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Mrs Catherine Carroll –
a 1953 founding member of Beaumaris Tree
Preservation Society – was


the Guest of Honour at BCS Inc’s 2003 Golden
Jubilee


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NEWSPAPER STORY: Mrs
Catherine Carroll
, a pioneer
of Beaumaris Conservation Society from
BTPS’s start in 1953
till her
death in the years after the 2003 Golden
Jubilee.

 

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The “Beau-maris or Bare-maris” leaflet:  Mrs Carroll
mentioned this
leaflet
in the above story as
being so effective in starting BTPS’s early
work.

 

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DUNLOP RUBBER’S MAIN FACTORY:
Mrs Carroll told how this was nearly
relocated from Port Melbourne to
Beaumaris
, but World War II
changed the plan.

 

*  1962 PHOTOGRAPH
OF MRS CARROLL WORKING IN THE GRAMATAN
HEATHLAND SANCTUARY

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1964 “OCEANARIUM” PLAN:
Mrs Carroll recalled BTPS rallying Beaumaris
against such a blight on
Ricketts Point
, saving it for
today’s Marine Sanctuary.

 

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1981
MAGISTRATE’S TEA TREE PRECEDENT:
Mr
& Mrs Carroll saved

a mature coastal tea tree
on their property boundary by defending
it in court.

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1987 HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP: The

late Mrs Carroll, the second
Treasurer of BTPS
, was made an
Honorary Life Member of BCS Inc
.
in 1987 in recognition of 

her work. Her late husband, John, was
similarly
honoured in 1999
. Mrs
Carroll, with wnite hair and a blue coat, is
seated in the picture below with BCS Inc.
members at the
50th Anniversary Celebration
.

BCS Inc.
 50th Anniversary