Membership Anniversary Austen Burleigh (27), David Prest (49), Tilman Ruff (8).
Happy Birthday Peter Doherty, Karen Gornalle, Jacques Morin.
Club Guests Maggie McDonell (Speaker), Hamish McDonell.
Guests of Members Grant Butteriss (Carolyn Burr), Millie Swann (Visitor), Christine Zavod (Bruce Livett), Richard Barley, Matthew Weller, David Townsend, Mirella Townsend (Reg Smith).
Thank you to Robert Fischer for last week's reflection, on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
Rotary Melbourne welcomes Emma Amos who was recently inducted into the Club.
Rotary Melbourne's Arts Committee are planning a visit to the Villa Alba Museum in Kew (www.villaalbamuseum.org) on a private tour with a maximum of 30 people:
* Saturday afternoon 17 October
* Tour with tea/coffee approx. $30
* BYO lunch with possible optional extra of ribbon sandwiches and/or scones (being investigated).
Robert Fisher would be happy to receive expressions of interest.
Join Mike McGovern in conversation with Rotary South Pacific's Polio Coordinator, our club's PDG Amanda Wendt. Mike is Chair of Rotary International’s PolioPlus Committee and Chair of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s Polio Oversight Board. One of the world’s leading figures in the fight against polio, Mike will share firsthand stories and a candid update on what it will take to finally eradicate the disease.
The online event will be held on Saturday 7 November at 11.00 am Melbourne time and is open to all Rotarians and friends of Rotary. Click read more below for details and to book.
President Carol, welcomed special guests, Emeritus Professor Ian Harper AO, until recently a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Monetary Policy Board, guest speaker to be introduced later by President Elect Branko Panich and speaking on ‘The Economic Development of Australia: How Did We Get Here?’ and Emmanuela Amos shortly to be inducted as a Club member.
Rotary Melbourne maestro David Kram and German violinist scholar Rosa Matos are holding a charity concert for Nepal, supporting those affected by the recent devastating floods. It will take place on Saturday 17 October 26 at 5 pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (22 Parliament Place, Melbourne).
Rotary Melbourne’s Robert Fisher is lacing up again - challenging himself to walk 250 kilometres during October to help create a polio-free world. Since 1988, wild polio cases have fallen by more than 99.9%, but until transmission stops everywhere, children remain at risk. Every dollar raised through Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign is matched 2:1 by the Gates Foundation, tripling its impact. We are incredibly close - but close isn’t finished. Click read more below to support Robert’s challenge and help Rotary finish the job.
This week’s duties: Robert Fisher, Dores Schembri (Reception), Stephen Mandie (Raffle), John Peberdy (Photographer), Karen Kim (MC), Robert Fisher (Reflection).
Owen Parnaby's book Australia's First Rotary Club tells the story of Rotary Melbourne since our 1921 foundation, its influential members, and the projects that shaped Victoria. It has long been part of the new member joining pack, giving every new Rotarian a direct line to the Club's history and figures such as General Sir John Monash.
Copies have now run out. A reprint would take time and come at real cost. If you have a copy at home, please bring it along to a lunch or drop it at the office. Your donation helps ensure new members can still discover the story that connects us all.
