Taken during a flood in the late 1960s, showing parts of both old and new bridge across the Plenty River, kiosk and Fitton house.Three photographs, with negatives and covering letter from Tony Fitton, with handwritten descriptive lettergreensborough, plenty river greensborough, fitton family

Two women are standing at the railway crossing gates, ready to open or close the gates [Possibly Iredale family?]. Originally thought to be the rail crossing at Grimshaw Street and Old Greensborough Road. In 2023, there is doubt that this is the case due to the double rail line and building in background. Please contact the Society if you have any idea where this is located.Copy of photo of railway gates. Sepia.On back: "Godwill from Val Wilson"railway gates, rail crossing, iredale

A collection of stories about Greensborough and surrounding areas, transcribed by hand. Most stories were originally published elsewhere and collected by Mrs Fort. Some stories have been expanded by Mrs Fort with her knowledge of the history of Greensborough and its pioneer families.Contains information on many early families, both from Mrs Fort's memories and research into family history.Spiral bound notebook, bright pink cover. 128 handwritten pages. Handwritten text throughout.maygar family, partington family, whatmough family, medhurst family, greensborough, pioneers

A young Mrs Greenwood is seen posing with two apples; an older Miss Gladys Greenwood (daughter of Mrs Greenwood) is seen at a celebration. The Greenwood family share farmed with the Bosch family.The area of Greensborough along the Plenty River was known for its orchards, which might explain why Mrs Greenwood is photographed holding the apples.Digital copy of one black and white photograph and one colour photograph.greenwood, gladys greenwood

Records Department Glenelg Shire CouncilWith compliments ephemera Henty plough and painting, signed by A.C. Pearse, (donor of plough). Made from light card, there is a picture of the Henty plough in the top right hand corner of ephemera. Main picture below has two men, one holding the plough being pulled by cows, and the other holding a shepherds crook.Hand written copied message in black writing 'Souvenir of the old Henty Plow. This Old Plow was brought out from Scotland by Edward Henty and turned the first sod of Victorian soil at Portland in the year 1834. With the Compliments of HUDSONS STORES PTY. LTD. 655 BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE'. Blue ink signature located at the lower middle part 'A.C. Pearse'. The word 'Director' hand written in black next to the signature.henty plough

Children playing outside Greensborough and District Poultry Co-op. Photograph from the collection of Elaine Drakeford (nee Roberts). [Refer to Frye Family for more Co-Op details]. This building was sited in the Watsonia Army Camp (hence the building looks like an old army hut).Digital copy of black and white photograph.elaine drakeford, greensborough poultry co op, poultry farm

Copy of sketch of William Poulter's property "Bonnie Vale". William Poulter and his wife Mary arrived in Victoria in 1849 and settled in Greensborough in 1853, constructing "Bonnie Vale" soon after their arrival. The old house was completely destroyed by fire circa 1960. Bonnie Vale, if existent in modern times would have been found in south eastern centre of Poulter Reserve, over the Plenty River is the house property known as 'Blackjack' on 59 Hume Street.Greensborough pioneer family Digital copy of black and white sketch.

Photograph of Watsonia Garage, early 20th century. Shows old style petrol pumps and 'grain and produce' sign. Owned and operated by R.F.Watson.Digital copy of black and white photograph.watsonia garage, r f watson, watsonia

Two women are standing at the railway crossing gates, ready to open or close the gates [Possibly Iredale family?]. Originally thought to be the rail crossing at Grimshaw Street and Old Greensborough Road. In 2023, there is doubt that this is the case due to the double rail line and building in background. Please contact the Society if you have any idea where this is located.Digital copy of black and white photograph.railway gates, iredale

Photograph of Greensborough Primary School, Grimshaw Street with Diamond Valley Arts Society sign. The Arts Society used rooms in the original building at the school until rising student numbers meant that the old classrooms were needed again.Digital copy of colour photograph.greensborough primary school, diamond valley arts society

Jessie Partington was born at Willis Vale in 1911 and worked around the farm; when older she and her sisters had to deliver milk around the area from the farm dairy. Jessie attended Greensborough Primary School and from age 4 had piano and singing lessons. Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.jessie partington, jessie scholes, jessie angus

Photograph of old bluestone bridge over the Plenty River in Greensborough. This photo is from the Lorraine Coates Collection.Digital copy of black and white photograph.plenty river greensborough, bluestone bridge greensborough

Photograph of the home of the Thomas family. Mavis Solum (nee Thomas) provided the photograph to accompany an oral history, published in "As I Recall".Digital copy of black and white photograph.Written on photograph: "Part of our old home now Kurrajong Avenue - Thomas"mavis solum, solum family

Two women are standing at the railway crossing gates, ready to open or close the gates [Possibly Iredale family?]. Originally thought to be the rail crossing at Grimshaw Street and Old Greensborough Road. In 2023, there is doubt that this is the case due to the double rail line and building in background. Please contact the Society if you have any idea where this is located.Digital copy of black and white photograph.rail crossing, iredale

Part of a collection of photographs owned by Dorris McLaughlin who was born in Greensborough, in 1899 to John McLaughlin and Rosalie Ellen Whatmough. The collection contains photographs of friends and relatives from the Greensborough and Eltham areas. This photograph shows the old farmhouse at John McLaughlin's Eltham property.Digital copy of black and white photograph.dorris mclaughlin, john mclaughlin, eltham

John Blackbourn, born 1936; taken at corner of Old Eltham Road and Main Street. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, john blackbourn

Photograph of old bridge over Plenty River, date unknown.Digital copy of black and white photograph.plenty river

Plenty River in flood at old Greensborough bridge.Digital copy of black and white photograph.plenty river, floods

St Katherine's Church St Helena was built by Major Anthony Beale pioneer settler of the area, and named after his wife. The original church was damaged by fire in February 1957 and rebuilt shortly after. The accompanying article describes the "quaint old village of Greensborough" and an excursion to the churchyard at St Helena. Refer to article by Eileen Fortescue in The Argus Newspaper Saturday 19/3/1932 Page 8.These photos are significant as they were taken before the fire and there are few photographs of the original church. Set of 4 postcards (9x14cm), one photograph (10x16cm), one photograph (16x11cm). All show views of St Katherine's Church St Helena. Also an A4 copy of a magazine article about St Helena.Each image has a caption and date on the back.st katherines church, st helena, anthony beale, rose chapel

News article relating the opening of a 'gold mining' site and wooden train at Westerfolds Park.Photocopy of article from Diamond Valley News 1985. Includes photograph of children on miniature train.westerfolds park, gold mine, parks, playgrounds, george haslam, yarra river

The Old Melbourne Gaol was built in 1841 and is presently under the care of the National Trust of Victoria. This book describes the history of the gaol and penal life in the 19th century.20 page book. Black and white illustrations. Cover includes a photograph of the interior of the Old Melbourne Gaol.old melbourne gaol, melbourne, gaols, jails, national trust of victoria

Details some of the Partington family's time at Willis Vale. Part 3 in a series of articles written by Helen Gillman from interviews with Alan Partington.Willis Vale was built in 1839 from locally sourced hand made bricks. Originally the Meaghers (Maygars) lived there and later the Partingtons.A 2 page photocopy of an article in the Diamond Valley News dated March 13 1984.partington, willis vale, greensborough, orchards, wood cutting, the great depression

Tells the story of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Diamond Valley Football League. In particular it centres on Jim Medhurst the only former player present from the Greensborough team that won the inaugural 1921 premiership. Jim Medhurst's ancestors were a pioneering family in the district. His father played football for the Old Brittanias, a fore runner of the Collingwood Football Club.A photocopy of a newspaper clipping, a coloured photograph of the Medhursts c 1971 and a gilt and blue coloured metal badge.Some pencil markings in photocopy.greensborough football club, diamond valley football league, golden jubilee, jim medhurst, joe poulter, dvfl, 1921, 1926

Diamond Valley Sketchbook, written by Brian McKinlay with drawings by Graham Hawley. Cover the area surrounding the Diamond Valley from Heidelberg to Mernda.A sketch book featuring landmarks around the Diamond Valley area in 1973. Many of these no longer exist.A 63 page hard back book with a map of the area covered by the book printed in blue in the inner covers. Three copies have a dust jacket printed in blue with title details, whilst the actual book cover lacks any detail. 4 copies.Some pencil markings in the inside cover.diamond valley, griffin house, rosehill, austin hospital, banyule house, trestle bridge eltham, shillinglaw cottage, montsalvat, old england hotel, eltham primary school, sweeney's cottage, pound bend tunnel, weller's pub, the eltham barrel, hassall's gallery, st katherine's chapel, yan yean reservoir, mernda hotel

A family history written by George Arthur Iredale, mainly from recollections from his own life. He delves into the early days when the Iredales first arrived in Greensborough and expands his story with subsequent generations of the Iredale family.The Iredale family are Greensborough pioneers, in the area from the 1850s.18 typed pages.iredale family, george arthur iredale, sarah hurst, james iredale, george gilding

Information and sketches of 29 Victorian country hotels.64 p., illus.hotels

The article was written by Linley Hartley on the reminiscences of Lorraine Coates (nee Poulter) of her life in Greensborough. There are a lot of references to her ancestral families, particularly the Poulters and also the Roys and Hewitts. The article also refers to Lorraine's family activities during World War 2 in Richmond.Poulters, Roys and Hewitts were all local pioneer families.An A3 sized photocopy of a Diamond Valley News story. Includes photograph of Lorraine Coates and two scenes of 'old' Greensborough. Copy 2 of Item 177.Some minor biro marks

The Butterworth family were a Greensborough pioneer family and later owned the Greensborough newsagency. Photograph of the combined Hewitt/Keys family on 21/08/1912 at Edith’s wedding at the Old England Hotel Heidelberg. Back row from left: Nellie Butterworth (nee Hewitt), Ethel Keys, Edith Tyrell (nee Keys), Zillah Mehegan (nee Keys), Amelia Roy (nee Hewitt). Front row from left: Mabel Keys, Edward Keys, Myrtle Keys, Eliza Keys (nee Joyce), Lila Keys. Digital copy of black and white photograph.butterworth family, hewitt family, keys family

Photograph of old fire fighting equipment.Digital copy of colour photograph

Built circa 1930s this timber house has 6 rooms and fronts Poulter Avenue Greensborough. It was for sale in 2015 and photographs were taken by a GHS member.These older home sites are being redeveloped and photos give some idea of how Greensborough looked in the early 20th century.Digital copy of colour photograph of advertising.Description of house for sale.poulter avenue