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Rushworth Museum AGM JUly 2009The Rushworth Historical Society held its annual general meeting on the 4th of July, and a letter was received from John Fielden stating that owing to ill health and travel comments .
John stated he could no longer stay on as the President of the Museum.
John had served for many years as president and he has given the museum great leadership with the tasks that had presented while he was the president .
A election for office bearers took place and the following members were elected.
Mike Wellington has now taken on the role of President and he will be assisted by the following office bearers
Vice President George Gemmill,
Secretary Lorraine Rule
Assistant secretary Glenys Oliver.
Treasurer Heather Wellington.
Curator/ Gardner Cheryl Macansh.
Historian Jeff [Chief ] Perry.
Publicity Officer Cass Alexander.
Research Officers Rob and Rhonda Brien.
After the meeting President Mike thanked John and presented him with a letter of appreciation for the many years of dedicated service he had freely given to the Museum.
John and his wife Beverley will still remain active committee members of the museum.
The members wished them both all the best for the future .
New Members are always made most welcome, meetings take place at the Museum on the first Friday of each month at 10.00am
Annual membership will remains the same at $10.00 per year so come along and join in the activities of the Rushworth Historical Society.
 John Fielden
Rushworth Easter Festival The Rushworth Easter Festival on Easter Saturday was a huge success with a very large crowd coming from near and far to enjoy a wonderfull family day out .
The weather was just perfect and the Main street was set up with a market of many stalls.
Then at noon they were all treated to a great street parade which included old horse drawn wargons, one being hauled by a team of 8 horses, many old tractors and all the other floats were viewed with great interest.
The Rushworth Museum was open with many people taking in the opportunity to visit the Museum, many were amazed at the number of item and the way there are presented inside the museum.
The organizing committee are to be congratulated on the efficient way the whole Easter Festival was presented there was something for all age groups to enjoy.
and it was enjoyed by all who made the effort to attend , Sure they will all be back next year and bring their friends along.
Attaching some photosof the parade as they passed by the Museum .
Japanese Students visit MuseumThis is a copy of a letter the Rushworth Museum received from Mutsuko Yamaguchi [Mutchan] From Shiroi City office. A group of 15 students, 2 teachers,Shiroi Rotary President and 3 others visited Rushworth Museum.They are on the exchange program with Kyabram Secondary College. Shiroi City is where they come from is a friendship city of Campaspe Shire 5 junior high schools and Kyabram Secondary College have had the exchange program for 17 years. We have exchanged 1300 students, teachers and parents since we started the program. Shire of Campaspe and Shiroi City established a friendship city relationship in February 13 1998. We welcome a delegation from Shire of Campaspe in October to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our friendship. All the residents of Shiroi City will welcome the delegation. In 2000 the group of Japanese Drummers came to participate in the torch relay for the Sydney Olympics. They played the drums in Rushworth's main street. They were very impressed by the warm welcome Rushworth Museum Reopening Easter 2008President John Fielden with Secretary Lorraine Rule welcoming visitors to the Museum when it was reopening after intensive interior renovations were completed .
Citizen Of The Year
Australia Day award.2008 The citizen of the year for the Waranga Ward Shire of Campaspe was the very popular and well-known Mr Jeff {CHIEF} Perry. The Rushworth Historical Society nominated Chief and he is a worthy winner of the award. Chief was born in Rushworth and has lived most of his life in the town, where he owned a butcher shop in the main street for 41 years before he retired in 1991. The shop is still a family business operated now by he sons. Today Chief is still very active, and he is the longest serving member of the historical society where he is rostered on each month to help with volunteer duties at the Museum. Chief has a wealth of local knowledge, which he is always willing to pass on to younger members. Chief has also served the local Rushworth community well. He was the Band President for 29 years even thou he did not play any instruments. He has also been President of both the Rushworth Football and Golf Clubs, a member of the Moora Rural Fire Brigade CFA, and on the Anglican Church committee. Plus he is also still a member of the Lions Club. Chief was a part of the Waranga Foreshore Committee that started up the picnic and Caravan Park at Waranga Basin before it was taken over by the Shire. Jeff in his acceptance speech said he was surprised and thrilled with the award. |
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