Friends of Nillumbik Inc. (FoN) is a grassroots not-for-profit, community volunteer group. We have around 1000 supporters who live and work in the Shire of Nillumbik.  The purpose of our association is to support and promote the environmental and landscape values, neighbourhood character, orderly planning and good governance of the Shire of Nillumbik.

This Association (FoN) strongly objects to sections of Council’s submission which reflect the narrow views of two local lobby groups which gained political influence following the 2016 local government elections.

An essay addressed to the Councillors of Nillumbik Shire, October 2018:
About the Eltham War Memorial and the adjacent community-owned sites in
Eltham that the Council threatens to sell.
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‘I wonder how many of you will remember our beginnings?’
- Mrs Cairns Officer, first President of the Eltham War Memorial Trust,
reminiscing 20 years later, in 1965.
Who was ‘Mrs Cairns Officer’?
Louise Officer (1888-1968) was one of the most distinguished and politically

 Friends of Nillumbik Inc.

                                                                         P.O. Box 258 Eltham 3095

                                                                      mail@friendsofnillumbik.org

Submission on the review of Victoria’s Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act