Rotary District 9800
Rotary District 9800 covers a significant portion of urban and rural Victoria in Australia. The District includes the City of Melbourne, the Melbourne Central Business District, surrounding and Bayside Suburbs, and Country Clubs that stretch to the Murray River at Echuca Moama in the north.
The District is approximately 250km from north to south, and approximately 120km east to west at its widest point. It has 70 Clubs and approximately 3000 Members.
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The birth of Rotary in Australia
In February 1921 the Board of the International Association of Rotary Clubs authorised the establishment of Rotary Clubs in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne became the first club in Australia to be chartered and Sydney soon followed. Brisbane and Adelaide were formed in 1923, Hobart a year later and Perth in 1926. Meanwhile, Rotary was being extended to provincial cities and large towns and by 1928 there were 17 Clubs in Australia.
For the purposes of administration, Rotary Clubs throughout the world are allocated into Districts. A Rotary District covers a number of clubs within a defined geographical area. Australia became District 65 in 1928. By the 75th anniversary of Rotary’s arrival in Australia, there were 23 Districts with 1178 Clubs and some 42,000 Members. District 9800 was defined in 1990.
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