List of Commemorations at Rotary Melbourne Peace Park

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COMMEMORATIONS

The following commemorations and dedications have been made in Rotary Melbourne Peace Park. Please click on the links to learn more about each outstanding individual.

1935 W A Osborne Charter President, Rotary Club of Melbourne 1921-22 Red Ironbark
1935 Sir Angus Mitchell President of Rotary Club of Melbourne 1931-32, District Governor District 65, 1934-35 & 1937-38, President of Rotary International 1948-49 Brush Box
1935 Paul Harris Founder of Rotary in 1905 Brush Box
1935 Mrs Jean Harris Wife of Rotary's Founder, Paul Harris River Red Gum
1935 Mrs Mitchell Wife of Sir Angus Mitchell Brush Box
1935 A C C Holtz District Governor District 63, 1929-30 London Plane
1939 Crawford C McCullough President, Rotary International 1921-22 Marri
1947 S Kendrick Guernsey President, Rotary International, 1947-48 Brush Box
1947 Mrs Guernsey Wife of President of RI Red Flowering Gum
1955 Sir Dallas Brooks Governor of Victoria – Rotary Golden Jubilee Marri
1955 Albert Zachary Baker President, Rotary International, 1955-66 Spotted Gum
1959 Henry J Brunnier President, Rotary International, 1952-53 Red Flowering Gum
1959 Clifford A Randall President, Rotary International, 1958-9 English Elm
1961 Joseph A Abey President, Rotary International, 1961-62 Marri
1963 Horace Bedggood District Governor District 250, 1959-60 Spotted Gum
1963 Frank Ayre District Governor District 28, 1955-56 Spotted Gum
1963 Leonard Mitchell District Governor District 65, 1930-31 Moreton Bay Fig
1963 Ernest Bate District Governor District 28, 1949-50 Yellow Box
1965 Cornelis P H Teenstra President, Rotary International, 1965-66 English Oak
1967 Richard L Evans President, Rotary International, 1966-7 Narrowleaf Peppermint
1969 James R F Conway President, Rotary International, 1969-70 Paperbark
1971 Thomas C Lothian Charter member, Rotary Club of Melbourne (Rotary Golden Jubilee) Native Fig
1973 William C Carter President, Rotary International, 1973-74 English Elm
1975 J Barton Hack District Governor District 280, 1967-68 Brush Box
1975 S Frank Newman District Governor District 280, 1975-76 English Elm
1978 Jack Davis President, Rotary International, 1977-78 Red Ironbark
1978 A H Royce Abbey Vice-President, Rotary International 1977-78 Southern Mahogany
1978 Alfred S H Gifford Chairman, Rotary Park Committee 1971-78 Swamp Yate
1979 Clem Renouf President, Rotary International, 1978-79 English Elm
1982 Stanley E McCaffrey President, Rotary International, 1981-82 River Red Gum
1984 William E Skelton President, Rotary International, 1983-84
1988 Charles Keller President, Rotary International, 1987-88 London Plane
1989 A H Royce Abbey President, Rotary International, 1988-89 London Plane
1993 Cliff Dochterman President, Rotary International, 1992-93 Firewheel Tree
1994 Robert Barth President, Rotary International, 1993-94 Brush Box
1997 Glen Kinross President, Rotary International, 1997-98 London Plane
2002 Bichai Rattakul President, Rotary International, 2002-03 London Plane
2003 Jonathan Majiyagbe President, Rotary International, 2003-04 London Plane
2004 Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammer President, Rotary International, 2005-06 London Plane
2005 John Landy Governor of Victoria, 100 years of Rotary Candlebark Gum
2006 William Boyd President, Rotary International, 2006-07
2007 Wilf Wilkinson President, Rotary International 2007-08 English Elm
2008 D K Lee President, Rotary International, 2008-09 London Plane
2011 Ray Klinginsmith President, Rotary International, 2010-11
2014 John Kenny President, Rotary International, 2009-10
2016 John Germ President, Rotary International, 2016-17 Brush Box
2017 Paul Netzel Foundation Chair, Rotary International, 2017-18
2018 Ian Riseley OAM President, Rotary International, 2017-18 Native Fig
2019 K.R. ‘Ravi’ Ravindran President, Rotary International, 2015-16 Red Ironbark
2019 Mark Maloney President, Rotary International, 2019-20 River Red Gum

The Granite Bench

In 1953, a  beautiful red granite seat, designed by Past President Percy Oakley was placed in the Park to acknowledge the work of friends Paul Harris and Angus Mitchell.
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All of the trees that have been planted or dedicated are marked with bronze plaques.  About half of the 65 trees in the Park are native Australian species and the remainder European, reflecting the diversity of native species and the history of Melburnians’ interests in trees.

Click here to view a sketch plan of the park


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