Vautin Hilary
Andrews
1914-1976
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Vautin Hilary Andrews by
Vivian Hill
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An engine needs oil to run smoothly. Without sufficient lubrication an
engine will operate roughly or seize. The same principle applies to
society. The work of unpaid volunteers provides the lubrication.
Without it life would be rougher. If we look around us we see many
volunteers keeping that engine running; lifeguards on our beaches, mothers at
school canteens, young men or women coaching junior sports teams, deliverers of
meals on wheels to the elderly.
One group of unpaid volunteers not often recognised as such are local
government councillors. During Vautin Andrews' time no money was paid to
councillors except, sometimes, a contribution towards expenses when serving as
president of a shire or mayor of a city. He gave 31 years of volunteer
service for Geelong in that role apart from many years in other civic
bodies. The mystery is 'How did he have time to do all that volunteer work
and still have time to build up a successful and busy legal practice?'
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Arrangement of material
The list below describes material held in the Vautin Hilary Andrews archive
box, which is located at
340.099452 Andrew Hil/Vha on the shelves in
the Geelong Lawyers' Collection within the Special Collection at the Waterfront
campus. The material has been arranged in date order.
| Date |
Title |
Item no. |
| 1959/60 |
Portrait of V.H. Andrews in Mayoral Robes
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VA1 |
| 1/1971 |
Photocopy from Australian Municipal Journal with article on
V.H. Andrews after he was awarded the O.B.E. |
VA8 |
| 19/2/1976 |
Photocopy of Geelong Advertiser newspaper clipping re. Vautin
Andrews' funeral |
VA2 |
| 1978 |
Photocopied extract from 'The law relating to the sale of land in Victoria'
by L. Voumard describing the "investigation of title by the
purchaser" practised by V. Andrews |
VA3 |
| 1981 |
Book "Men, money & houses" by A. McI. Scott, being an account
of the origin of the Pyramid Building Society covering V. Andrews part in
its formation and his role as chairman. |
VA9 |
| 2001 |
Photograph of shops in Ryrie St. Andrews & Backhouse
moved to upstairs premises of 'Club House' from Gheringhap St. |
VA4 |
| 7/2001 |
Photograph of shops in Gheringhap St. where V. H. Andrews
commenced practice |
VA5 |
| 7/2001 |
2 photographs of St. Paul's Church and Sunday School where V.H.
Andrews was vestryman |
VA6 |
| 8/2001 |
Biography by V. Hill |
VA7 |
| 20/11/2001 |
Newspaper cutting of Geelong Advertiser Special Souvenir being
a reprint of page one for Monday, June 25, 1990 with article of Pyramid closure |
VA10 |
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