Speakers Program

Maternal and Child Health

No Meeting -Easter Tuesday

Working Meeting

"working meeting", 26th Feburary

Andrew Chapman  - Servicing Futures Manager -  South East Water

His informative presentation outlined the innovative services currently being conducted by South East Water “SEW”.

International Women's Day Breakfast

7th March 2019

Onya Bike

RCC members, Betty Kitchener and Tony Jorm shared photos and stories of their bicycle ride in May/June this year from Prague to Copenhagen via Berlin. The distance was over 1,000km, with 19 days of enjoyable and fairly easy cycling. Their route through Germany from west of Dresden to Rostock in the NE, was in the former East Germany - the DGR. Tony spoke about the past and present influence of the former Soviet rule.  

Community Volunteer-Smith Family "Learning for Life Scholarships" 

Working Fellowship Meeting/ Community Committee update;

Ian Ada’s Trip to Pilbara  July/August 2018

Ian retraced the steps of a trip he did 49 years ago!  After crossing the Nullabor, he and Anne went up the coast of WA to Port Headland then headed back to Kalgoorlie on the Great Northern Highway, the total trip from Melbourne being 12,000 km.

Hannah Rundell is soon to embark on her Honours year in her Bachelor of Music degree at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM).

“THE MAGIC OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION:

How Foundation Grants deliver Magical Projects & Programs

Speaker: PDG Dennis Shore, Rotary Club of Hawthorn (Bulletin Report by John McLean)

PDG Dennis said “It’s a wonderful world!” and then asked “or is it?”  He added “there is pain and suffering world-wide!  What sort of a world are we in?  Is there any hope?”

"Entrepreneurship and Innovation"

Rotary Foundation

Short Lunch at Graduate House

Volunteers required at DIK following lunch

How do Australians help those close to them who are at risk of suicide?

Dr Usha Iyer-Raniga

B.Arch, M.A.S.A, PhD

MCIOB, MIEAA, GSA
Associate Professor

Co Chair, Second Symposium on Sustainable Development Research in the Asia Pacific 

sustainable-buildings-and-construction

Membership Growth & Retention

What is Rotary

-  World Wide organisation.  Crosses National borders.. Rotary Clubs in every country with men and women members.

How can we Join?

-Roy spoke of his experiences with Rotary before Harold became the Founding President of Carlton and he was finally asked to join.

District Activity

-  Roy spoke of his involvement in the Science Summer School, as an Assistant Governor for other clubs.

Carlton Club

-  Caring for locals

Future

-  Linked with new work patterns

-  zoom and getting together as a group

-  Reduction of Costs

Jeff is the president of the Carlton Community History group and a researcher at Melbourne University

He leads historical walks in Carlton and advises on heritage

Topic today is “Crime in Carlton – a snapshot”

The 1850s saw gold discovered in Victoria. All types of people were attracted to Carlton from interstate and overseas as people headed to the Ballarat and Bendigo goldfields. Many left jobs to search for gold even members of the Police force. South Carlton with less police attracted many law breakers. The St Kilda Convict Centre released prisoners and many former prisoners from Tasmania also made their way to the area.

In the mid 1880s Carlton saw poverty and hardship conditions. Prostitution thrived in the laneways and alleys, parlours, hotels and boarding houses. Larrikins (both young men and women) were attracted to the Gangs where pickets and chairs were used as weapons in battle. Disturbances, drunkenness and violence were rampant keeping police active.

In the 1920s police cars were fitted with wirelesses helping alleviate some crime – this was the time of Squizzy Taylor and his associa

Rotary Rings Fellowship

Australian Rotary Health Chair