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Click Here to View Asset SUBMISSION TO DECENTRALISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1966 iT D COU RY DPUG LI BRAR Y fLANNI G BOARD 111111111111 11111 11111111111111111111 1111111111111 L Y M0017535 1515 PORTLAND SUBMISSION TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Introduction 1 ·. ·~ Strategic Position ·. 2 (i) Raw Materials ·. 2 (ii) Markets ·. .. 0 3 Land Availability and Price ·. 4- Cormnunications o • o • 4- Distribution of Employment 6 ·. • c (i) Males and Females ·. 6 (ii) Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Industries 6 Population Trends ·. 8 Employment Trends 9 • 0 ·. Industrial and Cormnercial Locality Map ·. 10 Existing Industries • • 11 Existing Cormnercial Development 22 Existing Educational Facilities 23 Services - Water Supply ·. • • 24- Electr icity Q . 27 • 0 Gas; Sewerage , Drainage 28 ; Service and Access Roads 29 Housing • • 30 Town Planning 30 ·. • u Existing Social and Cormnunity li'acili ties ·. 31 Organisations f or development of Industry ·. 33 1 I J Development of Portland - Matters for Considerati on. 33 Conclusi on ·. • • 37 Appendices No. I to XIII ( inclusive ) III • 711 . 4099 6831991 # 457 POR Portland submission to v.l the Decentralisation Advisory Committee Page 1. , DECENrRALISATION ADVISORY COm.uTTEE SUBMISSION ON BEHALF OF PORTLAND lit INTRODUCTION The Committee is required under its Act to provide advice to the Governor in Council as follows:- 'Which places outside the Metropolitan area within the meaning of the Town and Country Planning Act 1961 have the greatest potential for industrial and commercial expansion and the type and extent of the stimulation required to ensure their future development" . The following submission is submitted on behalf of the Town of Portland and the Standing Committee appointed by that Municipality and the Shire of Portland and the Portland Harbor Trust, following an initial visit to Portland by the then Minister of State Development, the Hon. Vance Dickie, M.L.A., on the 27th. May, 1965, and the subsequent visit to Portland by the Decentralisation Advisory Committee comprising the Minister of State Development, the Hono J .W. Manson, M. L.A. , the Director of the Division of State Development, Mr . N.T. Howard, and the members of the Committee itself, on the 1st. June, 1966. Juring this visit, discussions took place with • representatives of the two Councils and the Portland Harbor Trust, and with industrialists .pperating at present .lithi'n the general Portland area, in • particular, representatives of Messrs. Thos . Borthwick & Sons (Aust. ) Ltd., Everett Products Pty. Ltdo, South Australian Fishermen's Co-operative Ltd., West Vic Masonry Pty. Ltd., South Western Constructions (Hamil ton) Pty. Ltd. , the Portland Wool Selling Brokers I Association and Mr. W. Amor, together with representatives of the Fruitgrowers' Association. The following submission, which, it is hoped, will convince the Committee that Portland is one of the areas in the State which has the greatest potential for industrial and commercial expansion, also sets down some of the thoughts of the people as to the nature of the stimulation which might be applied here. The submission has been prepared at the request of the Standing Committee and with the fullest co-operation of a great many people in the area whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged. /~,,(~\ l~ (E . Noel T. Henry) Town Clerk October, 1966. Page 2. P 0 R T LAN D '. S T RAT E G I C POSITION PORTLAND is located within 8 miles of the direct overseas route between Melbourne and Adelaide and almost midway between the capitals of Victoria and South Australia o The construction of its $16, 000~00 0 Port offers unique opportunity for the development of the rich hinterland comprising the We stern areas of Victoria and t he South Eastern area of South Australia. (See map of Hinterland on front cover of this submission). I ~ To meet this opportunity, the Portland Harbor Trust now has three general cargo berths available for the trade offering, one new bulk berth under construction, one tanker berth and plenty of land immediately behind the general cargo berths to handle the containerisation potential, to say nothing of adequate open areas close to the Port for container packaging purposes. It is of interest to note that Portland has been selected as the operational headquarters for an extensive search for undersea oil and gas deposits in the Otway Basin" Plans are now in hand to commence • drilling operations off' the South West Coast of Victoria during January, 1967 • • ( i) RAW MATERIALS PRODUCED IN THE ll'INiEDIATE VICINITY 1. Meat: Beef, Lamb, Mutton, Veal, Pork, Sundry By-Products The long established meat works of Thos. Borthwick & Sons (Aust.) Ltd o have been the principal industry of the area over the past 60 years. Messrs. Angliss & Co. will establish a works here also o 20 Wo ol: Portland is now established as a major wool selling centre within the National Wo ol Selling roster. Five woolselling brokers established here, with a sixth now building. The majority of the firms have expanding building programmes. 128,000 bales sold in Portland during 1965-66 season, with 54,000 bal es shipped direct to overseas destinations from Portland. Estimate for present season possibly 175,000 bales. 3. Dairy Produce: .. The Portland Co-operative Dairy Company produces an extensive range of produce at its Portland Butter Factory and Heywood Cheese FactorYn Page 3. P 0 R T LAN D- (i) RAW MATERIALS (Cont'd.) 4. Fish: ~ Development of the fishing industry has taken place with the operation of the S.A.F.C.O.L. Fish Cannery, and the establishment of Stanke Broso (Boat Builders). 5. Extensive Forests - both Hard and Soft Wood: Hardwood timbers milled at 14 mills nearby, and Softwood timbers at Dartmoor, Nelson and in the Mount 'Gambier district. 6. Fruit: Extensive apple and pear orchards, with cool storages. 7. Vineyards being developed at Drumborg, 100 acres now planted. 8. Oats: Portland is now the principal oat-exporting centre for the State of Victoriao 9. Vegetables: Extensive crops of tomatoes and potatoes have been produced locally and in the neighbouring Shire of Portland. Other vegetables, including root crops, legumes and all garden produce are grown with success. 10. Materials available for extractive industries: Basalt, and ironstone gravel San!i Limestone Dia tomaceous Earth Clay ( ii) MARKETS Situated in very close proximity to overseas shipping lanes" Portland is virtually at the door of almost every country in the world. On the local scene, it has rail connections to Melbourne and Adelaide and, in its vicinity, to such centres as Mount Gambier, Casterton, Coleraine, Hamilton and Warrnambool, (these links also serve the smaller towns between)o The rail link to Horsham via Hamilton, Cavendish, Toolondo, requires regrading and heavier rails if it is to become effective for the purpose for which it was built, namely, the carriage of agricultural produce and farm supplies to and from the Portland Hinterlando " A good road system connects Portland to all points in its hinterland Page 40 P 0 R T LAN D (ii) MARKETS (Cont'do ) and to the capitcl citieso .The hinterland provides a market area where goods manufactured in Portland could be soldo The Portland aerodrome provides opportunities for airfreighting, now V8F:/ essential and much availed of. LAND AVAILABILITY AND:..-.---"---- PRICE The development of Portland is controlled by the Joint Planning Scheme operated by the Town and Shire Councils~ This plan is being constantly reviewed to meet the growing needs of the town and surrounds. The Town Council is at present processing an amending ordinariee which will extend the area available for residential and industrial uses o The Shire Council has planning schemes being processed which will have similar effect" Adequate land is a.vailable under the scheme as amended for Housing~ Commer~ial and Industrial purposes" Recent land sales indicate the following prices for land:- • (i) Housing: From $1,000 to $6$000 for residential sites, according to situation~ (ii) Commercial: From $300 to $600 per foot for land in Commercial "A" Zone and up to $80 per foot for land in Commercial liB" (Daily Needs) Zones c (iii) Industrial: About $600 to $800 per acre for land in Industrial Zones suitable ~ for establishment of industry. The Portland Harbor Trust will lease lands near the Port to suitable industries o See Industrial and Commercial Locality Map Page 10" COM M U N I CAT ION S (i) Road: First class highways link Portland - with Me195~~ via Port Fairy, Warrnambool, Camperdown, Colac and Geelong, with A!!elaiil.e via Mount Gambier, Naracoorte and Border Town, and also via Mount Gambier and Kingston, 'i, with Mildu~ via Hamilton, Horsham, Hopetoun and Ouyen, Page 5. P 0 R T LAN D COM M U N I CAT ION S (Cont'd.) wi th Ballarat via Hamil ton, Lake Bolac and Skipton, wit~ Bendigo via Ararat, Avoca and Maryborougho (ii) Rail: A Railway map indicates the railway system converging on Portlandc The one enclosed also indicates the oats flow to Portland in the 1964-65 season. (Appendix TV) (iii) Air Services regularly connect Portland with M~lbourne each week day and a first class aerodrome fills the needs of charter and other itinerant aircraft o (iv) Sea: The overseas trade of the Port is now well established. With the establishment of containerisation; Coastal shipping is a logical development in which Portland will be included. (v) Town Bus Service in operation linking Commercial "A" Zone with outer residential areas. (Vi) Telephones: The new Automatic Telephone Exchange serves the Town and the immediate area - Extensions are to be made which will eventually link up the whole district in the Automatic Network. P 0 R T L A N D Page 6. DISTRIBUTI ON O F EM PL O Y MEN T (i) MALES AND m iLUES I t i s diff icult to assess curr~ nt employment figures, however, the following t ables give some indication of t he wor k force and age group as rel ated to total populat i on f or the years 1947, 1954 and 1961 : Work Force and Age Groups in Ter ms of Populati on PORTLAND B I-- 1 A I Census I as % of ! M 15 - 64.) as %A .
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