Club History

A Brief History of the Rotary Club of Essendon As Edited from the Official History by Steve Chandler.

Original Club Banners

Bill Reid 1st president of RCE

Special rep report 1935

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History of Essendon Rotary Club
Club Organised - 13 January 1935
Admitted Rotary International - 27 March 1935
Charter 3764 Presented - 21 May 1935
Sponsor Club - Rotary Club of Melbourne

W B REID 1935-36 P M SALMON 1936-37 N F WELLINGTON 1937-38

A F SHOWERS 1938-39 B O'CALLAGHAN 1939-40 H J W GYLES 1940-41

J M EDGAR 1941-42* G KIFT 1942-43 F D NUNAN 1943-44

J Le RAY 1944-45 J W S FRASER 1945-46 A GREEN 1946-47

J A BRADBURY 1947-48* W E STINTON 1948-49* S C STEEL 1949-50

A E SHORLAND 1950-51 H WINBUSH 1951-52 R K MORGAN 1952-53

R R HINDSON 1953-54 S W MILLS 1954-55 R O PLARRE 1955-56

P M JURSE 1956-57 D D ATKINS 1957-58 C H REID 1958-59

A O MARTIN 1959-60 W L RUSSELL 1960-61 J A SMITH 1961-62

W A GURNEY 1962-63 R A ABBEY 1963-64 * L J STEELE 1964-65

C CURWOOD 1965-66 I J G MUIR 1966-67 D W MANNING 1967-68

F C BARNETT 1968-69 R W NICHOLSON 1969-70 S W STRACK 1970-71

W EARLY 1971- 72 W J LAMERS 1972-73 M S HAWKEN 1973-74

D R RHODE 1974-75 H C CURWEN-WALKER 1975-76 J R HUSSEY 1976-77

A J H GREEN 1977-78 G A ALLISON 1978-79 * S S SMITH 1979-80

M MOLLICA 1980-81 J W DIBBEN 1981-82 J G HONSON 1982-83

P I DURAS 1983-84 D A WHITE 1984-85 I E THOMAS 1985-86

P NICHOLLS 1986-87 I MORGAN 1987-88 G GOODSON 1988-89

K J STEELE 1989-90 * M J CARRISS 1990-91 J L GREGORY 1991-92

A S FEDOROWICZ 1992-93 S TARTAGLIA 1993-94 N HENDERSON 1994-95

M BAKER 1995-96 S F LOONG 1996-97 J CHADDERTON 1997-98

P CONDOS 1998-99 R PRIESTLY 1999-2000 A J MURPHY 2000-01

I T SINGLETON 2001-02 J I SAUNDERS 2002-03 P BAKER 2003-04

S.CHANDLER 2004-05
S KUKK 2005-06
R.LEASK 2006-07

R.LAWRENCE 2007-08 C.BELL 2008-09

* Past District Governers

Read About the Essendon Rotary Clubs History

Intitial meetings Paul Harris pays a visit

The Charter Members of the Rotary Club of Essendon were The first Charter Night

1935 – 1939 1940 – 1945

1945 – 1950 1950 – 1955

1955 – 1958 1959 – 1960

1960 – 1965 1965 – 1970

1970 – 1975

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