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Churchill Island Friends Society Inc.

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Our new Clydesdale, Charlie, arrives at Churchill Island tomorrow. Not sure exactly what time, but expect around 11 am. Come and join the reception party. If you cannot, come to the general meeting on Saturday at 1.30 and introduce yourself beforehand. We have a talk on the building restoration project due to start this year. Meeting in the visitors centre, Charlie probably in the farmyard. ... See MoreSee Less

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Churchill Island Friends Society Inc.

2 weeks ago

The next FOCIS General Meeting will be held on Saturday, 11 February, 1.30 pm when Jarvis Weston from PINP will tell us about the building restoration project due to start this year. This is funded by a $198,000 heritage grant.

In the meantime, Nature Park rangers are organising:

Old Fashioned Games on the Lawn - Join our rangers for some fun games like sack races, banksia seed and spoon race, quoits and more.

Churchill Island Guided Walk - Discover the histories, cultures and conservation values that make Churchill Island a fascinating and unique place to explore.

WHEN
11am - Games on the lawn
1pm - Guided Ranger Tour
Thursday, 26 January ... See MoreSee Less

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Excellent that the Victorian govt is funding this building restoration work. CI's historic buildings are the only 19th century buildings open 365 days per year to the public this side of Melbourne. They are in very good condition and need to be kept that way, given how rare examples of this built heritage are in our area. Sounds like a fascinating talk. Jarvis is very experienced at this sort of project management and 'knows his stuff'.

Churchill Island Friends Society Inc.

4 weeks ago

A landmark meeting today between the restoration group and Nature Park (Pete, Helen and Rod). Jeff Cole represented FOCIS and Tim the restoration volunteers. Agreement was reached on the operation of the group and projects, including the what wagon and cannon carriage. We appreciate the increased support and commitment from Nature Park and look forward to more restoration outcomes. ... See MoreSee Less

A landmark meeting today between the restoration group and Nature Park (Pete, Helen and Rod). Jeff Cole represented FOCIS and Tim the restoration volunteers. Agreement was reached on the operation of the group and projects, including the what wagon and cannon carriage. We appreciate the increased support and commitment from Nature Park and look forward to more restoration outcomes.

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Churchill Island Friends Society Inc.

4 weeks ago

On Tuesday, our curator Andrea and FOCIS member and volunteer guide Karen spent a few hours selecting some lace items to show to residents at Banfields Aged Care. Three items were selected, a chemise, collar and dickie ( front piece). The lace has not been displayed before and some time was spent in clarifying the form of lace ( limerick) and it’s origin. The names of the Amess women who owned the lace are:
Jane Amess (nee Straughan) – donor Unity’s great grandmother. Jane was the wife of Samuel Amess, first Samuel Amess to own Churchill Island.
Frances Amess (nee Turnbull) – grandmother, married Robert Lisle Straughan Amess, 4th child of Samuel and Jane
Janet Jickell (nee Amess) – mother, 2nd of two children of Robert and Francis, married James Jickell
Unity Mary Bright (nee Jickell) was the donor, 2nd of two children of Robert and Francis.

Banfields residents received Karen’s presentation with interest. The lace has been returned to Churchill Island. More later on FOCIS visit to Banfields. ... See MoreSee Less

On Tuesday, our curator Andrea and FOCIS member and volunteer guide Karen spent a few hours selecting some lace items to show to residents at Banfields Aged Care. Three items were selected, a chemise, collar and dickie ( front piece). The lace has not been displayed before and some time was spent in clarifying the form of lace ( limerick) and it’s origin. The names of the Amess women who owned the lace are:
Jane Amess (nee Straughan) – donor Unity’s great grandmother. Jane was the wife of Samuel Amess, first Samuel Amess to own Churchill Island.
Frances Amess (nee Turnbull) – grandmother, married Robert Lisle Straughan Amess, 4th child of Samuel and Jane
Janet Jickell (nee Amess) – mother, 2nd of two children of Robert and Francis, married James Jickell
Unity Mary Bright (nee Jickell) was the donor, 2nd of two children of Robert and Francis.

Banfields residents received Karen’s presentation with interest. The lace has been returned to Churchill Island. More later on FOCIS visit to Banfields.

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Thank you so much for visiting us at Banfields. The feedback was fantastic.

Good on you. Well done. Great to see volunteering can happen again. Keep up the graft work. History is so important.

Good to see the lace being shown again. The residents would have loved it. Just to clarify, there is quite a bit of detail about the lace pieces on their catalogue files. As curator I did a major display of this lace for an PINP Open Day, and it gathered a lot of interest. I have also used it in several talks at historical society, nursing homes, and a FOCIS GM. Years ago Patricia Baird and I took the whole collection up to the NGV for their textile curator to go through for us, then I took it to the Victorian Embroiderers' Guild for their lace group to run their magnifying glasses over. It was a fascinating day there because they had big archival drawers full of reference lace to help work out what was what for Kel's collection. PINP p/t receptionist Lyn Blom also did research work on the collection during lockdown. When I was first sorting it about 2012, I had nowhere to sort it and spread it out to archive it into acid free tissue, so my daughter PINP volunteer Karen Eddy and I booked the board room at the Penguin Parade and used the big table in there. While it was all spread out I invited many of the staff to come in and look, which they did. It is a wonderful collection. Let's hope we can some day have an appropriate display area to have pieces on display on rotation.

How wonderful Karen, l know you must be in your elect there.

Churchill Island Friends Society Inc.

4 weeks ago

The volunteers’ hut in the Churchill Island farmyard recently suffered a collapse of the facade. Built over 30 years ago by FOCIS to accommodate volunteers staying overnight on working bees, the hut now houses the museum archives and records. Thanks to Pete Officer and PI Nature Park for promptly arranging repairs. ... See MoreSee Less

The volunteers’ hut in the Churchill Island farmyard recently suffered a collapse of the facade. Built over 30 years ago by FOCIS to accommodate volunteers staying overnight on working bees, the hut now houses the museum archives and records. Thanks to Pete Officer and PI Nature Park for promptly arranging repairs.

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That building was my office for 15 months as I catalogued 4500 odd historic archives. All 27 photo albums worth were found in that office in a multitude of boxes somewhere in Nature Parks various building or had been donated to FOCIS. Lin Starke

Registration Number: A0021907W
ABN: 78667051020

The Friends of Churchill Island Society Inc. is registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). ABN: 78667051020

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Friends of Churchill Island Society Inc.
PO Box 852
Cowes VIC 3922
Australia

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