Overview 1955 - 2021
On Friday 11th November 1955, a public meeting was convened at the Athenaeum Hall in Doncaster to discuss the formation of a Camera Club. The first resolutions were that:
- the club be called the Doncaster and District Camera Club
- it affiliates with the Victorian Association of Photographic Societies (VAPS); and that
- the annual subscriptions should be ten shillings ($1.00)
Locations
Meeting places over the years have been:
- 1955 - 1958 Athenaeum Hall, Doncaster Road, Doncaster
- 1958 - 1980 Lutheran Church Hall, Victoria Street, Doncaster
- 1980 - 1994 Church of Christ Kindergarten, Doncaster Road, Doncaster
- 1994 - 2018 Pilgrim Uniting Church Meeting Room, Westfield Drive, Doncaster
- 2018 – now East Doncaster Baptist Church, Tunstall Road, Doncaster East
Meetings
DCC meets monthly (the 3rd Friday) for a combined competition and presentation night.
The club is unique in that it alternately uses external judges and an internal members judging panel to adjudicate the club competitions.
The club’s very active Special Interest Groups include:
- the Audio-Visual Group
- the Image Development Group
- the Mono (Black and White) Group
- the SCENIC outdoors Group
- the Themes and Series Group
In addition, DCC members offer small group mentoring across a range of subjects.
The club organises extended photographic outings and workshops.
Competitions
As well as the monthly image appraisal night, DCC awards annual trophies including:
- Fred Schult Memorial Trophy - Open Print of the Year
- Ralph Petty Memorial Trophy - Small Print of the Year
- Denis Thompson Memorial Trophy - Projected Image of the Year
- Ron Johnston Memorial Trophy - Landscape/Seascape Projected Image of the Year
- Ed Conway Memorial Trophy - Landscape/Seascape print of the Year
The aggregate awards Include:
- Fred Drakeford Memorial Trophy - Open Print Aggregate
- Ralph Petty Memorial Trophy - Small Print Aggregate
- Kevin and Kath McKay Memorial Trophy - Projected Image Aggregate
Each November the club awards the Kay Mack Perpetual Trophy for Monochrome.
Social Media
DCC has an extensive Social Media profile, including:
- Facebook Group doncaster camera club - Melbourne
- Facebook Page DCC
- Instagram doncaster.camera.club
- Website www.doncastercameraclub.org.au
- Newsletter Monthly Newsletter available on the website
- Email
- Phone 0408 808 870
Life members
The club is proud of its past and present life members
- Fred Drakeford
- Kath McKay
- Fred Schult
- Joan Williams
- Ralph Petty
- Lois Thompson present
- Kay Mack
- Arthur Lilley present
Presidents
- 1955 - 1957 Mr Ross Miller
- 1957 - 1959 Mr Ron Jensz
- 1959 - 1963 Mr Fred Drakeford
- 1963 - 1967 Mr Denis Thompson
- 1967 - 1968 Mr Eric Olsson
- 1968 - 1975 Mr Fred Drakeford
- 1975 - 1977 Mr Denis Thompson
- 1977 - 1979 Mr Jim Hopson
- 1979 - 1981 Mr John Milne
- 1981 - 1983 Mrs Kay Mack
- 1983 - 1985 Mr Jim Hopson
- 1985 - 1987 Mr Bob Rendall
- 1987 - 1990 Mr Ralph Petty
- 1990 (until Sep) Mr Denis Thompson
- Oct 1990 - 1994 Mr Bruce Millikan
- 1994 - 1996 Mr Alan Rash
- 1996 - 1999 Mrs Jan McKellar
- 1999 - 2000 Mr Bruce Millikan
- 2000 - 2007 Mr Arthur Lilley
- 2007 – 2013 Mrs Valerie Armstrong
- 2013 - 2019 John Smith
- 2019 – now Ean Caldwell