HANSARD
SITTING CALENDAR
SEARCH
LIVE BROADCAST
Hansard Dynamic Member Index
House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-03-24 Daily Xml
Contents
Pdf Xml

TWO WELLS SERVICE CENTRE

Mrs VLAHOS (Taylor) (15:26): I rise today to speak about the opening of the Two Wells Service Centre that occurred yesterday in the township of Two Wells in the north of my electorate. The Two Wells Service Centre is an important part of an ongoing commitment to enhance the facilities of that township, and I am grateful to the District Council of Mallala for improving the facilities this year, considering the high levels of growth that are expected in the area in the coming years with the 30-year plan.

At the function yesterday, Marcus Strudwick, the mayor of the District Council of Mallala, officially opened the service centre, and with Eddie Stubing, the president of the Two Wells Regional Action Team, who is also a member of the Rotary Club in the area, who I know, together with members of the Two Wells Regional Action Team, Andrew Manuel, the manager of The Plains Producer, and many other Mallala council and local community representatives and other district mayors, unveiled a plaque in a very special building that is dear to the town.

The new centre is located in a building that was built as a school in 1865, initially with 32 students. The building continued to provide educational facilities for the area for approximately 114 years until 1979 when the new school on Gawler Road was built. During the mid-seventies, the school was involved in a pilot program aimed at promoting increased awareness of other cultures, which is typical of the Two Wells township. Newsletters started going out in Italian, Greek and English and an ethnic library was commenced. During this period, students numbered at around 182, with approximately 66 per cent coming from migrant families. Twelve temporary classrooms were added to house those students and provide different office areas.

Its life after being a school revolved around community service, and the building was referred to as the Community Access and Business Resource Information Centre, where local community groups delivered a range of services to residents. Most recently, locals saw the need for services to be provided not only to the community but also to visitors passing through the district, and this is where the Two Wells Regional Action Team, as it is now known, established a facility to provide the community with a place to access, to have meetings and to provide other services, including: admin, photocopying, tourist information, general district information, career support for relevant agencies, provision of basic council-related services, computer training classes, a home base for the production of the very important and well regarded Echo, the local newspaper (and newsletter, as it was previously), and many other important things to the township.

I would like to praise the Regional Action Team. Eddie Stubing, the current president, and the many people who have gone before him, have made this is a truly valuable part of the Two Wells community. Today, they continue to make sure that the community is enhanced in many ways. They work tirelessly on promoting the area from both an economic and community perspective, and I strongly believe that what you see in Two Wells today is often due to many people in that group. The group continues to provide the local community with much needed services and a forum to canvas ideas and lobby relevant agencies, including the council, on the key issues that are important to the people in the township. I would like to lay on the record my respect and admiration for the current and past members of this group in their efforts in making Two Wells a better place and wish them well in the future in their new renovated home, with the support of the District Council of Mallala.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS
MEMBERS
GET INVOLVED
ABOUT PARLIAMENT
VISIT
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
CONTACT