Doncaster Pony Club

How it all began

In October 1973 a small group of hockey players living in the Doncaster and Templestowe area met to discuss the possible formation of a hockey club to represent the area and cater for the needs of the residents.

A steering committee was formed of Ross McDonald, John Henry and John Broadbent, backed by Jim Wellard and Ken Wensor. An approach was made to local councillors, who were favourably impressed with the proposal.

A survey had shown that there were at least 90 senior hockey players living in the Doncaster Templestowe area, many of them travelling considerable distance to play with their "home team", more importantly, many of them had children already eligible to play hockey - indeed, canvassing of three primary schools produced over 90 enthusiastic youngsters, sufficient to enter a total of 6 junior teams in under 12, 10 and 8 competitions.

George Holden and Caroline Bagnall

Caroline Bagnall

When a child Caroline's father Thomas Bagnall was transported from England to Van Dieman's Land.  When a young adult she sailed England to Victoria to join her father who had served his time, and had purchased land in Doncaster.  Caroline's father, husband and one son are buried in the Waldau Cemetery.  An organ which belonged to Caroline is I think on display in Schramm's cottage.  From: Pamela Sell 2018

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Fruits of the orchard : the family of Henry White & Elizabeth Raney

Fruits of the orchard : the family of Henry White & Elizabeth Raney, 150 years in Australia, 1849-1999 / compiled & edited by the White Family Tree Committee, 1993-1999 - Available from latimerfamily4@gmail.com  @ $75

Extracts:

Recollections by Lindsay White:

When tractors took over from the horse around 1950, the shafts were removed and a single tow bar to the tractor added and operated by one man using a 120 ft hose with a double nozzle. We had 52 acres of orchard and it took two weeks to spray the property using this method.

Next was a three cylinder, high pressure pump 20 gallons per minute @ 600 P.S.I.. P.T.O. drive from the tractor with a 300 gallon cylinder shaped wooden vat. A platform on the back where two men each held a three or four head boom and drove past while directing the spray to the trees. This method was costly with manpower. We then mounted an eight nozzle boom on one side of the outfit dispensed with two men and drove past with the boom set. This was very costly with spray material.

In 1954, we purchased an airblast sprayer driven by a Holden motor with a similar, 3 cylinder high pressure pump used at 400psi with the assistance of a 28 inch fan creating 33,000 cubic ft of air per minute or approx. 110 M.P.H. wind directed behind the nozzles creating a misting effect being double sided it used about the same amount of spray material as the single sided high pressure sprayer. So from 1950, taking 2 weeks to spray the orchard, by 1954 it took 18 hours to achieve a complete spray and was a more efficient job.