Thursday, 7 April 2022

Red Cliffs centenary

Ms CUPPER: Meanwhile at the northern end of the electorate the town of Red Cliffs was celebrating its 100-year anniversary. Red Cliffs began as a soldier settlement following World War I and has grown to become a proud, thriving, close-knit community with a special brand of fierce loyalty. It was an honour to attend the official opening alongside other community leaders and especially special guest Margaret Hunt, who was born at the same time Red Cliffs was proclaimed. Thousands turned out for the picnics, parades, historical tours and reunions as hundreds of former Red Cliffs locals came home to celebrate and reminisce about old times. Congratulations to the organising committee chaired by councillor Glenn Milne and other Red Cliffs identities including Bob Walton; Helen Petschel; Chris, Ian and Matthew Cook, Karen Wilcock, Jan Lloyd, Bonney Dietrich and Robert Evans.