Warburton Franki (Melb) Ltd, later Young Christian Workers Movement or YCW, 355-357 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Warburton Franki (Melb) Ltd, later Young Christian Workers Movement or YCW, 355-357 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 105699
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________Period: Post- Second WarDATE: 1952?;ASSOCIATIONS: Warburton Franki (Melb) Ltd;DESIGNER: A. A. Hayden, of Arnold E. Bridge and Associate..CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONSIndex card1931-19751951 April (written in out of order, 1959 above- 1961?) 25953 ₤14000 General alts1965 37457 ₤6000 Alts to G, 1st and 2nd floors.VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-1274(Fels, M., Lavelle, S. & Mider, D., Melbourne Central Activities District: Archaeological Management Plan (8 volumes), OCC. RPT, 1993, Report Number: 102,)1839 - building shown on Lot 11 (set back from Lonsdale Street) either this site or adjoining.1866 - building on site1888 - 3 x 2 storey building(s), Chandlers & Wine & Spirit Merchants.1905 - 3 x 2 storey buildings, Kellow Cycles.MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIESSection 1, map 131948 shows 3 storey all floors reinforced concrete (as existing), steel beams and columns encased, roof frame timber clad with corrugated iron stairs at noprth and south endsWarburton Franki pasted over with `YCW'.Young Christian Workers web sitehttps://ycw.org.au/about/`We are an international movement run BY, FOR and WITH young people, striving to SERVE, EDUCATE and REPRESENT young people by empowering them to be the change they want to be in their lives, communities and the world, based on their VALUES, BELIEFS and FAITH.Members of the YCW are young people from all faith backgrounds aged between 15 – 30 years old who are young workers, apprentices and students, the unemployed and professionals who gather in friendship to discuss and take action on the key issues affecting their lives.Cardinal Joseph Cardijn founded the YCW in Brussels in 1912 involving young people from all walks of life, empowering them to take positive Action in their lives and community. This movement spread throughout the world and was established in Australia in 1940 before officially becoming an International Movement holding its first World Council in Rome, in 1957.The YCW is an active movement in countries all around the world, based on democracy and participation of all young workers in the decision making process. The YCW believes that each young person is able to assume responsibility for finding solutions to their situations at a local, national and international level, to create a better world for all young workers using the SEE, JUDGE, ACT method.The YCW works to create a society, which actively supports, respects and values the God given dignity of each person.….'https://ycw.org.au/history/The YCW was founded in the factory town of Laeken, Belgium in 1912 when a young priest, Joseph Cardijn, was assigned to work with the young people in the parish. Cardijn worked closely with teenage youth leaders, Madelaine De Roo and Victoire Cappe, to establish a girls action group to address the horrible working conditions the girls were experiencing at the time.In the following year, 18 year old Fernand Tonnet approached Cardijn to help him set up a similar group for the young men in the parish and together with the girls established the Young Trade Unionists, which later changed its name to Young Christian Workers in 1925.Fernand Tonnet was joined by Paul Garcet and Jacques Meert who commenced a campaign to establish the YCW in other countries too. In 1946, Cardijn started to visit other countries and by 1950 the YCW was established in 60 countries. It is during this time that the YCW came to Australia. In 1941, the YCW was established by the Catholic Church for the boys and the National Catholic Girls Movement for the girls, who later merged under the name of the YCW in 1959. With its motto “a service for every need” the YCW had more than 38,000 members with 485 leaders groups around the country.At the forefront of the massive social change that swept the world during the late 1960-70s, the YCW became engaged in the social and political issues of the time such as the Vietnam War, opposition to dictatorships, the unequal distribution of wealth, and the role of lay people in the church. True to the original vision of the founding leaders, many of the YCW leaders and activists at the time have continued to play an influential role in society today.The activism of the YCW during these times did come at a personal cost for some leaders in countries outside of Australia who were imprisoned and even lost their lives. It was a time of great change and for the YCW and as an organisation, it lost a lot of the financial and material support it enjoyed in the 1950-60s. The 1980-90s was a period of rebuilding with the YCW re-starting in many countries and re-establishing its international structure with teams based in 4 continents and culminating with the opening of the International Council in South Africa by Nelson Mandela in 1995.References and further reading:Joseph CardjinYoung Christian Workers Australia Archive and Research CentreYCW ArchiveYCW Archive Research Centre Facebook'.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1952W. Franki £17,000 purchaseWarburton Franki (Melbourne) Ltd paid £17,000 at auction yesterday for a two storeyed brick building at 359-361 Lonsdale st The property which is on land 33ft by 144ft on the south side of Lonsdale stnear Elizabeth st returns rents of £633 a yearThe Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954)Thursday 12 June 1952 - Page 2https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205407263ANOTHER architect whose work caught our eye yesterday was Mr. A. A. Hayden, an Englishman, who has been here about three years, and who is the associate in Arnold E. Bridge and Associate.Mr. Hayden is responsible for the pink and yellow lettering and the white-groove design on the new Warburton Franki Ltd. building in Lonsdale- street, just around the Elizabeth-street corner1953Adverthttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23312501WARBURTON FRANKI MEL. LTD380 BOURKE ST., MELB.-PHONE MU6355AND 355 LONSDALE ST, MELB.-1956The ninth annual conference of the Young Christian Workers' Movement in Australia will begin in Melbourne tomorrow. A public session will be held in St. Francis hall on Tuesday, at 8 p.m..DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1942355-357 Skelley, D. F., & Co Py Ld, elec engnrs1950355-357 Skelley, D. F., & Co Py Ld, elec engnrs1955355-357 Warburton Franki (Melb) Ltd elect goods1961353-363 Warburton Franki (Melb) Ltd elect goods1974355 Young Christian Workers MovementThe Gwabba Sandwich Shop357 TAB agency
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