Bulletin (PDF 18.3 MB) - City of Armadale

Information Bulletin – Issue No. 22/2010 Page 5Information Items from the Community Services DirectorateMONTHLY OFFICER REPORTSThe number of courses offered will depend on the number of volunteers who can beattracted to do the training. The assistance of the City’s Volunteer ServicesCoordinator in finding suitable volunteers is appreciated.1.3 District History Book updateAuthors Jennie and Bevan Carter of Historical Research and Publication Serviceshave completed the bulk of the text which is now with the appointed editor TomJenkins of Editing & Design. The editing task should be completed by the end ofMarch following which the authors will have the opportunity to make final smallchanges to the book prior to printing.Tasks still to be undertaken are the foreword to the book and the final small chapter“Looking Towards 2050”.It is probable that the proposed time frame of publishing in the current financial yearmay not be achieved, rather it may be in the first three months of the 2011/12financial year. The large amount of source documents that needed to be researchedand referenced will result in an extremely comprehensive but readable history book.All research not included in the final work will be an invaluable addition to theCity’s Local Studies Library.2. HERITAGE SERVICES2.1 Statistical Performance IndicatorsThe Heritage Department’s statistical performance indicators report for the month ofNovember is attached. (Refer to Attachment “CA-2”.)2.2 Birtwistle Local Studies Library(Report prepared by Susan Hall, Historian/Local Studies Librarian)City of Armadale 25th Anniversary celebration and displayThe 25 th anniversary of the City of Armadale was commemorated on Tuesday 16November in the Council’s Functions Centre. A photographic exhibition showed thechanging council building since the 1904 Road Board building, the 1967 counciladministration building and the 1985 and 2010 buildings. A second series ofphotographs showed the changing Armadale landscape from the early 1900s throughto the present. A timeline marked the significant events in the development of theCity of Armadale from the inaugural Canning Trust in 1843.The photographic exhibition is on display in the Armadale Library until 30November 2010.