introducing the proponents
THE ROSEVILLE MEMORIAL CLUB
Since 1947, The Club has been the focal point of Ku-ring-gai’s veteran community. In its day-to-day operation the Club supports the social needs of its members as well as community groups, charity fundraisers, sponsorships and commemorative events. The Club is the only club of its kind on Ku-ring-gai’s Upper North Shore. The New Rose Project will enable the Club to keep supporting the local community long into the future. The redeveloped Club will be better equipped to cater for the needs of its existing members and it will attract a broader range of age groups including young people and families ensuring its legacy as a cornerstone of community life lives on well into the coming decades.
To understand the important role that is played by the Club in the Ku-ring-gai community you need to look into the advocacy and support that it has provided to servicemen and women over the past 85 years.
The origins of the Club commenced with the establishment of the Roseville Sub Branch of the Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers Imperial League (RSL) of Australia on the 3rd July 1933. The Sub Branch was established as a recreational club for young men and women returning to civilian life following their time in service during 1933-1945 war periods.
In its early years, the Club was located on land that today forms part of the Roseville Memorial Park. In 1945 the Ku-ring-gai Council leased this land to the Roseville Sub Branch. At that time, its 200 members raised 1,200 pounds and acquired a large former army barrack which they erected on this landholding. The first monthly meeting of the Sub Branch was held on this site on the 27 May 1947.
With the expiration of the Council leasehold in 1960, the Club then acquired its current landholding and again with the help of Ku-ring-gai Council, the current Memorial Club Building was developed together with the Garden of Remembrance, which today forms part of the Roseville Memorial Park. The Club building was officially opened on the 3rd March 1962 by Lieutenant General, Sir Eric Woodward, a retired Australian Army Officer and Governor of NSW (1957-1965).
The Roseville Memorial Park together with the Memorial Club has been the focal point for the Ku-ring-gai veteran community since 1947. Today, the Club has 1100 members. Approximately 80% of our members have seen active service.
It is the long standing association that the Club has with its Pacific Highway site, adjacent Roseville Memorial Park and Garden of Remembrance that is guiding the strategic direction that we are now taking with the New Rose Project.
Founded in the early 1990s, Hyecorp is a diverse Australian property group with extensive experience in property development, construction and funds management. Hyecorp has a proven track record in delivering high quality residential and mixed use developments across Sydney. In 2016, Hyecorp, won the Urban Taskforce award for Development Excellence in Medium Rise - Metropolitan Apartments for their Lane Cove based development projects ‘Sevana’ and ‘Ariana’.
Hyecorp has three core operating divisions:
Development Design
Construction
Funds Management
Being based in Chatswood, the lower North Shore of Sydney is a central focus of Hyecorp’s development activity. It is this association with the North Shore that resulted in the Roseville Memorial Club selecting Hyecorp as its Development Partner for the New Rose Project
A well as actively developing on the North Shore Hyecorp actively support the community through their program of community grants, donations, sponsorships and volunteering. Currently the company supports over 35 different community organisations across Lane Cove, Greenwich, Willoughby and Ryde. These include: the Lane Cove Youth Orchestra, Lane Cove Men's Shed, Lane Cove Historical Society, Lane Cove West Public School, Willoughby Badminton Association, North Sydney Junior Baseball Club and many other community groups. They have also been a major sponsor of the Lane Cove Football Club and the Lane Cove Municipal Art Award since 2012, Carols in Willoughby Park, Lane Cove West Netball Club, Willoughby Roos Under 11 Rugby League team, Mowbray Road Public School Christmas Carols and have been a Platinum sponsor of the Lane Cove Cameraygal Festival.
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