ROBERT BURNS

1759 – 2010

251st ANNIVERSARY

 

 

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS  2010

Sunday 24th January @ 12.00 pm

Robert Burns 251st Anniversary Celebration Picnic at Burns Statue, Treasury Gardens, Melbourne

Saturday 6th February

Robert Burns 251st Anniversary Supper

Karralyka Centre, Mines Road, Ringwood

Sunday 21st March @ 2.00 pm

Poetry Afternoon          CANCELLED

Canterbury St. Stables Community Centre

53 Canterbury St., Flemington. Melway Ref. 28 J11

Sunday 2Nd May @ 1.30 pm

Pleasant Sunday Afternoon

Altona R.S.L., 31 Sargood St., Altona

Sunday 25th July @  1.30 pm

A.G.M. and Investiture of 2009 Committee

Canterbury St. Stables Community Centre

53 Canterbury St. Flemington, Melway Ref. 28 J11

Sunday 22nd August @  2.00 pm

Poetry Afternoon - All Welcome

Canterbury St. Stables Community Centre

53 Canterbury St., Flemington. Melway Ref. 28 J11

Friday 29th October @ 8.00 pm

Halloween Social

Canterbury St. Stables Community Centre

53 Canterbury St. Flemington. Melway Ref. 28 J11

Friday 26th November @ 8.00 pm

Christmas Night (Free Evening)

Canterbury St. Stables Community Centre

53 Canterbury St. Flemington. Melway Ref. 28 J11

2010 Committee Meetings

18th February                18th March                   15th April
20th May                           17th June                       15th July
19th August                  16th September          21st October
19th November

All Committee meetings commence at 7.30 pm and are held in the

Board Room, Caulfield R.S.L.

4 St. Georges Road, Elsternwick

The Robert Burns Club of Melbourne Inc.

Member Society Name:	The Robert Burns Club of Melbourne
State:	Victoria
Country:	Australia
President:	Christine Galloway
Secretary:	Beverley Tait
Contact:	Beverley Tait PO Box 734 Melton, Victoria Australia       3337
Email:
Office Bearers:	Jane McLeod         Vice President Michael Lynch      Treasurer Susan McLean      Historian Ian Murdoch         Editor Melburnsian
Purpose:	To promote interest in the works, life and milieu of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. To provide for instruction, fellowship and entertainment of members by means of relevant meetings and extra mural activities. To maintain and advance Scottish Culture
Short history:	Commemorative functions to honour the Scottish National Poet and world recognised bard, and to study his poems, songs, writings and philosophy have been held continuously in Victoria since the arrival of the first permanent Scots in 1836.   One example of this is an address on the Works of Robert Burns given by the Scottish Clergyman Rev James Foster to the Mechanics Institute in 1839. Another is the First Burns Festival conducted by the Melbourne Scots on 24 January 1845.In 1904 the statue of Robert Burns was presented by the then Caledonian Society of Melbourne. Some 8,000 people attended that ceremony.A formal Robert Burns Club (sometimes referred to as a society) is recorded as meeting regularly between 1902 and 1917. In 1928 ‘Our Boy Burns Club’ held its annual dinner at the Alexander hotel Melbourne. In 1932 the Melbourne Burns Club was founded. The Club was very active. However, on the outbreak of war, the Club, along with most other Burns Clubs and Scottish Societies disbanded. Burns activities were then continued by groups of kindred societies as opportunity occurred. In 1950 under the guidance of Mr J.T.Picken the current Robert Burns Club of Melbourne was established. The club federated in 1951 and has continuously functioned from that time. Each year the club conducts a celebration on the Sunday nearest the 25th of January (the poets birthday) near the Robert Burns statue in Treasury Gardens Spring Street, Melbourne. It also holds a Burns Supper each year, and conducts other activities during the year as well as erecting the Club tent at all the Highland gatherings throughout Victoria. An Annual General Meeting is held in July or August. A regular newsletter ‘The MelBurnsian’ is published for members.
Affiliations:	The Robert Burns World Federation Ltd. Scots of Victoria Coordinating Group Victorian Scottish Union Inc. Council of Clans
Membership:	Family Membership $21 Single membership $16 Pensioner couple $16 Pensioner single $11 Full time student $11 Plus Joining Fee $10 (this includes a Club badge) Public Liability Insurance $8 (optional but recommended) Application Forms for Membership available from the Secretary.
Re-established:	1950