6 April 1973
Reference from NSW Stipendiary Magistrate Rex B. Butler based in Albury. References working with disadvantaged children, inmates at Beechworth Training Prison (all voluntary), and a deep concern for drug and alcohol abuse in the Albury Wodonga community as evidenced by his volunteer work on the Albury Wodonga Health & Drug Education Committee. The following year Shane Stone agreed to appointment as an honorary unpaid Probation Officer in the State of Victoria to further his work with former prisoners.