Ward Reserve is a large reserve located at the end of a small court in a low density residential area. The majority of the site is on a moderate slope rising from the street and has limited pedestrian accessibility.
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Schramms Reserve is a large 8.5 hectare reserve featuring two sports grounds, bowling greens, toilets, path network, shade trees, off street car parking and two playspaces. ...
Schramms Reserve is a large 8.5 hectare reserve featuring two sports grounds, bowling greens, toilets, path network, shade trees and two playspaces.
Places and spaces
- Football - Doncaster Football Club
- Cricket - Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club
- Lawn bowls - Doncaster Bowls Club
- Playgrounds (Kalimna Crescent and Board Street)
- Toilets
- Off street carparking
- Practice cricket nets
- Large underground rainwater tanks harvest storm water to irrigate the main oval
Schramms reserve playgrounds
The play opportunities at the southern playground (Kalimna Crescent) will particularly appeal to younger children.
Take your scooter or ride your bike down the path to the northern playground (Board Street) which was installed in 2017. Heaps of fun here for older children and don't forget your football or cricket bat for a hit and run around on the ovals.
Suitable age group: All ages
Facilities for hire
Schramms Reserve offers football ground and cricket pitch hire.
Contact us for bookings and fees.
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Have you noticed something unsafe like a broken tree branch or damaged playground that needs our attention?
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… Your councillor for Schramm Ward Tags About Council Councillors Schramm Ward … Councillor Laura Mayne …
Cr Laura Mayne has lived in Manningham all her life is an active member of the community. She has been a councillor since 2020 and served as Deputy Mayor for 2023/24.
Cr Mayne is passionate about making Manningham as inclusive as possible. She endeavours to promote community connection and foster an environment where everyone feels a strong sense of belonging. Cr Mayne values our natural environment and encourages strong climate action and improved parks and open spaces. In addition, she advocates for sustainable transport, quality community infrastructure, and support for our community clubs, organisations, and small businesses.
Cr Mayne is about to complete a Bachelor of Law and Commerce at university and works for a national law firm. She has played multiple sports in the local area and currently plays high level Australian football.
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Following the Council elections in October, we are pleased to announce your new Councillors. The elected Councillors will represent Manningham through to 2028, across our nine wards.
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… Your councillor for Yarra Ward Tags About Council Councillors Yarra Ward … Councillor Carli Lange …
Cr Carli Lange is a long-term Warrandyte resident and has been a councillor of Manningham since 2020, serving as Mayor in 2023/24.
Cr Lange is passionate about Manningham’s Green Wedge, protecting local parklands and sporting facilities, including cycling, and walking connections. She supports the maintenance of community infrastructure, social connection programs, community organisations and health and wellbeing services for families, young adults, and older residents. She is an advocate for emergency management, community safety, environmental security, financial efficiencies and reducing traffic congestion as well as sustainable and responsible development.
Cr Lange believes in being authentic, proactive, and transparent advocacy in representing the community’s needs and concerns. With her teaching and not-for-profit board background, Cr Lange is passionate and committed in bringing people together for a common goal.
Yarra Ward news
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… Your councillor for Ruffey Ward Tags About Council Councillors Ruffey Ward … Councillor Jim Grivas …
Cr Grivas has lived in Manningham for over 25 years, together with his partner and three kids.
As a previous Councillor in the 2012/16 Council term, Cr Grivas previously served as Mayor in 2013/14.
Cr Grivas has a background in finance through both the corporate and government sectors, and is also a director of his local family businesses.
Cr Grivas is passionate about good governance, with integrity and transparency to allow the Council to provide support services for all our diverse families and older residents, our local businesses, sports clubs and volunteer organisations. He advocates for improved local traffic management, footpaths, roads and streetscapes as well as park maintenance.
Ruffey Ward news
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… Your councillor for Bolin Ward Tags About Council Councillors Bolin Ward … Councillor Geoff Gough …
Cr Geoff Gough is passionate about Manningham, having grown up and then raised his own family in the area. He is one of Manningham’s longest serving councillors, having been a councillor continuously since 1997, and has served as Mayor for four terms.
Cr Gough sees the improvement of our footpaths, roads, streetscapes and parks as a priority and is committed to ensuring Manningham’s community infrastructure is well maintained.
He believes in prioritising community support, including local business support, transparency in decisions, sound financial management and accountability to our community. Cr Gough advocates that council needs to listen, consult and act with responsibility and integrity.
Bolin Ward news
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… Your councillor for Waldau Ward Tags About Council Councillors Waldau Ward … Councillor Anna Chen …
Cr Chen has lived in the Waldau Ward for more than 20 years and has been a Manningham Councillor since 2016.
Cr Chen values equity, inclusion and positivity as well as the importance of understanding local issues, listening and working together with our community. She stands for cost-effective operations, sustainable planning outcomes, common sense climate solutions and improving bus services in Manningham. Cr Chen wants to see more civic participation and employment opportunities for our young residents. Cr Chen also wants to see our parks and open spaces are protected and improved. Cr Chen believes in an inclusive, safe and sustainable community for all.
A practising lawyer, Cr Chen is a volunteer solicitor at the Eastern Community Legal Centre and is also volunteering with Manningham Neighbourhood Watch.
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… Your councillor for Manna Ward Tags About Council Councillors Manna Ward … Councillor Peter Bain …
Cr Peter Bain has been a resident of Donvale and surrounds with his young family since 2002.
Peter has spent over twenty years in executive and governance roles spanning the corporate and not for profit sectors. He has worked in various fields including health, education, international aid, aged care, disability, and housing. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University. He has been actively involved in a number of community groups and endeavours.
He is passionate about helping those who are disadvantaged and vulnerable within the community.
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… Your councillor for Westerfolds Ward Tags About Council Councillors Westerfolds Ward … Councillor Isabella Eltaha …
Cr Isabella Eltaha is a long-term Manningham local, dedicated to driving benefits to the community.
Cr Eltaha is passionate about optimising Manningham Council’s financial outcomes for residents, small businesses and local groups. Having worked in corporate finance and strategy for over a decade, she wants to help optimise solutions to benefit the community broadly.
She is also a community advocate, prioritises improving essential infrastructure, wants to improve public transportation and sees the importance of protecting our precious park life and green spaces. Cr Eltaha believes it is important that council offers essential services efficiently and sees value in supporting small local businesses — all to ensure we enhance and love living local.
Raising a family in the area, Cr Eltaha’s whole world revolves around our great community. She is passionate about making community members feel welcome to reach out to her and to ensure Manningham further becomes a place we are blessed to call home, now and into the future.
Westerfolds Ward news
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Find out which committees Cr Isabella Eltaha is appointed to.
… Mayor | Your councillor for Tullamore Ward Tags About Council Councillors Tullamore Ward … Councillor Deirdre Diamante …
Cr Deirdre Diamante has lived in Manningham for more than 40 years and recognises the importance of sustainable economic and environmental decision making that enhances the long term liveability of Manningham.
Cr Diamante believes in growing opportunities for local businesses and efficient spending of our rates on services and infrastructure that better connects the local community, suburbs and streets. She is an advocate for equal opportunity and diversity, for programs that support our elderly residents and for greater state and federal government funding support for Manningham’s charities.
Cr Diamante has three school-aged children, is a business owner, a school council representative, Board Director of the Manningham Bendigo Bank Community Branch.
Tullamore Ward news
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Find out which committees Cr Deirdre Diamante is appointed to.
… Deputy Mayor | Your councillor for Currawong Ward Tags About Council Councillors Currawong Ward … Councillor Andrew Conlon …
Cr Conlon has lived in Currawong Ward with his wife and family of eight children for over 20 years.
A Manningham Councillor since 2016, Cr Conlon previously served as Mayor during 2020/21 and 2017/18.
Cr Conlon is passionate about improving local amenity including parks, playgrounds and streetscapes. He advocates for high standards of roads and Council services. Cr Conlon believes good governance starts with integrity and transparency.
Cr Conlon is a professional engineer and teacher with many years of broad business management experience along with community service on various local school and sports clubs committees.
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… followed by a Gunfire Breakfast. About Council Heritage Schramm Ward ANZAC Day … ANZAC Day dawn service at Doncaster RSL …
One of Australia’s most important national occasions, ANZAC Day goes beyond the anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli in 1915. It is the day in which we remember all Australians who served and died in all wars and operational service past and present. Come along and mark the day at one of the RSL services in Manningham.
The Doncaster RSL will hold a Dawn Service followed by a Gunfire Breakfast.
Come along to find out about INFANT, an evidence-based initiative led by our local MCH Nurses....
The Infant Feeding, Active play and Nutrition (INFANT) program provides parents with evidence-based skills and information about healthy eating and active play for their babies.
INFANT is an evidence-based initiative led by our local Maternal Child Health (MCH) Nurses.
Sessions cover topics including:
- feeding, solids introduction, healthy eating, food refusal and fussy eating
- strategies and ideas on how to play with your baby
- the role that parent wellbeing plays in your baby’s life
- experiences, strategies and tips from other parents.
Cost: Free
Who should attend: Parents and caregivers
Please note: This is the 9 months session - for babies aged from 8 to 10 months.
We offer interactive sessions in four different age groups:
- 3 months (babies aged from 2 to 4 months)
- 6 months (babies aged from 5 to 7 months)
- 9 months (babies aged from 8 to 10 months)
- 12 months (babies aged from 11 to 13 months).
For more information, go to Maternal and Child Health Services or call 9840 9188.
Upcoming INFANT program sessions
… Centre in Doncaster East. On this page Heritage Waldau Ward Arts Manningham Our History … History turns a page for …
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Manningham is celebrating a new chapter in its history with the official opening of the new Schramms Cottage Museum and Visitor Centre in Doncaster East.
The $3.5 million facility and precinct upgrade officially opened on Friday 17 October, and will help the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society preserve the history of Manningham for generations to come.
Manningham Mayor, Councillor Deirdre Diamante, said she was pleased to open the new centre, with Schramms Cottage an integral part of Manningham’s more recent pioneer story.
“Local history is important because it helps us understand who we are as a community. It tells the stories of the people, places and events that have shaped us, where we live and our way of life," Cr Diamante said.
“Thank you to the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society, whose passion and dedication helps keep these vital stories of our community alive.”
The new building complements the historic Schramms Cottage and provides extra exhibition and storage space for the society to display and preserve their collection.
The spaces are climate controlled, ensuring that historical objects, particularly dresses and fabrics, will be preserved for longer.
The development also includes upgraded car parking, pathways and a new meeting room, which will be available for the general community to hire from late 2026.
“I’m excited that community will be able to access this space for meetings and events, creating new opportunities for the community to view and appreciate our heritage,” Cr Diamante added.
Schramms Cottage was first built in 1874 on Doncaster Hill, near the present Manningham Civic Centre, for German immigrant Max von Schramm for use as a house and school.
In 1971, it was moved to its current location in Rieschiecks Reserve and now provides a picture of what life was like in the pioneering days of the late 1800s.
Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society President Geoffrey Broome said the society was delighted to see completion of the new facility, a culmination of many years of collaboration with Manningham Council.
“The museum is a community asset and helps to preserve the heritage of the Manningham municipality. Going back to the mid-1800s, this area was full of orchards and one of the main fruit growing districts of Victoria,” Mr Broome said.
“We have a wide range of items on display such as clothing from the early settlers including wedding gowns, household goods, furniture.”
The new visitor centre will be open to the public from Sunday 2 November.
The existing historic complex, including Schramms Cottage, is open every Sunday, 2:00pm to 5:00pm and is available mid-week for local school excursions.
More information is available at the websites of Manningham Council and the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society.
Elections for Manningham occur every four years. There are nine wards, with a representative in each. ...
The Manningham Council general elections will be held on 26 October 2024. Voting is by post.
The Local Government Act 2020 and the Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2020, regulates conduct of council elections. The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) manages the process.
If you’ve got any questions about the electoral process, you can contact the Public Enquiry Service (PES) number on 131 832.
Manningham ward structure
Manningham has nine wards with one councillor representing each ward. The wards are:
- Bolin
- Currawong
- Manna
- Ruffey
- Schramm
- Tullamore
- Waldau
- Westerfolds
- Yarra.
For further information, visit Find your local councillor and ward.
Election period policy
The Local Government Act 2020 requires us to adopt an Election Period Policy. This provides guidance to councillors and officers leading up to and during the election period.
For more information, you can view our policy.
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A display of kitchen appliances and tools used from the mid-1800s through to the 1920s. ...
As part of Australian Heritage Festival 2024, Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society presents an exhibition of kitchen implements, tools and appliances used from the mid-1800s through to the early part of the 20th Century.
… sandstone with a hip slate roof. It was built for Max von Schramm, a German immigrant, for use as a house and a …
The cottage provides a picture of life in the pioneering days of the late 1800s.
Schramms Cottage dates from approximately 1875. It is an asymmetrical cottage, built of local sandstone with a hip slate roof. It was built for Max von Schramm, a German immigrant, for use as a house and a Lutheran school.
In 1876 von Schramm was appointed the first Lutheran Pastor in Doncaster and he continued to teach at this school until 1884.
The cottage was originally located in Doncaster Road, near the present Council offices and was moved to its current site following a decision to widen Doncaster Road. The process of dismantling and re-erecting the building took place between 1971 and 1975, using largely voluntary labour. Schramms Cottage was opened as a historical centre on 14 February 1976.
Location:
Rieschiecks Reserve, Muriel Green Drive (Off Victoria Street in Rieschiecks Reserve), Doncaster East VIC 3109. Melway ref. 33 J10
Cost of entry:
- Adults $5
- Children $1
Hours of entry:
2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Sunday and Public Holidays except Christmas day and Good Friday. Other times by appointment.
For further information:
The Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society
The Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society was formed in 1967 to foster historical interest and knowledge, particularly but not exclusively, in the City of Manningham.
Manningham is celebrating a new chapter in its history with the official opening of the new Schramms Cottage Museum and Visitor Centre in Doncaster East. ...
Article Content
Manningham is celebrating a new chapter in its history with the official opening of the new Schramms Cottage Museum and Visitor Centre in Doncaster East.
The $3.5 million facility and precinct upgrade officially opened on Friday 17 October, and will help the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society preserve the history of Manningham for generations to come.
Manningham Mayor, Councillor Deirdre Diamante, said she was pleased to open the new centre, with Schramms Cottage an integral part of Manningham’s more recent pioneer story.
“Local history is important because it helps us understand who we are as a community. It tells the stories of the people, places and events that have shaped us, where we live and our way of life," Cr Diamante said.
“Thank you to the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society, whose passion and dedication helps keep these vital stories of our community alive.”
The new building complements the historic Schramms Cottage and provides extra exhibition and storage space for the society to display and preserve their collection.
The spaces are climate controlled, ensuring that historical objects, particularly dresses and fabrics, will be preserved for longer.
The development also includes upgraded car parking, pathways and a new meeting room, which will be available for the general community to hire from late 2026.
“I’m excited that community will be able to access this space for meetings and events, creating new opportunities for the community to view and appreciate our heritage,” Cr Diamante added.
Schramms Cottage was first built in 1874 on Doncaster Hill, near the present Manningham Civic Centre, for German immigrant Max von Schramm for use as a house and school.
In 1971, it was moved to its current location in Rieschiecks Reserve and now provides a picture of what life was like in the pioneering days of the late 1800s.
Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society President Geoffrey Broome said the society was delighted to see completion of the new facility, a culmination of many years of collaboration with Manningham Council.
“The museum is a community asset and helps to preserve the heritage of the Manningham municipality. Going back to the mid-1800s, this area was full of orchards and one of the main fruit growing districts of Victoria,” Mr Broome said.
“We have a wide range of items on display such as clothing from the early settlers including wedding gowns, household goods, furniture.”
The new visitor centre will be open to the public from Sunday 2 November.
The existing historic complex, including Schramms Cottage, is open every Sunday, 2:00pm to 5:00pm and is available mid-week for local school excursions.
More information is available at the websites of Manningham Council and the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society.
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