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Colourful screening TRADITIONAL costumes and handicrafts brightened the foyer of the Mornington Cinema on Tuesday morning last week for a screening of Sing Your Song, a film about actor and human rights activist Harry Belafonte and the prejudices he faced as a black man in 1960s America. Many women at the screening are part of the “Handmade by Multicultural Women� group formed under the Stepping Stones program. The morning was arranged by Red Hill resident Dizzy Carlyon to raise awareness of refugee issues as well as money for Stepping Stones, which is run by the Brotherhood of St Laurence. At the screening are Yassah Zarwue, Petronia Nzirubusa, Lilliana Garcia, Alia Sultana, Luz Restrepo, Anna Penna (with one-year-old Joseph), Zakia Baigi Hazaya, Maria Barumbanze and Dana Bevilacqua. Picture: Yanni
Historic mansion ‘saved’ By Mike Hast THE board of Andrew Kerr aged care complex will not seek to demolish its 1875 Italianate mansion “Glenbank� in Mornington. The removal of the historic building was touted as a key part of Andrew Kerr’s $28 million redevelopment of its site on the corner of Barkly St and Tanti Ave (“$28m aged care centre�, The News, 1/12/11 and “Demolition
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ambition�, The News, 04/09/12). The level of community opposition to the plan appears to have been a major factor in the board submitting new plans to Mornington Peninsula Shire. The plans retain Glenbank but seek to build three-storey instead of twostorey two-bedroom “independent living� units. The request for three storeys will require a change to the planning scheme for the precinct.
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The Mornington and District Historical Society say the change of plan is a win-win. “The developers get their way and the town retains an historic building,� committee member Derek Smith writes in the society’s latest newsletter. In November 2011, the board of Andrew Kerr Frail and Aged Care Complex submitted plans to the shire for “the most modern aged care centre in Victoria�.
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The new complex would address the federal government’s “ageing in place� philosophy for older people, he said. “Glenbank has been renovated and changed many times over the years, and there is little remaining of the original features except the outside.� The board could not afford renovations. The building had rising damp, wallpaper was peeling and sections with lower ceilings had been added. Continued Page 4
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Andrew Kerr board chairman Lew Robbins said at the time the entire complex of single-storey units and Glenbank would be demolished and replaced by three two-storey buildings of independent living units for both lowand high-care elderly people. “We need to redevelop the entire site to address failing infrastructure and the need for more appropriate accommodation and facilities for the residents and local community.�
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