The land situated on the northwest corner of Main Road and Brougham Street was originally owned by Justus Jorgensen of Montsalvat. He sold the property and it was purchased for Mobil Service Station (since demolished in the 1990s). This photo was taken by Council in response to a request from the garage proprietor to cut down the trees, presumably based on a claim of visibility. Council's investigation indicated the trees on either corner did not impede visibility which was reported in Council minute 23 Nov 1959.Record of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.infrastructure, shire of eltham, 1959-11-12, brougham steet, avenue of honour, eltham, main road, mobil service station, trees

The land situated on the northwest corner of Main Road and Brougham Street was originally owned by Justus Jorgensen of Montsalvat. He sold the property and it was purchased for Mobil Service Station (since demolished in the 1990s). This photo was taken by Council in response to a request from the garage proprietor to cut down the trees, presumably based on a claim of visibility. Council's investigation indicated the trees on either corner did not impede visibility which was reported in Council minute 23 Nov 1959.Record of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.infrastructure, shire of eltham, 1959-11-12, brougham steet, avenue of honour, eltham, main road, mobil service station, trees

Vol. 1, No. 1 November 1996 CONTENTS REFORMIST?: Barbara Kruger comes to the Museum of Modern Art at Heide 3 FESTIVALS Nillumbik festival celebrates our lifestyle in food, wine, music and art 5 WRITERS WEEK Barry Dickens and Judy Jacques on Ruckers Hill present the "word" in all its possibilities 8 EMERGING ARTISTS Nillumbik presents a new wave of visual artists 11 SHORT STORY Extract from a novel in progress by Jon Weaving 12 POETRY Tribute to Myra Skipper 16 HERITAGE TRAIL Youth of Eltham research local history 1 8 SCULPTURE Akira Takizawa's search for harmony 22 WRITER'S JOURNEY A writer overcomes a nightmare 24 SCIENCE AND ART Pamela Conder analyses nature 26 ARTS BALL Jazz greats come to town 27 HISTORY IN PRINTS Australia's forgotten war artist 28 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market.

Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists."
 - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) 1996, adam simmons, akira takizawa, alison cassidy, alistair knox park, allwood house, alvaro castagnet, angels of soul, anita hustas, anna kelly, anne curry, arts ball, avenue of honour, barbara kruger, barry dickens, batacuda, belli, belly dance and drumming group, betty rowland, bike paths, bits & pieces, blair fraser, blue tongue, bridge street, bulleen art & garden centre, bulleen nursery, bux, caffe poco, cal martin, carla cordeiro, cate bailey, charles morris, charlie dowley, chris hooke, chris kandis, chute street, circus in a suitcase, crucial kick, deirdre o'reilly, diamond creek, diamond valley big band, edna kenny, ellis cottage, eltham arts council, eltham cemetery, eltham courthouse, eltham festival, eltham high school stage and jazz band, eltham high school, eltham library, eltham people's choir, eltham symphonica band, eltham war memorial building, eltham wiregrass gallery, eucalypso, fay alexander jenkins, fiona furphy, firefly, food for all seasons, friends of the earth forest action fund, gavan gray, gene strode, geoff braithwaite, geoff kluke, george kirov, gil askey, golden cascades, graeme barker and the cats, greg o'leary, harry gilham, helen o'grady children's drama academy, heritage trail, hurstbridge goldworks gallery, italian women's choir, jackie gaudion, jackie stojznova, jacqueline gawler, janine james, jarrold cottage, jay atwill, jazz band ball, jerry hughes, jock ryan, john rasmussen, jon weaving, joseph zbukvic, joy ness, judy jacques, judy racz, jules burns, june cugola, kate jones, kavisha mazzella, kevin spearey, les gyori, lisa walker, lothlorian, louise jade, magwal, margie allan, margie lou dyer, margo barrett, mary burns, masquerade ball, melody james and friends, mermaid in the well, michael eames, michael murray, michele lonsdale, monique di mattina, montsalvat, myra skipper, nell frysteen, nerida kirov, nicole o'connor, nillumbik emerging artists exhibition, nillumbik festival, nola spence, ona henderson, opportunity shop, our lady of help christians church, pamela conder, parafinallen, patrick mccauley, peter burns, peter dougherty, pond, road, robbie greig, roger shuttleworth, ron hanson, rory cole, ross hannaford, ross needham, ruckers hill, sanctuary, scott griffiths, shep huntly, shillinglaw cottage, shire of nillumbik, shoestring, sigmund jorgensen, silvio apponyi, spindrift, st margarets anglican church, stebbing cottage, steve sedergreen, susan street, sweeney, syd tunn, tennis-courts, terry cole, the great gizmo, the picture, theo scharf, thermal skunkrust, untitled scraper board, victorian artists supplies, war artist, warrandyte, westgarth writers' week, wingrove cottage, wolfgangs palace theatre troupe, women's circus, yarra plenty rock gospel choir, you did alright kid, art streams

In 1983, the National Trust advised the Shire of Eltham that it was investigating a number of trees within the shire which had been nominated for recording the Register of Significant Trees of Victoria. The trees involved were described in the Shire of Eltham Historical Society Newsletter No. 29, March 1983 as follows:- 1. Eucalyptus melliadora (Yellow box) . a) An outstanding mature specimen 42 metres high in Laughing Waters Road, Eltham. b) Another mature specimen in Arthurs Creek road, Hurstbridge is reported to be the tree under which the bushranger Robert Bourke was tied after he shot and killed Henry Hurst in 1866 . 2. Quercus robur (English Oak). a) "Donaldson's Oak", Donaldsons Road, Kangaroo Ground was planted by John Donaldson from seed collected from Windsor Great Park in 1878. b) "Wippells Oak". This now misshapen tree is located on the St. Andrews Road near the Kangaroo Ground Fire Station. Its origins may have been similar to Donaldson's Oak, and as a young tree it apparently slipped from higher up the hill during wet weather. Both oaks are of local historical importance. 3. Eucalyptus globulus (Blue Gum). A large mature specimen at the corner of the Kangaroo Ground-St. Andrews Road and Bakehouse Road, Panton Hill. 4. Plantanas acerifolia (Plane tree) A number of trees forming the Avenue of Honour to Eltham's First World War soldiers along Main Road between Dalton and Pitt Streets, Eltham. 5. Pinus canariensis (Canary Island Pine), Pinus pinea, (Stone pine) and Cedras altlantica, (Cedar) These trees are located at the Hurst family graves in the grounds of the Hurstbridge Pre-school Centre. In 1991 the Shire of Eltham introduced controls into its planning scheme to protect sites of architectural, historic or conservation interest and significant trees. The controls were approved by the Minister for Planning and Housing. As advised in the Shire of Eltham Historical Society Newsletter No. 78, May 1991, a planning permit is required to demolish or alter any listed building or to destroy, lop or remove any listed tree. Provision is made for comments to be obtained from the National Trust or Historic Buildings Council in considering any applications. The buildings and trees listed were: Buildings: 250 Bolton Street Eltham (former Walter Withers home) "Rosehill" - Bonds Road Lower Plenty St Andrews Church of England - St Andrews "Montsalvat" - Hillcrest Avenue Eltham St Margarets Church and former vicarage - Pitt Street Eltham Presbyterian Church - Kangaroo Ground Parks and Environment Office (former police quarters) Main Road Eltham Former Court House - Main Road Eltham "Shillinglaw Cottage" - Main Road Eltham "The Robins" - Kangaroo Ground Road Warrandyte Trees: "Donaldsons Oak" - Donaldsons Road Kangaroo Ground Yellow Box - Laughing Waters Road Eltham Yellow Box - Arthurs Creek Road Hurstbridge Wippells Oak - St Andrews Road Kanqaroo Road Pines and Cedar - Hurst family cemetery Greysharps Road Hurstbridge Yellow Box - Parsons Road Eltham A large Blue Gum at Panton Hill has been listed but has recently died (1991). In 1993 work by Council Parks and Environment staff and volunteers resulted in the preparation of a Significant Tree Register listing forty-one trees or groups of trees. According to Shire of Eltham Historical Society Newsletter No. 91, March 1993, a similar number remained to be assessed for inclusion in the register. There is a wide range of indigenous and planted trees on private and public land and extending through the Shire of Eltham from Lower Plenty to Kinglake. Most can be viewed from publicly accessible locations. The Significant Tree Register lists 41 trees or groups of trees throughout the Shire. It contains a wide range of naturally occurring and planted trees. They have been assessed according to eleven criteria including size, age, rarity, historical value and the like. The list includes large old Red Gums at Lower Plenty, historic Oaks at Kangaroo Ground and Mountain Ash at Kinglake. The register includes a set of slides showing each tree. Garry Bartlett of the Council's Parks and Environment Section and Faye Shepherd were extensively involved in establishment of the register (Newsletter No. 93, November 1993). In 1999 Niliumbik planners prepared an amendment to the Planning Scheme to provide protection for approximately 200 of the places listed in the heritage studies and also in the Significant Tree Register commenced by the Eltham Council (Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 127, July 1999. In 2004, The Register of Significant Trees was presented to the Eltham District Historical Society by Nillumbik Shire Council as part of a wider collection of of its memorabilia of the former Eltham Shire Council (EDHS Newsletter No. 159, July 2004. Album of loose handmade paper sheets contained within a handmade slip cover constructed of handcrafted card with encapsulated flora material (flowers, vines, ferns) and tinted. Each page also contains an embedded/adhered fern leaf also tinted with lacqueur or similar, text as appropriate in ink by hand calligraphy. Each page also has a white protective sheet cut to size and adhered to back surface with sticky tape and folded over face of page. Pages variously have photographs and coloured masks adhered with a gum resin. Over time much of this resin has let go and photos/masks have been reattached using acid free archival safe adhesive. 15 pages 41 x 29 cm inclusive of 3 blank pages. Slip case 42 x 30 x 1 cm; face cover of slip case has broken off at left hand margin as insufficient depth/flexibility for contents.arthurs creek road, blue gum (eucalyptus globulus), canary island pine (pinus canariensis), couties road, donaldsons oak, donaldsons road, eltham, english oak (quercus robur), eucalyptus melliodora, graysharps road, hurst tree, hurstbridge, ironbark (eucalyptus tricarpa), ironbark hill, kangaroo ground, kangaroo ground-kinglake road, laughing waters road, panton hill hotel, panton hill, parsons road, significant trees register, sonia van bodegraven, sonjart, stone pine (pinus pinea). atlantic cedar (cedrus atlantica), wippells oak, yellow box gum (eucalyptus melliodora), yellow box gum

Eltham Gateway, Andresen McCarthy Partners, 714 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, eltham district historical society, main road, andresen mccarthy partners, avenue of honour, eltham gateway

Eltham Gateway, Andresen McCarthy Partners, 714 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, eltham district historical society, main road, andresen mccarthy partners, avenue of honour, eltham gateway

Eltham Gateway, Andresen McCarthy Partners, 714 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, eltham district historical society, main road, andresen mccarthy partners, avenue of honour, eltham gateway

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Eltham Gateway, Intersection of Napoleon Street and Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, eltham district historical society, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, napoleon street

Eltham Gateway, View south from Napoleon StreetTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, eltham district historical society, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway

Eltham Gateway, Eltham Clinic, 700 Main Road, ElhamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, eltham district historical society, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, eltham clinic

Eltham Gateway, Former Head Master's residence, now Administration, Eltham Primary School 209, 66 Dalton Street, Eltham at the corner of Main RoadTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, eltham district historical society, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, eltham primary school, state school no. 209, headmaster's residence

Eltham Gateway, Former Head Master's residence, now Administration, Eltham Primary School 209, 66 Dalton Street, Eltham at the corner of Main RoadTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, eltham district historical society, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, eltham primary school, state school no. 209, headmaster's residence

Eltham Gateway, Eltham Clinic, 700 Main Road, Elham viewed from Dalton StreetTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, dalton street, eltham clinic

Eltham Gateway, Eltham Primary School 209 from carpark on Main RoadTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, dalton street, eltham primary school, state school no. 209

Eltham Gateway, 674 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway

Eltham Gateway, Wingrove Cottage (c.1856), 672 Main Road, Eltham Now a business centre and location of Dwelling on Design, Cameron Construction, My ChiropracticTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, cameron construction, dwelling on design, my chiropractic, wingrove cottage

Eltham Gateway, Wingrove Cottage (c.1856), 672 Main Road, Eltham Now a business centre and location of Dwelling on Design, Cameron Construction, My ChiropracticTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, cameron construction, dwelling on design, my chiropractic, wingrove cottage

Eltham Gateway, Wingrove Cottage (c.1856), 672 Main Road, Eltham Now a business centre and location of Dwelling on Design, Cameron Construction, My ChiropracticTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, cameron construction, dwelling on design, my chiropractic, wingrove cottage

Eltham Gateway, Wingrove Cottage (c.1856), 672 Main Road, Eltham Now a business centre and location of Dwelling on Design, Cameron Construction, My ChiropracticTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, cameron construction, dwelling on design, my chiropractic, wingrove cottage

Eltham Gateway, Wingrove Mews, 670 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, wingrove mews

Eltham Gateway, Wingrove Mews, 670 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, wingrove mews

Eltham Gateway, Masci Hair and spa, 668 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, masci hair and spa

Eltham Gateway, Masci Hair and spa, 668 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, masci hair and spa

Eltham Gateway, 666 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway

Eltham Gateway, Webster Survey Group, 662 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, webster survey group

Eltham Gateway, Webster Survey Group, 662 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, webster survey group

Eltham Gateway, Eltham Physiotherapy & Sports Injuries, 660 Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, eltham physiotherapy & sports injuries

Eltham Gateway, Shell Coles Express Service Station and K-Mart Auto, cnr Mount Pleasant Road and Main Road, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, shell service station

Eltham Gateway, Eltham Veterinary Practice, 644 Main Rd, ElthamTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, avenue of honour, eltham gateway, eltham veterinary practice, mount pleasant road