ABOUT US
Gidgegannup Community Website
This community website is an initiative of the Gidgegannup community groups.
We aim for the website to be as up-to-date as possible. Generally speaking, any new material will be uploaded on a weekly basis. Please send your material for the website by email to admin@gidgegannup.info.
You Can Contribute
This website is a collective effort by many members of our community. As editors our aim is to keep all information relevant, up-to-date and correct. You can help us achieve this in several ways.
If your community group’s page needs any updates, please contact your committee and they can send us the relevant information. For advertising, broken links and all other suggestions, please contact us directly at the email address above.
This website is run on a tight budget. New pages and services like the online forum and online ads are kindly supported by Community Groups and a small group of advertisers.
In 2025 the website was completely rebuilt in Word Press Software using the Astra Theme and Elementor to create and allow easier updating for the future. A great deal of time & effort was provided by Alan Stuart of AC Solutions, which was very much appreciated.
A grant to reimburse him for a small part of the time involved was applied for and received from the Mundaring Bendigo Community Bank. We greatly value and appreciate the significant donations provided for many community organisations in our area from the Community Branch. We acknowledge this support and partnership on our home page.
Recurring costs like hosting and maintenance are partially covered by the welcome support of local businesses (advertising) and some community groups (yearly donations).
Now all local residents have the opportunity to support their community website by making an online donation. To do so click the button below.
Committee & Contacts
Chairperson, Peter Jensen, 0402 910 707
Vice Chairperson, Penny Morgan
Secretary / Editor, Sally Block, 0418 928 549
Committee: Felicity Morgan, Gavin Brown
Disclaimer
Although every effort is made to ensure that all information on this website is correct, the president (Editor) and individual members of the Gidgegannup Community Website (Publisher) cannot be made responsible for incorrect or out-of-date information nor for any direct or indirect damages resulting therefrom.
Also, every effort is made to acknowledge copyrighted material included in this site. Please advise us if you want your copyrighted material to be acknowledged or removed.
History
A website for Gidgegannup was identified as one of the aims in workshops undertaken by the City of Swan in Gidgegannup. This initiative had not progressed. So, in the Autumn of 2003, the Gidgegannup Progress Association with the backing of the Gidgegannup Agricultural Society, the Gidgegannup Recreation
Club and many other clubs in the area decided to make it reality. A grant from the City of Swan has made it possible to develop the site and subsequent grants from the City and EMRC contributed towards adding more information and additional features. In 2024 it became evident that the old coding used in the original website build had become unstable interacting with more recent updates of the WordPress software. In 2025 a complete rebuild of the website was undertaken as described above.
The purpose of this website is to have information about Gidgegannup and its history, and to have pages where the individual clubs in the district can put information about themselves, their committees, their meetings, their projects, and their upcoming events. There are also links to websites connected with Gidgegannup, e.g. to the City of Swan and the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council.
We believe this website should be a useful tool for communication in the community and also outside the community for those who want to know more about us – possibly because they wish to move to this area, for tourism purposes, or just to see what a place called Gidgegannup looks like.