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VOLUNTEERING is second nature to Lorraine Joan Harvey.<\/p>\n
When she was just 11, she was offering her services as a cadet for St. John Ambulance. Since then, she has given her time at Ballarat Secondary College, the Royal South Street Society, Ballarat Lyric Theatre, BLOC Music Theatre and more.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was raised this way. I\u2019m used to working for free,\u201d she said. \u201cI used to work at the mixed business with my mother, I wasn\u2019t paid then either.\u201d<\/p>\n
On top of this extensive resume, Ms Harvey has spent her entire life collecting a comprehensive photographic history of Ballarat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would walk around town and if I saw a monument I liked, snap. If I saw a house I liked, snap,\u201d she said. \u201cOn one walk I used nearly six rolls of film.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there\u2019s no silly people like me who go around taking photos of everything, then how will future generations know what Lake Wendouree looked like when I was younger?\u201d<\/p>\n
She has also worked tirelessly with the history and archives committee of the South Street Society, where she assembled an impressive portfolio, capturing the history of the society over many decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love ballet and the arts, so helping to maintain this history wasn\u2019t a chore for me,\u201d she said. \u201cThe RSSS also granted me a life membership, which was very flattering,\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Harvey\u2019s voluntary nature and photographic talent is what\u2019s earned her a spot as one of Zonta Ballarat\u2019s Great Women for 2020.<\/p>\n
However, her modesty caused for some hesitation with accepting the nomination.<\/p>\n
\u201cBragging about achievements just isn\u2019t me, I think my kids don\u2019t even know some of the awards I\u2019ve gotten over the years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Despite Ms Harvey\u2019s humbleness, her volunteer work has earned her countless awards and prizes.<\/p>\n
While working with St. John Ambulance in the 1960s, she received a badge for 200 hours of public duty.<\/p>\n
She was granted the Michael Ronaldson Award for her volunteer work within the former Ballarat Secondary College Norman Street campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cVolunteering has been a big part of my life, it\u2019s important to live a charitable life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ms Harvey also held a leadership role within the Scouts movement, where she received many honours and praises.<\/p>\n
In 1991, she found work as a photojournalist for the movement\u2019s newspaper, The Nugget<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cI enjoyed the work, but found it a bit hard, so I decided to begin studying VCE English as a mature age student,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe kids at the school saw me as a bit of a \u2018mum-figure\u2019, as I\u2019d usually spend my morning tea in the staff room with the teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n Ms Harvey was first introduced to photography by her future father-in-law, who would fly over Ballarat in an airplane and take photos of the township from above.<\/p>\n She would also \u201ccarry the bags\u201d for her husband Lloyd, while he photographed weddings and debutante balls.<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t until around the nineties that I started photographing those celebrations myself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Her appreciation for camerawork has allowed her to travel across the state to judge photographic competitions.<\/p>\n \u201cI usually try to be more positive with my feedback, I like to be a nice judge,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Now, Ms Harvey has joined the History of Buninyong study group at U3A and has retired from her work at NL Harvey and Sons photo shop alongside her husband.<\/p>\n She shares her photo collections with relevant groups and organisations, as to help preserve and add to the city\u2019s cultural heritage.<\/p>\n \u201cBallarat is constantly changing. Not many people know that there was a zoo around Lake Wendouree, for example. That\u2019s why I take my photos, it\u2019s very important to me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" VOLUNTEERING is second nature to Lorraine Joan Harvey. When she was just 11, she was offering her services as a cadet for St. John Ambulance. Since then, she has given her time at Ballarat Secondary College, the Royal South Street Society, Ballarat Lyric Theatre, BLOC Music Theatre and more. \u201cI was raised this way. I\u2019m […]<\/p>\n