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HERITAGE FOUND: Padraic Fisher and Trent Sullivan with some the 12,000 items in council's Picture: REBECCA HOSKING historical collection. 201582
Talks over $28m collection The future management of 12,373 artworks, objects and artifacts worth nearly $28 million is up for public feedback after council recently released its strategic report. Council last Tuesday voted to release its report on the historical items, Our Heritage, Our Collection, to the public. “These treasures form part of the Geelong region’s rich history and as such, need to be managed appropriately,” councillor Trent Sullivan said. The collection includes a roughly 198-yearold sample of fabric from the first wool clip in Australia, a circa 1900 spinning wheel from Nepal and confiscated contraband from Old Geelong Gaol.
City Hall’s outdoor collection, including 319 public artworks, monuments and plaques is insured for $13.1 million. National Wool Museum stores 7874 objects, worth $7.5 million, while another 4180 items reside in various locations around Geelong. During last week's vote council also encouraged community members to return any items once belonging to City of Greater Geelong or its former legal entities. The items of heritage significance might have once belonged to the collection but been misplaced or lost over time. The report is available for comment at council’s Your Say webpage until 31 December.
Plans for a 24-hour petrol station, convenience store and restaurant along Barwon Heads Rd are before Geelong's council. The proposed $2m development for 345365 Barwon Heads Rd fits “suitably” within the Armstrong Creek urban growth zone, according to a planning application. “Through discussions with council it is understood that the use of the site for a service station is generally in keeping with the broader directives for the area,” the plans state. The facility would contribute to the “economic and employment opportunities” within the growth area providing employment for up to 14 people, the plans revealed. “The proposal provides a fundamental service to the community and will be utilised by future businesses and residents of the Armstrong Creek area,” the plans say. The restaurant would operate between 9am to 10pm, featuring indoor seating to accommodate for 50 patrons. Sixteen car bowsers and four truck bowsers, along with 34 car parking spaces would be built for the complex. The future operators of the service station and restaurant are currently unknown, according to the plans. More than 40 trees would be removed to make way for the development, with two entries from Barwon Heads Rd set to be installed for the site. “The proposal has been designed at scale that will not be out of place for the current context of the site or area with significant space
NEW STATION: A service station and restaurant has been proposed for Charlemont. provided for landscaping,” the plan reads. Located across from a nursing home, the development would not have “detrimental noise impacts,” to the residential area, according to plans. The facility would occupy part of the site, with remaining areas left for “future development”, the plans say. The Indy asked readers on social media this week for their thoughts on the proposal, with most supporting the plans. “That’s progress, let it happen,” Huw Arlow wrote. Kate Loader agreed and said the service station was a “fantastic idea”. Steve Hovey also welcomed the plans. “The 7/11 and Shell in Settlement Road really don’t have enough petrol for everyone,” he wrote. “We need a petrol station every km or so just in case.” But others urged the plans would impact other nearby service stations. “I love Apco in Barwon Heads, it will affect them,” Karen Moore commented.
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