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	The '''North Camberwell Progress Association''' was a community group set up to advocate for resident interests in the northern areas of the [[City of Camberwell]], including [[Balwyn]] and [[Balwyn North]].		The '''North Camberwell Progress Association''', also known as the '''Camberwell North Progress Association''', (ca. 1923 - ca. 1945) was a community group set up to advocate for resident interests in the northern areas of the [[City of Camberwell]], including [[Balwyn]] and [[Balwyn North]].

	==History==		==History==
			The first available record of its activities is in May 1923.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article257200252 \|title=WATER EXTENSION. \|newspaper=[[The Reporter]] \|volume=XXXIV, \|issue=20 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=18 May 1923 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=8 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

			The last available record of its activities is in May 1945.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article279112947 \|title=Council-Ratepayers Confer \|newspaper=[[The Sun News-pictorial]] \|issue=7060 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=11 May 1945 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=16 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

	==Activities==		==Activities==
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	* Increasing the frequency of trams to [[Balwyn North]]<ref name="13Oct1939AGM />		* Increasing the frequency of trams to [[Balwyn North]]<ref name="13Oct1939AGM />
			* Opposition to proposed changes to building by-laws to allow the construction of flats and other residential dwellings on smaller lot sizes in 1941<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article282240882 \|title=Camberwell City Council. \|newspaper=[[Box Hill Reporter]] \|volume=54, \|issue=20 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=23 May 1941 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=3 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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	==History==		==History==

	==~~Positions~~==		==Activities==
	The Association took up positions on topics of municipal and local importance. These included:		The Association met monthly.<ref name="13Oct1939AGM>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article282272303 \|title=NORTH CAMBERWELL PROGRESS ASSOCIATION. \|newspaper=[[Box Hill Reporter]] \|volume=52, \|issue=40 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=13 October 1939 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=3 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It took up positions to advocate to various bodies on topics of municipal and local importance. These included:

	* Increasing the frequency of trams to [[Balwyn North]]<ref name="13Oct1939AGM~~>{{cite news \|url=http:~~//nla.gov.au/nla.news-article282272303 \|title=NORTH CAMBERWELL PROGRESS ASSOCIATION. \|newspaper=[[Box Hill Reporter]] \|volume=52, \|issue=40 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=13 October 1939 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=3 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>		* Increasing the frequency of trams to [[Balwyn North]]<ref name="13Oct1939AGM />

	==References==		==References==

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The '''North Camberwell Progress Association''' was a community group set up to advocate for resident interests in the northern areas of the [[City of Camberwell]], including [[Balwyn]] and [[Balwyn North]].

==History==

==Positions==
The Association took up positions on topics of municipal and local importance. These included:

* Increasing the frequency of trams to [[Balwyn North]]<ref name="13Oct1939AGM>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article282272303 |title=NORTH CAMBERWELL PROGRESS ASSOCIATION. |newspaper=[[Box Hill Reporter]] |volume=52, |issue=40 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=13 October 1939 |accessdate=10 January 2026 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==References==
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