Eltham Community Festival, 4-13 August 1978 Newsletter No. 3 September 1978 Eltham Community Festival. This year’s Eltham Community Festival was held from August 4th to 13th. The society was involved with the Warrandyte Historical Society in arranging an exhibition at the Community Centre and also provided notes and a map for a self-guided walking tour of historic buildings and locations around Eltham. Copies of notes will continue to be available from the Eltham Shire Offices and the tour may be under-taken at any time. The exhibition was divided into two sections. The Eltham Society displayed early photographs associated with the walking tour, whilst the Warrandyte Society showed their photographs and artefacts of the Warrandyte gold era. An outstanding feature was the large "blow-up" photos of early Warrandyte. Colour photographeltham, main road, eltham festival, alan whitmore estate agents, shell service station, mount pleasant road, parade, parade float, wingrove park, apex

Eltham Community Festival, 4-13 August 1978 Newsletter No. 3 September 1978 Eltham Community Festival. This year’s Eltham Community Festival was held from August 4th to 13th. The society was involved with the Warrandyte Historical Society in arranging an exhibition at the Community Centre and also provided notes and a map for a self-guided walking tour of historic buildings and locations around Eltham. Copies of notes will continue to be available from the Eltham Shire Offices and the tour may be under-taken at any time. The exhibition was divided into two sections. The Eltham Society displayed early photographs associated with the walking tour, whilst the Warrandyte Society showed their photographs and artefacts of the Warrandyte gold era. An outstanding feature was the large "blow-up" photos of early Warrandyte. Colour photographeltham, main road, eltham festival, alan whitmore estate agents, shell service station, mount pleasant road, parade, parade float, wingrove park, !st eltham scouts

Eltham Community Festival, 4-13 August 1978 Newsletter No. 3 September 1978 Eltham Community Festival. This year’s Eltham Community Festival was held from August 4th to 13th. The society was involved with the Warrandyte Historical Society in arranging an exhibition at the Community Centre and also provided notes and a map for a self-guided walking tour of historic buildings and locations around Eltham. Copies of notes will continue to be available from the Eltham Shire Offices and the tour may be under-taken at any time. The exhibition was divided into two sections. The Eltham Society displayed early photographs associated with the walking tour, whilst the Warrandyte Society showed their photographs and artefacts of the Warrandyte gold era. An outstanding feature was the large "blow-up" photos of early Warrandyte. Colour photographeltham, main road, eltham festival, alan whitmore estate agents, shell service station, mount pleasant road, parade, parade float, wingrove park

Eltham Community Festival, 4-13 August 1978 Newsletter No. 3 September 1978 Eltham Community Festival. This year’s Eltham Community Festival was held from August 4th to 13th. The society was involved with the Warrandyte Historical Society in arranging an exhibition at the Community Centre and also provided notes and a map for a self-guided walking tour of historic buildings and locations around Eltham. Copies of notes will continue to be available from the Eltham Shire Offices and the tour may be under-taken at any time. The exhibition was divided into two sections. The Eltham Society displayed early photographs associated with the walking tour, whilst the Warrandyte Society showed their photographs and artefacts of the Warrandyte gold era. An outstanding feature was the large "blow-up" photos of early Warrandyte. Colour photographeltham, main road, eltham festival, alan whitmore estate agents, shell service station, mount pleasant road, parade, parade float, wingrove park

Eltham Community Festival, 4-13 August 1978 Newsletter No. 3 September 1978 Eltham Community Festival. This year’s Eltham Community Festival was held from August 4th to 13th. The society was involved with the Warrandyte Historical Society in arranging an exhibition at the Community Centre and also provided notes and a map for a self-guided walking tour of historic buildings and locations around Eltham. Copies of notes will continue to be available from the Eltham Shire Offices and the tour may be under-taken at any time. The exhibition was divided into two sections. The Eltham Society displayed early photographs associated with the walking tour, whilst the Warrandyte Society showed their photographs and artefacts of the Warrandyte gold era. An outstanding feature was the large "blow-up" photos of early Warrandyte. Colour photographeltham, main road, eltham festival, alan whitmore estate agents, shell service station, mount pleasant road, parade, parade float, wingrove park

Folder of information on Percy Leason, Artist, Cartoonist, Historian, Anthropologist, Eltham, 1930s. 1. Photo: ANOTHER WIREGRASS PROBLEM: A well known artist who has gone to the bush to be alone with Nature, is discovered, By Percy Leason 2. Photo: SCENE DURING THE EIGHT HOURSS' DAY SPORTS AT WIREGRASS, By Percy Leason 3. Photo: "FIRE!": "An unfortunate occurrence. When the members of the Wiregrass Fire Brigade assembled at the Fire Station last evening for their weekly practice, they were horrified to discover that the building was on fire." - WIREGRASS WEEKLY CLARION, By Percy Leason 4. Photocopy: "Goliath and the Prodigal David" by Percy Leason 1931 5. Photocopy: "Yes you are improving the place. I'll have to increase your rent." by Percy Leason 1933 6. Photocopy: Cartoon by Percy Leason 1931 7. Photocopy: Cartoon by Percy Leason 8. LEASON, Percy Alexander, Painter and Illustrator; Who's Who in Australia, XIVth Edition 1950 9. LEASON, Percy Alexander, Painter and Illustrator; Who's Who in Australia, date unknown 10. Percy Leason 1889-1959 11. LEASON, Percy Alexander, 1889-1959, Painter and Illustrator 12. Percy Leason: Artist, cartoonist and Historian, by L.J. Blake, B.A., B.Ed., M.A.C.E. (President of the R.H.S.V.); An Address to the Society on Tuesday evening 27 August 1968; The Victorian Historical Magazine, pp 158-180 13. Catalogue: The Percy Leason Collection on view in The la Trobe Library 20 September - 29 October 1971 14. Invitation: Christmas Exhibition, The Wiregrass Gallery, 4 December 1977 15. Newspaper clipping: Artist's retreat, 1980 16. Newspaper clipping: Sharper than snapshots by Giles Auty; Arts, Review, The Weekend Australian, November 13-14, 1999 17. Works by Percy leason held by Castlemaine Art Museum, October 2018alan whitmore estate agents, biography, eltham*, exhibition catalogue, la trobe library, landscape, percy leason, rhsv, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, wiregrass gallery

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