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About GREAT & History of the Olde
Time Market |
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About Us
The GREAT Association
Gisborne Region Events
Activities and
Tourism
PO Box 9
Gisborne. Victoria 3437
Tel 0431563566
www.gisborneoldetimemarket.org.au
Email: info@gisborneoldetimemarket.org.au
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The funds raised by the GREAT Association and the Gisborne Olde Time
market are used to improve facilities in Gisborne ( paths,
historical plaques, information bay, barbeque rotunda, seating,
picnic tables etc) and are also distributed to Gisborne based
community groups to enable them to continue their work.
Some of the community groups that have benefited are:
* SES
* CFA
* Gisborne Scouts
* Gisborne Chaplaincy Fund
* Gisborne Cemetery Trust
* Major sponsor of the Macedon
Ranges Grand Tour
* Rotary
* Gisborne Aquatic Centre |
GREAT
is also proud of
it's publication
The
GREAT
Gisborne Gazette.
Commenced in 2006
as a community newspaper, this full colour monthly publication is
distributed by volunteers to many thousands of readers in the south
ward of the Macedon Ranges Shire and beyond.
The GREAT
Association is a small group of dedicated volunteers who are
interested in supporting the local community through the market and
other events and activities. Interested in volunteering? Contact
the Market Manager on 0431 563 566 |
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History of the Gisborne Olde Time
Market |
In
1975 a young boy was knocked down by a car in Gisborne
and because there was no local ambulance available to
transport the unconscious patient to hospital, an
ambulance was eventually located more than one hours
travel time away, on the road between Echuca and Bendigo.
This experience by the local police Sergeant emphasised
the need to provide an ambulance in the growing town of
Gisborne. A public meeting was called by the Ratepayers’
Association and from that meeting the Gisborne Ambulance
Auxiliary was formed in 1975, with members each donating
a couple of dollars in order to open the initial bank
account.
After the first fund raising event raised only $15, the
Sergeant suggested that a market be held in the garden
of Macedon House, the former 1847 Mount Macedon Hotel.
The event proved such a success that it became a regular
monthly event that moved to the service roads of Aitken
and Hamilton Streets and now more than thirty years
later, continues to operate in this expanded area on the
first Sunday of every month.
In 2002, the Ambulance Auxiliary handed over the
management of the market to the newly formed GREAT
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GREAT had been formed in 2000
with the aim of raising the profile of tourism in the
Gisborne area and of conducting and supporting events
and activities for the benefit of the broader Gisborne
community.
Since 2002, the Gisborne Olde Time Market, under the
management of a team of GREAT volunteers, has grown in
both size and in the quality of the home based products
offered, conducting markets every month.
Funds raised from the markets have been and will
continue to be used for the beautification of Gisborne’s
parklands, the provision of local facilities and in
on-going support of other voluntary groups including State Emergency Service, Country Fire Authority,
Ambulance Auxiliary, Aquatic Centre, Rotary Club,
Gisborne Secondary College Chaplaincy Fund, Historical
Society, Macedon Ranges Health, Cambodian Kids,
Windarring, Safari Club, Gisborne Singers and the Mount
Macedon Petanque Club and the annual GREAT Macedon Ranges
Grand Tour.
The GREAT Association is proud to continue the work
started by the Ambulance Auxiliary and looks forward to an
exciting time for Gisborne Olde Time Market and it's
stallholders. |
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