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Yarra Plenty Regional Library
Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) provides a public library service to the local government municipalities of the City of Banyule, Shire of Nillumbik and City of Whittlesea in the northeast of Melbourne Australia and located on the lands of the Woiworung. It is an independent legal entity with an executive management team which is responsible for day-to-day operations of the organisation. It is managed by the Yarra Plenty Regional Library Board made of two representatives (councillors) of the three municipalities that constitute the service. Its role is to set the policy and direction for the regional library service. The library service covers an area of 988.4 km² including metropolitan, urban fringe and rural populations. The organisation is administered from its Library Support Services (LSS) located at Daniher Drive, Sth Morang.YPRL also provides computer services to Murrindindi Library Service, including full access to the library's database. Service delivery is ...
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City Of Banyule
The City of Banyule is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It was created under the Local Government Act 1989 and established in 1994 as an amalgamation of former councils. It has an area of and lies between 7 and 21 km from central Melbourne. In 1994 it had a population of 116,000. In June 2018 Banyule had a population of 130,237. The Yarra River runs along the City's southern border while its western border is defined by Darebin Creek. The City moved their main offices from Ivanhoe to Greensborough in 2017. A brand-new civic centre was constructed, including three-level offices to accommodate 320 council staff, community and function rooms. History The area was originally occupied by the Wurundjeri, Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation, who spoke variations of the Woiwurrung language group. The City was named after the Indigenous Australian term Banyule or "Banyool", and was originally the name of a localit ...
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Shire Of Diamond Valley
The Shire of Diamond Valley was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1964 until 1994. History The name relates to the lowlands to the west of Diamond Creek, a tributary of the Yarra River, which flows through nearby Eltham. The Diamond Valley can be defined in geographical terms as the area bounded by the Plenty River, the Yarra, the Christmas Hills ridge to the east and the Great Dividing Range to the north. Land in the area was first incorporated as part of the Heidelberg Road District on 12 October 1860, which became a shire on 27 March 1864, and was proclaimed as the City of Heidelberg on 11 April 1934. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 30 September 1964, the North Ward of the City of Heidelberg was severed, and incorporated as the Shire of Diamond Valley. In 1863, the Diamond Reef was discovered by Thomas Wright Soady on Dr John B ...
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Bluestone
Bluestone is a cultural or commercial name for a number of dimension or building stone varieties, including: * basalt in Victoria, Australia, and in New Zealand * dolerites in Tasmania, Australia; and in Britain (including Stonehenge) * feldspathic sandstone in the US and Canada * limestone in the Shenandoah Valley in the US, from the Hainaut quarries in Soignies, Belgium, and from quarries in County Carlow, County Galway and County Kilkenny in Ireland * slate in South Australia Stonehenge The term "bluestone" in Britain is used in a loose sense to cover all of the "foreign," not intrinsic, stones and rock debris at Stonehenge. It is a "convenience" label rather than a geological term, since at least 46 different rock types are represented. One of the most common rocks in the assemblage is known as Preseli Spotted Dolerite—a chemically altered igneous rock containing spots or clusters of secondary minerals replacing plagioclase feldspar. It is a medium grained dark and ...
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Rosanna Library
Rosanna may refer to: * Rosanna (given name) * "Rosanna" (song), a 1982 song by Toto * ''Rosanna'' (film), a 1953 Mexican film * Rosanna, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne ** Rosanna railway station * Rosanna, a community in the township of Norwich, Ontario, Canada * , a river in Tyrol, Austria; see Sanna (Inn) * ''Rosanna'', a New Zealand Company ship that in 1826 explored suitable sites for settlements in New Zealand See also * Rosana (other) * Rossana (other) * Roseanna (other) * Roseanne (name) Roseanne, Rosanne, Roseann or Rose Ann is a feminine given name, and may refer to: Topics * Roseanne Barr (born 1952), also known to use the mononym Roseanne, an American performer with several eponymous TV shows: ** '' Roseanne'', sitcom ** '' ...
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Mill Park2
Mill may refer to: Science and technology * * Mill (grinding) * Milling (machining) * Millwork * Textile mill * Steel mill, a factory for the manufacture of steel * List of types of mill * Mill, the arithmetic unit of the Analytical Engine early computer People * Andy Mill (born 1953), American skier * Frank Mill (born 1958), German footballer * Harriet Taylor Mill (1807–1858), British philosopher and women's rights advocate * Henry Mill (c. 1683–1771), English inventor who patented the first typewriter * James Mill (1773–1836), Scottish historian, economist and philosopher * John Mill (theologian) (c. 1645–1707), English theologian and author of ''Novum Testamentum Graecum'' * John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), British philosopher and political economist, son of James Mill * Meek Mill, Robert Rihmeek Williams (born 1987), American rapper and songwriter Places * Mill en Sint Hubert, a Dutch municipality * Mill, Netherlands, a Dutch village * Mill, Missouri, a community in th ...
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Toy Library
A toy library lends or hires out toys, puzzles, and games, functioning either as a rental shop or a form of family resource program. Toy libraries offer play sessions for families and a wide range of toys appropriate for children at different stages in their development. Toy libraries provide children with new toys every week or two, saving parents money and keeping children from getting bored. Popular in the French-speaking world, toy libraries are called ludothèques. History Toy libraries have existed since at least 1935, with the establishment of one in Los Angeles. The idea re-emerged and gained popularity in the United States in the 60s and 70s with the passage of Head Start and other legislation. See also A lekotek Lekotek is an international program to lend Assistive Technology, toys and expertise to disabled children. The first lekotek opened in 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden. From there the concept spread to other Scandinavian countries, Europe and the rest o ... is a ...
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Lalor
Lalor is an Irish surname derived from the Irish ''Ó Leathlobhair'', from ''leath-'' “leper; weak, ailing person”. Notable people with the surname include: * Denis Lalor, athlete * Francis Ramsey Lalor (1856–1929), politician * John Lalor (1814–1856), journalist and author * John Joseph Lalor (1840/1841–1899), political scientist * James Fintan Lalor, Irish rebel * Kieran Lalor, politician * Mike Lalor (born 1963), ice hockey player * Patrick Lalor (1926–2016), Irish politician * Peter Lalor, the leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion * Richard Lalor (1823–1893), politician * Richard Lalor Sheil (1791–1851), politician, writer and orator * Teresa Lalor (?-1846), Irish nun * Patrick "Patt" Lalor (1781-1856), Irish national politician nun * Foster Mitchell Lalor, Jr. (1923-1991), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy See also * Lalor, Victoria, an outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia * Lalor railway station, a station on the South Morang railway line * Lalor Park, Ne ...
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Alan Marshall (Australian Author)
Alan Marshall , (2 May 1902 – 21 January 1984) was an Australian writer, story teller, humanist and social documenter. He received the Australian Literature Society Short Story Award three times, the first in 1933. His best known book, ''I Can Jump Puddles'' (1955) is the first of a three-part autobiography. The other two volumes are ''This is the Grass'' (1962) and ''In Mine Own Heart'' (1963). Life and work Marshall was born in Noorat, Victoria. At six years old he contracted polio, which left him with a physical disability that grew worse as he grew older. From an early age, he resolved to be a writer, and in ''I Can Jump Puddles'' he demonstrated an almost total recall of his childhood in Noorat. The characters and places of his book are thinly disguised from real life: ''Mount Turalla'' is Mount Noorat, ''Lake Turalla'' is Lake Keilambete, the ''Curruthers'' are the ''Blacks'', Mrs. Conlon is Mary Conlon of Dixie, Terang, and his best friend, ''Joe'' from the books, ...
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Toy Library
A toy library lends or hires out toys, puzzles, and games, functioning either as a rental shop or a form of family resource program. Toy libraries offer play sessions for families and a wide range of toys appropriate for children at different stages in their development. Toy libraries provide children with new toys every week or two, saving parents money and keeping children from getting bored. Popular in the French-speaking world, toy libraries are called ludothèques. History Toy libraries have existed since at least 1935, with the establishment of one in Los Angeles. The idea re-emerged and gained popularity in the United States in the 60s and 70s with the passage of Head Start and other legislation. See also A lekotek Lekotek is an international program to lend Assistive Technology, toys and expertise to disabled children. The first lekotek opened in 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden. From there the concept spread to other Scandinavian countries, Europe and the rest o ... is a ...
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Stephanie Alexander
Stephanie Ann Alexander (born 13 November 1940) is an Australian cook, restaurateur and food writer. After studying to become a librarian and travelling the world at the age of 21, Alexander's first restaurant, Jamaica House, opened in 1964. In 1976, her next venture was Stephanie's Restaurant, located in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy before moving to the middle-class suburb of Hawthorn in 1980. Stephanie's Restaurant closed in 1997 after operating for 21 years. She went on to publish several cookbooks, including her alphabetical guide to ingredients and cooking, ''The Cook's Companion''. Kitchen Garden Foundation In 2001 Stephanie piloted the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program at Collingwood College in Melbourne. The program grew out of Alexander's belief that children learn about food early in life through example and positive experiences, which continues to influence their food choices through life. In February 2004 thStephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundat ...
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