About

The Bundeena Progress Association is an apolitical, not-for-profit community organisation that strives to build a strong, forward looking, connected, inclusive and caring community. The objectives of the association are to:

1. Foster activities that build social connections and enrich the social, cultural and creative life of the local community

2. Provide a forum for debate and consensus building on local issues

3. Advocate for the interests of the local community, particularly in dealings with government and government agencies

4. Protect and enhance the environmental and cultural heritage values of the local area

5. Improve local infrastructure and the delivery of services to our local communities

The BPA is an incorporated association run by an elected committee of up to 7 members, comprised of a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and other general members.

Our constitution is our principal governing document, complemented by a set of legally binding by-laws which give effect to subordinate rules consistent with those in the constitution.

BPA members and volunteers are bound by the association's Code of Conduct.

Bundeena District Progress Association was founded on Australia Day 1940 "for the Progress and Preservation of the Natural Beauty of Jibbon, Bundeena and Simpson’s Bay". From that date it has fought many battles for the improvement of the village.

The Bundeena Progress Association (BPA) has an impressive record as a community-based agent of change. In 2003, in a local newspaper interview, a newly elected Sutherland Shire Councillor for Bundeena and Maianbar said, "Bundeena is fortunate in having an active Progress Association’"

Many people have worked through the BPA for a better Bundeena. They love and recognise the ‘specialness’ of Bundeena. They promote and protect the town tirelessly, realising that this specialness could easily be destroyed. They are activists for infrastructure, for the things that make the place work. And they are stewards protecting what is special; through development control planning, liaison with all levels of government, and providing a receptive ear for the concerns and complaints of locals.

It is remarkable how many of the services and institutions that Bundeena residents now take for granted owe their origins, in one way or another, to the efforts of the BPA. These achievements include major infrastructure such as electricity, drainage, sanitation, telephone services, water supply, sealed roads and bridges. They also extend to community facilities – the Tennis Club, sporting grounds, the original Bundeena Masons’ Association Hall in Brighton Street, the Fire Brigade, the Bowling Club, the Community Centre, and the school.