Our member for Hawthorn, John Pesutto included some young volunteers to assist in his energetic presentation. President Ian Bentley introduced Mayor Jim Parke, who gave a brief summary of the history of the brickworks, and how local government had joined with Hawthorn Rotary to establish the park, with Federal Government funding. Even the Honorable Josh Frydenberg MP made an appearance, (to assist with the quality control -) Hawthorn Rotary’s ba rbecue and a coffee stall were kept busy serving refreshmants: many stayed on for a chat, and to hear the presentation. Starting at 10am, they planted 2,000 trees/s hrubs/grasses and had the job completed by noon: great work! In the years that followed the site was left empty to allow the landfill to stabilise.Ĭouncil, together with the Federal and Victorian Governments, and the Rotary Club of Hawthorn, reconstructed the area into a park in 1995.īoroondara Council had arranged dozens of grass and shrubs to add to the planted areas, and dozens of volunteers turned up to help. The factory employed around 50 people and produced 250,000 bricks a week, which were used throughout Victoria.Ĭouncil bought the area in 1972 and used it as a landfill site until 1986, then as a temporary waste transfer station until 1989. The park was named after Augustus Fritsch and the Holzer brothers who formed the Upper Hawthorn Brick Company in 1883. Hawthorn Rotarians braved a cold and windy Sunday to celebrate the 21 stbirthday of the Ftritsch Holzer Park. If our society can afford so many huge temples (footy grounds) and so many very highly paid bureaucrats and stars, then surely we should be able to afford more generous treatment of the poor in our midst? Surely, also, the passionate allegiance of some individuals, and some families, to a particular team, and regular attendance, can be seen as a form of religious devotion?Įnough, lest I be drummed out of Rotary for discussing religion! The fact that every newspaper devotes many pages every day to Aussie Rules is presumably evidence of the huge love of the populace for this feature of our lives. For how many fans does Footy provide a weekly escape from otherwise ordinary lives? Maybe the matches are echoes of gladiatorial ‘games’ and of public executions? Today’s vast crowds are wondrous to behold and let us rejoice that crowd violence seems to be much less than in many other sports.įooty provides a real sense of community, and of belonging, to thousands of fans of particular clubs. It raises hopes and expectations – sometimes to be realised, and other times as false hopes. But the rates of injury and conflict seem to be grossly excessive. So, in what light do I see the cult of Aussie Rules? It is spectacular to watch. Others planted gardens around the toilet.
Mothers took turns cooking and serving workers’ lunches. The Parents and Teachers Assn members worked with and helped supervise the skilled laborers. The local Municipal Engineer supervised the work at all key construction points. Pantikian men provided the unskilled labour on a voluntary basis. For example, the children chose the wall and door colors and through organized games were taught handwashing and not to block the pipes, waste the water or damage the taps.
The project is small but the principles are vital – community involvement and ability to keep the toilet operational. At a total budget of A$ 4,600, this sanitation project was funded by the Rotary Club of Hawthorn.įinished in December, the job was organized by Dr Cecily Neil through RAWCS D9800 and implemented on the ground by Sinangpad Association, a local Kalingan NGO. The toilet block consisting of three-cubicle toilets with handwashing stations is at Pantikian Elementary school in mountainous Kalinga Province. Getting a primary school toilet built in the remote Kalinga Province of northern Luzon is one thing arriving on the spot is another. It focused on the special input by Melbourne Rotartian Dr Cecily Neil and the difficulties of projects in remote parts of the world. Here is some extracts from an article by Networker Correspondent, Tony Thomas concerning in part our first Philippines toilet project at Pantikan Elementary School. This toilet block is in Pasil Elementary school. Rotary Hawthorn is proud to fund the construction of a second toilet block for primary school children in the Phillipines.
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