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The '''Balwyn Progress Association''' was a community group of local residents and businesses to lobby for issues particular to the suburb of [[Balwyn]]. It was formed in 1916<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75165638 |title=BALWYN PROGRESS ASSOCIATION. |newspaper=[[The Reporter]] |volume=XXVII, |issue=23 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=16 June 1916 |accessdate=8 November 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> | |||
Lobbied for the split of [[North Ward]] into two to allow greater representation for the northern portions of the City of Camberwell.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article257153572 | |||
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===Proposed amalgamation=== | |||
An attempt was made in 1927 to consolidate the several splinter groups formed with similar aims in the Balwyn area. The [[Balwyn Ratepayers' League]] and the Progress Association attempted to merge, but differences of opinion between the two committees meant that this ended in failure.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article257217510 |title=BALWYN RATEPAYERS AND PROGRESS LEAGUES |newspaper=[[Box Hill Reporter]] |volume=XL, |issue=26 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=1 July 1927 |accessdate=8 November 2020 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> This event later sparked the formation of yet another local progress association in July 1928, when the [[Balwyn Citizens' Association]] was established.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article257220806 |title=BALWYN. |newspaper=[[Box Hill Reporter]] |volume=41, |issue=28 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=13 July 1928 |accessdate=8 November 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> | |||
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