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Angelo’s ‘on target’ with the
Twin City Archers The Twin City Archery Club’s eliminate the different floor levels that “This was the first of many competitions
introduction to people with disabilities existed by putting a new one level timber that I will enter into over the next few
first came about seven years ago when floor. To complement the physical years and with the support of the club
the opportunity arose to participate in improvements, our members have members, my aim is firmly focused on
a combined come and try day at the attended and completed a coaching
the 2006 Commonwealth Games that
Moe Indoor Sports Stadium. course for athletes with a disability,
will have disabled events,” Mr Guillianni
specifically aimed at assisting coaches to
Access for All Abilities program Co- explained.
better teach someone with a disability to
ordinator, Andrew Redston said that the
develop their archery skills,” Mr Bennett Peter Bennett said that in future the club
day was organised to give people with
disabilities the opportunity to have a go explained.
is going to put in wheelchair tracks to
at a variety of different sports and Local archer Angelo Guillianni said he and along the target line, to allow
recreational activities. had greatly benefited from the club’s disabled archers to have clear access to
“The Twin City Archery Club decided to be inclusive attitude. “Club members have the targets no matter how wet the ground
as inclusive as possible and promote accepted me for who I am not what I is.
archery as a sport that could be enjoyed have got and treat me the same as
by all, standing up or sitting down,” Mr everyone else,” Mr Guillianni said. “We are also looking at building the same
Redston said. sort of tracks through the field archery
Born with Spina Bifida, Angelo hasn’t let
his condition stop him from pursuing and course making ours, as far as we know,
“Since then the club has attended
enjoying what life has to offer. the only archery club grounds with a
numerous open days inviting people with
disabilities, disability services and wheelchair accessible field course in
“I tried a number of sport and Victoria, if not Australia,” Mr Bennett
families to learn the skills in a supported recreational options and enjoyed many
atmosphere. This is no doubt the club’s explained.
but archery is my sport now and one that
strength and this makes them one of the
I will pursue over the years to continue to With State, National and World
premier inclusive sporting groups in the
develop and see where it takes me,” Mr champions at the club, the Twin City
region,” Mr Redston explained.
Guillianni said.
Archers is planning on hosting the
Club President, Mr Peter Bennett said that
After developing some complications in National Championships in 2006 at the
over the past two years the club has
his leg in 2003 that led to having it venue in Toners Lane, Morwell.
improved the level of access for archers
with a disability in several ways. amputated below the knee, Angelo
entered into his first archery competition For more information on the Twin City
“We have built disabled toilet facilities and competed in the Class 3 section Archers, contact Peter Bennett on 5127
Angelo Guillianni taking aim at the Twin City Archers shooting range and redeveloped the clubroom to coming fifth. 8964.
Latrobe City
Council Latrobe - a bottler of a place
Meeting Dates In the early days of European settlement in the
Latrobe Valley and Gippsland, many cordial
factories were established, manufacturing their
and Hamiltons were used, with an inscription
reading Robinson & Sons, Warragul and Morwell.
The rooster logo embossed on the bottles was
15 November 2004 own products such as lemonade, sarsaparilla, easily recognisable,” Wally continued.
ginger beer and other flavoured soft drinks. The “In 1912, the Warragul business was acquired by the
Kernot Hall Foyer, Corner Monash bottles used for these refreshments are highly
Way and Princes Drive, MORWELL Thorleys who also operated from Traralgon. The
collectable today, as they bear the embossing of Warragul business was then sold to Frederick
the individual factories which produced the Daniels of Drouin who in 1924 finally changed the
6 December 2004 cordial. rooster logo to his own shield design,” Wally said.
Crofton Hatsell Room, Many buildings have long since been demolished “Cordial manufacturing in Warragul continued until
Monash University, CHURCHILL and of course, the arrival of the large soft drink 1976 under various names until the Pub Squash Co.
manufacturers and mass production in the later half used the existing factory as a warehouse only,” Wally
20 December 2004 of the last century spelled the end of the local added.
factories. However, collecting the bottles is still a
Crofton Hatsell Room, hobby enjoyed by many and the Gippsland Antique Wally said that there are a number of prized bottles
A collection of bottles from local cordial
Monash University, CHURCHILL Bottles and Collectables Club has an annual expo factories that collectors look for.
(27 and 28 November 2004 at Kernot Hall, Morwell) “The most sought after bottles are any local Codd
7 February 2005 to display and provide swap and sell opportunities 1912 saw the Thorleys from Tennyson Street, bottles. These are hard to come by because
Council Chamber, Civic Centre, for enthusiasts. Traralgon take over the factory. “The Thorleys had children used to smash the bottles after drinking the
Kay Street, TRARALGON Wally Weston, President of the Club said that the purchased the long-established Warragul business contents to get the marble out!” Wally explained.
history of cordial factories in Victoria had been of Margaret Robinson and they traded for two years “The torpedo bottle, which was only manufactured
in both Traralgon and Warragul. Lyle McGaw traded in this area is also highly prized and worth a good
21 February 2005 documented by Ken Arnold of Bendigo in his book
briefly in Traralgon in 1921 but moved to Maffra and deal of money to a collector,” Wally added.
‘A Victorian Thirst’.
Council Chamber, Civic Centre, A Gilbert followed in 1922. All these owners used
“Mr Arnold’s book details most of the cordial “We believe that collecting these bottles is the only
Kay Street, TRARALGON the Codd bottle,” Wally said. way to preserve the history of the industry in this
manufacturers, and types of bottles used, but
information about the history of Traralgon, Morwell “Walter Muston used a Codd bottle in 1921 but was area. Large scale manufacturers of soft drinks
7 March 2005 and Moe is sketchy,” Wally said. the first to move to the new Crown Seal type of moved into the region and by the 1970s the local
Exhibition Room, Moe Town Hall, bottle in 1928. The implementation of automatic cordial factories had all but gone. Their bottles are
“Traralgon and Morwell have fairly well recorded bottle making machines spelled the end of the tangible evidence of a once thriving industry that still
Albert Street, MOE
histories, however little is known about Moe, other Codd Patent,” Wally explained. fascinates us today,” Wally concluded.
than the existence of the Moe Cordial Co Pty Ltd or
21 March 2005 Pev’s (possibly named after the family Peverill). The “From 1929 to 1949 Bob Scarlett manufactured in a
Exhibition Room, Moe Town Hall, factory was originally in Waterloo Road, and latterly weatherboard building on the north side of Kay
in Mitchell Road. Street, (now the site of the Baptist Church). Alpine,
Albert Street, MOE owned by Bruce Wilkinson, took over the premises
“In 1997, Mr Trevor Howden then president of the and used them until 1955 when they were
Gippsland Bottle Club researched the history of the demolished. Alpine moved to the old milk factory off
All meetings commence at 7pm and Traralgon cordial factories,” Wally said.
the public is welcome to attend. Franklin Street until 1967. Aygee, owned by Arch and
A full copy of the agenda will be “The first known factory was built in 1884 by W E Allan Graham began in 1950 and still operates
available for inspection at each Citizen Gibson. It was located on the west bank of today from premises in Eastern Road, Traralgon,”
Service Centre on the Thursday prior Traralgon Creek, on Shakespeare Street and water Wally added.
to the meeting, and the subsequent was pumped from a deep water hole which is still The first cordial manufacturer in the Warragul area
minutes on the Thursday following. evident today. The bridge over the creek was was a German migrant named Henry Wetherman
Alternatively, they can be accessed referred to as the cordial bridge. who, in the 1870s, operated from a plant in Brandy
through Council’s web page: Creek four miles north of Warragul.
“In 1894, Louis Bell advertised as operating the
www.latrobe.vic.gov.au.
Traralgon Creek factory. No bottles are known to “In 1881 he opened a branch of his business in
exist. In 1909, T A Pettit bought the factory, and Warragul and in 1886, William Robinson purchased
again, no bottles exist. In 1910, M J Powditch was this business along with one in Hazelwood Road,
operating from the factory using a Codd Patent Morwell. Interestingly, a Morwell cordial factory in
bottle, with a base mark M indicating Melbourne Hazelwood Road was recorded as being owned by
Glass works. The Codd was a glass bottle stoppered a James Dobie from 1897 to 1903, so perhaps the
with a glass marble,” Wally explained. two worked together.
Wally said that another change of ownership in “Several types of bottles including Codds, Lamonts Wally Weston with his torpedo bottle