SPOKE The Rotary Club of Burwood Inc.

Weekly Club Bulletin

SPOKE The Rotary Club of Burwood Inc.

Weekly Club BulletinVol 77 Issue 427th July 2015President Peter Hamer

Membership. What we do in the Rotary Club of Doncaster is make everyone in our club feel welcome and important, and make our meetings enjoyable. Members start gathering up to an hour before our club meeting to socialise, and new and visiting members are swept into the constantly moving and changing conversational groups that form during this time. One of our club’s strengths is that we make everyone feel a part of the group and no one finds themselves standing alone with no one to talk to. New members are invited to give an introduction speech to the club, which often leads to further connections with each other and involvement in new projects.

For example, when a new member told us about his involvement with supporting AIDS orphans, there was immediate consensus among our members that we should all become involved in the project. Our club works quite hard for all the money it raises for new and existing projects. Our club’s international service team organised an African themed night to launch the club’s involvement. The event featured a special menu, some Zimbabwean themed games, and some African items that were for sale. Members helped out and invited guests to join the fun and open their wallets!

Our club’s vibrancy comes from more than good planning and organisation. The members have created a positive and welcoming atmosphere. Their generosity of spirit is evidenced in their approach to Rotary, Rotary projects, and their fellow Rotarians. Everyone enjoys coming to the meetings.

Everyone has a designated job or position in the club. All members work well together to achieve the club’s goals, and we enjoy spending social time together.

Alma Reynolds Rotary Club of Doncaster Australia Reprinted from https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/learning-reference/learn-topic/membership

Rotary Anniversary:

None on File

Additional Meetings tonight: Board Meeting

Next Week: Anne Davies: Ainsley Home Care

Introduction: Tim O'Connor Thanks: Rob Whitney Notes: Peter Moore

Next Week: Anne Davies: Ainsley Home Care

Introduction: Tim O'Connor Thanks: Rob Whitney Notes: Peter Moore

Wedding Anniversary:Lloyd & Christine Roever 27th July

Happy Birthday: Christine Roever 29th July John Manchester 30th July

Tonight's Meeting: Ben Weeding The Stockmarket.

Introduction: Keith Weeding Thanks: Fred Walker Notes: Peter Moore

Tonight's Meeting: Ben Weeding The Stockmarket.

Introduction: Keith Weeding Thanks: Fred Walker Notes: Peter Moore

Rotary Grace: O Lord and giver of all good, we thank thee for our daily food, May Rotary friends and Rotary ways, Help us to serve thee all our days.

Meets at: Burwood RSL 96 Shaftesbury Road, Burwood Every Monday night - 6pm for 6.15pm

Fellowship Day Fellowship Day Sunday 16Sunday 16thth August in Elizabeth Park Homebush August in Elizabeth Park Homebush

RSVP Sam Helou Round Robin to come RSVP Sam Helou Round Robin to come

Rotary Program 2015 - 201629-Jun Changeover

6-Jul Ed Wolf This is how it started13-Jul Anne-Marie Byrne Ashfield Infants Home reinvented20-Jul Henry van Zanden Australia's long lost tribe? Partners Function27-Jul Ben Weeding Stock-market Board Meeting3-Aug Ann Davies Ainsley Home care Membership Committee Meeting

10-Aug Membership Zyra McAuliffe Surviving the 7.8 point Nepal earthquake17-Aug Month Stephen Nightly MEMBERSHIP GROWTH 16.Aug Sam's Dinner Elizabeth Park24-Aug Teo ten Brummelaar Japanese Prison Camps in Indonesia Partners Function31-Aug Paul Reid Our Rotary Foundation Board Meeting

7-Sep Education14-Sep & Ryde TAFE College Dinner Partners Function21-Sep Literacy Jane Parkin Kullman Brain & Mind Research28-Sep Month Dr Helen Jagger Rotary 2015/16 double act. Board Meeting

5-Oct Labour Day No Meeting 11.Oct - Year o fthe girl child12-Oct Economic Dinner in the Park 10.Oct19-Oct Development 24.Oct World Polio Day26-Oct Month Board Meeting2-Nov Mel.Cup9-Nov Rotary

16-Nov Foundation23-Nov Month PRISCA PRISCA Partners Function30-Nov Board Meeting

7-Dec Desease Board elections14-Dec Prevention Christmas Party Christmas Party Partners Function21-Dec Month28-Dec Boxing Day No Meeting

4-Jan Vocational No Meeting11-Jan Service No Meeting18-Jan Month Restaurant dinner meeting25-Jan Board Meeting1-Feb Peace &8-Feb Conflict

15-Feb Prevention 23.Feb - Rotary anniversary22-Feb Month Business Award Night Business Award Night Business Award GSE29-Feb Board Meeting GSE7-Mar Water & 4 - 6 District Conference GSE

14-Mar Sanitation21-Mar Month Partners Function28-Mar Easter Board Meeting

4-Apr Maternal &11-Apr Child Care18-Apr Month Board Meeting25-Apr Anzac Day No Meeting2-May9-May Mothers Day

16-May Youth Pride of Workmanship Pride of Workmanship Partners Function23-May Service Board Meeting30-May Month

6-Jun Queen's B. No Meeting13-Jun Rotary20-Jun Fellowship Joint Board27-Jun Month

4-Jul Changeover Changeover Changeover

Pres Peter opened the meeting at 620

He read a new replacement welcoming statement.

He welcomed Guest, Fellows and Partners, Juliet Pinto, Helen Wright, Cecily Gray Katrina Kapelaris, Sharyn Walker, Deborah Mansour, and Mohan,

Apologies: Lloyd Roever, Garry Michael, Fuad Jaafar Nirmal Ananda, Walter Bock, Paul Sarks

Birthdays and Anniversaries as per Spoke

Sick and Absent: Garry Michael's Father, Sana's Sister

Introduced Guest speaker Henry van Zanden

Presidents Report: make ups: No formal notification policy and so email Pres Peter ( or Attendance chairman Peter Moore ) District Extra ordinary meeting is on next week. Pp David Wright has looked at it and advised Pres Peter accordingly.

Secretary pp John Mansour report: Australia Post requested ABN for post Box renewal. Barbara Griffith re RAIC Crows Next Rotary Club having a Trivia Night. Correspondence for Adventures in Citizenship to pp Keith Weeding.

Sergeant pps Sana tested our Rotary knowledge.

Pres Peter called for Nominations for Vice President.

Pp Keith Weeding and pp John Kane were nominated

pp John Kane spoke to his nomination citing his period in the RC Burwood. He had considered the position of the Club and his potential to contribute again since he last held the position of President. He declined the nomination.

Pp Keith accepted.

Cecily Gray invited everyone to the Burwood Historical Society Christmas in July Dinner next week.

David Kwong introduced Guest Speaker Henry van Zanden

Henry's quest for the truth in a relatively unknown part of Australian History. It is common knowledge that Dirk Hartog landed on the West Coast of Australia in 1616 But Henry knew that in 1606 Dutch explorers had mapped the Western coast of Australia. His research led to the discovery of a lost white tribe originating from the Dutch shipwreck, the Gilt Dragon in 1656. The spice route to Indonesia was originally discovered by Spain and Portugal. The Dutch eventually found the way to Batavia ( now Jakarta ) and their subsequent arrival back in the Netherlands saved the country from bankruptcy due to the high value of the spices they brought back . Before Captain Cook arrived on the east coast, at least 64 ships had been wrecked on the West Coast due to the strong westerly winds forcing them into the cliffs. His research led him to a small article published on Jan 25th 1834 from an explorer, Lt. Dale coming across a white man on the West Coast in 1832, who claimed to be a descendant from survivors of a Dutch ship wreck 100 years earlier. Originall 76 and now numbering 300 descendants. He described his search for the location of the Lost White Tribe and how they arrived there and what eventually happened to them. He postulated that the discovery was hidden by the English to protect their interests in Australia. Henry eventually found the location of the settlement and showed us images of pots and other artefacts from their settlement, as well as aboriginal cave paintings depicting them. He found tools and hammers, scrapers and fish traps. He talked about another shipwreck from 1712 , the Zuytdorp. Of particular interest is the finding of an Aboriginal descendant of the White Tribe, originating from the Zuytdorp, verefied by DNA testing. His quest is to go back to the source of the artefacts to find the rest of this amazing treasure trove of history revealing an undeniable link between the shipwrecked Dutch sailors and Western Australian Aborigines. In answering the many questions he suspected that the floods of 1833 came and the tribe headed north to escape. Some perished, some settled near Geraldton and others spread into Aboriginal tribes. He is investigating and it will be a topic of a future book.

Thanks from pp John Kane

Raffle won by Pres Peter who donated it to Henry.

Meeting closed at 8:10 with the singing of Advance Australia Fair.

Questions regarding Meeting Notes contact Peter Moore

At Our Last Meeting 20th July 2015

From Our Archives

ON THIS DAY 11 years ago : SPOKE VOL 65 Issue 4 Pres John Kane 26th July 2004

Our Guest Speaker was Warren Jones “ A Message of Hope.” We sang Do-Re-Mi. Our membership fees were $225.00 and Maxime left after a year in Australia. ( Sorry scan quality not good)

Reminder : Rotary Fees Due now $295.00

All correspondence to : The Secretary, PO Box 93 Burwood 1805 Editor: Peter Moore Email: mooreoptom@gmail.com