CLARENCE TOWN

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Md 201-District 201-N3
New South Wales Australia
Club Number:4329/057078

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2011 PRESIDENT 2012

LION DIANE GREY

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Clarence Town

A small and pleasant town on the northern edge of the Hunter Valley District, Clarence Town is a pleasant, sprawling and tranquil township, picturesquely situated by the banks of the Williams River, 204 km north of Sydney and 50 km north of Newcastle. When the river system was the main mode of transport within Australia, Clarence Town, being located at the Williams River's head of navigation, was a busy and important river port. Until the railway arrived it was effectively the gateway to northern New South Wales - a river trip from Newcastle taking about five hours.

The area around Clarence Town was once inhabited by the Gringgai clan of the Wanaruah people. The first Europeans to investigate the area were Lieutenant - Colonel Paterson (then Lieutenant Governor of NSW) and explorer Francis Barrellier who was in the area to conduct a survey of the harbour in Newcastle. They explored the Hunter River and its tributaries following what they took to be the Hunter to its navigable limit. Governor King named the river in (William) Paterson's honour. A cedargetters camp was later established here and a village was in existence by 1826.

Clarence Town was initially known as Erringhi. Presumably the Aboriginal name for the site, it is thought to mean 'place of wild ducks'. The settlement was situated at what is now the southern end of town by the Williams River where there was a wharf and where William Lowe and James Marshall established the Deptford Shipyards in 1830. Clarence Town's main claim to fame was that this was the spot where, in 1831, Australia's first ocean-going paddle steamer (called the William IV) was built and launched.

Marshall and Lowe produced many vessels over the years, mostly under 50 tons, reaching a commercial peak in the 1870s and closing in the 1890s. Some of the steamers used on the Sydney to Morpeth run were also built here.

The village was renamed in 1832 after the Duke of Clarence (who became King William IV in 1830). A prosperous town by mid-century it was much bigger than Dungog. Timber was loaded here for international destinations. By the 1880s dairying, grazing and fodder production had become the town's economic mainstays and they remain so to this day.

Following on from the general economic depression of the 1890s floods hit for four consecutive years and a fire destroyed much of the town. When the railway arrived in 1911 Clarence Town was bypassed and its importance as a centre of exchange vanished.

Formation Of The Lions Club

Of Clarence town.

April 1995.        A meeting was held at the Clarence Town Bowling Club to discuss the forming of a Lion Club in the area.

May 24^th. 1995.       The first Dinner meeting to form ideas for an incoming board.

June 6^th. 1995.    A dinner meeting was held for the election of the new board of the soon to be Clarence Town Lions Club.

September 2^nd.        The Charter Presentation Night

Past Presidents.

1995-1996 George Van Dam

1996-1997 Vince Clancy

1997-1998 Steve Loft

1998-1999 David Tooth

1999-2000 Ron Chaffey

2000-2001 Bill Pitkin

2001-2002 Bill Pitkin

2002-2003 Betty Tooth

2003-2004 Tom Boyton

2004-2005 Neville Bale

2005-2006 John Debbage
2006-2007 John Debbage

2007-2008 Larry Gorton
2008-2009 Bill Pitkin
2009-2010 Betty Tooth
2010-2011 Betty Tooth -- Diane Grey
2011 -- 2012 Diane Grey

LIONS INTERNATIONAL ETHICS & OBJECTS

Given below are the Ethics and Objects of Lions International that are read out at all our meetings

   Lions International Objects

To Create and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world.

To Promote the principle of good government and good citizenship.

To Take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community.

To Unite the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual understanding.

To Provide a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest; provided, however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by club members.

To Encourage service-minded people to serve their community without personal financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavors.

TRUE BLUE AUSSIE

Lions Code of Ethics

To Show my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application to the end that I may merit a reputation for quality of service.

To Seek success and to demand all fair remuneration or profit as my just due, but to accept no profit or success at the price of my own self-respect lost because of unfair advantage taken or because of questionable acts on my part.

To Remember that in building up my business it is not necessary to tear down another's; to be loyal to my clients or customers and true to myself.

Whenever a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or action towards others, to resolve such doubts against myself.

To Hold friendship as an end and not a means. To hold that true friendship exists not on account of the service performed by one another, but that true friendship demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit in which it is given.

Always to bear in mind my obligations as a citizen to my nation, my state, and my community, as to give them my unswerving loyalty in word, act, and deed. To give them freely of my time, labor and means.

To Aid others by giving my sympathy to those in distress, my aid to the weak, and my substance to the needy.

To Be Careful with my criticism and liberal with my praise; to build up and not destroy

IN APPRECIATION

In recognition of the contribution of the Lions Clubs of Turkey, especially Lion Dr. Enzar Tore, in providing free web page hosting for Lions Clubs everywhere, the Lions Club of CLARENCE TOWN of NEW SOUTH WALES, MD 201/N3. proudly displays the flag of Turkey on our site.
Click on the flag to go to the web site of Lion Dr. Enzar's home club - the Lions Club of Canakkale.

As an extension to the Turkish Lions' contribution, the Brisbane Ekibin Lions Club of MD 201 Q1 (Australia) offer assistance to Lions Clubs who want to take advantage of the Turkish Lions offer, but are not familiar with web publishing. They've already set up many sites for Lions Clubs world-wide, using Lionwap.
If your club wants to be on the internet, and would like some help, leave a message in the Ekibin Guest Book by clicking on the image above. This is a FREE SERVICE, so you don't spend a cent for their work. As Lionwap is also FREE, this means you get a web site that you NEVER have to pay for. - Is that a deal or what?
All your Club has to do it have some-one update and maintain your page, which needs not take more than a few minutes each month. The Ekibin Lions will even give you some tips on that!