ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection

HMSS 0226 Family Bushwalkers Incorporated Records

Scope and contents notes

Call Number	HMSS 0226
Collection	Family Bushwalkers Incorporated Records
Date Range	1969-2004
Quantity	0.54m (3manuscript boxes)
Access Conditions	Available for reference
Copying Conditions	With attribution
Related Collections	-

This collection comprises the records of the Family Bushwalkers Incorporated (FBI) and, following a change of name in 2012, the Brindabella Bushwalking Club (BBC). Future deposits of BBC material will be recorded under the new name and linked to this collection.

The Canberra Family Bushwalkers Incorporated began as the YMCA Family Bushwalking Club in 1969 when parents of children attending YMCA camps decided the walks the children were enjoying should also involve parents.

The club organised regular meetings at first monthly, then quarterly, as well as pack walks, car camps, day walks and other social events. Walkers were encouraged to learn first aid and bushcraft.

The club formally separated from the YMCA in 1977 and incorporated as the Family Bushwalkers Incorporated that year, and expanded its program to include a greater number and variety of walks as well as moonlight walks, cycling and walking trips, navigation courses, and social get-togethers.

A Club website was set up in 2009 and by this year the Club became the largest bushwalking club in Canberra. In 2012, and following exhaustive consultations, members decided to change the Club name to Brindabella Bushwalking Club as it was felt that the original name no longer represented the core activities and membership of the Club. With the change of name the Club URL is now at http://www.brindabellabushwalking.org.au.

The Club has continued to expand its activities to include kayaking, car camps and in recent years several overseas walking trips. After some years of having few children attending walks, the Club established an active family group holding monthly walks for children and an annual camping weekend.

Box List

BOX NO.	DESCRIPTION	QTY	INCLUSIVE DATES
1	Annual General Meeting Minutes – Family Bushwalkers Inc	1 file	21 May 1969
1	Minutes – Family Bushwalkers Inc general meeting and AGM minutes	2 volumes	1970-1993 1994-2004
1	Walks Reports – Family Bushwalkers Inc Information contained may include date of walk, place walked to/name of walk, names of participants. From the mid 1980s may also include review of weather and activities undertaken	3 volumes	1975-1978; 1978-1980; 1981
1	Walks Reports – Family Bushwalkers Inc Information contained may include date of walk, place walked to/name of walk, names of participants. From the mid 1980s may also include review of weather and activities undertaken	1 file	1983-1987
1	Social and Walks Programme – Family Bushwalkers Inc calendars of intended social activities and walks	2 files	1976-1995; 2000-2004
2	History Project Material – Family Bushwalkers Inc Part I collation of minutes, membership information, and constitutions 1969-1999 Part II walks programs 1973-1999 Floppy disk with contents of the two files in Microsoft Word 97	2 files; 1 floppy disk	1999
2	History of the Association – Family Bushwalkers Inc A Short History of the Canberra Family Bushwalkers Incorporated (FBI) by Mary Lindsay, based on research and information provided by Milton Turner	1 sleeve	August 2003
2	Constitutions – Family Bushwalkers Inc Early constitutions – only 1972, 1974 dated; numbered 1-5 from earliest to latest Later constitutions: 1990-1999	1 folder (part)	1972 – 1999
	Constitutions – Brindabella Bushwalking Club	1 folder (part)	2011, 2012
2	Incorporation and Rules – Family Bushwalkers Inc Incorporation documents 1977 and 1991 Change of name to Brindabella Bushwalking Club Name change and incorporation documents 2011-2012	1 folder	1977 – 2012
2	Early FBI Minutes (Several handwritten) Handwritten minutes of YMCA Family Bushwalking Club Meeting in 1969 and of a General Meeting held 1970 and an Executive Committee Meeting March 1995. Also meetings 1977, 1995. Agendas of AGMS 1975, 1977-78, 1981-83, 1989	1 folder	1969, 1970, 1977, 1995 1975 - 1989
2	Minutes – FBI and BBC Annual general meetings and committee meetings Family Bushwalkers Inc: April 2004 – October 2011 Brindabella Bushwalking Club: December 2011 – June 2014	1 minute book	April 2004–June 2014
3	Committee and membership list Family Bushwalkers Inc; committee lists 1991-1992 – 2010-2011; list of presidents 1975-1982; member statistics 2002; membership lists 27 April 2006 – 7 October 2009 Brindabella Bushwalking Club: committee lists 2011-2012 – 2014-2015; membership list 4 June 2015	1 folder	1991-2015
3	History of the Club (FBI and BBC) A short history of the Club by Mary Lindsay, based on research and information by Milton Turner and updated in 2014 from that done in 2003 BBC Advertising Brochure, 2013	1 folder	1969– 2014
3	Social and Walks Programs Family Bushwalkers Inc: mid 1981 – mid 1992, 1995 – 2011 Brindabella Bushwalking Club: 2012 – 2015	2 bundles	1981–2015
3	Notes for Leaders – Family Bushwalkers Inc Provision of safety and operating guidelines to walks leaders (early YMCA Family Bushwalking (to 2007	1 folder	Undated
3	Grant applications – Family Bushwalkers Inc Grant Applications and Acquittals for Grants # 98/023 and 02/107 from the ACT Government	1 folder	1997 - 2003
3	Miscellaneous Papers – Family Bushwalkers Inc small selection: FBI Transport Cost Review Notification that the FBI was accepted for affiliation with the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs of NSW in November 1999 – 11 March 2005 Letter to Milton Turner thanking him for compiling a history of the Club – 29 April, 2003 Some early Newsletters of FBI – 1995 to 1999 (Oct 1999, Oct 1997, Oct 1996, April 1996, April 1995, Sept. 1995, Oct 1995)	1 folder (part)	1995 – 2005
3	Historical correspondence taken from the file 1971–1990 – Family Bushwalkers Inc: Life Membership 1989 (Clare Hughes, Norm Bancroft, John Hardwick, John Whitford, Jeff Colwell, Ray Franzi) Seeking films from the Soviet Union to show at an FBI Social meeting, April 1978 Seeking exchange of Walk Programs – Canberra Bushwalking Club, National Parks Association – June 1977 Advice on dissolving the YMCA Canberra Family Bushwalking Club and formation of the Family Bushwalkers Club – Dec 1977 and response from YMCA (Jan 1978) Advice to YMCA on the Subscription set at the AGM 9 May 1977 Correspondence with National Capital Development Commission on concerns re Mt Taylor, May & July 1971	1 folder (part)	1971 - 1989