Black and white photograph (from proof sheet of 35mm contact prints)eltham living and learning centre, activities, music

Two black and white photographs (from proof sheet of 35mm contact prints)eltham living and learning centre, activities, music

Black and white photograph (from proof sheet of contact prints)eltham living and learning centre, activities

Black and white photograph (from proof sheet of contact prints)eltham living and learning centre, activities

Black and white photograph (from proof sheet of contact prints)eltham living and learning centre, activities

Black and white photograph (from proof sheet of contact prints)eltham living and learning centre, activities

Black and white photograph (from proof sheet of contact prints)eltham living and learning centre, activities

Black and white photograph (from proof sheet of contact prints)eltham living and learning centre, activities

Two black and white photographs (from proof sheet of contact prints)eltham living and learning centre, activities

Tracey Naughton was the former Shire of Eltham Community Arts Officer and was responsible for developing the 'As We Are' project which encouraged a number of local community groups to develop banners. The Society was keen to be involved and the project was kicked off following a talk to the Society's members by Tracey in April 1986. The banner was completed and displayed with a number of other banners at the Eltham Community Centre in October 1986. It was then carried proudly for the first time in front of the Society's Parade Float in the 1986 Eltham Community Festival Parade and subsequent parades through to 1990. In December 1994 the Shire of Eltham ceased to exist and following council amalgamation and the establishment of the new Shire of Nillumbik, the Society's name (Shire of Eltham Historical Society) had become somewhat irrelevant and it was revised in 1995 to Eltham District Historical Society. The immediate downstream impact of this change was the rendering of the Society's Banner to history after only eight years of use. The banner now hangs proudly in our Local History Centre. The Historical Society Banner: Jud Degan worked with this group. The banner was designed by a male member and sewed by women. Sewing the banner renewed the group's knowledge of the area in an innovative way and, in turn, this has renewed the energy of the members to participate in the Society. The emphasis in this banner was to create a work of high standard which would last as part of the area's future heritage. The women particularly gained a sense of the history of their craft skills, enjoying the combination of hand embroidery and new machine embroidery skills shared by Jud. (The banner habits of the Eltham tribes : Eltham Shire "as we are" Community Banner Project report /​ by Jacky Talbot, Shire of Eltham, Feb. 1987, p49)Colour photographactivities, banner project, local history centre

Black and white photographeltham living and learning centre, activities, serendipity group 1987, betty dixon

Black and white photographeltham living and learning centre, activities, serendipity group 1987, betty dixon

Black and white photographeltham living and learning centre, activities, serendipity group 1987

Black and white photographeltham living and learning centre, activities, serendipity group 1987

Black and white photographeltham living and learning centre, activities, serendipity group 1987

Colour photographeltham living and learning centre, activities, serendipity group 1987

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsKodak GA 100 5095eltham living and learning centre, classroom activities

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsKodak GA 100 5095eltham living and learning centre, classroom activities

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsKodak GA 100 5095eltham living and learning centre, classroom activities

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsKodak GA 100 5095eltham living and learning centre, classroom activities

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsKodak GA 100 5095eltham living and learning centre, classroom activities

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsKodak GA 100 5095eltham living and learning centre, classroom activities

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsKodak GA 100 5095eltham living and learning centre, classroom activities

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsKodak GA 100 5095eltham living and learning centre, classroom activities

Two Colour photographs of hat making equipment,for Heritage Week display at the Local History Centre (former Courthouse), 728 Main Rod Eltham. (Home of Eltham District Historical Society) The equipment was used at the Hat Factory in Eltham which started in the 1940s. The equipment shown includes a mould for making felt hats, stud press, looping machine for berets and hand sewing machine for straw hats. Sign accompanying the display is hand written and reads: "Eltham has not generally been known for manufacturing industry. One factory which started in the 1940s was "the hat factory" in Sherbourne Rd. The equipment displayed here includes moulds for making felt hats, stud press, looping machines for berets, hand sewing machine for straw hats."heritage week, eltham, courthouse, hat factory, hat mould, activities

Display includes a program for Winter-Spring 1987.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 1 stripKodak GB 100 5096eltham living and learning centre, classes, activities, paintings

Display includes a program for Winter-Spring 1987.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 1 stripKodak GB 100 5096eltham living and learning centre, classes, activities, paintings

Display includes a program for Winter-Spring 1987.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 1 stripKodak GB 100 5096eltham living and learning centre, classes, activities, paintings

Display includes a program for Winter-Spring 1987.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 1 stripKodak GB 100 5096eltham living and learning centre, classes, activities, paintings

In 1940 Field Headquarters for the Kiewa Scheme were established at Bogong with office, workshop facilities and accommodation for workmen, staff and some families constructed. (There had been a 'tent camp' on this site in 1939 but was destroyed by bushfires) Construction of accommodation continued until 1947. A total of 40 houses plus a hostel for single staff, post office, police station, medical centre and primary school all with water and sewerage and electricity supply. The staff hostel was known as Kiewa House and is now occupied by the Education Department. Lake Guy was named after Mr. L.T. Guy who was the Resident Engineer in charge of construction work and associated activities on the Kiewa area. He held this position from 1939 to November 1946 when he was transferred to Head Office.The Bogong Township was developed firstly as an accommodation centre (base camp) for construction workers employed under the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme. Due to the influx of European workers into the Township the beautification of the immediate surrounds(gardens etc.) had a distinct European flavour. This environment has been very beneficial for tourism in later years. Strict environmental control has not allowed for any extensive redevelopment in tourist accommodation and basically restricted it to the accommodation initially built for the construction workers. Activities such a bike riding, snow skiing, restricted horse riding and bush walking on the Alpine plains and mountains are now a viable part of the Kiewa Valley Tourist Industry. The lake is one of the many water storage storage reservoirs used to supply the power stations their main power to run the huge turbines generating the final product, electricityThis black and white photograph shot from the shores of Lake Guy toward the mountain range of the Victorian Alps details the early construction of the construction worker's accommodation of the Bogong Village. The paper is of 200gms and is not photographic paper and can be assumed to be a reproduction of an original photobogong village circa 1930 to 1950, kiewa hydro-electricity scheme, victorian alpine region mid 1900s