Henry Joseph Croucher lived in Dederang until 1947 when he died.This history mentions many Kiewa Valley families and places and gives an insight into the life of someone living in the Kiewa Valley in the first half of the 20th century.Four handwritten pages entitled Henry Joseph Croucher who lived in Dederang in the Kiewa Valley.henry croucher, dederang

Gramophone cylinders, blue. 6 grooves on interior stored in cardboard round container with detachable lid. Edison Blue Amberol Record, made and sold by National Phonograph Co. at Orange N.J. U.S.A. 3200 The Valley of Love. Ansonia Instrumental Quartette. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, gramophone cylinder, edison blue amberol record, edison record, national phonograph co, the valley of love, ansonia instrumental quartette

Advertisement for Diamond Valley Trophy Centre of Boyce Avenue Greensborough. Copied from a Diamond Valley Football League football record from 1977. In 2020, Diamond Valley Trophy Centre operates from Beewar Street Greensborough.Digital copy of advertisement from booklet.diamond valley football league, diamond valley trophy centre, boyce avenue briar hill, beewar street greensborough

The Lagoon Hotel was built in Kiewa in 1859 by James Lawson. It consisted of an inn and attached store. In marh\ch 1871, the Kiewa Post Office was opened at Lawson's Lagoon Hotel. When Lawson died in the 1880s, James's wife took over the hotel with the help of her twin daughters. In 1908, Felix McDermott bought it. For further information refer to "A History of the Kiewa Valley" by Esther Temple and "Victorian Places".Early Social History of the Kiewa Valley including transport, communications, accommodation, and establishing a business.Small, old, black and white photo of Hotel with a dog out the frontOn the back in pencil -"Lagoon Hotel Kiewa"; Printed with ink stamp - "Kodak Print" and "512"lagoon hotel kiewa, early pubs, early inns

A history of Diamond Valley Community Support Inc from its beginnings as Diamond Valley/Eltham Citizens Advice Bureau Inc.56p. booklet , black and white text and photographs, col. cover.diamond valley community support inc., citizens' advice bureaus, diamond valley eltham citizens advice bureau

Newspaper article clipped from the Diamond Valley Leader 1st November 2006eltham festival, robert kilcullen, stuart machin, alistair knox park, rotary eltham town festival

Report on cancer patient Anthony Smith and his plans to overcome his illness.Photocopy of news article from Diamond Valley Leader (24/11/1987)anthony smith, cancer patients, watsonia football club

The article is about the Briar Hill Primary school receiving a grant of $2,470 from the Leader Local Grants scheme.Briar Hill primary school has used the money to build a steel shade arbour to protect the students from the sun.A 2 page multi coloured newspaper article from Diamond Valley Leader.Nilbriar hill primary school, leader local grant, sun shelter

Issued to commemorate the centenary of the first issue of the "Heidelberg News and Greensborough and Diamond Creek Chronicle".This edition features many historical photographs and advertisements as well as some from 1997.A 40 page commemorative edition of the Diamond Valley news in black and sepia print.Nilgreensborough, diamond creek, heidelberg, local newspapers, leader group newspapers

An antique horse-drawn plough which had been used by the Partington family and donated by Gary Partington in 2015, was stolen in December 2016 from the headquarters of the Greensborough Historical Society.Page 1 of Diamond Valley Leader. Text and colour photographs. Multiple copiesgreensborough historical society inc, partington family, ploughs

One of a series of postcards of photographs taken by socialite photographer Nicholas John Caire. N.J. Caire had a great love for the area and in the late 1800's took many photographs of Marysville and its surrounds.One of a series of postcards of photographs taken by socialite photographer Nicholas John Caire. N.J. Caire had a great love for the area in and surrounding Marysville and in the late 1800's took many photographs of Marysville and its surrounds. N.J. Caire was born in 1837 in Guernsey. He arrived in Adelaide about 1860 along with his parents who encouraged his early interest in photography. He opened a studio in Adelaide in 1867 after traveling extensively throughout the Gippsland taking photographs. After marrying in 1870 he moved to Talbot in Victoria until 1876 when he opened a studio in the Royal Arcade in Melbourne. After 1885 N.J. Caire gave up his city work and made his home in South Yarra and devoted the rest of his life to outdoor photography, specializing in the bush, the gullies and the mountains of south-eastern Victoria. POST CARD Printed in Australia This space may be used for Correspondence/ within the Commonwealth without/ extra postage THIS SPACE FOR NAME AND/ ADDRESS Stamp/ Heremarysville, victoria, nicholas john caire, postcard, souvenir, cumberland falls

A delivery truck driver received separate fines for speeding and for using a mobile telephone within ten seconds in Lower Plenty.Small clipping, black & white printDiamond Valley Leader 19 June 2013traffic offences, lower plenty

Greensborough police seeking owner of a stolen mobile telephone.Clipping with black & white text and coloured photographDiamond Valley Leader 30/03/2011thefts, greensborough police

Article on John and Anne Adrien, residents of Greensborough since 1965, who have just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversaryClipping with black & white text and coloured photographDiamond Valley Leader 19 June 2013john adrien, anne adrien, adrien family

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

Publicity from Diamond Valley Leader of a Community Arts Project Kim Tarpey led at Judge Book. Also includes other stories: Part of history dies, Diamond Valley News, Tuesday, October 9, 1990, p26 Paintings, drawings on show, Diamond Valley News, Tuesday, October 9, 1990, p71 Motor Service Guide, Diamond Valley News, Tuesday, October 9, 1990, p72 Newsprint; double page spread from newspaper incorporating pages 25-26 and 71-721932 premiers, advertisements, art exhibition, banner project, banners, beverly madden, eltham community centre, marj shattock, eltham football club, glad offer, harold william weidlich, joan burton, judge book village, kim tarpey, lana hosking, lyn church, obituary, painters of nillumbik

Landscape view from Barbers Road across the valley. Kia-Ora was built by George Barber in 1909 and run as a guest house. John Lundy-Clarke annotated the properties shown with the owners' names. Excellent companion piece to J L-C's "Mountain of Struggle".kalorama valley, kia-ora guest house, mountain of struggle, john lundy-clarke

Volume 1, Issue 1. Early History of the Upper and Yarra Valley. "Welcome to the fist edition of the Yarra Valley historical, the aim of this newspaper is to remind us of the men and women who came here to mine, farm or harvest the plentiful and tall timbers, that built towns and cities..." Estimated date of publication 2010. The newspaper is full of potted histories of places with historical photographs, maps and timelines. Acknowledgment and citations for source material given. Advertisements for business's at the time of publicaion. Lilydale, De Castella family, p2. Mount Evelyn p6. Wandin [Anker family] p7. Seville [William Henry Smith; Mr and Mrs Thomas Payne; Duck family; Chandler family] p8. Woori Yallock p10. Yellingbo p11. Hoddles Creek p12. Launching Place p13. Yarra Junction p14. Reminiscences of Don 'Ripper' Reid p18. Wesburn p20. Warburton Village Settlement p22. Warburton p23. Big Pats Creek p26. McMahons Creek / Reefton [Brimbonga School] p27. Gladysdale / Gilderoy [Saxton family] p28. Powelltown p30.lilydale, mt evelyn, wandin, seville, woori yallock, yellingbo, hoddles creek, launching place, yarra junction, don reid, reminiscences, wesburn, warburton, big pats creek, mcmahons creek, reefton, gladysdale, gilderoy, powelltown, newspaper

The Diamond Valley Brass Band was formed in 1979 following community interest and support from Diamond Valley Council. The musical director is Lucas Burns.News article. Black text and image. diamond valley brass band, lucas burns, wilf dyason, robert cooper

Advertisement for Diamond Valley Insurance of 120 Main Road Greensborough. Copied from a Diamond Valley Football League football record from 1968.Digital copy of advertisement from booklet.diamond valley football league, diamond valley insurance, main street greensborough

Advertisement for Diamond Valley Radio show 3CR every Sunday at 5.55pm. Copied from a Diamond Valley Football League football record from 1985. Digital copy of advertisement from booklet.diamond valley football league, diamond valley radio show 3cr

Aerial view of Cotswold Valley, Menzies Creek. B&W photos taken from light plane. Paddocks and treed areas are visible. Two houses are in the centre of the photo, presumably the Breen farmhouse on Jacksons Hill Road. The tip of the plane's left wing is also visible.

2 photographs from the Diamond Valley Gem Club taken by Rosie Bray. Photo 1 is captioned "Gem Club members showing some of their skills at Diamond Valley Gem Show, Watsonia Community Hall 2005"; photo 2 shows the Club banner and is captioned "Diamond Valley Gem Club 2005".2 colour photographs, captions on back.diamond valley gem club, lapidary, gem clubs, grace park

John Lundy-Clarke grew up in the Kalorama/Mt Dandenong area and later in life (1972-74) began to write a comprehensive history of the area working from an original settlement map in an effort to cover all areas. This photograph would have been taken to show the changes in the area over the years. Kalorama Gap is now called Five Ways. 'Kia-Ora ' was a guest house built by George Barber. It is no longer standing.Black and white photograph showing a bush scene with a white car visible on the right. Handwritten inscription on reverse by John Lundy-Clarke1973 View up Valley towards Kalorama Gap from what was Crooks LOT 24. White car is on Barbers Road and site of “Kia Ora” is to right of it.kalorama, kalorama gap, five ways, barbers road, george barber, kia-ora

The Diamond Valley Community Hospital was established in 1942 in Grimshaw Street Greensborough. Prior to the hospital, health services in the area had been limited. The Hospital closed in 2000. This photograph is of the first hospital on the Diamond Valley Hospital site. This area on Grimshaw Street now houses many medical services in what was once the Diamond Valley Community Hospital.Digital copy of black and white photograph.diamond valley community hospital, genista house

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

Reunion of Alan & Wyn Partington, with their children, Gary, Elinor Rowe, Faye Fort and Trevor at Partington's Flat, site of their original family home, Willis Vale.The family are the descendants of the original settlers, Charles and Ellen Partington.Photocopy of article published in Diamond Valley Leader 6 February 2002, text and photographpartington family, partington's flat, willis vale

Bottle of Muscat issued in 2004 to celebrate 5th Anniversary of the Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans Sub Branch.Historical evidence of a portion of the journey of the Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans Sub Branch since inception in 1999.Bottle of Muscat commemorating Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans Sub Branch 5th Anniversary. Clay bottle; 1000ml; cream colour with black coloured upper portion. Large Vietnam Veterans Association logo fills the front of bottle; Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans and 5th Anniversary DViets Muscat 2004 fills rear of bottle. Markings on the base: Blackdog Creek, Chiltern Valley, Vic. diamond valley vietnam veterans sub branch, anniversary

Advertisement for Diamond Valley Speed Shop of 141 Main Street Greensborough. Proprietors Geoff and Peter Brock Copied from a Diamond Valley Football League football record from 1968.Digital copy of advertisement from booklet.diamond valley football league, main street greensborough