Brown Hill Community Newsletter Edition 19, June 2019 A project of the Brown Hill Progress Association, supported by the Brown Hill Community Partnership. We are proud to walk this land with the Wadawurrung people and all other First Nations people. Diary Dates See brownhill.vic.au for details. JUNE Friday 21: 1.30pm, Stress Strategies Workshop, Brown Hill Uniting Church (p.12) Saturday 22: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm, Brown Hill Market, Brown Hill Hall (p.5) Friday 28: Last day of Term Two

... continued p.2 E. & J. Bawden Service Grocers at 341 Humffray Street North, Brown Hill. Joy and Ed Bawden are standing out the front. Image supplied. Brown Hill's General Store - 'back in the day' Well-known Brown Hill locals, Ed and run by Ed’s parents. Most of the local producers. supplied goods came in large tins. Joy Bawden, share some memories of The business became known as 'W Grains and meal came in hessian their time running the Brown Hill and E Bawden Service Grocers', bags. The shop sold fruit and General Store with local, Rhonda run by Ed and his father William. vegetables, groceries, chook food, Lyons. School children from nearby wheat, bran, pollard, newspapers, Brown Hill Primary School would The Brown Hill General Store was briquettes and some crockery. The spend threepence on their way located at 341 Humffray Street shop had rows and rows of tins home. Threepence would buy a North opposite the Brown Hill stacked in shelves, mostly tins of small bag of lollies. Barber. The store was originally biscuits of all different varieties. owned by Ed’s great grandparents, During the mid-60s Ed and Joy During the 1940s there was a the Lane family. Maryann Lane took over the running of the shop petrol bowser with two hoses at (Ed's grandmother) was born at and renamed it 'E. & J. Bawden the front of the shop. the shop in 1869. Hence Lane Service Grocers'. They lived in the Street, which meets Humffray The shop sold locally made house behind the shop with their Street North opposite the shop, is biscuits. The huge 'Sunshine' four children. named after them. biscuit factory was located Each week the shop was open for between Victoria and Mair streets, When it opened the shop was five-and-a-half days, closing at where the Bakery Hill Shopping named 'Wm. Lane, Temperance lunchtime on Saturdays. Ed and Centre is now. The biscuit Store'. The term 'temperance' Joy say, "They were long days in factories were big employers of meant there was no alcohol sold at the store, with our mornings people from the community. the shop. beginning at 5.30 am to collect the From 1932 the general store, Soft drinks, mainly lemonade, newspapers and roll them, then do supplying household goods, was came in glass bottles. the home delivery, some thrown 'Goodfellows' and 'Rowlands' were ... continued p.16 1 ... continued from p.1 Tuesday 6: 7.00 pm, Brown Hill Friday 20: End of Term Three Progress Association meeting, rear Saturday 29 June to 21 July: Saturday 21: 7.00 pm - 2.00 am, room, Brown Hill Hall, all welcome Winter Festival. See: White Night Ballarat. See: ballaratwinterfestival.com.au Saturday 10: Men's Breakfast, whitenight.com.au/ballarat JULY Brown Hill Uniting Church (p.12) OCTOBER Monday 12: Due date for articles Tuesday 2: 7.00 pm, Brown Hill Monday 7: Start of Term Four and advertising for the Brown Hill Progress Association meeting, rear Community Newsletter (Edition Friday 25: 5.00 pm - 7.30 pm, 2019 room, Brown Hill Hall, all welcome 20). Please note the change of Brown Hill Community Festival, Monday 15: Start of Term Three date. Brown Hill Recreation Reserve and Cricket Oval (p.4) Saturday 27: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm, Friday 23: Delivery of Edition 20 Brown Hill Market, Brown Hill begins across Brown Hill NOVEMBER Hall (p.5) Saturday 24: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm, Friday 15: Caledonian Primary Sunday 28: National Tree Day. Brown Hill Market, Brown Hill School Trivia Night (p.6) See: treeday.planetark.org Hall (p.5) Sunday 17: Eucalypts of Slaty AUGUST SEPTEMBER Creek Walk and BBQ. See: brownhill.vic.au/directory/wattle Sunday 4: Brown Hill Tuesday 3: 7.00 pm, Brown Hill -flat-pootilla-landcare-group/ Kindergarten fundraiser - Progress Association meeting and Bunnings BBQ (p.6) AGM, rear room, Brown Hill Hall, For updates, visit: brownhill.vic.au all welcome.

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3 ...continued from p.3 everyone associated with the please get in touch with Megan. newsletter and contributing Residents meeting, adhering We are also looking to add one groups e.g. the Brown Hill strictly to meeting procedure. additional food van so if you have Progress Association, the local He offered helpful advice to me any suggestions please let Megan Area Plan synopsis and many during my term as Secretary of know: [email protected]. the Residents’ Committee. He more items. Keep up the good shared silverbeet seedlings, which work - you do a mighty job and we The 2019 Brown Hill Community he had grown, with us. His dear look forward to reading Edition 18 Festival will be held on Friday 25 wife Jean also gave me a number and many more thereafter. October from 5.00 pm to 7.30 pm at the Brown Hill Reserve. of her highly prized hippeastrum Yours most sincerely, bulbs which, with their annual Annette and Gordon Williamson brownhill.vic.au/brown-hill- spectacular blooms, have given us Hemsley Park community-festival/ much pleasure. Annette and I both found the uplifting article on Rod Soar most Brown Hill interesting, as both of us worked Flood with Rod and his wife at St John of God Hospital. Annette was Nurse Our Festival Planning Unit Manager for twenty-eight The Brown Hill Progress Formal consultation for Ballarat's years and used to give Rod quite a Association welcomes local, 'Better Flood Planning' project bit of stick about the cleanliness of Megan Hekkema, to our concluded at the end of April. his work shoes! During his committee to organise our fourth Feedback provided from the drop- training days I lectured his group Brown Hill Community Festival. in sessions is being reviewed and on pharmacology. His was a fun Megan will be working with drafting of amendment group I well remember and I had representatives from Brown Hill documentation has commenced. to have my wits about me!! Kindergarten, Caledonian Primary Following the completion of this Another connection in the School and the Brown Hill Lions work, the Strategic Planning team Newsletter was that with and Lionesses clubs to coordinate will seek a resolution from Council Caledonian Primary School which this much-loved community to request authorisation to our two grandchildren, Grace and celebration. proceed with the Planning Sam, attended. For three years Planning is well underway with Scheme Amendment from the they spent many happy days there the oval and hall booked and the Minister for Planning. To stay whilst here on holiday from Dubai permit application in progress. informed about the project, visit: during their long, hot, summer mysay.ballarat.vic.gov.au/bette school holidays. They have made If you are part of a local r-flood-planning lasting friendships from those community group and would like days and Annette and I are most to run an activity or hold a stall, [email protected] appreciative of the welcome the children were given by the Principals at the time. We also met Geoff Dickson during this time and have helped out a few times at the Breakfast Programme which he oversees. Apart from the enjoyment in reading the newsletter it has provided us with some interesting facts that we may never have known. A big thank you to 4 Brown Hill Kindergarten Brown Hill Kindergarten has been busy connecting with local schools this term. Each of the preschool groups has made connections with a different school. Blue Group visited St Brendan’s Primary School in Dunnstown, Red Group visited St Mary’s Primary School at Clarke’s Hill (on the way to Daylesford) and Yellow Group has had visitors from and visited Caledonian Primary School. Children from Brown Hill Kindergarten's Red Group using potatoes to make prints Blue Group's excursion to St during their visit to St Mary's Primary School in Clarke's Hill. Image supplied. Brendan’s Primary School was in May. Before the visit, the school travelling and the children added meet new people and learn new children sent us letters and cards local landmarks such as the Brown things. to tell us about their school. That Hill Pool. They were very Yellow group had visits from two helped to build the excitement of observant travellers and when we groups of Caledonian Primary the visit! Before we left our got back from the visit they had School students. The first group kindergarten, we talked about lots more detail to add to the map. came with one of the Prep travelling by bus and how to be We talked about the potato farms teachers, Mrs Tunbridge, and safe passengers. At the school, we nearby and the children were spent some time reading their met the children and teachers excited to see them from the bus. favourite stories to the then we had a tour. After that we At the school the children were kindergarten children. The participated in some activities divided into groups with school children enjoyed the company of together. children as buddies (there were the older children, some of whom more kindergarten children than Red group were very excited to be had gone to the kindergarten all the school children at the invited to visit St Mary's Primary themselves and, of course, enjoyed school) and took part in a range of School in Clarke's Hill and to the stories. activities, including checking the receive letters from the school vegetable garden to find potatoes students before the excursion. and then using them to make They were even more excited potato prints. The kindergarten when they discovered we would children were interested to see be travelling by bus. Before we left what was at the school – a we talked about bus safety and playground, classrooms, a library, how a good bus passenger travels. toilets etc. It was a fun visit and We also made a map. Christine the children enjoyed the talked about the way we would be opportunity to travel on the bus, Reading together. Image supplied. ...continued p.6 Silver sponsor:

5 Children from Brown Hill Kindergarten's Blue Group visited St Brendan's Primary School in Dunnstown. Image supplied.

...continued from p.5 Most of the school children had making a donation at Brown Hill attended Brown Hill Kindergarten, Kindergarten. so it was very special to have them We had some wonderful donations, come and visit. The kindergarten including the really sought after children wrote letters to thank the products such as toothbrushes, school children and we plan to toothpaste, deodorant, sanitary items take them to the school. While we and full bottles of shampoo and are delivering them, we plan to conditioner." visit Mrs Q in the art room. Bunnings BBQ Programming 'bee-bots' with the One Mother to Another On Sunday 4 August, we will be Caledonian Primary School students. running the BBQ at Bunnings The second visitors came with Ms Ballarat as a fundraiser. Come and G and brought 'bee-bots' and support our kindergarten. robots and talked about and demonstrated how they worked. Christine Sullivan, Educational Leader They broke up into small groups and Jacinta Johnson, Teacher, Brown and with the help of the school Bridget from Eureka Mums wrote: Hill Kindergarten (a Eureka children, the kindergarten "Thank you to everyone who Community Kindergarten Association children were able to have a turn supported Eureka Mums' 'One Mother [ECKA] Kindergarten), 5332 7973 at programming and operating the to Another' campaign in May by [email protected] 'bee-bots' and robots. Bronze sponsor: Bronze sponsor:

5332 1739 ballarathealthfoods.com.au 405A Sturt Street, Monday-Friday - 9:00am – 5:30pm Saturday - 9:00am – 3:00pm 6 Caledonian Primary School has choice of public schools available Caledonian been congratulated by the to the Victorian community. Australian Curriculum, If your child is preparing to enter Primary Assessment and Reporting Year Seven and you want to know Authority for demonstrating School more about the public secondary substantially above-average gain school options in our area, or you From the Principal's desk in reading results. 'Student-gain' know someone who is interested shows the average change in Term Two has been so busy at in enrolling at our school, try results for students who have Caledonian Primary School. The findmyschool.vic.gov.au today. students have been concentrating taken consecutive NAPLAN tests on their learning and we have had at the same school. According to If you have a question about the many activities to raise money for the 'My School' website, 'student- website, contact the Victorian school facilities, including books gain' is a way to measure the School Building Authority Hotline for the library and classrooms. impact the school has had on on 1800 896 950 or email student progress. That is, when [email protected]. With such a strong community the background of students is partnership, we have been able to Do you have a child similar across schools, it is more run many activities to support our starting Prep in 2020? likely that any differences in gain students. One example was the Our enrolments are open, so made by schools are related to the free pumpkin soup lunch day, please pop into our office and teaching and learning capabilities where every student was offered a collect an enrolment pack to of the school. This is exceptional bread roll and a mug of soup made secure your child’s enrolment at news for Caledonian Primary by a small group of students. Caledonian Primary for 2020. Our School. Prep classes fill fast, so please act I would like to thank the Brown The Department of Education has now. We will be beginning Hill Progress Association and released a new website that helps transition activities during Term Baker's Delight Bakery Hill for parents identify their local public Four. School Tours can be their donations to support the school online. organised through the office. pumpkin soup day. Thank you to Findmyschool.vic.gov.au all of the members of the Brea Terris launched on 24 April and shows community who have supported Principal - Caledonian Primary School every school zone across the state. us with these activities. 5332 6955, caledonianps.vic.edu.au The new website highlights the [email protected] ...continued p.8 Bronze sponsor: Bronze sponsor: Bronze sponsor:

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On 24 April, Caledonian Primary called Anzac Cove. 60,000 Anzac Macarthur Street Primary School School commemorated Anzac Day soldiers fought at Gallipoli and 621 invited a group of schools to with a special assembly. ANZAC Australian soldiers died that day. participate. Our school raised a stands for Australian and New total of $263.30 which was great. Zealand Army Corps. We learnt We wear poppies on Anzac Day about the Anzacs and their because of Flanders Field. Nothing Some students dyed their hair landing on Gallipoli. grew there, until after the war different colors, others went with when poppies grew there. crazy hair styles. We also had a A couple of days before, every fun, colorful and musical parade class made a paper wreath to By Alexis and Amelia, Grade Six, to showcase how wild and crazy present at the special assembly. Caledonian Primary School some of the hair creations were. It All the Grade Six students did a was an amazing day and we hope presentation about Anzac Day. We Crazy Hair to do another ‘Crazy Hair Day’ talked about the landing on Day soon. Gallipoli and two students read Angelo and Bella, Grade Six, On Friday 10 May, Caledonian the poem, ‘In Flanders Field’. Caledonian Primary School At the end of the assembly, every student got an Anzac biscuit. They were donated by the Brown Hill Lionesses Club. They were delicious. Legatee Peta Gillespie, a volunteer with Ballarat Legacy, came in and told us about the landing on Gallipoli. Peta told us about what Ballarat Legacy do. Anzac Day is on 25 April and we commemorate the Anzac soldiers who fought on the banks of 8 expect it will tell them more what psychology students exploring the Woodmans they don’t want to do than process of language acquisition provide the inspiration of what and early learning by observing Hill Secondary future career they will commit to. Prep and Grade One students. Our College The positive feedback from this students are also engaging in a week indicates that our Year 10 range of opportunities offered by From the Principal's desk students have made the most out the Tech School at Federation One of the things that continues of this opportunity and I hope that University. This year, so far, we to inspire me about Woodmans this influences the major choices have had students involved in; a Hill students is their willingness to they will need to make as they program incorporating local challenge themselves in order to take greater control over their leaders Mitchell Harris Wines as a develop and grow. There have pathway in the coming months. case study to explore their business from paddock to bottle been so many examples over the Part of our mission is to ensure across the globe; a STEM program course of the last couple of weeks that each child has the provided a combination of where I have seen – first-hand - opportunity to experience industry tours, guest speakers, the grit and determination shown learning beyond the classroom skill-based workshops and applied by our students. through excursions and hands-on learning to support girls Our Year 10 students have been enrichment activities. Again, our in exploring their STEM pathways out on ‘Work Experience’ and the teachers are to be congratulated within an industry area; the reports back suggest that they are on providing such a varied range program 'Bees with backpacks' having an amazing time. It is of opportunities for students to which is part of a global initiative always difficult to get a straight learn. The Stage Band has been to put tiny sensors that record answer from a teenager when rehearsing hard in order to honey bee activity as they enter they are asked, "What do you prepare for performances and and exit the hive to provide a want to be when you grow up?", a competitions this term and we are health check for our world. We question that many adults looking forward to showcasing have also had our students struggle with. We live in an age of their considerable talents in Term working with coaches from multiple career pathways and the Three when we have our Melbourne Victory FC to develop decision between dreams and Performing Arts Centre ready for soccer skills and encourage reality can seem daunting. community use. engagement in sports. As in all However, we should never believe We have also had artists looking at things at Woodmans Hill, it is the that our students haven’t thought career opportunities at the taking part and challenge that you about it; it’s more of a case that Ballarat Gallery, legal studies present yourself that matters and it’s hard to commit to something students experiencing a case our students never fall short in that seems so far away and out of unfold, historians experiencing this. reach. Perhaps what is more the horrors of war though All in all, a busy time at important is the experience of watching a play, young writers Woodmans Hill Secondary College work that they will receive and developing their craft and our Bronze Sponsor: Bronze sponsor: Stephan Fields, Principal

0417 593 416 www.aldonballarat.com.au 9 Wholesome Wholefoods During Ballarat's recent 'Plate Up' food festival, the Ballarat Wholefoods Collective had an exciting Open Day. The doors were opened wide on Wednesday 1 May at the Ballarat Wholefoods Collective (BWC) for the 'Plate Up' Open Day. People were enticed in by the wonderful display of food available for tasting just outside the door, including Vegas and Rose fresh Tasting Enbom Honey at the Open Day. Image: Penthea Marshall-Radcliffe brownies, marinated mushrooms, received through the City of Goldfields Cheese feta, Mt Zero 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm Wednesdays Ballarat's Community Impact olives, Basilio bread and dried (school term time only, closed Grant Program. We are very fruit, nuts and seeds. during the school holidays). grateful and thank all concerned. Over 50 people took the Sally McAlpin, Member, Ballarat Our bus trips over the winter opportunity to check out what the Wholefoods Collective months are all to indoor venues. BWC has to offer. Six people BGT building 25-39 Barkly Street, In June we are going to 'morning signed up to become members, Ballarat East (opposite the Ballarat melodies' at Yaireith. taking advantage of the '14 Fire Station). months for the cost of 12 months' ballaratwholefoodscollective.org On Mondays, we have a regular membership fee. program at the Brown Hill Hall. Newcomers were also presented Brown Hill Our meetings run from 1.30 pm to with a ticket to get a coffee from 4.30 pm and people over 55 are the Ballarat Group Training's Seniors' Club welcome to join in. (BGT) in-house café and a sample Recently, we started to use our Doreen Braebrook bag full of tasty treats to nibble. two new bowling mats. We Brown Hill Senior Citizen's Club In the evening, local producers purchased them with funding we Coordinator, 5331 2157 spoke with people interested in how and where their food is produced. Some of the producers who supply the BWC set up exhibit tables for All Building Services people to experience their wares, Traditional & Modern Specialising in: including Goldfields Cheese, Methods Basilio Sourdough, Enbom honey Mental Health and bees wax products, Kucina Restorations, Period Chronic Fatigue Garlic, Charisma Coffee and Matching, Renovations, Grounded Pleasures Chai. People Extensions, Repairs, Chronic Pain enjoyed the opportunity to make Bathrooms, Kitchens, Hormonal Health the connection between products Demolition. and the people behind them. www.healthykinect.com.au Andrew Flakemore [email protected] The BWC opening hours are: [email protected] 0409 780 611 9.00 am - 11.00 am and 0427 212 549 145B Humffray Street North 10 people and extremely keen on Ballarat their birds. Canary Club The club first held shows at the Manchester Hall in Grenville celebrates 50 Street and the Eureka Stockade Hall. For the last 40 years, the years shows have been held at the In May, the Ballarat Canary Club Brown Hill Community Hall. celebrated 50 years at the Brown Hill 'Red Canaries' are very popular Community Hall. Newsletter and have been crossed with Committee member, Brian Green, 'Sisken Finch' which are spoke to Bill Messer. fascinating but expensive. Some of Yes, I was there when the club our members have become judges, started and held all the club including Steven McArdle and positions along the way. I was Ballarat Canary Club's Bill Messer, Frank Sawyer. Registered judges born in Ballarat. My mother was June 2019. Photographer: Brian Green come to our show from given a canary then eventually called 'Border Fancy'. In all, there Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and bred some. So my journey began. are 15 varieties of canaries. Hobart. The demand on their services is huge. Our President, In 1964, I was invited to join the We three met quite often and in Steven McArdle, has just won the Board of Management of the 1969 decided to form a Ballarat Canary Championship of Queen Elizabeth Home. At that Canary Club. The membership has Tasmania. time, we had 840 residents living never been great but we continue in Street so you can imagine to have many great times I wanted to be a dispensing the huge task of providing 2500 together. chemist. Instead, I worked at the meals daily. One of my first duties Commonwealth Bank of Australia The fascinations of the hobby was to inspect the areas of the in Melbourne. After that, I worked include meeting so many great complex and I met two chefs, for 32 years at Messer and Opie people around Victoria and from Laurie Duvall and Jack Brennan. (men's clothing store) on Bridge interstate, breeding young birds As I spent so much time there, I Street with my brother Brian. I in September, then watching them often talked to them and found enjoy tennis but, in addition to my grow and mature with various that, just like me, these two bred canaries, bowls at Central colors appearing in the young. It is canaries. Wendouree is my passion. quite fascinating. One day they suggested that we go Brian Green, Newsletter Committee There are 15 clubs in Victoria and to a canary show in Flemington member and Brown Hill resident many interstate. Many people and there we met the breeder of from Greece and Malta who have You can book your next event at the champion bird 'Bill Tape'. We settled in Melbourne are great the Brown Hill Community Hall each bought a pair of a variety online: hall.brownhill.vic.au

11 afternoon tea. All welcome. along anything you are working Annual Mini Fair and Car on or just come for a chat. Boot Sale Op. Shop. We would like to thank the Brown The Church Op shop is open from Hill community for their support 9.30 am until 12.30 pm on of our annual fundraiser for the Thursdays and Fridays. 'Learn to Swim' program and Liz Mason, Brown Hill Uniting Church those who purchased car boot Brown Hill sites. We raised $2,100 this year. May Men’s Breakfast Craft Group On Saturday 11 May, about 14 Uniting Church attendees heard about the City of Thought for the month Our Craft Group meets from 1.30 Ballarat’s residential 'Waste and pm until 3.30 pm in the Church “Kind words heal and help; cutting Recycling Operations'. Over hall on the first and third words wound and maim.” Proverbs 4,056,000 bins are collected each Thursdays of each month. Bring 15: 4 year. The importance of Prayers for members of the community Each Sunday we pray for those members of our congregation who are unwell or facing difficulties. We would like to extend this to members of the Brown Hill community. If you would like a prayer for a member of your family or yourself in a particular situation, please drop a note into the letterbox at 16 Thompson Street before 9.15 am on Sunday. The Uniting Church has a privacy policy; it is up to you how much personal information you give us. It would be helpful to know if there is a timeframe for your request. Examples of requests could be: “Please pray for my mother Jan who is unwell this week. (Signed) Mary.” Or, “Please pray for the next three weeks for my sister Ella who is to have a serious operation. (Signed) Tony.” We have a Morning Worship at 10.00 am each Sunday and Holy Communion on the first Sunday of each month. On the fifth Sunday, we visit other churches. Midweek Communion is held in the church hall each Wednesday at 1.30 pm. It is followed by 12 separating our waste correctly for the dogs of course! The local was emphasised in order to lower Proposed Council supplied ‘poo bags’ and the impact on landfill and to bins and the whole area was create a greater market for our local off-leash fenced off to give the dogs greater recycling material. dog walking security. Some public money and some sponsorship funding had Emma, 's gone into creating this much- Environmental Educational and play area needed facility. Administration Officer, explained Ballarat Community Garden's that soft plastics like bread, fruit Sheilagh Kentish explains a plan to get The idea for one in Ballarat East and vegetable bags, frozen food an off-leash dog walking and play (near Brown Hill) coincided with and biscuit packets, should not be area close to Brown Hill. the new laws that mean dog placed in your Council recycling owners have to have dogs on a For the past four years there has bin. Instead, take them to the leash whilst walking the streets. been a plan afoot to get a local specific bin at the supermarket. How wonderful would it be for dog off-leash dog walking and play owners to take their dogs to a Contamination in Ballarat's green- area off the ground. John Harrison specific location where they could waste is rated amongst one of the and I talked about what it might run free, socialise with other dogs lowest in the State. look like and how much it would and be safe from passing traffic? benefit the local community. Sincere thanks to Colin and Emma There is a perfect location for their informative talk. John had the initial idea after he (already in use by dog owners) in had seen a wonderful dog The next Men’s Breakfast is on Dyte Parade on the opposite side playground in Albury-Wodonga. Saturday 10 August and the of the Queen Street bridge to the He had the foresight to take speaker will be from Lifeline. Ballarat Community Garden. A photos and it looks to be an dog-park surrounded by a low Louise Wright, Brown Hill Uniting amazing place. There are tunnels fence and with a children’s Church to run through, platforms to run viewing station, equipped with along and things to jump over -

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Go local and beat the queue by calling Ballarat Solar Company today to discuss your solar requirements: (03) 5379 9806 [email protected] www.ballaratsolarcompany.com.au 13 appropriate facilities to exercise dogs and allow peace of mind for Brown Hill Russell their owners, would be an ideal situation. Codeword Square Works The theme for our Brown Hill- Russell Square, the community However, there is competition to focused Codeword puzzle for this recreation reserve that has served fund this facility from the public edition is: local streets (there are the east of Ballarat for 160 years, purse as there are a few other 11 included). There are also a few is about to undergo a major places across town that are also random words to fill the gaps. upgrade with three major projects viable options for the creation of a due for completion in 2019. dog park. To give your support, Thanks again to Caledonian please contact Rhett English at the Primary School parent, Zara, for The first project is the provision of City of Ballarat. Rhett has been creating these puzzles for us. lighting to the northern soccer fields. A State Government grant working very hard to investigate Each number represents a letter in of $400,000 will support this sites in the Ballarat area to the alphabet. Three have been development. accommodate dogs and their provided to get you started. owners, whilst complying with the The second project involves the The first five people to email a by-laws. Let him know how many construction of an additional photo of the correct solution to us of you would love to be able to let change room and storage facility at [email protected] your dog run free in safety. that will support junior female will receive a Baker's Delight participation in netball, football, Let’s get proactive and vocal about Bakery Hill voucher. this issue and make it happen for soccer and touch football. A our wonderful local community of Congratulations to the winners of Federal Government grant of dog lovers! the April Codeword: Casey, Leesa, $500,000 will assist with funding Virginia, Andrew and Pamela. these works. Sheilagh Kentish The third project is the long- awaited upgrade to the hall building to meet compliance standards and to provide greater flexibility of use. The Russell Square User Groups will provide $85,000, while a further $30,000 was provided by the Brown Hill Engaging Communities Program. Across the three projects, the City of Ballarat will provide $600,000 to fully fund these works. Russell Square provides an excellent example of what can be achieved when federal, state and local governments work with a dynamic local community to facilitate active, involved and healthy living - the aim of the City of Ballarat's 'Sport and Recreation' and 'Active Women and Girls' strategies. Damian Ryan, Russell Square User Group 14 On Saturday 11 May I went to the footy to watch the Bulldogs play Brisbane Lions at Mars Stadium. My friend Jeremiah and I got to go on at half-time because we do AusKick. My team of six wore red tops and the other team wore black tops. I got a goal on the siren. Our game was a draw. Afterwards, I got to watch the Bulldogs beat the Lions and I ate hot chips. It was awesome. The Dixie Doozle Ukulele Players lead a sing-a-long at Kelaston Residential Home. The next time I went to AusKick, I Image supplied. got a certificate! Brown Hill Harry, Grade One, Caledonian Primary Dixie Doozle School Entertainers kids play on There are around 20 AusKick The Dixie Doozle Cloggers have Mars centres in Ballarat. The two been busy keeping fit and warm. closest to Brown Hill are 'East Local children who take part in the On Thursday 30 May we presented Point' AusKick at Russell Square in AusKick program at Little Bendigo an entertainment program for the Brown Hill and Nerrina AusKick at Primary School in Nerrina, were residents at Kelaston Residential Little Bendigo Primary School. invited to play some short matches as Home. The program consisted of AusKick generally runs during the half-time entertainment at Mars 25 minutes of Clogging followed Term Two and children need to be Stadium in Ballarat on Sunday 11 by 25 minutes of a sing-a-long aged between five and twelve May. One Brown Hill participant, with residents accompanied by years old to participate. To find Harry, wrote about the experience. the Dixie Doozle Ukulele Players. out more about the AusKick Our performance was well- program, visit: play.afl/auskick received and we enjoyed our time at Kelaston.

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The AusKick kids had a ball on Mars Stadium. Image: Sarah Greenwood-Smith 15 Primary School (before it merged with Queen Street Primary School and was re-named as Caledonian Primary School). Lunches were delivered to school each day for many years. Mrs Margaret Wilkins helped in the shop for many years and is fondly remembered by the family. The Bawdens sold the business and the home in October 1983. Wm. Lane, Temperance Store, 341 Humffray Street North, Brown Hill. Originally It is quite unusual that so many owned by Ed' great grandparents, the Lane family. Image supplied. generations of one family lived in ...continued from p.1 and operated this shop over many from the van, some from a bicycle. decades. Ed and Joy still value Customers enjoyed reading the their memories of customers and news with their breakfast. events during their time at the shop. They are grateful for the The shop was open all day and support and ongoing friendships then, after closing, the van was developed as a result of being a packed with boxes of goods and pivotal part of the local home delivery service began. community. Axe handles and broom handles Rhonda Lyons, Brown Hill resident stood in a re-used drum at the with Ed and Joy Bawden door. There was a local man who To read the online version with more was a regular at the shop. One day 1982 newspaper article about the shop photos, visit: he took an axe handle out of the closing, picturing Ed and Joy Bawden. brownhill.vic.au/history/Brown-Hill- drum and began waving it at Image supplied. anyone who approached the shop. General-Store/ Ed’s father, Bill, came out, put an arm around his shoulders and walked him home, a few doors up the street. As they became old enough, the Bawden children helped in the shop. They bagged lollies to sell and helped with the newspapers in the mornings. They enjoyed the regular supply of treats, particularly the Chocolate Royals. One time, after they had been indulging in the Chocolate Royals, Ed noticed that they had moved the stack to make it less noticeable that some were missing. Hmmm, that didn’t work! The interior of the shop with Bill and Mary Bawden at the counter, taken possibly In later years, Ed and Joy provided in late 1935. Christmas decorations frame the large timber counter, decoratively school lunches for Brown Hill adorned with an intricate pressed metal panel on the front, matching the pressed metal ceiling. Image supplied. 16