Eltham Town Park was partially constructed on a tip site. The park and lake were landscaped in 1973-1974. As early as late 1980 a proposal to rename it Alistair Knox Park was met with significant community resistance with a petition of 1600 signatures against however Council ultimately pushed the name through in 1987. Many residents continued to call it Eltham Town Park for some years later. Wendy Price 1988 Entrant No. 147 Ref: Series 34, Items 35, 36, 107, 108 The images in this record were not selected for inclusion. SHIRE OF ELTHAM COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY Photography is an artform which many of us practice, sometimes purely for artistic pursuit, sometimes to record the people and events in our lives. In 1988, as part of a local Bicentennial project, the Shire of Eltham conducted the Eltham Community Photographic Survey. Up to 100 entries were to be selected by a panel of photographers for entry into the Eltham Photographic Survey Exhibition. Entries had to be submitted by May 13, 1988. Entrants whose images were selected for the exhibition were contacted and requested to further submit an entry form providing entrant’s name, area of residence, age, and proposed captions. These details were then used to produce labels for the exhibition mounts. Where negatives had not been supplied, these were requested to support the display of printed enlargements mounted on 10” x 8” cardboard. The mounted prints were made available post exhibition for sale at $8.50 each for colour prints and $7.00 for B&W prints. Residents in the Shire were invited to collect a free roll of film and take a photograph of what they either liked or did not like about the area. A total of 160 entrants submitted multiple entries for the exhibition. Of those selected for exhibition, entrants ranged in age from 9 to 70 years. All custom colour and black and white printing for the exhibition was completed by Wattle Studios of Eltham. The Eltham Photographic Survey was jointly auspiced by the Shire of Eltham and Wattle Studios, of 953 Main Road, Eltham. The project was greatly assisted by: • David McRitchie, Media Studies Lecturer Victoria College, Rusden Campus. • Ian and Annette Toohill of Wattle Studios • Tracy Naughton, Eltham Community Arts Officer • Neville Emerson Pty. Ltd. • Superior Press, Eltham • Kodak Australasia Pty. Ltd. • Agfa Gevaert Ltd. • Townsend Colourtech Pty. Ltd. • The Australian Bicentennial Authority • Eleanor Bowers, Secretary, Eltham Arts Council The exhibition was placed on display in the Woolworths Arcade, Eltham between Monday June 6th and Saturday June 11, 1988. It was also intended to hold the exhibition at a venue in the Shire’s North Riding from Monday, June 20 to Friday June 24. It was then displayed at the Were Street Theatre, Montmorency from Friday, June 24 to Thursday, July 7. Series 34: Eltham Community Photographic Survey 1988 - Prints & Documentation Series consists of 117 photographs of Shire scenes taken by members of the community. Items I - 41 are larger photographs mounted on card, which were exhibited. Items 42 - 117 are unmounted copies, alternative takes and other entries. Corresponding negatives contained in Series 35: Eltham Community Photographic Survey 1988 – Negatives which consists of 267 colour and B&W negatives and one colour slide of Shire scenes taken by members of the community. The negatives are arranged by the entrant number of the photographer. The Eltham Community Photographic Survey collection is significant to the local community as it was curated by the local community - ordinary people of all ages - representing what they liked and did not like in the area where they lived. It represents an unfiltered representation of the Shire of Eltham as it was in 1988. It also represents one of many projects as part of the national programme of events and celebrations to commemorate the bicentenary. It is a time capsule of life in the 1980s of this urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north. shire of eltham archives, bicentennial project, eltham community photographic survey, alistair knox park, artist, eltham town park, film - kodak ga 100 5095, scan - 35mm negative, series 35, wendy price

The box camera is a simple type of camera, the most common form being a cardboard or plastic box with a lens in one end and film at the other. They were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A series of film box cameras were made by Kodak Ltd. in England and were made of sheet metal. There were three generations, from 1937-41, 1946-53 and - renamed "Brownie Six-20" - 1953-57. The name "Brownie" was a trademark used by Kodak for an enormous variety of cameras, over an 80-year history.The Brownie cameras were named after the brownies in popular Palmer Cox cartoons. box camera is a simple type of camera, the most common form being a cardboard or plastic box with a lens in one end and film at the other. They were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.A black box camera, made of sheet metal. A Brownie Six - 20 camera Model E. It has an imitation pigskin covered metal body with two view-finders. It has a a built-in sliding portrait lens for close-ups and a filter for black and white film. It has a 2 pin flash contact and tripod sockets. There is a shutter safety catch. The face plate has a horizontally striped design and the winding knob and shutter release button are plastic. The carrying handle has been replaced by string.On front - Brownie With flash contacts Six-20 Camera MADE IN ENGLAND BY KODAK LIMITED Model E photography camera box-camera kodak- brownie

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small sheet of film 1861 MATHEWS F TO 1861 PHILLIPS Abirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1894 JOHNSON J TO 1894 LOWE Mbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1861 PHILLIPS A TO 1861 SIMMONS Ebirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1861 SIMMONS E TO 1861 VOWLES Tbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1861 VOYLER F TO 1862 BAIRD Abirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1862 BAIRD A TO 1862 COX Fbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1894 LOWE M TO 1894 MASTERTON Mbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1862 COX H TO 1862 GREENWOOD Wbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1894 MASTERTON W TO 1894 OCONNOR Rbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1862 GREER J TO 1862 LAWN Wbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1894 OCONNOR T TO 1894 REID Jbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1862 LAWRENCE S TO 1862 NICHOLS Tbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1894 REID J TO 1894 SINNOTT Mbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1862 NICHOLS W TO 1862 SLACK Rbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1894 SINNOTT W TO 1894 TITCHER Abirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1894 TITE F TO 1894 WILLIAMS Tbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1862 SLADE A TO 1862 WOLSTENCROFT Tbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1894 WILLIAMS T TO 1895 BARRY J birth, family, register

small sheet of film 1895 BARRY J TO 1895 BURGESS N birth, family, register

small sheet of film 1895 BURGESS O TO 1895 CATER Obirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1895 CATT H TO 1895 DUTY Lbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1862 WOLSTENHOLME J TO 1863 CAVANAGH Abirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1895 DUVALLA D TO 1895 GILLAM Ebirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1895 GILLARD E TO 1895 HENDERSON Dbirth, family, register

small sheet of film 1895 HENDERSON E TO 1895 JONES Kbirth, family, register