Our Legacy: 60 Years of Action : The Story: From 1961 to the Future

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Sponsor Club	Rotary Club of Hobart
RI Charter Granted	2 May 1961
Inagural President	C. Dwight Brown
Membership at Charter	26

 Rotary International Director
John Thorne 2002 – 2004

Past District Governors
Athol Corney; John Thorne; Maurice Hill (with Devonport North)

Paul Harris Fellows
Tara Anderson, Barry Auchincloss (dec); Stan Barnet; Ian Barton; Rod Batchelor (dec); George Brothers (dec); Derek Chambers; Hellen Chambers; Arun Chitrakar; Brian Claridge; David Clinch; Frank Clinch(dec); John Cogan (dec); Jim Colley: Robin Cooper; Athol Corney; Heather Emmett; Michael Fintor; Ian Geard; Peter Hewitt; Jenny Kerrison; Rex Kerrison; Wally Mainsbridge (dec); Tony Moore; Howie Oh; Terry Proctor (dec); Adam Reibel, Jill Savell (dec);  Roslyn Teirney; John Thorne, AM; Velja Urosevic (dec); Chris Webster AM; Doug Williams (dec); Andy Wilson; Rex Wilson, OAM (dec); David Woods (dec); Murray Yaxley (dec).

Club Bell
The club bell is unique, being made of brass and bearing the signatures of all Charter members. The bell was donated by the late Harold Sargison, a craftsman known worldwide for his work in silver.

Club Banner
A drawing of the bell adorned the first club banner. In 1972, a new banner (link to the image) designed by Lynette Wilson was introduced featuring a map of Tasmania, a Rotary wheel and crossed sprigs of flowering Blue Gum, the Tasmanian floral emblem.  This was used on club publications until 2018, when Rotary International re-branded and imposed the same corporate image for all Rotary clubs world-wide.

Meeting Venues
In the early years meetings were held at … and then until 1998 at Valley Lodge, Lenah Valley. Since 1999 meetings were held at the Black Buffalo Hotel in North Hobart until the club moved to the Maypole Hotel in New Town in 2022.

Sponsorship of New Clubs
The club, largely through the efforts of Denis Donovan and Chris Webster, sponsored the formation of the Rotary Club of Salamanca Sunrise, a very successful and dynamic breakfast club.

The club also sponsored the formation of three successful local Probus clubs, through the efforts of Murray Yaxley and John Thorne.

  

For more details see our Service page.