Cumberland Grove Country Club
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Cumberland Grove Country Club formerly known as The Orange Grove Golf Club is located in Liverpool, Australia and is the new home to the Rale Rasic International Football Academy.
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[edit] Origins of Cumberland Grove
The origins of Cumberland Grove date back to the settlement of Liverpool, the 4th oldest town in Australia, founded on the 7th November, 1810. The Governor Of NSW, Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, CB instituted an order for grazing land to be given to Captain Eber Bunker on the outskirts of Liverpool.
Early industry included a tanning pit on Orange Grove Road across from the site of the Club. Captain Bunker (known as the "father of Australian Whaling"), also the owned the Collingwood Estates. One of the earliest shipbuilding yards was built on the river near its junction with Williams Creek, where ships of up to 40 tons were built approximately 1km from the Club.
[edit] Cumberland Grove during the 2nd World War
During the Second World War, the United States Army billeted black Soldiers across from the Club. Between 1942 and 1945: the 349th Quartermasters Quartermaster Truck Company; the 91st and 96th Engineer General Service Regiments; the 29th, 48th and the 92nd Quartermaster Truck Company; and the 810th and 811th Engineer Aviation Battalions were billeted on the Cumberland Grove site. There were also a group of black doctors and nurses under the command of Major Arthur Simmons, USAMC by late 1943.
[edit] Orange Grove Golf Club
Orange Grove Golf Club began in 1962 through the dissatisfaction of a few golfers over conditions at their club. They sought fresh fields and called a meeting, at which they unanimously voted to buy land and establish their own club.
[edit] The New Institute of Sport for Soccer in Australia
On the 16th August 2006, former Prime Minister and former Federal Member for Werriwa, The Honourable Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC launched Cumberland Grove Country Club which is to be turned into a $40,000,000 soccer football training complex for the children of Australia. Cumberland Grove became a reality through the efforts of Sydney businessman Edmond M Parilo and the international soccer legend and coach of the 1974 Socceroo's, Rale Rasic OAM Cumberland Grove is now the home of:
- Rale Rasic International Football Academy
- The Rale Rasic Goalkeeping Academy
- Southern Districts Soccer Football Association Headquarters
- The Inaugural Australian Football Museum
- Cafe Club 74
The Master of Ceremonies at the launch was Network 10 Reporter/Presenter Frank Coletta and saw 30 children from Southern Districts in their different uniforms playing soccer on the new fields. The launch was highly publicised throughout Australia by Network 10, Nine Network, SBS, the ABC, The Daily Telegraph and the Sydney Morning Herald.
