HUON NEWS HUON NEWS HUON NEWS HUON VALLEY NEWS ESTABLISHED 1910 PRICE: $1 WEDNESDAY, 19 JUNE, 2019 03 6266 3104 03 6266 3133 [email protected] INSIDE Men’s Health Week The Australian Men’s Shed Association, in partnership with Geeve- ston Community Centre (GeCo), last Wednesday hosted the Huonville Men’s Day Out at the Huonville Men’s Shed, to celebrate Men’s Health Week 2019. Page 7 A local history The Geeveston Archive and History Society (GAHS) last Sunday launched historian Mar- garet Pinkus’ new book- let, A Brief History of Geeveston Town Hall at the Geeveston Commu- nity Centre. From left, Franklin History Group president Alan Cato, Huon Valley Mayor and former Franklin Progress Association president Bec Enders, author Richard Page 9 Johnson, Jacquie Petrusma MP, Senator Eric Abetz and Franklin History Group vice president Harry Rettino. Walk the walk On Sunday, June 9 and Monday, June 10, the Franklin History ADVERTISING FEATURE Group held a two-day celebration to mark 10 years since the group first formed, to open the long-awaited Franklin History Walk and Page 15 Rate rise to launch two books, Franklin History Walk and Franklin on Water. The Huon Valley Council (HVC) endorsed rateable property in the Huon Valley. a 5.95 per cent rate rise for Huon Valley The HVC budget estimates that the rise will The official launch was an invitation only celebration at Abbey on ratepayers in 2019/20 at a special meeting last result in an overall increase in rates to the coun- Main on Sunday, June 9, with Huon Valley Mayor Bec Enders, and spe- Wednesday, June 12. cil of around $718,000, bringing the total oper- cial guests Senator Eric Abetz and Member for Franklin Jacquie With the Local Government Association of ating budget to $25.9 million, up 8.4 per cent on Petrusma, however, the community was invited to enjoy the Life in the SPORT Tasmania (LGAT) setting the 2019/20 Council last year’s operating budget. Valley exhibition, enjoy a sing-a-long with the Franklin Ukulele Group Basketball Cost Index at a 3.38 per cent increase to allow Councillor Rob Prince said at the meeting, and purchase the booklet for just $2 at an open day on Monday, June 10. current levels of service to be maintained, and “As a community we need to keep in mind that The Franklin History Walk has been under development for more Grand Final following rate rises of 3.95 per cent for the Huon some people aren’t necessarily in a position than five years, funding for two panels first allocated by the Huon Valley in both 2017/18 and 2018/19, equating to where they have money to cut back, or they have Valley Council through the township committee in 2013. around $44 and $46 respectively, this year’s rise the ability to go out and earn more money. 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Franklin TAS 7113 The Franklin Progress Association successfully TELEPHONE: (03) 6266 3104 applied for a State Government grant of almost FACSIMILE: (03) 6266 3133 $50,000 to fund the installation of interpretive pan- EMAIL: GENERAL els along Franklin’s main street, marking such his- [email protected] toric buildings as the Huon News, the old EMAIL: EDITORIAL Methodist church (now Abbey on Main gallery [email protected] and accommodation), the old Commercial Bank EMAIL: ADVERTISING (now a private residence) and the old Catholic church, as well as along the river front where the [email protected] panels detail the history of the river that once acted Printed and published by Robert Donald Yeates, as the main highway through the town. 3351 Huon Highway, Franklin for Huon The walk not only highlights the colonial his- Newspaper Company, at their offices, 3351 tory of Franklin, but also honours Melukerdee tra- Huon Highway, Franklin TAS 7113. dition and culture that shaped the region for 60,000 years before the arrival of white settlers, and con- Responsibility for election comment is accepted tinues to be an important part of the fabric of the by Robert Donald Yeates, Huon Valley News, Franklin community. Two of the Franklin History Walk booklet’s collaborators, Kieran Bradley, left, and Ruth Young. 3351 Huon Highway, Franklin. The Franklin Progress Association worked col- $1.00 (recommended and maximum price only). laboratively with Franklin History Group, Franklin Registered by Australia Post. Landcare, Globalnet Academy, South East Tas- Print Post Publication 10000473 manian Aboriginal Corporation, Huon Valley Council and Franklin Primary School over more than two years to complete the project. COPYRIGHT “As the project manager, I had no experience working with historians,” said Huon Valley Mayor Huon Newspaper Company Pty Ltd, being the Enders at the official launch. publisher of the Huon Valley News (“the “I simply underestimated the complexity of re- newspaper”), is the owner of the copyright in searching, fact checking, searching for quality all advertisements (including artwork) image and making sure permissions were sought prepared by the servants and/or agents of the and approved.” newspaper on behalf of its advertisers. Mayor Enders acknowledged the huge amount of work put in by the Franklin History Group, especially Neither the newspaper’s advertisers nor any historians Ruth Young, Carol Cane and Harry Ret- person on their behalf are authorised to tino who, she said, worked tirelessly on the project. publish, reproduce or copy in any manner, “This is painstaking work and something that I any of the said advertisements (including really learned to appreciate,” said Mayor Enders. artwork) without the prior written licence of “They taught me a lot about being a historian.” the newspaper. The Franklin History Group worked with graphic designer Kieran Bradley, designer of his- torical booklets for Battery Point, In Bobbie’s CORRESPONDENCE Footsteps, and Stanley, The Nut, to produce the Franklin History Walk booklet and map. Mail letters to: Huon Valley News, 3351 All those involved in the project were pre- Huon Highway, Franklin TAS 7113. Name, sented with certificates of appreciation before the address and phone number for verification co-author of May Queen, Richard Johnson gave purposes must be included. Letters must be the main address. signed. Letters may be edited. Those “The Franklin History Group will benefit from exceeding 500 words will be returned to the sale of these booklets,” said Mayor Enders. “And the Huon Valley will benefit from an- sender, or edited. Preference will be given to other tourism attraction that introduces them to letters intended for publication solely in the “what was the largest town south of Hobart”.” The Franklin Ukulele Group host a sing-a-long at the Life in the Valley exhibition. “News”. Letters need to be received by 5pm Fridays for the next edition. 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