Sunraysia Branch

RVAHJ Sunraysia meets on a quarterly basis at the Mildura RSL, Cnr 10th Street & Madden Avenue, Mildura.  Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of March, June, September and December.  March & December meetings commence at 6.00pm with June & September meetings commencing at 12:00noon.  The Annual General Meeting is held in December together with the quarterly meeting.  Meetings are followed by dinner/lunch at the Wirraway Bistro at the RSL.  Partners are more than welcome to attend for the meal.

The final quarterly meeting for 2022 will be held at the Mildura RSL on Tuesday 13 December commencing at 6:00pm, to be followed by the Annual General Meeting.  All local Justices are most welcome to attend.  Members and partners are invited to stay on for dinner in the Wirraway Restaurant at the RSL following the meetings.

If we don’t see you at the meetings on 13 December, we wish all Justices and their families a very Merry Christmas and safe and healthy 2023.

 A long awaited Training Session was held at the Euston Club on 22 May 2021.  21 Justices from Sunraysia, Swan Hill, Robinvale and Underbool attended.  RVAHJ President, Paul Mracek, Secretary Kevin Mackin were joined by Neil Mesley of Swan Hill branch, in presenting a very comprehensive day long session on a variety of relevant topics. 

Congratulations to Tony Robbins, Peter Griffin and Sandra Lawlor who received certification as Trainers on the day which will be a bonus to local Justices.   

Assistant Secretary, Peter Griffin JP recently made an application to Mildura Rural City Council under the Community Grants Program.  Peter’s application was successful wherein the branch received the sum of $3,666.00.  These funds have been utilised to purchase a Laptop, Portable Sound System, Portable Projector Screen, Projector and Microsoft Office Software which will be used for training purposes.  Many thanks Peter and Well Done!!! 

All equipment has now been purchased and software will soon be downloaded onto the lap top.  Training sessions will hopefully commence in the very near future. 

The Branch recently held an “in-house” Training Session to enable our own Trainers to check the equipment purchased and ensure all relevant paperwork required was available to conduct a training session for all Justices and hopefully to also provide some training to specific members of the community in the very near future.

Sadly, we lost 4 members of our community during 2022, Bruce Weir OAM, JP, Geoff Jones JP, Peter McWilliams JP and Shirley Penny, OAM, JP, CMC  

 

Branch Awards

The “John Malcolm Trophy” is a perpetual Trophy awarded to a Justice who has made a considerable contribution to the branch during the year.  The Award was created when the “JP Car Badge“, belonging to the late John Malcolm was gifted to the Sunraysia Branch in 2014.  The Badge was placed on a beautiful piece of local yellow gum provided by Chair, Tony Robbins JP and includes a plaque engraved by one of our members, Peter Griffin JP.

John Malcolm Trophy Honour Board

2015 Trevor Aust
2016 The Hon. Kenneth Wright
2017 Janine & Robert Reid
2018 Geoffrey Jones
2019 Jenny Bennett
2020  Tony Robbins

2021 Robert (Bob) Merlin BJ

 Jenny Bennett presenting Chair, Tony Robbins with his Award. 

 

 

 

Support and assistance is given to all Justices who attend the Sunraysia Branch Document Signing Station.  The number of Justices attending the Signing Station has been depleted for various reasons over the past couple of years, putting more pressure on those Justices who remain available to attend the DSS.  If any local Justices can spare 3 hours once a month to help with the roster, please contact Trevor Aust JP on 0408 860 447 to advise your availability.  You will be welcomed with open arms.   

On Monday 2 May 2022, the DSS returned to the Mildura Police Station after a period of almost 2 years.  The current hours are 1:00 – 4:00pm Monday to Friday excluding Public Holidays.  The return to the Mildura Police Station has been very successful and our presence there once again is greatly appreciated by members of VicPol.

A morning tea was held at annecto’s office on Wednesday 27 April 2022 to thank Mildura Central Management and annecto’s Manager, Ms Toni Amos and her team for providing space in their office.  The assistance given to our Association by all concerned was very much appreciated.