SANDRINGHAM FORESHORE ASSOCIATION (SFA)

Founded January 2007

ABN 42947116512
A CHARITABLE NOT FOR PROFIT VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION

SFA
PO Box 52
Sandringham 3191
E-mail: sandyforeshore@optusnet.com.au
Website: http://sandringhamforeshore.tumblr.com/

Who is the Sandringham Foreshore Association?

The Sandringham Foreshore Association is a charitable not-forprofit association. Membership is free.
Our self-acclaimed role is to foster and promote good natural
conservation principles to Bayside foreshore management. Our
current focus is to assist public education by aligning ourselves with
scientific experts in fields of conservation and natural environment,
and to facilitate effective communication between community
council and state governments and established environmental
science publications and position statements. The role of SFA is to
care for and help protect our local beaches and cliffs, but also to
educate, raise awareness and preserve our local archaeological,
geological, cultural, indigenous and heritage sites such as the
Beaumaris Bay fossil site.
If you are interested in joining our free membership, to receive
notices and our Quarterly Newsletters Please respond via our
website http://sandringhamforeshore.tumblr.com/MembershipForm

Objectives and Aims:

1. to sustain our Sandringham foreshore & neighbouring beaches
2. to preserve its natural beauty and aesthetic value
3. to prevent sand and cliff erosion
4. to maintain healthy clean beaches and cliffs
5. to conserve natural wildlife e.g. marine life, native flora and fauna
6. to ensure a sense of place
7. to ensure archaeological and cultural sites are protected
8. to conserve cultural values
.......for all ages and future generations to enjoy.
The Brighton, Hampton, Sandringham, Black Rock and Beaumaris
beaches are one of the primary reasons that draw Bayside residents
to choose to live in this area and for residents outside of Bayside to
visit.
The aim of the SFA is to continually consult and communicate
transparently with its members, the community, and all stakeholders
concerned such as Bayside City Council, Department of
Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Parks Victoria and the
Victorian Coastal Council.
Non-profit clause:
The assets and income of the organisation shall be applied solely in
furtherance of its above-mentioned objects and no portion shall be
distributed directly or indirectly to the members of the organisation
except as bona fide compensation for services rendered or expenses
incurred on behalf of the organisation.
Acknowledgement of Country and Indigenous Australians
The Sandringham Foreshore Association respectfully acknowledges

the original custodians of the Bayside foreshore the Boon wurrung

people who are the Traditional Custodians of the Land and we pay
respect to the Elders both past and present and extend that respect to
other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people present today. We
respect the Boon wurrung people for their rich culture, deep affinity
with the land and spiritual connection to it.
Committee and founding members of SFA:
Dr Vicki Karalis President; Medical practitioner (GP); Expert
health advisor to the Federal Government; Associate Professor,
Department Nutrition La Trobe University
Alison Horton Vice President; Perfusionist
Adrienne Smith - Public officer/secretary; IT consultant
Craig Francis - Treasurer; Bachelor Business Studies
(Accounting), IT Manager, former school teacher
Paul Hede - Committee member; Architect
Helen Gibson Committee member; consultant geologist
Ike Solomon - Committee member; engineer
The SFA was founded in January 2007.
To date, the SFA regularly communicates with its working party of
over 800 members electronically, and also by way of letters, flyers
and phone calls. The SFA believe it is vitally important to continually
communicate and liaise transparently with the community on all
levels. We believe there is local knowledge of the foreshore with
long-term residents and regular users of the beach.
Dissolution Clause / Winding up of SFA
Membership of SFA is free an application form can be downloaded
from the website.
To date, the SFA have not received any money from its members or
received any income. Should it receive any community grants for
projects, and the Association is required to wind up, any funds will
be reimbursed to the grantor or provided to another registered tax

exempt non-profit organisation if it wishes to pursue the project for

which the grant was received.
In the event of the organisation being dissolved, the amount that
remains after such dissolution and the satisfaction of all debts and
liabilities shall be transferred to another organisation with similar
purposes and which has rules prohibiting the distribution of its assets
and income to its members.
Artistic and cultural appreciation of Sandringham foreshore
Sandringham foreshore and its neighbouring beaches are undoubtedly one of
the most beautiful coastlines in Victoria with its sweeping shore line meeting
sandstone cliffs and native vegetation. This area has been treasured for its
natural beauty over the years by artists, residents, visitors and tourists, and
has become particularly well known through the work of the famous
Australian artists.
The Bayside coastline is noted for its outstanding beauty and has
been painted by many famous artists, with many paintings on
display. Some of these works were exhibited in 2007 titled
Australian Impressionism at the Ian Potter Gallery in Federation
Square-part of the National Gallery of Victoria. The show was an
enormously successful collection of some of Australia's best loved
pictures from the 1880s to early twentieth century.
The collection included masterworks by noted artist Charles Conder,
including "Sandringham" painted in 1890 and held by the National
Gallery of Art, Canberra, and "Rickett's Point", also painted in 1890,
held by the National Gallery of Victoria. Other paintings by Tom
Roberts of the time touched on similar bay-side scenes.