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Vol. 55 No. 5 June 2015
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Darlington Review - June 2015
Editorial
An opportunity too good to miss…
that distinctive island and tree that had defined this
intersection for so long. Jocelyn and I will carry the theme
over to our side of the road.”
One of the excellent things about Darlington is that locals
spend time thinking of ways in which we can make this
place EVEN better!
The suggestion certainly saw lots of affirmative nods, and
Arlene Collings of the Darlington History Group added
thoughts supporting the idea during the DRRA meeting.
There was a fine example of that at last month’s Darlington
Ratepayers and Residents Association (DRRA) meeting
when discussion centered on what to plant in the new
slice of land that Mundaring Shire has cleverly created
(with input from us of course!) when it reconfigured the
Darlington/Hillsden intersection.
“One of the most exciting things to come out of the Hillsden
Road redevelopment is that we now have a significant
place to expose some of Darlington’s history,” she told the
meeting.
Andre Vogel and Jocelyn Hewer live in that classic house
opposite St Cuthbert’s church and are the clever people
who encouraged the Shire (some time ago) to relocate the
bus shelter on their side of the road hard up against their
garden wall so they could cover its top with creepers (“only
in Darlington,” we hear you muse!). They’ve also planted
an ornamental Chinese pear tree on their verge and it is
thriving.
Arlene (co-author of the history group’s books on old
Darlington homes and on the First Darlington Vineyard)
went on to point out that quarrying was an early industry
with our granite creating the moles for C Y O’Connor’s
harbour in Fremantle. Local stone also featured in many
early homes and, of course, St Cuthbert’s. She also
mentioned the local importance of the orchards (such
as The Glen in Victor Road) that flourished here and in
neighbouring Glen Forrest.
So when that additional 150 square metres of earth (half
belonging to the church) provided us with the opportunity
to dream up something of an ‘entry’ statement to Hillsden
the Vogels came up with a suggestion reflecting the
geological and historical nature of the site: some granite
rocks reflecting the nature of the Darling Scarp, and a
couple of ornamental fruit trees to remind us of the early
orchards that drew settlers to the Darling Ranges.
A meeting between DRRA’s Poul Dahl and Phil Vile, the
church’s James Saunders, local councillor Trish Cook
and the Vogels recently shaped the plan to everyone’s
satisfaction. Having cut down several pines to make way for
a native plant garden and to make the church more visible,
the folk at St Cuthbert’s are keen to continue this planting
onto the newly created area that will accommodate the
sizeable granite boulders. The Shire has already agreed to
provide and install these and DRRA will request that the
“The idea,” says Andre, “is to — in some way — replicate
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serve as a pilot location. If successful the swings could be
installed in other shire playgrounds.
Shire add some granite to the Vogels’ verge where a couple
of ornamental trees may well be added to reflect that
‘cultural history’ theme — and to reflect the mix of native
and exotic that Darlington does so well within the village
precinct.
Following the DRRA meeting Trish consulted with parents
who had expressed interest in finding a shade solution.
However the results were inconclusive: some approved,
others didn’t.
With no clear signals for the way ahead, the DRRA
committee decided to seek additional community feedback
before giving the Shire the go-ahead for the trial. If you are
interested and want to comment you have two alternatives:
the matter will be discussed at the June DRRA meeting
on Tuesday June 2 at 7.30pm at the hall, or you can email
DRRA at: [email protected]
Should the community give the idea a nod, DRRA will
request the Shire to move the existing swings onto a shaded
embankment where children can use them while sports
events are happening on the oval.
Right now the mingling of deciduous and natives around
the oval is garnering a lot of admiring comment. Well
done to that group of locals who initiated this oval and
playground planting — and to Darlington Social Cricket
Club members who have faithfully watered the saplings
through a couple of summers.
Freshening up our Festival
DRRA President Poul Dahl paid tribute to the Shire’s
Shane Purdy and Andrew Townsend for the constructive
and sympathetic interaction they are having with DRRA
and residents in turning such plans into action — and in
finding compromise solutions that take local wishes into
consideration when implementing the many road changes
happening around the village right now.
Left to right Ron Stuurstraat, Rachael Stevens, Peter Nicholls & Geoff Barker
With some tried-and-tested volunteers at its core, a new
president at the helm and several new members in the
team, the Darlington Arts Festival is into serious planning
mode as the blueprint for the 2015 Festival takes shape.
The date has been set — October 31/November 1 — jobs
have been allocated and there is consensus that the festival
needs freshening up, needs to widen its reach, and to
adopt a themed approach to ensure that each year it offers
something new.
The evergreen topic of playground shade was discussed
at DRRA’s May community meeting (first Tuesday of
every month at the hall. On behalf of Mundaring Shire,
Councillor Trish Cook offered the above shaded swing set
as a possible solution.
With a strong business background as an electronic
engineer, President Pete Nicholls has a vision that is shared
by the DAF executive: Geoff Barker (Vice President),
Secretary Rachel Stevens and Treasurer Ron Stuurstraat
and the committee of volunteers. Last year Pete was a
Festival volunteer (working on the grounds side) and says
he and his wife Sue have seldom missed a festival since
arriving in Darlington in ’89. He says the time felt right to
get involved.
With the preferred mature tree shade option backed by
locals proving unaffordable for the Shire, this US-designed
swing could replace the current swings. Darlington would
be the first location for this design and our village would
“I feel lucky I have a team who’ve been part of the festival
before, plus a few new people. We’ve created a couple of
important new positions – for instance Chris Pemberton
will be handling everything relating to the public face
Playground shade again…
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of the festival from publicity, posters, catalogues and
registrations to the Festival website. The website is going
to become much more important this year. The aim is to
coordinate presentation so everything has a professional
look and is less ad hoc.
“My feeling is that essentially a festival either evolves or
it devolves and becomes static. The new team believes we
need to increase our outreach both beyond and within
Darlington.
“We feel we can do things better, so we’re having a close
look at things like entertainment — who provides it and
the diversity offered. We’re also looking at extending
workshops and on-site activities like street theatre. We
want more activities happening out there on the ground.
“We’re putting a lot of work into the DAF website so it
becomes the focal point and a working tool for us. All
registration points will go online for all activities and there
will be a lot more information available.”
events to whet the appetite of locals and Perth residents
for the Festival weekend. Ideas around a themed cabaret
event that will serve as a fund-raiser are still coalescing - so
watch this space.
What is certain is that the theme for 2015 — and there
will be a new one for each of the coming years — will be
‘the elements’ and the logo will appear on T-shirts and all
Festival material, and artists will be invited to interpret it
in their works.
“The rationale is to set it up and get it rolling and learn
how we can best take advantage of Festival branding each
year,” says Pete.
So, lots of good ideas, vision and energy. Read their notes
for updates on DAF 2015! And make a note of those dates!
A Friends group with privileged access to certain events
(membership $10) will replace the Darlings and, hopefully,
as membership grows in the years ahead it will represent
the sort of numbers that impress potential sponsors.
Last year the Festival made a loss, and while there was
money in the bank to cover that, the intention is that a
rigorous approach to financing will avoid a repeat. The
Festival is heavily dependent on funding from State
Government entities plus support from the Shire and local
businesses. It raises half of its revenue from stalls/fees,
and the plan this year is to create commercial precincts
where charges for premium locations for, say, profitable
food and coffee stalls will be higher than those for ‘cottage’
stallholders.
“What I’d like to do is to get it to the point where our
finances are strengthened, with income secured before
the festival starts, so we’ll be putting things like provision
of certain services and marquees up to tender,” says the
President.
The aim is to achieve a higher profile for arts events in terms
of media publicity and the Festival is hoping that patron
Mark Alderson of Mezzanine Art will help it achieve this.
The retrospective exhibition — featuring a former highprofile Darlington artist soon to be announced — will
occupy the entire Lesser Hall rather than the previous
limited stage space.
The Festival team also intends to roll out several lead-up
What rubbish!!
The eight-year-old artist was anonymous but the message
was more than clear. It appeared on the pine tree sheltering
the playground’s large wooden table soon after birthday
balloons had been taken down and party guests had
departed.
Whether the anti-litter plea was inspired by the large
amount of party leftovers dumped on top of the nearest
bin is unknown — but this thoughtless gesture certainly
inspired several calls to the Review to please photograph
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an example of what NOT to do when you take the easy
option of holding your child’s birthday party at the park.
weeds in the one-hectare area they are tackling at the top of
Darlington Brook.
Clearly the “Bob says bin it!” message of the Let’s Talk
Rubbish group is directed at casual rubbish disposal, not
that generated by large groups commandeering the tables
and taking the bin option rather than taking party litter
home.
“It’s nice to know that everything we do has a flow-on effect
down the creek, stopping the spread of weeds down through
the national park,” says Shenaye. “It amazes me that — with
very little effort — we’ve made a big difference. Now when
we walk down to Leschen Park there are rushes and sedges
filtering the water in the creek. It’s very rewarding!”
If you’re tempted to ask: “Well why doesn’t the Shire
provide more bins, bigger bins?” just think that one out
a bit further. Large gatherings are becoming ever more
frequent and unless we want multiple bins dominating our
park and playground we need to do what seems obvious:
take rubbish home after partying in what are communal
facilities.
As MP John Day pointed out in his column in the last issue,
Friends of Darlington Brook benefited from a partnership
between the State Government, Perth Region Natural
Resource Management and Alcoa Australia. Shenaye’s
group was one of 25 to benefit from $335,500 funding
aimed at tackling water quality issues.
Shenaye also pays tribute to the Shire’s Tree Canopy
Program and Brad Thompson for supplying plants for the
restoration. If you’d like to help this successful little group,
contact Shenaye on 0498 068 917.
Another example of local rubbish abuse is the dumping of
recycled materials outside the charity bins that are clearly
already full rather than stowing them for another month.
Meanwhile the Let’s Talk Rubbish volunteers are getting
into gear with plans to zero in on six identified areas, so read
Phil Vile’s notes. The coordinator of this DRRA initiative
is delighted at the response. A group of 20 volunteers has
been formed and on the last Sunday of every month you’ll
see groups at work in the key designated areas that seem to
attract the most litter. And, very shortly, you’ll have a ‘onestop-shop’ for reporting the dumping of rubbish, graffiti
and other matters that the group will bring to the Shire’s
attention.
Shenaye and Si of Friends of Darlington Brook with plants from the
Shire used to restore an area along this winter creek.
What’s happening with the pavilion?
With Geoff Barker away on a well-earned cruise with his
wife Margaret, things went a bit quiet, but the coordinator
of the community pavilion is now back to juggling his
architectural work with the pavilion project and
the upcoming Festival. However while he was
cruising the good news came through that the
pavilion has finally received Shire endorsement!
(See Councillor Darrell Jones’s notes)
And let’s hope the message on local bins will get through!
(See letters also on this)
Local group wins grant
A group of locals doing good things have recently had
funds from the government and assistance from the Shire
— making another good news story.
“After 13 months of planning and background
work the Pavilion Group has now received
formal endorsement from the Mundaring Shire
for the Pavilion Project to be planned, designed
and project managed as a community based
project,” says Geoff.
Shenaye Hummerston got tired of seeing the tangle
of blackberries and bridal creeper that were engulfing
Darlington Brook, a winter creek starting in Leschen Park.
The brook crosses Darlington Road, traverses the national
park and eventually joins Convict Creek to empty into the
Helena River.
“Recent meetings with a range of Shire
Councillors and Shire staff enabled a motion
to be prepared and put to the Council meeting
on 28 April by Cr Jones, which was generously
supported and carried.
The Oxley Road resident gathered a small group of likeminded locals who are currently transforming a little
stream that few of us even knew existed, ridding it of
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“This endorsement now enables the group to proceed to
register a Darlington sports and recreation organisation to
raise donations and secure funding and materials to make
the project happen.
“This organisation does NOT replace or duplicate the
work and activities of any existing sporting group but is
specifically established to manage the construction of the
Pavilion Project as a collaboration between ALL sporting
and recreation groups (formal and informal). Funding
contributions and activities that raise funds for the pavilion
will be gratefully accepted and supported.
“We are also looking for a name for this new organisation.
At present the proposal is the Darlington Sports and
Recreation Association.
“We have a challenging journey ahead but a committed
group who are working tirelessly to make the project
happen. A website will be established soon to keep people
up to date and facilitate donations to be made online.”
So far the funding barometer shows a personal
$10,000 pledge from an anonymous donor;
however in the meantime donations can be pledged
to Geoff Barker by contacting him by email:
[email protected]
And if you have skills to offer this committed group particularly in the area of fund-raising - please contact
Geoff.
Happy birthday Fin Kidman!
living in their own homes.
Supported by relatives and friends, Fin Kidman lives in the
Brook Road home he has occupied for more than half a
century. The double-storey weatherboard commands views
south across the Helena Valley and is wrapped around by a
garden that becomes a blaze of autumn colours at this time
of the year.
By his own account this quietly-spoken resident is a man of
few words, always “a loner content with my own company”.
So turning 100, he says, is not an occasion for fuss, it’s just
another day — but one that his extended family and friends
certainly won’t be letting him forget!
Fin was born on July 5, 1915,
the second year of the Great
War we’ve recently marked.
Part of the extended Kidman
family dominated by station
owner and wool industry
pioneer Sir Sidney Kidman,
the family saga echoes the
storied Australia that is
the stuff of legend, with its
challenges, triumphs and
tragedies.
Within weeks of Fin’s birth
in South Australia his father
George and uncle Tom had
embarked on one of those epic
journeys of the time, from
drought-stricken Queensland
to a South Australia enjoying
a good season. They were droving 18,500 sheep from
Oondooroo Station to South Australian graziers who
would fatten up the stock for sale at Adelaide’s meat market.
It was a long trek and when a mighty storm blew up between
Boulia and the Birdswood Track, the challenges multiplied
as sheep scattered and the desperate, rain-soaked men
tried to keep them together. The inclement weather took
its toll on the exhausted men, and pneumonia claimed the
young father on the banks of the Georgina River with his
brother at his side.
Next month, local resident Findlay Kidman becomes the
second resident in recent times to turn 100 – the first being
Pauline McGuinn. As they say, there must be something
in the air — or, if you talk to Pauline and Fin, something
in this special community where good families, friends
and government/shire support enable seniors to continue
Photos: A young Fin Kidman; John Owen, Freddie Kidman, Hilda Owen and Findlay Kidman. The Owens owned the general store that is today Darlington
Liquor and gourmet. Above Fin today
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rose bushes, camellias and azaleas; raking the cascades of
autumn leaves; tending the carp that cut golden swathes
through a string of ornamental ponds — and protecting
them from predatory kookaburras in search of an easy
snack.
George’s bereft wife, living in the small mining/pastoral
town Kapunda in a home owned by Sidney Kidman,
eventually used money from her share of the sheep sale to
buy a house in Adelaide and that is where Findlay spent
much of his childhood. He recalls playing marbles on the
street, going to school and getting impatient during two
years of university studies that he finally abandoned, opting
instead to start working as a junior in the wool industry so
associated with the Kidman name.
Watching the sales, and teaching himself how to gauge the
value of a bale, he rose through the ranks to become a wool
buyer — a job that eventually brought him to Perth to work
with Elders.
With his second wife Freddie (an interior designer with
Swan Breweries which owned a string of hotels and pubs)
the pair explored Darlington in the 1950s, looking for a
place to live. He still recalls the drive up to the Hills and the
discovery that there were two houses for sale — one on the
Brook/Owen corner, the other on the Hillsden/Darlington
corner.
Both of them had jobs involving travel, and Freddie was
away when Findlay came to the auction for the Brook Road
house, a simple weatherboard house on a large sloping
block. A small gathering of locals had assembled and Fin
recalls: “The auctioneer wanted five thousand pounds. I
bid three and we settled for three-and-half. At that stage
there were just a few fruit trees and the neighbouring block
next door – where Karl Bailey now lives – was vacant.
Later the writer Olive Pell put up a wooden house she had
transported from the Goldfields.”
In between work commitments and travel, Fin and Freddie
began to extend the house and to shape one of Darlington’s
great gardens. With a painter’s eye Freddie designed a
garden that today is a palette of colours, particularly at this
time of year: graceful blue cypress, golden liquidambar, and
the deep russets of claret ash and Japanese maple.
Clearly Fin was determined to keep this incredible
Darlington garden up to scratch (“I have a thing about
tidiness,” he concedes) and it became something of a
magnificent obsession. His careful tending of the garden
was also a tribute to Freddie whose ashes are held in one of
the garden’s ornamental stone urns.
Together they moved tons of earth and stone for walls,
terraces and paths. “We must have carted a few hundred
tons of soil and rock from the quarry for walls and steps
down to the garden,” Fin recalled. “We made a lot of
alterations to the house which is now on three levels.”
Another routine for Fin was watering a string of plants he
adopted on the Darlington station reserve that was being
restored by the Friends of Darlington Station (FODS),
the group that still tends the area. When the native plants
thrived on their own, and Fin became less mobile, he
continued to walk over to the reserve to a bench that today
(thanks to FODS) acknowledges his help over many years.
It was, for him, a great place to sit in the sun and read — for
Fin is seldom without a book in hand.
The stone came from Boya quarry that was still operating,
with the blasting echoing through the hills at 10am and
4pm each day. For locals it had been a way of tracking time
— along with passenger trains that had moved through the
village until just before the Kidmans arrived in Darlington.
However, Fin remembers that goods trains still ran, carrying
sleepers as the rail line was slowly dismantled.
Today, much of his reading is done on the patio and in the
warm kitchen where his step-daughter Robin is preparing
dinner, while her husband Ray works on restoring a patio. If
it’s early evening, Fin will be catching up on the sport of the
day, enjoying some wine from one of those now superseded
shapely Vegemite jars. When his favourite time-honoured
‘glass’ was recently broken, the call went out on the doggie
club grapevine and a replacement was found!
Until recently, when he became less mobile, Findlay was
a familiar figure on long and regular walks that took him
“around every road and up every hill in Darlington and up
to Glen Forrest”.
After Freddie died, Fin was seen by neighbours toiling
up and down the garden, dragging hoses to water hidden
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Today, the house and garden that Freddie and Fin built is
in good hands. Fruit trees and a veggie garden have been
added, an old stone wall has been replaced, but the flowers
that Freddie loved — the roses, azaleas and camellias that
mark the seasons – still flourish.
as the last stirring chords had been sounded the heavens
opened and we had the anticipated downpour. The next
concert on Sunday, June 7, features Dvorak and Schubert
and you can read all about it in their notes.
Good news from
Donelle
July 5 will be a day of celebrations though we suspect
Fin will demand ‘no fuss’. Relatives from the UK and
Queensland will visit and the house will be brimful with
relatives and friends. Knowing how Fin is admired beyond
his comfortable retreat, Robin invites anyone who would
like to wish him Happy Birthday to visit 4 Brook Road
between 2 and 4pm on that Sunday. No doubt, if the Eagles
or Dockers are playing, Fin will be keeping an eye on the
score, insisting that, of course, this is “just another day”!
There are lots of good reasons
for visiting the Post Office —
catching up with whoever
happens to be there, saying
hello to that majestic black cat —so it’s nice to report that
there are now even more excuses to visit.
Donelle informs us that she can now provide people who
bank with Westpac the opportunity to bank at their local
PO: “Westpac account holders can now use the PO like an
ATM for deposits and withdrawals. The only other bank
that you cannot bank with here is ANZ and they are coming
on board about September this year. That will mean that all
financial institutions will provide banking services through
our PO.” Of course Commonwealth Bank folk have long
taken advantage of this.
It’s also worth checking out the huge number of bills you
can now pay through the PO. Donelle also says there are
a few PO boxes available, so get in quick! See also Letters
on another evergreen complaint about mums dropping off
school kids - and using the PO parking.
Happy 100th birthday Findlay Kidman!
(My appreciation to the Darlington History Group for
providing some of the background information for this
article from an oral history interview.)
What’s a weed?
The simmering debate about what constitute a weed
continues. A Letter in this issue in this issue urges the
tackling of problematic plants when they become problems,
not because they are non-natives.
Talking pictures
Mundaring Arts Centre is once again hosting heARTlines,
a public education program the features books and their
illustrations that is sponsored by the centre, the State
Government, Mundaring Community Bank and the shire.
There are some great workshops for participants who are
16 years + on offer featuring illustrators like Gabriel Evans
and landscape painter Wendy Binks, along with a chance to
Meet the Makers. At the latter event curator Cristy Burne
and some of the festival’s artists and authors will discuss
and demonstrate their passion for literature, and you’ll have
a chance to meet renowned illustrators James Foley and
Frané Lessac and authors Mark Greenwood and Amanda
(AJ) Betts. For more info read the MAC notes.
Music to your ears
A good case in point is the dreaded native parrot bush
(Dryandra sessilis) that has the potential to become a
problem on the heritage trail in Darlington. This was
discussed at a recent DRRA meeting and those attending
were urged to take a walk and have a look.
May welcomed back the Darlington Chamber Music at the
Hall, with the first concert offering a rhapsodic rending of
Smetana and a Brahms trio. The Smetana was delivered
with such brio that it seemed to summon up the storm
clouds that had gathered over the hills through the day and
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Lest we forget
As you walk the track from Darlington to Glen Forrest, on
the first long embankment where the land falls away steeply
on either side, you begin to see the parrot bush on the edge
of the track just before you reach the first cutting (where the
small track peels off to the right). Knowing the colonizing
nature of parrot bush — that multiplies at a great rate and
significantly adds to fuel loads — walkers have observed
its spread as it jumped the track and began colonizing the
slopes on either side.
April’s ANZAC commemorations happened after the
Review had gone to press, but we must pay tribute to the
excellent 100 Years of Anzac ceremonials that took place
around the cenotaph in Mundaring.
President of the Mundaring RSL Eric Smith welcomed the
large gathering that had been orchestrated by the RSL, the
Shire, local churches and schools. In every way this was a
memorable and moving event that saw boots and bagpipes
marching down the highway, army reservists standing
guard, scouts and guides and other groups parading their
flags —and their commitment to community. The last post
and “Lest we forget” were reminders of the sacrifices made
so we could gather in autumn sunshine and say a silent
thanks for the freedoms we too often take for granted in our
land of ‘fire and flooding plains’. And yes, that poem was
also there, along with”The Band played Waltzing Matilda”,
delivered by the Swan Harmony Choir, all in black with
crimson rosettes. They also sang “Going Home” and their
joy in signing is always a pleasure to witness. No wonder
the choir (half call Darlington home) have been invited
back for next year’s ceremony.
If ignored and allowed to spread, the current nature of an
iconic section of the track will be changed — a section that
illustrates the daunting challenges and the vast human
effort (with picks, shovels and barrows) that went into
creating this particular section of the Goldfields railway in
the 1880s. It’s like walking through a page of history.
The current vegetation on either side of the track is not
dense. Slender Marri trees and low understory allows us
to fully appreciate the contours of the land and its history.
We haven’t encountered many who love parrot bush, but if
the native plant does have fans they can be assured there is
no shortage of it along the heritage trail, road verges and
throughout the hills. We should not ignore its presence on
this particular section of our heritage trail.
Congratulations to all involved.
Trea Wiltshire
Editor
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Letters to the Darlington Review
Letter re Parking Issues
Name and address supplied
The problem of parents parking cars in front of the Post Office
when dropping and picking up children at school continues
unabated despite previous attempts to get them to park elsewhere.
It would only require a little thought to realise that this causes
inconvenience to customers of the Post Office. There are a
number of old,and some very old, members of our community
who are then forced to park up on the reserve and walk down the
slippery,and for them quite dangerous,slope to do their business
at the Post Office. Only last week I saw an elderly gentleman
struggling down the slope carrying a heavy box of wine to post.
Fortunately I am much younger than he, and was able to relieve
him of his burden. When we entered the Post Office there was
only one customer inside, there being seven cars parked outside.
Might I make a few suggestions which parents might consider to
help alleviate this problem.
1.Park on the reserve or elsewhere.
2.Drop off or pick up the children and drive away immediately.
3.Drop them off and pick them up at The Pines and let them walk
around to the school. It is a very safe walk.
4.Make arrangements with other parents so that one parent can
bring four or five children instead of parents bringing only their
own.
5. Let the children walk or ride to school if at all possible.This
would be good for their health and it can be great fun.
From S Brookes, Owen Rd
Sometimes it takes the observations of outsiders to make you
realise how lucky you are to live in a community like Darlington.
Sitting at the park outside The Pines a city dweller who’d made
the trek to the Hills commented to me this must be the most
popular park in Perth. I looked around and they could well be
right. Hordes of kids were squealing, swinging, playing chasey,
riding their bikes and generally mucking around having a good
time. But further to that there were people sitting outside the
café enjoying the autumn sun. Primary school students were
playing tennis. A group of dog owners were having a chinwag
while their dogs held their own social gathering. High school
students sat in small groups immersed in serious conversation. A
chorus of song spilled from the hall from a young theatre group.
Junior footballers were being put through their paces at the oval.
Skateboarders and riders were honing their skills at the skate
park. And that’s just one afternoon. Pick any day of the week and
it is evident our village hub is a vibrant setting for young and old.
From Chantal Vanderhaeghen
There aren’t enough words to express the gratitude I feel when
I think back and reflect on the last 8 weeks of the Buying Time
fundraising campaign to raise funds and awareness for Breast
Cancer Care WA and McGrath Foundation Nurses.
bought raffle tickets, bid on the silent auctions and donated on
the day to the incredibly generous sponsors and local businesses
who donated, to everyone who gifted their precious time,
energies and services. Those of you who shared our invitation
on Facebook, those who couldn’t attend on the day but donated
via the website and those of you who sent through your best
wishes and energising enthusiasm to me through your messages
- I literally could not have done it without you all. Together we
raised $3508.
Gail Gregson writes:
Let’s Talk Rubbish - what a great slogan! There was certainly a
need to do so on the weekend of Saturday May 9. Glorious sunny
day, a party under the pine trees outside the hall — what could
be nicer? Sadly at the end of the day the two bins closest to the
festivities were packed to overflowing and rubbish was strewn
over the surrounding area, yet each of the four bins close by
were empty! Sunday revealed birds had descended and scattered
material far and wide. By Monday it had mainly all been collected
by the Shire. I then noted a very heartening sign on the pine street
placed by and an eight-year-old. Posters have since been placed
on the bins asking people to please take their rubbish home if
bins are full — a reasonable request.
DRRA will be writing to the Shire asking for a yellow bin to take
recycling material, a lot of which is generated by shop purchases.
Letter from a ‘Bushwalker’
Name and address supplied
I walked the trail after reading Mike Tooby’s to see the amount
of material cut down by either the Shire or bush volunteers
along the Glen Forrest heritage trail. The Shire is publicizing
through community newspapers its intention to remove wattles
it considers weeds, yet in many areas Flinders Range and Acacia
longiflora are attractive verge plants that are not multiplying or
causing problems. What we are seeing at the Glen Forrest end
of the track is also the loss of slender Eastern States eucalypts
that have mysteriously died. Have they, along with the wattles,
been deemed ‘weeds’? Many plants have the potential to become
weeds. Let’s deal with them because when they become a
problem, not because they come from somewhere else. Could
the Shire please publicise a complete list of the non-natives they
intend to target, or that bush care volunteers are felling on their
behalf. And could we know how decisions are reached about
what is or is not a weed in Shire reserves.
Community Notice
Hills Symphony Orchestra’
The next concert for the year will be held on Sunday May 31st
at 2.30 pm at the Midland Town Hall. The “Super Beethoven”
program will feature the iconic Symphony No. 5.
Tickets $10 adult, $5 children.
It was exceptional. From the local people who attended the lunch,
Bookings 9295 6411, or 9293 4313 ah.
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Councillor’s Column
Main Roads WA has been working on project design which will
include widened and sealed shoulders, new bus bays, sections of
new pathways and intersection improvements, all of which are
designed to improve safety of motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians.
The amount of work being undertaken in the Darlington area
lately has generated positive feedback from residents. Your
Councillors welcome input from the community and all efforts
are made to deliver good outcomes. The efforts of those who
help shape the future of Darlington are certainly acknowledged.
I will be in Canberra next month for the National General
Assembly of Local Government, where local government
councillors and CEO’s come together to interact with expert
speakers, Federal politicians and other local governments from
around Australia. The purpose of the trip is to share knowledge,
develop new networks, build on existing contacts, and lobby for
our communities. This is not just about asking for increased
Federal funding or support, but also about raising the profile and
recognition of our Shire and ensuring ready access to the right
people when necessary. Our efforts over the past helped secure
the highway funding mentioned above.
At the May Council meeting I successfully moved a motion
(seconded by Cr Trish Cook) to give in principle support for the
concept of a Shire partnership with the Darlington Community
Recreation Management Committee (DCRMC) for the design
and construction of a new community pavilion, and further,
to identify the pavilion project as part of the Shire’s 2016-2026
Strategic Community Plan review.
The DCRMC can now
formally demonstrate to external funding agencies (such as
the Dept. of Sport & Recreation or Lotterywest) that it has the
support of Council for what has the potential to be an innovative
and exciting project for the Darlington community.
The Shire joined with the Darlington Friends Group to
acknowledge and congratulate centurion Pauline McGuinn. A
tree planting ceremony, with a simple plaque on a fine piece of
local Jarrah was organised through Phil Vile, Jill Scott and the
Shire’s Brad Thompson. Something special from the Shire for a
long time ‘Lady of Darlington.’
It was pleasing to see the Darlington Residents and Ratepayers
Association and the Darlington History Group both receive
grant funding under the Shire’s Matching Grants program.
Congratulations to both organisations.
And while on the subject of funding, after years of lobbying, we
welcome the news that the Federal Government has allocated
$9.6M in 2015/16 to add to the State Government allocation
of $12M ($8.6M in 2015/16 and $3.4M in 2016/17) to upgrade
the Great Eastern Highway from Bilgoman Road to Mundaring.
Cr Darrell Jones
Deputy President
Shire of Mundaring
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Helena College
International Baccalaureate School
Sorry Day Assembly
On National Sorry Day the Helena College community
came together to share the steps towards healing for the
Stolen Generations, their families and communities.
Stolen generations refer to Indigenous Australians who
were forcibly removed from their families and communities
during the 1950s and 1960s. They were brought up in
institutions or fostered to non-Indigenous families. In
a very moving assembly for students, parents, staff and
invited guests, we heard the story of Stolen Girl, by Trina
Saffiotti, with illustrations by Norma MacDonald.
An Aboriginal girl is taken from her family by the
government and sent to a children’s home. She sings and
dreams of her mother and the life they once shared but
each morning is woken by the bell to the harsh reality of
the children’s home. Finally, one day she unlocks the door
and takes her first step toward home.
To the Stolen Generations I say the following:
As Prime Minister of Australia, I am sorry
On behalf of the
government of Australia, I am sorry.
On behalf of the parliament of Australia, I am sorry and I
offer you this apology without qualification.
We apologise, especially for the removal of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their
communities and their country.
For the pain, suffering and hurt of these stolen generations,
their descendants
and for their families left behind, we say
sorry.
To the mothers and fathers, to the brothers and sisters, for the
breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.
And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a
proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.
With one voice, all those present joined in at the conclusion
of the assembly with this statement… We are sorry and ask
for forgiveness.
Through our Sorry Day messages our hope is to touch the
hearts of the broken, the homeless and the afflicted and
heal their spirits.
With mercy and compassion our community is committed
to walk together as we continue our journey of healing and
reconciliation to create an Australian future that is just and
equitable.
As a College we share a commitment to healing for the
Stolen Generations.
Also performing at the Sorry Day assembly were members
of the Madjitil Moorna choir, joined by the Junior School
choir, who sang The Sorry Song.
Senior School Principal, Ian Lyons, read an extract from
ex-Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd’s Sorry Day address to the
nation:
As a College we commit to reconciliation between
Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians.
As a College we work together towards justice for past and
ongoing injustices against Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander communities.
Julie Carlton, Director of Community Relations
[email protected]
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Darlington Volunteer Bushfire Brigade
due to seasonal conditions. Please check with the Brigade
or the Shire of Mundaring (on 9290 6666 or on-line at
www.mundaring.wa.gov.au), for confirmation.
•Remember, 000 is the ONLY
number to ring for all fire & smoke
sightings. The ComCen will page
our members who are on duty.
Due to the late start to winter, take great care when burning
garden refuse and try to follow the guidelines set out in
the Shire’s ‘Fire & Burning Information’ booklet (enclosed
with your rates or available on line). These include; only
burn 1 small (1m x 1m) pile of garden rubbish at a time,
keep a 5m clearance zone around any fire, always have a
reliable means of extinguishing a fire nearby, never leave a
•For general Brigade enquiries
please ring 9299 7217. Station hours:
Saturday 9am-10:30am. Facebook
Page: Darlington Volunteer Bush
Fire Brigade
•
Next Brigade meeting: Tuesday, June 9th 2015, at the
Darlington Fire Station.
The Darlington brigade recently undertook several Hazard
Reduction Burns in the area, which provided an important
part of the training required for new members (see photos
below). As part of the recruitment process, probationary
firefighters are required to participate in several HRBs
prior to being allowed to attend emergency call-outs and
wildfires. These burns provide invaluable training for new
members in fuel types and fuel loads, fire behaviour and
reaction, suppression techniques, equipment operation and
the physical requirements of bush firefighting (including
the heat, sound and smells you don’t get in theoretical
training).
fire unattended and consider the impact of fire and smoke
on your neighbours.
On Tuesday May 12th the Brigade held its AGM and the
following key Office Bearers were elected; Captain – Chris
Kendrick, 1st Lieutenant – Eric Baldock, President – Neil
Inwood, Secretary – Kate McConigley, Treasurer – Heather
Curley, Team Lieutenants – Pat Lane, Heather Curley,
Daniel Eves, Ricky Harvey and Colin James, Membership
& Training – Cedric Griffith.
More than a dozen new members have joined the Brigade
over the last year and there are now well over 60 community
members from near and far volunteering with us. The
Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES), the
Mundaring Firefighters School (MFS) and the Brigade
undertake theory and practical training and team activities
all through the winter months and we encourage men and
women, 18 and over, to join us in this valuable contribution
to the community.
“Firefighters are a different breed. They run to danger as
most people run away. They leave comfort and safety to
answer the call. They forget sleep to serve strangers, and
they hold firm even when the strongest of foundations
begin to crack. They aren’t just the men and women of your
community, they are the best part of it.” ~ Gyandeva, from
‘Firefighters are a Different Breed’
With the onset of winter, and the cooler, damper conditions,
many of you may be considering doing burn-offs on your
property. The Restricted Burning period was due to finish
at midnight on May 31st, but may have been extended
Cheers
Ricky Harvey
Pictures: Brodie Della and Elle Murray
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Darlington Residents and Ratepayers Association
At the last community meeting on the 5th May the
following matters were discussed:
Traffic calming measures on Darlington Road
Continuing enquiries are being made to various authorities
about the problem of traffic speed.
Burn-off:
The area between tennis courts and Darlington road is
shortly to be burnt off to reduce a heavy fuel load in that
area.
Darlington Rd/Hillsden Rd
Work on the intersection is nearly completed, as was
resurfacing and culvert work on Montrose Avenue.
The tennis court car park surface is about to be sealed.
Satisfaction was expressed with the co-operation of the
Shire Engineers in responding to concern about the
aesthetics of each of these projects.
Boya Oval:
The Boya Oval facilities upgrade is to go ahead with the
inclusion of a new library building.
All Residents are welcome at the next Community Meeting,
to be held at: The Lesser Hall at 1930 on Tuesday the 2nd
of June.
Amongst the items on the Agenda are:
•
Bridle path vegetation clearing.
•
Montrose Av. / Dalry Rd steps.
•
Shire playground shade proposal options.
•
Update of infrastructure projects
•
Traffic calming on Darlington, Rycroft and Lionel Roads.
Bridle trail
The clearing of certain vegetation at the Glen Forest end
has been noted by a number of residents who query (a)
its necessity and (b) that the felled shrubs are left in situ
creating a fire hazard. Enquiries are being made into the
matter.
Degraded steps of Montrose Ave:
Enquiries are also being made into the possibility of repairs
to the steps from Montrose Avenue cul-de-sac to Dalry Rd.
LAUNCH OF THE “Let’s Talk Rubbish” PROGRAM DRAWS A GREAT RESPONSE. The ‘Pines’ play area:
This DRRA program now has more than enough volunteers to help successfully launch this important project. The Shire has circulated pictures of a shade structure which
could be mounted over the swings in the ‘Pines’ play area
and would apparently fall within the budget limitations
allocated. However, it was pointed out that whilst such a
structure might be welcome it was the main playground
slide structure that was the main concern and that despite
all of the efforts made to find a resolution to this problem
it still remained.
OUR FIRST CLEAN‐UP DAY IS SUNDAY 31ST MAY. Meeting at 10am opposite “The Pines” our band of volunteers shall set out to tidy up this month’s target area. Bulk collection
Concern about the proposed bulk collection program was
expressed. It was felt that August was too early in the year
and representation to the Shire would be made to have the
collection set back to October next year.
Proudly sponsored by The Darlington Club, The Shire of Mundaring and Keep Australia Beautiful WA this promises to be a great initiative to help towards a tidier Darlington. Darlington Rd. bus-bay
Concern also expressed about the safety aspects of the
Darlington Rd. bus-bay, just before Coulston Rd, affecting
the line of sight of motorists exiting Coulston Rd into
Darlington Rd when a bus is at this stop.
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Treetops - A Montessori and
International Baccalaureate School
The month of May found Treetops
receiving a very prestigious award –
the Golden Carrot! This award marks
our school’s ten year involvement in
the Crunch&Sip programme. This
programme enables students to have
independent choice over eating fresh
fruit and vegetables and water at any
time in class. At Treetops this usually
means that students have these
refreshments sitting on their desks
or in their bags and are able to avail
themselves of them outside of normal
break times, thus bestowing upon
them the responsibility of recognizing
for themselves when they are thirsty or
hungry.
beyond this world, so you will have something to cling
to, so you will have more love, more compassion, more
gentleness, more good in short, more life.”
Children’s House have looked at their families this term
with the ‘Family’ theme. Each child brought a family photo
along with some interesting information about their family
and gave a presentation to the class. The Children’s House
teachers and aides noted how impressed they were with the
children’s public speaking skills and confidence and also
the audience’s ability to ask curious, sensible questions.
In the area of literacy, language and literature the children
have been listening to the most-loved “3” stories. ‘The
Three Bears’, ‘The Three Pigs’ and ‘The Three Billy Goats
Gruff ’. The children learnt the difference between fiction
and informational text and then joyfully re-enacted the
stories through performance and song. The conversation
lead to similarities and differences between the three stories
and a hearty discussion about what other, more peaceful
solutions may have been available at the culmination of the
tales.
Carrots are not the only thing on the
menu this term; in June we will welcome
two new tutors to our flourishing
private
music
tuition programme.
Music is a part
of our integrated
curriculum
at
Treetops and children
can also choose to
participate in private
music tuition with
our talented teachers
in keyboard/piano
and now voice and
drums. In Children’s
House, music has
also been highlighted
with our African
Drumming incursion
and Child’s Play
Music
Workshop
which tie in with our
upcoming ‘Music and the Orchestra’ and ‘Music Around
the World’ themes. In our Music classes, children in the
Primary school have been working with their Ukuleles
and the Glockenspiel. In the High School the students are
studying the Classical composers; beginning with Bach and
most recently studying Haydn. Our Music specialist, Mary,
recently shared this quote: “This is why I teach music…
not because I expect you to major in music, not because I
expect you to play or sing all your life, not so you can relax,
not so you can have fun, but so you will be human, so you
will recognize beauty, so you will be closer to an infinite
The school was alive with
Random Acts of Kindness
in May as Karri (Upper
Primary) completed their
study of ANZAC day and
the war and its symbols.
All members of staff were
visited with handmade
cups with a tea bag,
a lovely encouraging
message of relaxation
(and a hidden chocolate).
Now the class is looking
closely at the Earth and
Solar System and has
just participated in the
Protective
Behaviours
workshops.
We are currently in the process of recruiting our newest
member of staff for our newly named ‘Coral Pea’ class –
a stand alone programme for three year old children in
Semester 2 of this year. The response to this programme has
been tremendous and we thank the Darlington Review for
their support with our advertising. Semester 2, 2015 really
should see our school full of bright, enthusiastic learners
and community-minded families. We are looking forward
to a wonderful second half of the year at Treetops.
Jay-Lee Crisp Crow
Communications and Admissions
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Darlington Family Playgroup
The fresh chill of autumn is starting to be felt and we are having
a wonderful time both indoors and out at Darlington Family
Playgroup!
The organic veggie garden is growing beautifully, with beans,
celery, coriander and rainbow chard all getting bigger. The fresh
little beans make a tasty addition to morning tea fruit time
platters.
We have recently installed some timber log seating in our popular
teepee, as well as a play ‘fire pit’. The children have been enjoying
toasting a few marshmallows as they sit and chat around the fire.
We have some wonderful concrete
tunnels in our sandpit that were lovingly
painted many years ago. The children
love to climb on top of them and crawl
through them, but in recent years, after
many sandpit ‘top-ups’, the tunnels had
filled up to such an extent that they were
difficult to play in. One email to the
shire with a plea for help and the kind
and handy workers turned up with big
earth moving machinery to save the day!
Thank you so much for repositioning
the tunnels, the children have enjoyed
playing inside them again.
Plans for an outdoor musical
garden
Plans and grant seeking are
underway to create an outdoor
performance stage with musical
instruments to further enrich
Darlington Family Playgroup’s
nature play emphasis. We look
forward to completing the project
by the end of the year with the help
of our members and kind offers
of help. If you are a tradesperson skilled at deck and pergola
installation and would like to offer your services and/or advice
at a reduced rate, we would love your help and would sing your
praises in future DR entries! Please contact Nichole 0401 135
400. Thank you!
Nearly all of our sessions are multi-age and everyone is welcome!
There are sessions every weekday morning that run from 9.3011.30am, as well as a toddler group on Thursday afternoons
3-5pm and an exclusively twins group on Wednesday afternoons.
You are invited to attend up to two trial sessions before enrolling.
Please call Louise Thompson (Vice President) for all enquiries:
0413 900 278 or email [email protected]
Mundaring Bahá’í Community
Local connection to global campaign to free
seven Baha’i leaders
Immediate family members of some of the seven live in Australia.
Spokesperson for the Mundaring Baha’i Community, Parisa
Mohebi said “It is shocking in today’s world that religious
prejudice could lead the Iranian authorities to lock up the seven
leaders.”
The Mundaring Baha’i community participated
in a week-long global campaign which also has
connections with Australia.
“It is very pleasing that Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, like her
predecessor Bob Carr, has called for the release of the seven
Baha’i leaders,” Miss Mohebi said. “We were also very pleased to
see a bipartisan motion in the House of
Representatives recently which called
for an end to the persecution of Baha’is
in Iran,” she said.
Members of the Baha’i Faith worldwide are
calling for the release of seven Baha’i leaders
whose imprisonment in Iran for the
past seven years has been condemned
worldwide as unjust.
The Baha’i Faith which originated in Iran
in 1844, teaches the oneness of humanity
and global solidarity. Its followers have
been persecuted since its inception
to varying degrees including killings,
destruction of property and harassment.
Members of the Mundaring Baha’i
Community are from many cultural
backgrounds including Iran, and would
like to join other voices in condemning
the oppression of Baha’is and other
victims of human rights abuse in Iran.
Members of the Mundaring Baha’i
community have relatives in Iran who
have been subject to different forms of
persecution such as denied access to
higher education and imprisonment.
“We call on those who feel similarly to
make their views known and urge Iran
to free the seven leaders, to live up to
its commitments in the human rights conventions which it has
signed, and to respect the diversity of peoples and cultures within
its borders.”
The theme of the campaign is “Seven Days in Remembrance of
Seven Years for Seven Baha’i Leaders”.
The five men and two women were members of the Baha’i
community, Iran’s biggest non-Muslim religious minority. They
were arrested in coordinated raids in 2008 and subsequently
sentenced to 20 year prison terms in a sham trial.
For more information, contact Parisa Mohebi.
Email: [email protected]
www.bahai.org.au
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Silver Tree Steiner School
Silver Tree Steiner School Playgroup
world through their senses and they do this largely through
play. Moving, handling, building, playing in the sandpit
and cubby, playing with the dolls and forming the bread are
all very important and enriching experiences.
Nestled in the beautiful Perth Hills,
the Silver Tree Steiner Playgroup
provides a peaceful and welcoming
environment to bond with your child.
Rhythm and routine is also another important feature of the
child’s experience in playgroup. Every week, the children
experience this through a regular sequence of activities.
There is time for a play, and then there is circle time, which
celebrates the seasons through songs and rhymes. There is
morning tea and story time which enables the parents and
the children to experience the joy and simple delights in
being part of a special group.
These sessions offer gentle structured
activities, led by an experienced
playgroup leader who is passionate
about early learning.
Playgroup runs on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays
from 9:30am – 11:30am and the cost is $150 per term.
Catering for parents with children two to four years.
Siblings welcome that are under the age of four.
“I was aware that rhythm and structure was important in a
child’s cognitive development, so when I found the Silver Tree
playgroup, I knew it was worth us getting in the car every
week! The structured session meant that Ren was secure in
knowing what would come next. We both thoroughly enjoyed
the songs and nursery rhymes, and Ren’s favourite part was
always making his own bread and then getting to eat it! Lesley,
our playgroup leader would tell a beautiful story at the end
using hand crafted puppets. Ren benefited greatly from our
weekly sessions and the mums who were so welcoming on my
first day are now life-long friends.” Kim, mum to Ren.
Playgroup is often the child’s first experience of belonging
to a group of people outside of the home and family life. It
can also be seen as a gentle’ bridge’ between the home and
the Kindergarten. Little children of this age experience the
If you would like to enquire about playgroup or mothers’
group at Silver Tree Steiner School, please call Kayla on
92954787 or email [email protected]
Darlington Community Recreation Management Commitee
Meeting now rescheduled to the
2nd of June 7.30 @ Fire Station
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Mundaring and Hills Historical Society Inc
the Lazarette. The soldiers in the Army Hospital learned
of her plight and taught her the semaphore alphabet via
letters, then set up flags each day to keep her entertained.
In spite of the awful diseases that kept patients at the
Sanatorium, there are a number of accounts that suggest it
was a place where patients and staff found happiness. For
those who have the time to sit a while, a large file contains
reminiscences by Marie Tuke, a young woman who
spent 1950-52 there, with Superintendent Dr Mitchell’s
photographic collection, which MHHS holds. For those
doing family history, a guide to Wooroloo Cemetery is also
available from the MHHS office.
For us Hills dwellers, the sight
of vans transporting prisoners
to and from Wooroloo Prison
Farm is common, but how often
do we think of the site’s previous
history? Last November, 100
years of Wooroloo were celebrated at an ‘invitation only’
event. A new temporary exhibition in Mundaring District
Museum brings that information to those who couldn’t be
there.
Wooroloo Sanatorium opened in 1915 and initially housed
some 300 TB patients. At a time when there was no
treatment for this dread disease, the best doctors could
do was provide sanitary accommodation, good food and
fresh air, and the purpose built ‘Sanny’ did this. For a
brief period near the end of WWI, it became No 22 Army
Hospital. Antibiotics finally did away with the need for a
TB hospital and the buildings became Wooroloo General
Hospital in 1958, serving the district from Midland to
Northam. It took on a new life as the Prison Farm in 1970.
The guest speaker at our meeting on 20 June is Valerie
Everett from KSP Writers’ Centre. Valerie was project
convenor, editor and contributor to Blackboy Hill Is
Calling, written to commemorate the Anzac Centenary and
to inform readers about the very important role Blackboy
Hill played in WA History. We look forward to Val’s stories
about the experience of producing the book and hope she
will also share with us some of the touching and amusing
tales of camp life that the KSP team uncovered. The talk
will commence at 2pm, followed by afternoon tea and a
General Meeting.
Few would know that it was also a leprosarium (Lazarette)
in those early days. One of the stories told in the display is
that of the teenage girl quarantined alone with her carer in
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The Darlington Club
We have some great events planned for the next couple of months.
To avoid disappointment, make sure you secure your tickets as numbers are limited.
A big thank you is extended to
Blue Manna (Warren, Rob, Glen) for an amazing blues night.
The boys were joined by the incredible Dave Hole,
plus many amazing Hills’ musicians, including Jazmine, Rupert, David, Vince,
Doug, Stephen and Rory.
For event suggestions or further information, please contact Margaret Barker
(Secretary) [email protected]
July Main Event
What’s On June
Friday, 5 June - Sundowner
Come and catch up with friends. You will
need to BYO drinks and nibbles.
Friday, 12 June - Curry Night
Only a few tickets left. Please contact
Karen to check availability 042 795 2102
Friday, 19 June - Sundowner
Come and catch up with friends. You will
need to BYO drinks and nibbles.
Friday, 26 June - Soup Night
Enjoy home made soup and a roll for $5.
BYO drinks and extra nibbles.
Memberships
Future dates for your diary.
3 July - Wine tasting night
As of 1 June 2015, ALL memberships are due for
renewal (with the exception of those that joined over
the last couple of months).
24 July - Xmas in July
21 August - Music Quiz Night
Annual membership to The Darlington Club is
still just $15 per person or $30 for a family.
11 September - Drinks and Dancing
19 September - Oktoberfest
(Saturday)
Friday,
2
Membership period is 1 June 2015 - 31 May 2016.
2
Applications/renewals are available at the club on
a Friday night, or by contacting Margaret Barker
(Secretary) [email protected]
MayBlues
We look forward to seeing you all soon
Night
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Darlington Theatre Players Inc.
Next production at Marloo Theatre, Greenmount.
BASIN STREET BLUES
Written by John Beaton
Directed by Aarne Neeme
Basin Street Blues is a sultry musical situated in a New Orleans “Sporting House” in 1917.
In the house of the rising sun meet ragtime piano player, Tony, working girl, Pearl and her pimp “Dude”
Lewis. But what is Gus doing there – and Lotte?
Basin Street Blues - with music and dance – tells the drama of these and other characters, in the few days before the famous Storyville
district in this melting-pot city was closed. And music in the world changed forever.
PLAYING EXCLUSIVELY AT MARLOO THEATRE, Marloo Road, Greenmount.
17TH JULY - 8TH AUGUST 2015 |
Bookings: Gwyne 9255 1783 or trybooking.com/HKLR
www.marlootheatre.com.au
Friends of Darlington Station Reserve (FODS)
Winter is on us again- where do the months (or years) go?
it would be too great a task for us to clear by hand.
Our last two Sunday sessions have been busy ones with
great turnouts and lots of work getting done.
We are also very aware of the fact that apart from numerous
weeds and undesirable growth there is a wide variety of
other flora that is important to be protected and not to be
lost.
Its amazing just how much stuff falls during the summer
months so it’ll take a few sessions to get through it all.
As mentioned in our Review report that due to the chilly
mornings we start work an hour later at 8am rather than
the summer start time of 7am and finish by 10am.
Give us a wave as you walk or cycle through on your Sunday
morning travels.
CaterFODS.
I really must give a sincere thankyou to our FODS ladies
who have lovely tea and coffee, biscuits and cakes (freshly
baked that morning no less!) ready for us when we have
finished. Always nice to look forward to and also to have a
great chat whilst we are at it.
We envy Tony’s role at this time of year because he organises
the fire permit and bonfire and therefore has the cosiest job
of all.
New Project.
As mentioned in the last Review we have applied for a
burn-off to be done to the
bush area between Darlington Road, Owen Road and the
new carpark alongside the tennis courts.
The Shire along with other relevant bodies is going to do
a survey through there and do an inventory- for want of a
better word, before permission is given to do the controlled
burn.
Therefore it could be some weeks before we can move in
there and get started on our work.
Also when the new carpark is finished we shall be able to
move in and landscape around the edges and soften up that
area also.
Hillsden Road.
We have been involved in talks with DRRA, St. Cuthbert’s,
residents and the Shire relating to the landscaping at the
new junction of Hillsden and Darlington Roads.
Apart from suitable groundcovers it has been decided to
place some very large granite boulders on both sides of
Hillsden Road nearby to each corner to create a landscape
very similar to others within Darlington. Talks are still
taking place with regard to having some small trees as well.
We are mindful of this being a busy junction so must not
block motorists views.
Phil Vile
Apparently it has been quite a number of years since one
was done and some growths are becoming quite rampant.
The growth is very dense and widespread and
FODS Co-ordinator.
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Darlington Arts Festival
about it. Committee members and coordinators have
beavered away to produce registration and application
forms, site maps, Terms and Conditions etc. - all the vast
array of bits and pieces we need to administer the festival.
Artists, sponsors, entertainers, stall holders, volunteers and
Friends of the Festival will be able to access these through
darlingtonartsfestival.org or contact the coordinators for
any questions.
A lot of discussion and hard work has got
us to the point where the graphic design
has been finalised. We are very grateful to
Lucia Osborne for permission to use her
painting “Inferno” on both the website
and print media.
Talking of artists, this year’s retrospective will feature the
work of George Haynes. George moved to Perth in the early
1960s and his works are in art galleries and universities
across Australia and overseas. More information on
this important artist will be in the next issue. The 2015
website is just about ready. We apologise for the delay but
it is a long process to get a colourful and informative, all
singing, all dancing one stop shop for everything anyone
needs to be a part of the festival or to get information
The website will include a general update “News Board”
accessible directly from the Home Page. And of course we
would be delighted if you want to support the festival either
materially or in kind - just click on “Sponsors”, “Volunteers”
or “Friends” on the ‘new look’ Darlington Arts Festival
website and find out how you can help and what the festival
will give you in return.
Mundaring Weir Gallery
Mmmm, a definite nip in
the air now. Almost winter,
lovely rain, bracing winds.
Of course, we still have all our usual ranges of art and
craft…… and these are always popular for gifts or just
something for your home or yourself.
Open
fires,
toasted
marshmallows…….Enjoy.
Vacancies exist now for artists or crafters but please be aware
that if accepted into the Gallery you must be available to
roster as we are all volunteers. Information can be obtained
by contacting the Gallery on the email below or visiting the
Gallery and speaking to one of our volunteers.
Which
reminds
me
that there is an antique
adjustable hearth rail with woodboxes on either side that
could suit your décor, so I would say a trip to our lovely
Gallery is now in order for you to purchase that or some
lovely warm woollies for yourself or the kiddies, that you
wont find in the shopping malls.
The Gallery welcomes you 11.30am to 5pm. Fri, Sat, Sun
and Pub.hols. Arrangements can be made to open other
days for social groups and bus tours. Bookings to the
Secretary, at [email protected]
Mohair capes and berets, felted hats and scarves, knitted
scarves and beanies, and gloves, jumpers for the kids and
baby booties and shawls…….. and more.
This month I would like to feature some very fine, clever
work by Frank, a long standing member of the Gallery.
He works with wood and a scroll saw and makes very
fine bookmarks in the shape of frogs, lizard magnets,
doorstops, decorative items, and a bowl in the shape of
Australia, jigsaws in the shape of animals, (horse and
unicorn pictured) and the cutest little pair of giraffes (also
pictured). Well worth coming to the Gallery and taking
home something unique.
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Seen & Heard
Calling all musos!
On Saturday, June 20, Seen and Heard will be hosting
Pipelines 2015, their annual battle of the bands competition
and music festival. Six local bands will battle for the title of
Pipelines 2015 winner, winning themselves a day’s worth of
time in a Recording Studio. The bands coming in second
and third won’t be disappointed either.
2013 winner, Sneaky Jackal, formerly The Right Way Up,
will be headlining the day. “Battle of the Band events are
hard to come by these days, So many young artists and
bands thrive for events and situations which they can take
advantage of the opportunity to play to a crowd and have a
great time” comments lead vocalist, Alex Sutherland.
If great music isn’t enough, there’ll be a number of other
attractions throughout the day including; a bouncy castle,
temporary tattoos and many other fantastic fun activities.
It’s set to be a great day outdoors with your friends, listening
to awesome tunes.
With the 2014 Pipelines Music Festival being such a success,
the Seen and Heard team are looking forward to making
this event bigger and better!
This FREE drug and alcohol free music festival will be held
at Sculpture Park in Mundaring from 12.00pm – 6.00pm.
This event is proudly supported by the Perth Airport
Community Grant Program.
Pipelines’ music competition and festival is an idea created
by the Seen and Heard Program’s young volunteers, the
CREW. These young members volunteer their time, and
assist the team in bringing youth friendly event to the Shire
of Mundaring. Many young people have expressed a need
for musical event, and the CREW are willing to provide this
event for the young people.
For more information contact Seen and Heard on 9255
2570, email [email protected]
The Seen and Heard Program is funded by the Shire of
Mundaring and delivered by Parkerville Children and
Youth Care.
Soroptimist International of Helena
We celebrated International Midwives Day on May 5th
at Swan Health Service with great style. We provided
afternoon tea for 40 midwives and presented each with
a long stemmed yellow rose. We have made some great
friends throughout the years and we have prospects of a
couple of them becoming members, which is always very
rewarding.
At the time of going to print we are in the final stages of
planning the Fashion Parade - May 24th at the Jack Healey
Centre in Kalamunda. The usual panic about whether we
have sold enough tickets has resolved and we expect a
comfortable number of friends and family to make the day
a happy success. The funds will be going to the Royal Flying
Doctor Service and educational programmes.
We are continuing with preparation of packs for the Days
for Girls which seems to be a thriving charity for the girls
in third world countries.
Due to the inclement weather in March causing cancellation
of a function, we are now holding a Christmas in July, on
July 4th at the Mechanics Hall, Meadow St Guildford. This
is to raise fund for Mitchell Kanyemba ,who is in her final
semester of studying Metallurgy in a male dominated world
at Zimbabwe School of Mines.. Join us for an evening of
fun and friendship to the sounds of saxophone. Tickets
$25 include drinks and Christmas finger foods.
RSVP 28th June to berenice,[email protected] or
92934108. Anyone wishing to contact me on 92996230 or
[email protected] – please do.
Plans are also being made for the Quiz Night. Mr. Quizzical
will be the quizmaster for our night on 23rd October, at the
Lesmurdie Club Boronia Rd Walliston. We have plenty of
time to get our tables together.
Ladies - if you feel you would like to join us on our journey
to improve the lives of women and girls please contact us
through this article or by email [email protected]
Rosalie Gordon
Soroptimist International is a global volunteer movement
working together to transform the lives of women and girls.
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1st Darlington Scout Group Scout fire lighting in the rain
Term 2 has seen a hive of activity across our 3 sections of
Joey Scouts (age 6-8), Cub Scouts (age 8-11) and Scouts
(age 11-15). Both the Joeys and Cubs held special events
for Mothers day having mum join them with games and
cooking. From all accounts the Cub damper twists turned
out to be quite a tasty treat!
Our Scout section has nearly 20 youth members this term,
which has enabled a 4th patrol to be created. Each patrol has
a Patrol Leader (PL) and an Assistant Patrol Leader (APL).
Each Patrol designs their own programs and activities with
guidance from the leaders. This term different patrols have
attended a local volunteer bushfire brigade, participated
in a 15km hike in the rain, attended a Helicopter training
simulator in Jandakot and attended an indoor climbing
centre.
Scouts preparing for 15km hike in the rain
In January 2016, 4 Scouts and a leader will be heading to
Sydney for 12 days for the Australian Jamboree. They will
be joining over 10,000 Scouts from across Australia and
participate in an amazing adventurous program. To help
subside the $2,700.00 p/p cost our group will be holding
a number of fundraising activities over the next 2 terms.
Shortly our “living fundraiser” will commence with easy
to grow herbs and winter vegetables being sold in kits.
We will also be selling first aid kits in term 3. For further
information please email [email protected].
Charity Car Wash
On Saturday 6th of June our
Scouts will be running a carwash
in order to raise funds for the
children of Nepal, following recent
devastating earthquakes. All
funds raised will go to
4am pancake cook up Anzac Day Vigil Blackboy Hill Save the Children.
The car wash will be held down at
Budget Car rental on the Corner
of Farrel Rd and Gt Eastern Hwy
between 10am and 2pm. Please
come down to show your support.
Scout fire lighting in the rain
Scout fire lighting in the rain
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Darlington History Group
Collector,
researcher,
historian,
author
and NOW raconteur
extraordinaire
all
attributes for which
Arlene Collings has
gained
widespread
recognition.
Despite
her nervousness at
the thought of public
speaking, Arlene held a large audience captive with her
tales of the rise and rise, then the demise and, currently,
the rehabilitation of the old gold-mining town of Gwalia.
Arlene’s links with Gwalia are through her mother’s family
back to her great-grandmother. Gwalia was once a thriving
gold-mining community with a wealth of high-grade ore
being taken from the earth often under dangerous and
tragic conditions. But, as the quality of the ore deteriorated,
it became unprofitable for the underground mining to
continue, the mine closed and the township became
derelict as most of its population drifted away. During its
heyday, however, there were many distinctive characters
such as “Milano” who had been invited to a mate’s wedding
and was required to dress for the occasion adding a ‘corsage
Bush, an expert in Hills’ heritage issues will speak to us
about the Bilgoman Well area especially the ruins of the
Convict Depot which was established there in the early
days of the colony. There are members of the Group and
the wider community who would like to see a dig take
place to hopefully discover artefacts which may be lying
under layers of earth and debris so it will be interesting to
see if Fiona can give us any indication that this could be the
case. Come along and whet your appetite for discovering
the things of yesteryear.
Harking back to our April meeting when we heard from
Lyn Myles about a WWI serviceman who was to be
honoured with a tree-planting and a plaque in Kings Park.
Lyn had been invited to attend this ceremony for Horace
Patrick Wilson whose name appears on the Darlington
Honour Board. The photo shows his great-nephew holding
the plaque which was subsequently installed at the base of
the tree. Great detective work Lyn!
of two cabbage leaves with nasturtiums in the middle! Jack
Yankow was another such character with a predilection for
the colour green, painting everything in sight in this colour
– even the hoofs and horns of his goats! Arlene’s wonderful
display of artefacts and artwork added vivid colour and
interest to her discourse. An entertaining and absorbing
night was had by all. Thanks and congratulations Arlene
Among others, our Treasurer, Phil Vile has been busy
organising the tree-planting at the FODS morning tea to
honour Paline McGuinn’s 100th birthday celebrated last
year. We honour her and hope to feature photos of this
event in our July report. By that time we will have in our
midst another centenarian, Findlay Kidman, whose 100th
birthday falls on 5th July. We congratulate him on achieving
this wonderful milestone and wish him well for the future.
Looking forward now to our June meeting when Fiona
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SOME DATES TO NOTE :-
Wednesday 19th August Clare Menck - a history of the
Forestry Settlement at Mundaring from 1923 to 2011.
Sunday 21st June Darlington Road residents and exresidents afternoon tea from 1:30 to 4:30pm in the Lesser
Hall, Darlington. Tell your family, friends and neighbours
and come along to reminisce with others about this iconic
and historic entry road to our village,
BRIC-A-BRAC AND BOOKS man, Reg Kelly, is always
keen to hear from you if you have any of these types of
items lying about in your home. We’d love to recycle them
for you at the annual Arts Festival weekend. Call 9299 6746
or email [email protected].
BUT Please contact Lyn Myles on 92988604 or at
[email protected]
at
OUR WEBSITE IS UP AND RUNNING. To know more
about us and the Darlington Community go to
If you are planning to attend so that we have a fair idea of
how many people to cater for. RSVP by Friday 19th June.
darlingtonhistorygroup.com
OR Judi Bracks on
[email protected]
0409
075
825
or
Cheers for now! Judi Bracks
Wednesday 17th June Fiona Bush and the convict ruins
Publicity Officer
Wednesday 15th July “Rock On” with geologist, John
Roestenburg talking about the rocks and landscape of
Darlington and its surrounds
Mundaring Arts Centre
heARTlines Children’s Literature and
Book Illustration Festival to 28 June 2015
3pm), landscape painting for beginners with Wendy Binks
(fully booked already!) and a Meet the Makers session
(Sunday 21 June 1-2.30pm) - a great opportunity to mingle
with some of WA’s finest writers and illustrators, including
James Foley, Frané Lessac, Mark Greenwood, AJ Betts and
heARTlines curator Cristy Burne.
Grab your pens, paints and paper! The
heARTlines festival of Children’s Literature
and Book Illustration has returned to
MAC, featuring a free exhibition of original
illustrations plus hands-on workshops,
inspiring talks, and the chance to meet the cream of WA’s
children’s book authors and illustrators.
heARTlines continues until Sunday 28 June at MAC,
7190 Great Eastern Hwy (corner Nichol St) in the heart
of Mundaring. Featuring a shop with a range of locally
made artworks, entry is free to the shop and exhibition
but bookings are essential for all workshop sessions. MAC
is open Tues-Fri 10 am – 5 pm; Sat/Sun 11 am – 3 pm
(closed Mondays and P/Holidays and 29 June-10 July 2015
inclusive).
Illustrations by Wendy Binks, Karen Blair, Kelly Canby,
Gabriel Evans, James Foley, Kylie Howarth, Kyle HughesOdgers, Frané Lessac, Patricia Negus, Den Scheer, Briony
Stewart, and, by special arrangement with The Lit Centre,
Terry Denton are just some of the talented book folk to be
featured.
For
further
information,
please
visit
www.
mundaringartscentre.com.au or contact 9295 3991.
heARTlines is supported by Department of Culture and
the Arts, Mundaring Community Bank Branch, Bendigo
Bank, Shire of Mundaring and the WA branch of the
Children’s Book Council.
This year’s festival includes a Great (kid’s) Book Swap
during Reconciliation Week (28 May – 2 June) to help
raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. The
public program also includes a watercolour and illustration
workshop with Gabriel Evans (Thursday 11 June, 10am-
Left: Watercolour artist and illustrator Gabriel Evans in his studio. Evans features in the exhibition, is hosting school workshops plus a workshop for
bigger kids for heARTlines Centre: Author/illustrator Kylie Howarth, author/curator Cristy Burne and budding author/illustrator Heather Waugh at the
heARTlines opening Right: Helena College Junior School year 3 students with their creations from a workshop with illustrator Karen Blair for heARTlines
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Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre
Pick up that Pen and Put your
Life onto the Page
Writing Your Life Story
Workshop – Saturday 13 June,
1.00-4.00pm with tea break
Are you someone who is often
told to write a book about your
life? When you tell friends about
the things that have happened
to you or the things you have seen and done, do they say ‘wow,
you should write that down.’ Do you have family stories you’d
like to preserve for future generations, or simply a deep burning
desire to write about your life, whether for catharsis or because it
is worthy of publication.
Much has been written about the tragedy of the War overseas,
but what of the training soldiers received before they left
Australian shores? What were they told, what were they fed,
and what environment did they merge from, which would help
forge the legendary spirit of Anzac? A dedicated group from the
KSP Writers’ Centre banded together to find out. Blackboy Hill
is Calling is the first ever comprehensive history of WA’s most
significant WWI training camp, Blackboy Hill, which trained
over 32,000 men. With the production of this book, the KSP
Centre has ensured that its history and significance will never be
forgotten.
Limited copies available from KSP at $15.00 each
Poetry Workshop with Ron Pretty – Saturday 18 July, 1.004.00pm
This KSP workshop is just for you. As you probably know, putting
your life onto the page can often be a confusing journey – where
do you start? Where do you end? How much should you reveal
and how do you write it so it reads in a compelling way, like a
great fiction novel? How do you get it out there when done?
Creative non-fiction author, award-winning high school teacher
and memoirist, Dr Suzanne Covich, can guide you through
the process in a safe and nurturing environment. Includes
complimentary afternoon tea.
This workshop with KSP’s 2015 Established Writer-in-Residence
Ron Pretty, former Director of Five Islands Press and Head of
Writing at Wollongong University, will give experienced writers
the opportunity to explore the question of dealing with political,
social and religious issues in poetry. Should poetry tackle such
issues? If it is to be done, can it be done effectively? Where
does poetry end and propaganda begin? Is there any point in
‘preaching to the converted’? A fantastic opportunity to expand
your poetry horizons.
Costs: $30 for KSP-members, $45 others
Costs: $30 for KSP-members, $45 others
Blackboy Hill is Calling Anzac Centenary commemorative book
– available now
For further details or the full itinerary of 2015 events
please contact 08 9294 1872 or visit www.kspf.iinet.net.au
Darlington Chamber Music
One of chamber music’s greatest
compositions, Schubert’s String
Quintet in C major, is the centrepiece
of our second concert of the winter
season on Sunday, June 7. The work
features an unusual instrumental
line-up in that two cellos are used
instead of the more conventional second viola. An intense,
emotional piece, it was written only two months before the
composer’s death, at 31, in 1828, and some have seen in
it a valedictory quality. Certainly it is now regarded as a
masterpiece.
Antonín Dvořák’s Terzetto got off to a shaky start.
Composed for two violins and viola (played by Dvořák)
– another unusual combination – the work proved too
difficult for one of the violinists in the run-up to its first
performance and another more competent player had to be
found. We are not anticipating any such problems this time
around!
The Darlington Trio are dedicated to presenting new
music at their concerts as well as the traditional, pushing
the boundaries and exposing their audiences to different
sounds. Three Sambas is an example of this and, while the
first two movements provide a historical context, the third
emerges as a full-blown, foot-tapping example of this rich
Brazilian/African dance tempo.
Artists performing at this concert are Semra Lee-Smith and
Zak Rowntree (violin); Sally Boud (viola); and Jon Tooby
and Rod McGrath (cello).
Tickets ($40 adults, $35 concession) for the concert,
which starts at 3 pm, can be purchased in person
from the Darlington Post Office; Café 2, Darlington;
and Bendigo Bank, Mundaring; by phoning Bendigo
Bank on 9295 6411 (credit card only);.or by email
[email protected]. While some tickets will be
available at the door, we suggest that ensemble enthusiasts
pre-purchase to avoid disappointment. A ticket will
also guarantee you a place at our splendid afternoon tea,
prepared by the wonderful ladies of St Cuthbert’s, at the
conclusion of the concert.
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Darlington Tennis Club
is mixed doubles and you will be assigned different
partners during the sessions. (*Two courts may be
available for public hire at the same time as the Sunday
afternoon session).
The Darlington Tennis
Club has recently
become affiliated with
Tennis West, which
enables our club to
participate in the
very popular Perth
Pennants competition.
Pennants is a competition where club teams play matches
around Perth according to their ranking, where every
second week is an away match located at another club.
The Pennants competition is open to all age groups
above 10yrs of age. Please contact Lee Oliver via email
[email protected] to register interest or to book into
a team.
The Darlington courts are available for public hire when
they are not being used for club sessions or coaching.
Current club session times are:
•
•
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights 7.00 - 9.30pm
– Darlington mixed social team competitions. Members
are put in teams for their night for the duration of the
competition (usually around 2-3 months). There is
a commitment to turn up every week or organize a
substitute from the reserve list.
•
At other times court hire is available through the
Pines Shop opposite the courts for $5 an hour (free for
members who show their tags) or $7 with lights. There
is a $20 refundable deposit for the key. For after-hours
bookings please contact Brendon on 0427 250 566.
For more information, including coaching inquiries, please
go to the club website www.darlingtontennisclub.org.au or
contact the club secretary [email protected] (ph
0439 976 672).
Monday and Thursday mornings 9am – 12pm, and
Sunday afternoon 2-5pm*. Anyone welcome – format
Darlington Junior Football Club
“The team is looking forward to their final season as
Darlington Junior Football Club,” he said.
The Year 6 Darlington Blacks team had a great start to the
2015 season, getting the opportunity to put their skills
to the test against some new teams with several matches
planned against teams in the Swan Districts flats zone as
well as the traditional Hills zone.
“It is a particularly special one given the club is celebrating
its 50th year and many of the Year 6 players will also reach
their 50 game milestone for the Darlington Junior Football
Club.”
In their inaugural match for the season Darlington played
Lesmurdie at their home ground at St Brigids College,
kicking off just after midday on a balmy 29 degree day.
Players were lathered in sunscreen – an unusual scene for
footy in the Hills and excitement was high for the first
game of the season.
In other news many Auskickers will be participating in the
annual Gala Day to be held on Sunday June 7 at Jubilee
Reserve in Bassendean.
This is a great day for the kids…and parents too!
Coach Keith Campbell said the kids played brilliantly.
They all showed great skills, but more importantly great
sportsmanship and played a well fought out game and did
their club super proud.
Since then, the team have had some standout games both
home and away including a special ANZAC Day game and
a great game on Mother’s Day, which included a fundraiser
for breast cancer research complete with a pink game ball,
pink flags, a cake stall and raffles that raised more than
$400 for a worthy cause.
Keith said many of the kids have been playing football
together for years now and the level of teamwork really
shows – even in the early part of the season.
ANZAC Day Match
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Darlington United Church
Cnr Darlington Rd and Allestree Rd, Darlington
This is the second in a series of articles by DUC members
in which they shares their faith journey. Ron Mitchell, a
long standing Darlington resident, writes of his experience
of God.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve believed that God is
GOD and that he is interested in all His creation, including
each one of us. Although difficult and testing times may
come our way, I’ve found that they can also be times of
great consciousness of His grace and mercy.
In my early years, I attended Sunday School and must have
learnt a little about God, but it was while living on a banana
plantation in my teen years that the reality of God – and the
implications that flow from this fact – caused me to begin
some deeper reflection about Him. While many things may
be attributed to us as humans, I could think of nothing of
which Jesus Christ could be accused. This being the case,
I chose to seek and, if possible find out why I was here. In
seeking I found that God is a personal God and that His
grace extended to me also. That began the real adventure of
my life i.e. what did I want to do in life?
On deciding that I wanted to be in a service-type
occupation, I contacted the W.A. Correspondence School
asking if the school could help me in my newly-found
desire to be a teacher. The Principal replied outlining what
I would need to do. In short, I took his advice, passed the
exams and eventually graduated from Graylands Teachers’
College in 1958. Already, I could trace God’s direction in
my chosen vocation: I’d graduated! Darlington Primary
School was my first appointment (1959-1964). With my
wife Dorothy we attended Darlington United Church and
became members soon after.
Response: Oh, things not good?
Visitor: No. You’re to take your daughter to Lae. David (the
doctor) supects meningitis.
Response: I can’t just walk out because…
Visitor (cutting me off): They’re doctor’s orders.
Response: I’ll need time to arrange a flight with Jungle
Aviation and accommodation in Lae.
Visitor: David has already done that and I’m your pilot.
Details were hastily arranged. Within the hour we were in
the air and on our way. The situation for our daughter was
increasingly critical: cultures were taken and sent to Port
Morseby, while treatment was begun for the more serious
of the two strains of meningitis suspected. Where was God
in this? He was there. Although it had been a downward
trend for our baby, there came the moment when we
accepted that she might not survive – tho’ we hoped and
prayed like never before that she would. It was at the point
of surrender that God, I believe, stepped in. A message was
received from the ANGAU Memorial Hospital to the effect
that a diagnosis was made, appropriate treatment was being
continued and she had ‘turned a corner’. Do you think we
thanked God?...and the medicos?...and the pilot?
Service time: Sunday 9.30am. All welcome.
Contact: Murray Guy (President) - 0417 174 441
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.darlingtonunitedchurch.com.au
Having been brought up in a Christian home, I’d always
accepted that I was part of a much broader family – not
just my thinking, but also in my heart. That’s just how it
was and is.
Over many years I’d been interested in indigenous ways of
living; sociology I believe it’s called. This interest settled on
P.N.G. During the years 1966-1969 while teaching there,
our trust in God was put to the test. One of these was in
relation to our youngest daughter. At the time, I’d gone to
school quite concerned about our five months old, who
was quite listless, not eating or even whimpering, etc. Midmorning a motorbike pulled up outside school gate and
the rider strode into the classroom. The conversation went
along these lines:
Visitor: Sorry for not knocking, but I have a message from
the base doctor. He wants you to return home right away.
Your wife needs you.
Ron and Dorothy Mitchell
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St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church
cnr Darlington Rd and Hillsden Rd, Darlington. 9299 7274
St Cuthbert’s Church Restoration Appeal
For over 90 years, St Cuthbert’s has stood at the heart of Darlington. It is a place of peace and reflection,
celebration and education, service and generosity. Now we need your help to conserve this building for future
generations.
What’s good about St Cuthbert’s?
Mainly Music brings parents and children from the whole
community together for fun and mutual support.
We co-ordinate responses to social justice issues in the
community.
Godly Play provides a quality education in the Christian faith
for children.
We send volunteers to Clayton View Primary School to read
with students.
We partner with Anglicare to provide family and parenting
programs.
We make our facilities available at low cost to community
groups.
We work with TEAR, World Vision, Parkerville Children and
Youth Care, the Anglican Board of Mission, Act for Peace and
many others to support those in need.
Countless couples have been married at St Cuthbert’s.
St Cuthbert’s is the spiritual home to a group of people who
seek to serve the community.
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How can you help?
A Brief History of St Cuthbert’s
On 13 September 1924, Archbishop Riley laid the foundation stone of St
Cuthbert’s Anglican Church on the Darlington Road and consecrated
the completed building on 1 March 1925. The Gothic style building was
designed by George Herbert Parry and built by a local builder, George
Bishop, on land donated by Amelia Stone. It was a simple, stone building
constructed from diorite stone, granite, brick and tile at a cost of £900.
Gifts from the local community furnished the building and many remain
today. The bells at St Cuthbert’s have a chequered history. The first bell was
given by Constance Gaze in 1934. This bell apparently fell from the wooden
tower and its current location is unknown. It was replaced by a second bell
which came from St George’s Church in Greenmount in 1968. This bell was
stolen in 1973 - and its location is also unknown! The third bell, purchased
with insurance money, came from the Whitechapel Foundry in London and
was installed at St Cuthbert’s in 1974. So far, we know exactly where it is
because it is rung every Sunday, just before the morning service.
The Scott Clarke family figures prominently in the history of the church
because Walter Scott Clarke was the first Rector of St Cuthbert’s and
members of his family generously commissioned several of the iconic
features of the church grounds such as the lych gate and the front stone
wall. The stained glass window, the Conversion of St Cuthbert, is dedicated
to the parish’s longest serving Rector (1939 to 1964), The Reverend
Lennard Sydney Quinlin.
When the Church of the Good Shepherd, Bellevue was sold, the proceeds
were used to construct the cloisters, offices and a meeting room. More
recently, another meeting room and a storage facility has been added to
the complex.
For the last 90 years the efforts of parishioners have ensured that
Darlington’s ‘little stone church’ stands as a place where the community
marks life’s most momentous occasions, celebrates the sacred, and
challenges people to ‘do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with
your God’. With your help, its role in the life of the community will continue
for another 90 years and beyond.
What needs work?
The National Trust has established a taxdeductible restoration appeal. We will use funds
raised from the appeal, as well as potential
heritage grants, to fund the restoration project.
The total cost of the project is approximately
$120,000 and we hope to raise $40,000 from
donations to the National Trust Appeal.
If you would like to make a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE donation to help
conserve St Cuthbert’s for future generations, please send a cheque
made out to ‘National Trust WA’ OR complete and return the form
below to St Cuthbert’s Restoration Appeal, PO Box 77, Darlington,
WA 6070 A tax-deductible receipt will be mailed to you. To donate
online, visit www.hillsanglicans.com.au/restoration. For further
enquiries please contact Fr Chris Bedding on 92997274.
Credit card donation form
St Cuthbert’s Restoration Appeal
(Ref 1986)
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Address:
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Telephone:
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Email:
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Amount of Donation: [ ]$20 [ ]$50 [ ]$100 [ ]
$250 [ ]$500
I request that the National Trust of Western Australia
arrange for funds to be debited from my credit card using
the information below.
Name on Card: _________________________________
[ ] Visa
Thanks to funding from Lotterywest
we have been able to create a
Conservation Management Plan.
Based on this plan, we intend to
repair all the stained glass windows,
repair the cracking interior walls,
repair and conserve the brassware,
replace the dangerous electrical wiring, fix the drainage and
install a discreet air conditioning system. Our aim is to keep St
Cuthbert’s in use as a community resource.
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Publication and distribution
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possible by a Quick Grant
from the Shire of Mundaring
Services 9am every Sunday; 7pm on the first Sunday of the month; 9.15am most Thursdays
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WEBSITE: www.hillsanglicans.com.au
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Darlington Social Cricket Club Inc
“Slips, Stumpings Appeals & Silly Points”
beautifully prepared tables by the row wives for the two
combatant teams. There was also the odd glass of champers
to wash down the gourmet delights for the spectators and
umpires. The Aussies were comfortable in that they only
had to score 182 top win yet another test. After all, it had
been about seven years since the Stuy Aldred led team that
choked on their way to overhaul the meagre Row total
of 220 in that test match. What could go wrong with the
calibre of batsmen such as Lucas, Meredith, Aldred, the run
machine Scrimshaw and the hard hitting Lindsay Earnshaw
in your team?
Darlington Social Cricket
Club, has been around
for over fifty years now.
We have had some wonderfully talented cricketers grace
Darlington Oval with sublime performances. Sadly they
played for the opposition. DSCC plays on average, 22
games each season, against some fine opponents. While
the games are always played in good spirit, there is one
game, the annual test match Aussies Vs the Rows, which is
played for sheep stations. There is always a build-up of light
hearted banter between a few of the Rows and Aussies in
the preceding weeks. For the winners, there bragging rights
for the next 12 months. For the vanquished, there is a night
of playing drinks waiter and 12 months of heartache.
The openers for the Aussies were watchful as Graham Crow
bowled with venom and pace and had them both jumping.
Lucas was out caught behind to a ball from Zardins that
bounced twice, hit 2 rocks and moved both ways, unlucky
Mark. The Skipper Doc Bates, lead from the front but was
like a rabbit caught in the headlights of a car and was out for
1 to Graham Crow. Aldred came in next and with Meredith
they put on a respectable 39 before Stuy was bamboozled by
the guile of Bino DiFillipo. Shaun Meredith was eventually
out to Rhino Murphy for 25. Matt Ellis who by now was
champing at the bit and was introduced into the attack with
devastating results. Matthew bowled with blistering pace
and had the Aussie batsmen jumping. Matt finished with
3/15 of his 4 overs. Only my good friend Graham Ekert
held his nerve and scored a patient 14.
It was James (Who) Miller’s last game as captain. James
called heads, won the toss and elected to bat first. The
umpires for the first session, Hamstring Turner and that
fine upstanding gentleman, Steve James, were in place and
got proceedings underway. The Row openers Steve Beazley
and Graham Crow started well, but the Row’s were soon
in trouble as the ball was returned to the keepers end after
three relay throws from the boundary, only to find Beazley
well short of the crease while trying to steal a quick single.
Luckily Graham steadied the ship as Duncan Bell proved to
be another Bunny for Terry Giles. Graham was eventually
out for a well compiled 27. Matthew Ellis who recently
ventured back to China to get a good helping of MSG
infused noodles came out to bat and despatched the Aussie
pie throwers to all parts of the ground. Matt took a liking to
the cream puffs and jam doughnuts served up by Cambell
Giles. While Matt was belligerent in his thrashing of the
hapless Aussie bowlers, he was aided by some fantastic
rear guard batting performances by Mitch Cork and Ben
Harvey with fine knocks off 12 and 10 respectively.
It was fitting that my good friend James Miller in his last
game as skipper, would sound the death knell for the
Aussies and inflicted a crushing defeat at the hands of the
mighty rows. The after match celebrations were fairly damp
as the victorious Rows savoured their fantastic win while
the Aussies honed their skills drinks waiters. Matt Ellis
was fittingly named the winner of the prestigious Mario
Cavallaro medal for brilliant batting and bowling display.
While the author of this fine piece of literature may seem
a little bias in his reporting, nothing could be further from
the truth, I’d say he was more than a little bias, as he enjoyed
the drink served to him by Scrimma.
Knackered Knees Harding took over umpiring from Steve
James as it was a warm day and Steve had the urge for a
nice lemon cordial drink in the shade. The Aussies found
their way and brought on that magnificent exponent of
orthodox spin bowling Mark Lucas who had immediate
success in having Rob Zardins caught for not too many, but
more than Doc Bates. Stuy Aldred, came on and cleaned
up the rabbits, as usual at the end of the innings. James
(Who) Miller made a fine 21 at the end of the innings and
the Rows ended up with a respectable 181 for the loss of
10 wickets. Best bowlers for the Aussies were Stuy Aldred
with 3/10, Lindsay Earnshaw with 2/17 and my good friend
Tiger O’Lucas with 1/8 of 2 overs.
For those who enjoy attending the DSCC Quiz Night, book
it in for the 6th of June. There are lots of great prizes and
it’s sure to be a fantastic night. Tables of 8, tickets $80.00
per table. As they say in Bingo, eyes down, look forward to
seeing you at the quiz night.
The Ferret.
A fantastic array of culinary delights was laid out on
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REPRESENTATIVES OF CONTRIBUTING ORGANISATIONS
Anglican Church (Church Office 9299 7274)
Baha’i Faith
United Church (PO Box 81, Darlington)
Bushfire Ready Group
Darlington Arts Festival Inc ([email protected])
Darlington Chamber Music
Darlington Community Recreation Management Committee
Darlington Junior Football Club
Darlington Family Playgroup
Darlington History Group
Darlington Primary School
Darlington Primary School P & C Association Darlington Ratepayers & Residents Association
Darlington Retirement Accommodation Assn Inc
Darlington Social Cricket Club Inc
Darlington Tennis Club
Darlington Theatre Players at Marloo Theatre (9255 1212)
Darlington Volunteer Bushfire Brigade Inc
1st Darlington Scouts
Federal Member for Pearce
Friends of Darlington Station Reserve
Guides Western Australia (Forrest Hills District)
Guildford Grammar School
Helena College Junior School
Helena College Senior School
Hills Hash House Harriers
Hills Hub
KSP Writers’ Centre
Member for Kalamunda
Mezzanine Gallery
Mundaring and Hills Historical Society Inc
Mundaring Arts Centre Inc
Mundaring Arts Scholarships
Mundaring Sharing
Mundaring Weir Gallery
Seen and Heard Shire of Mundaring Library Service
Silver Tree Steiner School
Soroptimist International of Helena
State Emergency Service
The Darlington Club
Treetops Montessori School
Mundaring Shire South Ward Councillors:
Cr Darrell Jones Cr Trish Cook
Cr David Lavell Justice of the Peace:
Jan Carroll
9299 7240
Cynthia Olson
9299 8090
Murray Guy
0417 174 441
Colin James
6298 0836
Sue Lavell
9299 7420
Tony Rees
9299 6342
Colin James 6298 0836
Andrew Boys
0428 924 328
Serena Goldsmith
9299 6396
Chris McCognigley 9299 6894
Lorna Woodley
9299 6888
Alex Stevens
9299 6699
Poul Dahl
9299 7114
Carolyn Earnshaw 0427 271 765
Jeni Di Filippo 0475 508 252
Alex Hoschke 9299 6456
Brendan Tobin
0419 949 564
Ricky Harvey
0409 685 445
Glen Stenton
0403 809 226
Hon. Christian Porter MP
9294 3222
Phil Vile
0424 703 200
Tracey Jenkin
9299 6636
Gillian MacDonald
9377 9222
Greg Miller
9299 6626
Julie Carlton
9298 9100
Halina
0411 411 828
Rachel Bacon
9290 6683
Shannon Coyle 9294 1872
Hon. John Day MLA
9293 4747
Mark Alderson
0428 102 567
Margaret Fowler
9295 0540
Jenny Haynes
9295 3991
Chris Durrant
9299 6093
Hilda Christian
9295 1688
[email protected]
Noleen Ryan
9255 2570
Kerryn Martin, Branch Librarian, Greenmount Public Library 9290 6758
Marie Hutton/ Nyaree Blakeney
9295 4787
Fay Kappler 9274 4543
Rosalie Gordon 9299 6230
Robbie Palmer
9295 3133
David Lavell
9299 7420
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9299 6725
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for HELENA COLLEGE
Early Learning Centre 2016
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Child wonder, initiative and effort are celebrated at
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