Please be advised the Stawell Emergency Relief Centre is now closed following the reopening of Halls Gap to residents on December 27. Please click the below link for more information about the bushfire situation, including links to financial and mental health support services.
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Please be advised that our Customer Service offices will be closed for the festive period from 12pm on Tuesday, December 24 reopening again as usual on Thursday, January 2 from 8.30am. If you need urgent assistance during this time, please call (03) 5358 8700. For more information on other service closures and contact information, please visit the below web page.
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"The Stawell AMA Banner is historically significant for its association with one of the earliest unions in Victoria, the AMA. The AMA became part of the AMAA, Australia's first intercolonial union in 1884. The Stawell AMA was established in February 1872 and was the second miners' union in Victoria, the first being Bendigo which was formed only one day earlier. The Stawell AMA Banner is important in demonstrating the union's political and social aspirations as well as the non-oppositional labour and capital ethos that was the defining feature of the first Australian gold mining unions. It is also important for its association with the Eight Hour Day Movement, one of the most significant nineteenth century industrial reforms." From VHD listing report at VHD (heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au)
Eight Hour Banner, Stawell.