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Women’s and girls’ sport is set for a boost in Wonga Park with the local netball facility to undergo a major redevelopment.
Manningham Council has secured a $1.47 million grant to upgrade the Wonga Park Netball Facility through the Australian Government’s Play Our Way program.
This funding is in addition to $450,000 allocated in Council’s 2024/25 capital works budget to deliver a new pavilion, lighting and to reconstruct the netball courts.
Manningham Mayor, Councillor Deirdre Diamante, welcomed the funding announcement, describing it as a huge win for women and girls’ sport and the Wonga Park community.
“We’d like to thank the Australian Government for their support in providing quality facilities for women and girls in Manningham that help reduce barriers and increase participation in sport and physical activity,” Cr Diamante said.
“Advocating for more inclusive and equal community facilities is a key part of Council's role and we’re thrilled that we’ve been able to achieve this significant win in collaboration with Wonga Park Netball Club.
“This is going to make a huge difference to the club and players – providing toilets, change facilities and storage at the courts. New lighting will also allow the club to train in the evenings,” the Mayor added.
Wonga Park Netball Club spokesperson, Jeanette Morriss, said the funding announcement was a fantastic early Christmas present for the club.
“We are just so excited. It’s going to be amazing for women and girls in sport and will create a much safer and inclusive space for our 150 players,” Ms Morris said.
“We would like to thank the Federal Government for the funding and the work Councillors and Council staff have done in advocating on our behalf,” she said.
Gain expert advice on how to best prepare your Minor Catering Services tender submission.
This online information session will assist local suppliers to complete their Manningham minor catering services tender submission.
The session will include:
- an overview of the Minor Catering Services Panel
- how to prepare a tender response
- procurement and key business contacts
To find out more about the Minor Catering Services Panel, see the listing on eProcure.
View Apply for a tender, for more information about the tendering process at Manningham.
This is a free guided nature walk, exploring a variety of bushland settings in Manningham. It is paced to allow participants to enjoy and appreciate the natural beauty of the area.
This nature walk is rated moderate and incorporates moderately steep and slippery sections.
The walk will cover approximately 3km and go for around 2.5 hours.
The meeting point for the nature walk will be provided at the time of registration.
Please note: nature walks will be cancelled on days of total fire ban or extreme weather warning.
Artist Soyoun Kim interplays the approximate sound of words, 'tongues' and 'tongs', drawn from her experience and perspective as a Korean-Australian immigrant whose mother tongue is not English.
Through a multisensory display of works of various mediums, including sound, video, scented tongue candles, porcelain, terracotta, bronze, and screen print, the exhibition aims to evoke the emotional effects of the lost translation of language and culture.
Image courtesy of the Artist.
Bring your friends, family and party vibes.
We are showcasing our incredible local Manningham artists with our local businesses throughout Summer.
Anthony Vartuli soothes the soul with the dulcet sounds of Flamenco and Latin guitar tunes. Be carried away by the tranquil and relaxed style of Anthony's artistry. Perfect for relaxing while enjoying local food, shops and drinks.
Local artists. Local businesses. Live performances. All summer long across Manningham.
We are looking for two emerging mural artists to work with acclaimed First Nation's mural artist Robert Michael Young. Together you will create a ground mural as part of the activation of Templestowe Village Pop-Up Park.
What you will do
Design and install a temporary public ground mural within Templestowe Village
Each artist will deliver a ground mural measuring approximately 4 x 2 metres.
Robert will guide you through the creative process from concept to installation.
Robert’s stunning native animal mural, situated outside the Templestowe branch of Bendigo Bank, will be used to inspire and reflect on cultural modes of storytelling and explore connection to place.
Participate in a one-day community workshop
You will support the development and running of a community workshop.
The workshop will engage with Templestowe community members, young people, traders and visitors to the village.
The outcome of this workshop will be a temporary and public community led artwork.
Who we are looking for
This opportunity is for two Melbourne based emerging artists wishing to gain professional experience in:
- public art
- working in a community context
- working in a collaborative manner
Artists must be 18 years or over.
We encourage applications from underrepresented groups including:
- people with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background
- people from different ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientation and cultural backgrounds
What you will receive
Each of the two artists selected for this project will receive the following:
- Emerging Artist Temporary Public Mural Fee $4,000
- National Association for Visual Artists (NAVA) rates for the community workshop
This project is funded by the Victorian Government’s COVID Safe Outdoor Activation Fund.
How to apply
To apply, please complete the online form below.
Applications close 24 May 2022 at 5:00pm.
Eligibility requirements
Artists must be available onsite for up to 6 days over the proposed project timeframe. This is currently scheduled for June 2022. The project contains flexibility to meet evolving COVID-19 restrictions and dates may change.
Manningham Council is a child safe organisation and applicants are required to hold a valid Working with Children Check.
Artists will need to hold Public Liability Insurance up to $20,000,000 and hold appropriate work cover and personal injury insurance.
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will also be required.
More information
If you have any enquiries, please contact Manningham Creative Industries Officer, Lucy Beattie Hughes on 9840 9333 or email gallery@manningham.vic.gov.au .
Apply now
Do you share a home with your adult children? Whether your kids have moved back into your home, or you are sharing a space, this presentation will provide tips to maintain harmony in your household and control of your lifestyle. Followed by a morning tea and service provider stalls.
Bookings are essential for this free event.
Register online or call the Manningham Healthy Ageing Team on 9840 9230 to book your spot.
Transport and parking
If you require assistance with transport, please contact Eastern Volunteers (EV) directly for transport bookings on 9870 7822.
Parking is available in the Civic Centre car park.
Richmond Institute and Life Saving Victoria are running First Aid and CPR training for Manningham's sport clubs volunteers.
Suitable for those wanting to refresh their training or complete training for the first time.
Richmond Institute is the education arm of the Richmond Football Club and a leader in sports industry education. In 2020 Richmond Football Club formed a partnership with Life Saving Victoria (LSV) to deliver accredited training on their behalf to Richmond Institute staff and students.
Life Saving Victoria (LSV) is a registered training organisation regulated by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) approved to deliver nationally accredited vocational education and training services throughout Victoria.
Together LSV and Richmond Institute work with communities, educational institutions, government agencies, businesses, and the broader aquatic and sport industry, to achieve our combined organisations’ visions and missions.
JamFactory ICON Angela Valamanesh: About being here is Angela Valamanesh’s exploration into the interconnectedness of life on earth – between human, animal, and plant beings. This life view, first felt intuitively by the artist; is reinforced through her ongoing research at leading libraries and scientific institutions both in Australia and abroad.
“I believe that art like science can help teach us about who we are, what we are made of and in doing so show us the importance of recognising that we are part of a whole.” Angela Valamanesh
Inspired by the symbiosis between science and poetry, Angela Valamanesh’s artworks elicit intrigue and a strong sense of personal investigation as she manipulates seemingly familiar anatomical, botanical, and parasitic forms in beguiling and unusual ways.
Primarily known for her biomorphic ceramic sculptures, this exhibition also celebrates the artist’s evocative drawings, watercolours, and mixed media works from her developing style of the late 1990s until present.
Historically, links have been made between the human form and plant species, not only structurally but also through language: the family tree, our roots, or a severed limb, while early medicine made connections between plants that resembled parts of our bodies and their therapeutic effects on those body parts.
About the exhibition
JamFactory’s Icon series celebrates the achievements of South Australia’s most influential artists working in craft-based media.
JamFactory ICON Angela Valamanesh: About being here will tour to 14 venues nationally and is accompanied by a 40-page catalogue featuring images by Michael Kluvanek with essays by Dr. Mike Lee and Wendy Walker.
Other public programs
Artist Talk with Angela Valamanesh
Saturday 3 September, 2.00pm to 3.00pm.
Free event.
Find out more and register online.
Ceramics Workshop with Holly Phillipson
Available sessions:
- Friday 2 September, 10.30am to 1.30pm
- Saturday 3 September, 3.00pm to 6.00pm
Tickets: $40 general admission, $30 concession.
Find out more and book online.
About the artist
Angela Valamanesh was born in Port Pirie, South Australia in 1953 and currently lives and works in Adelaide. Angela holds a Diploma in Design in Ceramics from the South Australian School of Art (1977), a Master of Visual Arts from the University of South Australia (1993), and a PhD from the University of South Australia (2012).
Her drawings, ceramic objects, and watercolours are the result of an incredible depth of research, referencing complex scientific, historic, and philosophical ideas. Angela’s imagery stems from micro- and macro- biology, historical anatomical and botanical illustrations, natural history collections, and rare books.
Valamanesh’s oeuvre is populated with the animal, vegetable, and mineral with glimpses of microbes, bacteria, pathogens, and spores. Valamanesh’s works elicit ambiguity and present a strong sense of personal investigation. In the artist’s own words:
“It is important that the work is not prescriptive but offers the viewer the opportunity of personal engagement with the work and time to reflect on their own personal experiences.”
Instrumental in Valamanesh’s bourgeoning visual arts practice was her Samstag Scholarship undertaken at the Glasgow School of Art. This residency resulted in the seminal work For a long while there were only plants, 1997, and is the point of departure for this exhibition. This artwork – a watercolour, pen and ink work on paper and dipped in wax – is a repository for images and ideas that have fuelled Valamanesh’s practice ever since.
Presenting partner
JamFactory
JamFactory ICON Angela Valamanesh: About being here is a JamFactory touring exhibition.
Government partners
Australia Council for the Arts
The Visual Arts and Craft Strategy
Department for Innovation and Skills
JamFactory ICON Angela Valamanesh: About being here has been assisted by the South Australian Government through the Department for Innovation and Skills and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, Contemporary Touring Initiative.
Angela Valamanesh acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts.
Angela Valamanesh is represented by GAG PROJECTS, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide and Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney.
Photo credit: Michal Kluvanek.
Join us for a free, inclusive and informative community information forum on river safety.
The forum will be presented by a panel of subject matter experts from SES, Victoria Police and Life Saving Victoria. There will be an opportunity for Q and A following the presentations.
Light refreshments will be provided. Please register your attendance for catering purposes.
There will be professional assistance available on the night for anyone distressed by the subject matter.
This event is run as a collaboration between Warrandyte Neighbourhood House, Manningham SES, Victoria Police, Life Saving Victoria, Nillumbik Shire Council and Manningham Council.
Find out how to apply for a trader parking permit. ...
Some Council managed carparks have limited trader parking available.
We will only issue a trading parking permit to either:
- an individual business
- a recognised traders association.
Permits will be issued for areas where trader parking restrictions apply and that we monitor.
We may not issue a permit to businesses that have access to off street parking for their business.
If you require a replacement Trader Permit for a lost or stolen permit you must provide a Statutory Declaration and pay a fee.
How to apply
Apply online, by post or in person.
Lost or stolen parking permits
If you have lost or had your permit stolen (except the accessible parking permit), you can apply for a new one online.
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Meeting Date: 26 July 2022
Meeting Time: 7.00pm
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Members of the public can attend Council meetings in person. We have reviewed our Council meeting practices to ensure we provide a safe environment for Councillors, staff and the community at meetings. Council meetings will continue to be live streamed and we encourage you to follow the meeting on our Facebook page (even if you don’t have a Facebook account) or website. The live stream is not interactive. Any comments or private messages directed to us while the stream is live will not be presented to Council or have a bearing on the conduct of the meeting.
Other temporary changes to our Council meetings:
Public Question Time – At this time, anyone wanting to ask a question of Council should submit their question via email by 5.00pm on the Monday before the meeting. As you cannot be present in the chamber, your question will be read out at the meeting by the CEO. For more information visit the Council Meeting Procedures page.
Council meeting livestream
Agenda item timestamps
Timecode | Item |
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00:04:00 | 5.1 Parks and Leisure Region Award of Excellence |
10. CITY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY | |
00:06:00 | 10.1 Liveable City Strategy 2040 - Final Endorsement |
00:48:00 | 10.2 Doncaster Park & ride - Transit Orient Development |
01:00:00 | 10.3 Integrated Water Management Strategy - Implementation Plan |
01:13:00 | 10.4 Amendment C137mann adoption - Amendment to Special Building Overlay - Schedule 1 (SB01) in and around Hillcroft Drive, templestowe |
13. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFIVER | |
01:18:00 | 13.1 Audit and Risk Committee - New Independent Member 2022 |
01:20:00 | 13.2 Informal Meeting of Councillors |
01:22:00 | 13.3 Documents for Sealing |
14. NOTICES OF MOTION | |
01:23:00 | 14.1 Notice of Motion by Cr Stephen Mayne (NOM No. 3/2022) |
01:28:00 | COUNCILLORS' QUESTION TIME |
01:28:00 | CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS |
Meeting Date: 27 September 2022
Meeting Time: 7.00pm
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Members of the public can attend Council meetings in person. We have reviewed our Council meeting practices to ensure we provide a safe environment for Councillors, staff and the community at meetings. Council meetings will continue to be live streamed and we encourage you to follow the meeting on our Facebook page (even if you don’t have a Facebook account) or website. The live stream is not interactive. Any comments or private messages directed to us while the stream is live will not be presented to Council or have a bearing on the conduct of the meeting.
Other temporary changes to our Council meetings:
Public Question Time – At this time, anyone wanting to ask a question of Council should submit their question via email by 5.00pm on the Monday before the meeting. As you cannot be present in the chamber, your question will be read out at the meeting by the CEO. For more information visit the Council Meeting Procedures page.
Council meeting livestream
Agenda item timestamps
Timecode | Item |
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02:00 | Motion of Condolence - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
10. CITY PLANNING & COMMUNITY | |
10:00 | 10.1 Draft Community Local Law 2022. |
11. CITY SERVICES | |
18:00 | 11.1 Maintenance Responsibilities along Arterial Roads (Page 191) |
13. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | |
26:00 | 13.1 Draft Freedom of the City Policy |
31:00 | 13.2 Appointment of Authorised Officers - Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Page 205) |
32:00 | 13.3 Informal Meetings of Councillors (Page 210) |
32:00 | 13.4 Documents for Sealing |
14. NOTICES OF MOTION | |
33:00 | 14.1 Notion of Motion by Cr Stephen Mayne (NOM No.5/2022) (Page 224) |
40:00 | 15. URGENT BUSINESS |
40:00 | 16. COUNCILLORS REPORTS AND QUESTION TIME (Page 225) |
52:00 | 17. CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS |
Explore Manningham's local environment with 20 self-guided walking brochures that showcase the municipality's wealth of natural, historic, cultural and environmental assets.
Offering walks from Bulleen to Wonga Park and everywhere in between, the guides include detailed maps, as well as interesting and informative notes to enhance your walking experience.
- All Manna of Gums - Currawong Bush Park to Mullum Mullum Creek Walkpdf907.24 KBUPDATED: 21 June 2022download
- Arts Artists and Ancient Trees - Banksia Park to Heide Museum of Modern Artpdf1.25 MBUPDATED: 17 June 2022download
- Fitness at Finns - Finns Reserve to Westerfolds Park Walkpdf778.51 KBUPDATED: 17 June 2022download
- Fauna Foals and Fruit - Mullum Mullum Creek to White's Orchard Walkpdf791.51 KBUPDATED: 17 June 2022download
- Walk Talk and Coffee - Westerfolds Park to Templestowe Village Walkpdf583 KBUPDATED: 17 June 2022download
- A Gentle Green Gully - Green Gully to Jenkins Park Walkpdf666.46 KBUPDATED: 17 June 2022download
- Building the Warrandyte Style - Historic Warrandyte Architectural Walkpdf1.63 MBUPDATED: 17 June 2022download
Artist Paul Handley’s Pillars of Déplacement traces his journey through the migrant settlement camps of Europe to the island shores of Lesbos, variously between 2016 and 2019, a period of social and political flux for the region. Geopolitical tensions and conflict at this time in countries including Syria and Afghanistan led to the displacement of thousands of people who were forced to seek refuge in foreign lands.
Despite it being a fundamental human right to seek asylum, this flow of refugees destabilised social fabrics across multiple communities and led to a wave of resistance from governments and local communities in the areas where the refugees sought asylum.
This exhibition represents the artist’s firsthand experience of this tension through a collection of documentary images, objects and artworks that stand as symbols hope, such as his sculptures inspired by the life-jacket graveyards of Lesbos. The exhibition acts as an artistic shrine to all the displaced and lost across the globe and throughout history, spurring reflection on migration and people movement and the ramifications it has on communities and countries.
Exhibition opening
Featuring opening remarks from Manningham Mayor Cr. Andrew Conlon, as well as Paul Handley in conversation with Manningham Art Gallery curator, Davey Warnock.
When: Saturday 17 April, 2.00pm to 3.30pm.
Cost: This is a free event but places are limited.
Artist talk
Join Paul Handley for a conversation about his experiences travelling through the migrant camps of Europe and the process of translating those experiences into artworks.
When: Thursday 22 April, 11.00am to 12.00pm.
Cost: This is a free event but places are limited.
Portable Protest Pod - workshop for youth (13-18yrs)
In this workshop for secondary school-aged youth, participants will discuss the history of protest and the art of creating impactful signs and performances.
When: Saturday 1 May, 3.30pm to 5.30pm.
Cost: Tickets are $5 per person. Places are limited.
Image: Paul Handley, Pillars, 2021, wallpaper pigment print, 240 x 360cm.
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Manningham Art Gallery
Located at the entrance to MC Square, Manningham Art Gallery presents a diverse range of contemporary art exhibitions and related public programs throughout the year. See all upcoming exhibitions.
Manningham Art Gallery presents two exhibitions of tactile, abstract works that recontextualise commonly encountered materials, celebrating the everyday and unpredictable process driven experimentation.
Anni Hagberg’s Trace Encounters employs foraging practices, ceramic processes, and experimental installation to explore uncertainty as a contemporary human condition.
Rejecting linear understandings of progress, foraging practices embody a sense of agnostic curiosity. Opportunistically engaging materials, which present themselves within the environment through the process of being discarded by one and found by another, foraging encourages lively interaction with the environment.
Rhys Cousins work homes in on otherwise ordinary and ignored surfaces that one might expect to encounter on any given day. It acknowledges life as complex sensory jigsaw, but deliberately strips away the smells, sounds, language, and colour of that puzzle to explore only touch and the external physical qualities of the myriad materials that make up the urban places we live.
Examining the importance of touch as a physical and emotional experience - helping us to make sense of the world, the work also highlights how texture is made as much through presence as absence, with the solid bumps and ridges in a surface playing as great a role in creating its overall texture as its voids, crevices, nooks, and cracks.
Cousins and Hagberg’s works are activated across Gallery 1 and 2.
Installation View, Manningham Art Gallery, March 2022. Photo by Charlie Kinross.
Join JamFactory ICON artist Angela Valamanesh for an engaging walk through her exhibition About being here. Learn more about the life view that informs her artistic exploration of the interconnectedness of human, animal and plant life.
Inspired by the symbiosis between science and poetry, Angela Valamanesh’s artworks elicit intrigue and a strong sense of personal investigation as she manipulates seemingly familiar anatomical, botanical, and parasitic forms in beguiling and unusual ways.
Held as part of the exhibition JamFactory ICON Angela Valamanesh: About being here, on now at Manningham Art Gallery until Saturday 17 September 2022.
Other public programs
Ceramics Workshop with Holly Phillipson
Available sessions:
- Friday 2 September, 10.30am to 1.30pm
- Saturday 3 September, 3.00pm to 6.00pm
Tickets: $40 general admission, $30 concession
Find out more and register online.
Escape the digital buzz and step into the gallery for a hands-on creative experience.
Join us for a relaxed session of live sketching set to music, where participants are invited to observe and draw each other in real time.
Set in Manningham Art Gallery's inspiring surroundings, featuring the exhibition Mirrors by Katrin Koenning, this event is perfect for slowing down and enjoying the moment. All ages welcome and materials are provided - just bring your curiosity.
Bookings are free but essential.
Analog Art Club is a new initiative inviting Victorians to slow down, switch off their screens and connect in real life - through art. Public galleries across Victoria will host casual, phone-free events under a shared name and brand, offering a welcoming space to reflect, discuss and experience art together. This is about making art social, accessible and refreshingly analog.
Analog Art Club is a joint initiative of Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) and ArtsHub.
Meeting Date: 2 November 2023
Meeting Time: 6.45pm (to be seated by 7.00pm)
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.
Manningham Council cordially invites you and your guests to attend the Annual Meeting of Manningham Council for the purpose of electing the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.