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Ron Rathbone Local
History Prize
2009
The entrants in the 2009 Ron
Rathbone Local History Prize were:
- Joan Clune, The Arncliffe Hotel:
an insight, 1880-1923 and beyond
- Beth Dias, February 7, 1969
- Anne Field, Dwelling unit and
environment - unit 4/10
Dunmore Street,
Bexley and Bexley Shopping Centre, Bexley
- Kevin Gordon, Eighty years of
Rockdale memories
- Philip Gregory, A view from the
stalls
- Bruce Hartley, 'The Gully' - my
childhood playground
- Jean Jehan OAM, "Meet me at The
Grand" - History of The
Grand Hotel,
Rockdale
- Dan McAloon, The Ramsgate Baths,
1924-1970, a short
history
- Joan Morison, The ultimate
altruist - an ambulance man:
Charles Inglis
Morison
The winner of the 2009 Ron
Rathbone Local History Prize was Dan McAloon for his work on
Pemberton's Baths: The Ramsgate Baths, 1924-1970, a short history.
The winner of the 2009 Ron
Rathbone Local History Prize "Memories of Rockdale" category was Philip
Gregory for his memoir of his involvement with the Rockdale Opera
Company: A view from the stalls.
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The Department of
Environment
and Climate Change NSW (DECC) and Council are working together to offer
small businesses in the Rockdale local government area a new program
that helps to lower power bills and carbon pollution.
The Energy
Efficiency
for
Small Business Program offers an energy assessment, a tailored
action
plan and a rebate of up to
$5000 for making energy efficiency
improvements that save you money as well as reducing our impact on the
environment.
After your onsite
energy
assessment, you will receive an action plan to help you save
electricity by improving the efficiency of existing equipment or
installing new equipment that is more energy efficient. Return on
investment time frames are included in the plan for each action
identified.
A rebate of up to
$5000
is
available to pay for half of your costs to implement action plan
recommendations that have a return on investment period of more than
two years.
Rebates will be paid
for
improvements to lighting, including skylights, heating, ventilation and
air-conditioning, boilers, air compressors, commercial refrigeration,
electric motors, hot water systems and insulation.
You can take part if
your
business spends up to about $20,000 a year on electricity or employs up
to 10 people.
To register for the
program
contact Council's Coordinator Place Management, Maria Tsounias, on 9562
1758.
For more
information:
Visit
www.environment.nsw.gov.au/sustainbus
Email sustainbus@environment.nsw.gov.au
Phone the
Environment
Line 1300 361 967
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Babies and toddlers
from 6
months to 18 months and their carers are invited for weekly half-hour
sessions of songs, finger plays & rhymes, starting 2nd February
2009.
Click
here for details.
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At the Council meeting
held
on 23
July
2008, Council adopted the Gardiner Park Plan of Management.
The Plan of Management
will
guide
the
future management of Gardiner Park and inform decisions on land use,
facilities, maintenance, leases and licenses.
Copies of the document are
available for
purchase from Council's Customer Service Centre.
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Check Council's latest Media
Releases
for news on key local issues and events throughout the City of Rockdale
and for updates on important decisions from Council meetings. For
information on major projects and works within the
City, click
here.
There is no Council Column this week.
If you are looking for
something
fun to
do this weekend why not check out our Calendar of Events
for a list on what is happening in the local area.
If you would like to list
your
event on
this site, please download our Events
Listing Form. You will need to provide the name, date, time, cost,
location and a contact name and number for the event.
To help save lives, the
Environmental
Planning and Assessment Amendment (Smoke Alarms) Regulation 2006 will,
from 1 May 2006, require owners to install smoke alarms. The regulation
outlines what types of buildings will require alarms, the type of
alarms required and where they are to be located. Owners will have 6
months to comply.
Further information is
also
available on
the Department of Planning website.
Enquiries can be directed
to
the
Smoke
Alarms Help Line on 1300 858 812 or e-mail
For the latest
environment
news and
events click here
For more details, click
here
No new schemes at present
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