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Walton

  • Family

Volum, William (Bill) Gordon

  • Person
  • 1936-10-18 - 2000-10-07

Bill Volum's lifelong interest in shipping stemmed from his early days at Geelong Grammar when his sailing master Mr. John Brazier encouraged him to not only identify the shipping line a ship belonged to, but to find out and memorise the ship’s vital statistics. Bill became renowned for being able to recall, from memory, details of most ships he saw when in harbour. Over the years, Bill took a number of overseas trips and thus established contacts with many like-minded shipping enthusiasts around the world. He was recognised by his peers as an authority on shipping matters. He eventually collected an extensive reference library of over 1,700 books on all types of shipping, from 19th century sailing vessels to naval ships, cargo vessels, tugboats and modern passenger liners, and the shipping companies which operated them. In addition, he gathered some 16,000 photographs of ships from many countries. These were meticulously mounted and labelled with information as to name, year of construction, where built, tonnage, owners/managers, later names, incidents, etc. His entire collection of reference books and annotated photographs, together with numerous issues of shipping periodicals, was donated to the Geelong Historical Records Centre (now the Geelong Heritage Centre) by his sister and brother for public reference following Bill’s death in 2000. The W. G. Volum Collection is considered to be of national significance as one of the best collections of shipping information in Australia.

Wilks

  • Family

Wilson

  • Family

Shelford

Teesdale Cemetery Trust

  • Corporate body
  • 1861 - current

Land was set aside for the Teesdale Cemetery in 1861 although the first recorded burial was in 1859. Prior to that, burials were either at the Leigh (Golf Hill) Cemetery, Shelford Cemetery or on private property. Under the provisions of the Cemeteries Acts, trustees of public cemeteries were appointed by the Governor-in-Council. The trustees were responsible for the administration and maintenance of the cemetery, the collection of fees and expenditure of revenue (for e.g. grants, subsidies received) the registration of burials and cremations, the making of rules and regulations and determining the scale of fees.

Stock

  • Family

Surf Coast Shire

  • Corporate body
  • 1994 - current

Surf Coast Shire was established by an Order of the Governor in Council on 9 March 1994 by amalgamation of the Barrabool Shire and Winchelsea Shire and severances from the City of Greater Geelong and Colac Shire. This occurred as part of a statewide program of local government reform enacted between 1993 and 1995. The reform process reduced the number of councils from 210 to 78. The Shire is a body corporate and is divided into five wards: Anglesea, Torquay, Lorne, Moriac and Winchelsea. The purpose of the council is to: - provide for the peace, order and good government of its municipal district - facilitate and encourage appropriate development of its municipal district in the best interests of the community - provide equitable and appropriate services and facilities for the community and ensure that those services and facilities are managed efficiently and effectively - manage, improve and develop the resources of its district

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