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7th February 2012   

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BENDIGO ADVERTISER EDITORIAL EXTRACTS RE BRUMBY PLAN
By Posted 1/12/2010 ('The Advertiser' (Bendigo))
In an Editorial, 'Co-operation the key to Fortuna Villa proposal' (24/11/10), there was a clear recognition of the community support and empahy for F ... [ More ]

SUMMARY OF BLOG COMMENTS CONTRIBUTED BY RESPONDENTS
By Posted 24/04/2010

A summary of the comments
made to the 'Letter of Support' charter4fortuna.blogspot.com

“I support the concept of retaining the full
Fortuna s ... [ More ]

FIVE NOTABLE AUSTRALIANS - TEXT OF LETTER SENT TO RELEVANT MINISTERS AND POLITICIANS
By Secretary, Villa Fortuna Action Group Posted 6/04/2010 (Courtesy of the named Authors)
Dear [Minister}:

Concerning the forthcoming sale of Fortuna, the Villa Fortuna Action Group has recently sought the views of some notable Australia ... [ More ]

NEW - THE HOUSE OF MATEUS IN PORTUGAL
By Posted 12/02/2010 (Drawn to attention of VFAG by the Bendigo Weekly (article Update 11/2/10))
CASA DE MATEUS, PORTUGAL

This is an abridged version of a computerized translation of the site's webpage. (For illustrative purposes only - not str ... [ More ]

HOW ABOUT THAT #3 - OPERA AT ABBOTSFORD
By Posted 28/10/2009
Abbotsford Convent has recently been involved with the Opera School Melbourne and has had a one day Mini Opera Festival with three operas between 10.3 ... [ More ]

FORTUNA CHARTER
By Posted 29/09/2009
THE 'FORTUNA CHARTER'

While the Villa Fortuna Action Group actively supports the concept of an arts, cultural and heritage Business Enterprise as ... [ More ]

DUE DILIGENCE - VFAG RESPONSE
By Posted 18/08/2009
Approach to this Response

Rather than reviewing the various documents individually, this Response looks at a number of issues that the Group feels ... [ More ]

HOW ABOUT THAT! #2 - STUDIOS AT THE ABBOTSFORD CONVENT
By T. Davidson, Hon. Sec. Posted 5/05/2009 (With acknowledgement to The Age - article 28/1/2009)
Since late 2005, approximately 100 rooms on two floors of the convent building have been made available for lease - diverse small arts and creative or ... [ More ]

'HOW ABOUT THAT! #1 - MOTHER'S DAY PROGRAM 2009 AT RIPPON LEA ESTATE
By Posted 28/04/2009 (Description based on Mother's Day 2009 Flyer - Rippon Lea Estate: a National Trust property)
Mother's Day at Rippon Lea Sunday 10 May 11.00 am - 4 pm

Mother's Day for 2009 can be celebrated by families at Ripp ... [ More ]

UPDATE #1 2009
By Posted 18/02/2009
We believe that 2009 will be an important year in the history of the Fortuna property as it is likely that there will be a new 'owner' of the site wh ... [ More ]

SUMMARY OF QUESTION #7 RE FORTUNA - BENDIGO ADVERTISER FORUM 14/11/08
By Posted 17/11/2008 (First published by The Advertiser, 15th and 17th November 2008. Reprinted with permission.)
SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO QUESTION #7
Bendigo Advertiser Forum for Candidates, 14th Nov. 2008

Elaine Harrington:
7. Do you support continued publi ... [ More ]

APPROACH TO COUNCIL CANDIDATES BY VILLA FORTUNA ACTION GROUP
By Posted 17/11/2008

The Villa Fortuna Action Group has recently put together a first-stage document to explain its proposal more fully than has been done in its brochur ... [ More ]

'A VISION STATEMENT AND ACTION PLAN'
By Posted 17/11/2008 (As submitted to Council CEO, Council Directors, sitting & prospective councillors, politicians )
CONTEXT

The City of Greater Bendigo has the opportunity to acquire, on behalf of its residents, the historic property known as ‘Fortuna Villa’. ‘Fo ... [ More ]

VILLA FORTUNA ACTION GROUP - LETTER TO 'BENDIGO WEEKLY'
By T. Davidson, Hon. Sec. Posted 12/09/2008 (Published by Bendigo Weekly, 5th September 2008)
Letter titled: INTEREST HIGHLIGHTS FORTUNA'S VALUE

The Villa Fortuna Action Group is pleased at the broad community interest that is being shown in ... [ More ]

 

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