. To date, contributions of approximately half the required amount have generously been made by members. All are NATIONAl. TRUST encouraged to make contributions, to attain our goal of raising $90,000-100,000 for the appeal. 2005 Christmas Cocktail Function National Trust of Australia (Victoria) 50th Anniversary and Launch of The Year of La On Friday 9 December at the Lyceum Club, Ridgway Trobe, Place, Melbourne, Dr Marguerite Hancock gave a paper 20 March 2006 describing the life of Sophie La Trobe and her experience in Melbourne. Marguerite’s knowledge of Sophie's time The launch of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) here, and the experiences of other Year of La Trobe was held on Monday 20 3 governor's wives, shone through her paper which was their daughters had been holidaying at very well received by the enthusiastic audience. Around Shortlands Bluff, present-day Queenscliff. 40 guests enjoyed the convenient location of the Lyceum His cottage was located on the site now Club and its convivial surroundings, as well as excellent refreshments. occupied by St George's Anglican Church, Hobson Street, Queenscliff. On the 7th Due to the popularity of Marguerite's talk, it is December 1975, La Trobe's association reproduced in full on pages 12-14. with the site was commemorated by the unveiling of a tablet in the grounds of the Church. La Trobe's journey of exploration into South Gippsland included travel on horseback, by carriage and some use of boats and punts. Much of the terrain was hard to traverse, and at times the party lost its way. En route, they experienced some exuberant Scottish hospitality as many of the first pastoralists to the area were Scots, including Angus McMillan and Samuel Introducing the first of the Anderson, two of the earliest explorers of La Trobeana Series: the region. La Trobe's Journeys of Exploration La Trobe's account of the journey of the Port Phillip District makes interesting reading, since he visited many early settlers of the district whose names will be familiar to readers of early As promised in the November 2005 Melbourne history. A strong sense of the edition of La Trobeana, three articles on man, his strengths, and his curiosity, comes La Trobe's exploration of the Port through a close reading of the text. His Phillip District are published in this summary at the beginning and end of the journal entries lists the people and places edition. The first is by Fay Woodhouse he visited, as well as the distance in miles who has begun editing La Trobe's diary covered between notable points in the of his forays into South Gippsland landscape. during 1845. The second is an article by The journey is recorded over a Peter Alsop, President, Geelong number of pages in a handwritten bound volume, C J La Trobe Memoranda of Historical Society, detailing La Trobe's Correspondence 1839-1851. Memoranda of exploration of and association with the Journeys, Excursions & Absences 1839- Geelong District. The third is an 1854, MS H15604, Box 79/5, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection at the examination of La Trobe's exploration State Library of Victoria. The writing is of Cape Otway by Dianne Reilly. consistently hard to decipher, however, despite my best efforts, some words still La Trobe in South Gippsland elude me. These are noted as '(?)'. * However, in the main, where the writing is Prior to setting out in February 1845 unclear, the meaning of a sentence can still on his journey to establish a route to be made out. Gippsland, La Trobe, Sophie and two of * Most cases of doubt have been subsequently resolved. (Ed.) 4 In places, punctuation is sparse, and I highest ground over the northern end of the have not added another word to the original Bluff - a charming situation - proved very text. comfortable in the main - and our stay there La Trobe's companions on the despite the want of sufficient and good water journey were Henry Dana (1820-1852) of and difficulties of getting provisions the Native Police Corps and Frederick Armand Powlett (1811-1865), occasionally a very pleasant retreat. S. and 3 Commissioner of Crown Lands for the the children stayed there with the Fenwicks Westernport District. in the neighbourhood until after my return 4 5 I hope readers will enjoy this from Gippsland in fine till 19 March. excursion into the earliest days of South [new page] (In continuation) Gippsland, now the Bass Coast Shire. 31) I left dear S. and the two little girls6 established in the cottage at the Heads. Gippsland February - March 1845 Started 2pm (28th Feb.) and alone to Dandenong Bridge – Dana7 and the Police8 - to Mantons9 20 m further where we found 31) Feb.
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