Royals Yearbook 2019/2020

Verdon, a member of the
George
Municipal Council and it’s
Williamstown
Mayor in 1856, had been active during
first
early years of sailing on Port Philip.
the
Verdon, a ship chandler in
George
and Sandridge, was a
Williamstown
member of the Port Philip
foundation
Club which formed in May 1853.
Yacht
interested in sailing races had
Gentlemen
at various hotels around Melbourne
met
the Albion Hotel in
including
The Port Philip Yacht Club
Williamstown.
reformed as the Victoria Yacht Club
was
1856 with George Verdon as chair for
in
at Williamstown when he was
Master
Vice Commodore for the
appointed
there was a revival of the Victoria
When
Club membership in 1872, only
Yacht
of the club members were
seven
of Williamstown. By 1873 the
residents
Yacht Club was anxious to
Victoria
a club meeting place for sailors
establish
Williamstown. After some delays, a boat
in
was built in 1876 at the rear of the
shed
Police headquarters on reclaimed
Water
on the beach frontage of Nelson
land
Timeline displays influenced my
Three
to create a series of panels to
decision
significant events in the Club’s
highlight
history.
I could start on the Royals
Before
concept, I needed to visit other
Timeline
clubs to see how they had
yacht
their club history using the
presented
format. I went to the Hobsons
Timeline
Yacht Club, Williamstown. Their club
Bay
from 1888 to 2013 was portrayed
history
a Horizontal Sweep Timeline which
on
along one wall, for almost 10
extended
in length. Each photo displayed
metres
went to view the Immigration Museum
I
Timeline display ‘Key
Melbourne
in Victoria’s Immigration
Moments
which used a collage of photos,
History’
cutting and cartoons, with
newspaper
text descriptions on panels placed
short
in Sydney and found their club
Club
portrayed in great detail on a
history
consisting of panels with a
Timeline
layout placed horizontally
vertical
by decade along the entire
decade
of more than 12 metres.
wall
the planning phase of the project I
During
and met with local residents
consulted
Williamstown working as volunteers
from
various community organisations.
with
contact was made with the
When
Historical Society, I received
Williamstown
support for the concept of the
generous
project.
Timeline
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TIMELINE
ROYALS
WALL
HISTORY
had an informative story with it.
Foundation meeting.
the
Charles Ferguson was Harbour
Captain
Victoria Yacht Club in 1856.
decade by decade horizontally.
visited the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht
I
Place, Williamstown.
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