Royals Yearbook 2019/2020

‘Message Tree’ project from GetUp
This
West and the Spotswood RSL, was
Out
with the Williamstown
liaising
Society and the Williamstown
Historical
of the yacht club land on
boundary
Place dating back to 1857. The
Nelson
coordinator for the
nominated
Tree’ project was Greg Thorpe,
‘Message
Yalukit Marnang descendent of the
a
Wurrung people. Greg informed
Boon
one of the Boon Wurrung
every
connection to the land and
people’s
information was collected and
Timeline
from various sources
collated
found in the RYCV Archives
Items
and elsewhere were minute
collection
from 1880’s onwards; booklets with
books
Rules & Regulations from 1872;
Sailing
1893, scrapbooks) and Cliff Gibson
from the past were found on the
Photos
website history link (David Wallace,
RYCV
and in past copies of Royals
images)
magazines and Yearbooks.
newsletters,
documents and news
Photographs,
were donated by life members.
cuttings
life members and past
Current
assisted at working bees to
commodores
photos that would highlight the
identify
history.
Club’s
items of historical information
Other
found through searches on the
were
The TROVE website yielded
internet.
reports of yacht club
newspaper
Australian National Maritime
for
Public Record Office Victoria,
Museum,
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TIMELINE
ROYALS
WALL
HISTORY
about the First Peoples’
Police
to a special place on the
connection
contributions from members’
personal
Arthur Peck (newscuttings),
collections:
Newlands (1907 ‘Rudder Cup’
Edgar
book), H.R. Watson (logbooks
souvenir
(scrapbooks, photos).
sea waters in Williamstown.
in Victoria since 1853.
activities
were made on the websites
Searches
the State Library of Victoria –
and
(out of copyright).
illustrations
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