35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 4) Mount - Kodak EktachromeProduction Code "MAR M"significant tree, basalt manna gum, eltham-yarra glen road, kangaroo ground

35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 4) Mount - Kodak EktachromeProduction Code "MAR M"significant tree, basalt manna gum, eltham-yarra glen road, kangaroo ground, heritage tree, sugar gum

35mm colour positive transparency (2 of 22) Mount - Kodak EktachromeProcess Date "Apr M"eltham south, main road, significant tree

35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 22) Mount - Kodak EktachromeProcess Date "Apr M"significant tree, yellow box, main road, eltham

World Environment Day was established by in 1972 by the United Nations General Assembly on the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Two years later, in 1974 the first World Environment Day was held with the theme "Only One Earth" and is observed every year on June 5 to encourage awareness and environmental protection. According to United Nations, "The celebration of this day provides us with an opportunity to broaden the basis for an enlightened opinion and responsible conduct by individuals, enterprises, and communities in preserving and enhancing the environment." 35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 23) Mount - Black and Whiteworld environment day 1993, heritage tree, significant tree, eltham-yarra glen road, kangaroo ground, sugar gum

World Environment Day was established by in 1972 by the United Nations General Assembly on the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Two years later, in 1974 the first World Environment Day was held with the theme "Only One Earth" and is observed every year on June 5 to encourage awareness and environmental protection. According to United Nations, "The celebration of this day provides us with an opportunity to broaden the basis for an enlightened opinion and responsible conduct by individuals, enterprises, and communities in preserving and enhancing the environment." 35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 23) Mount - Black and Whiteworld environment day 1993, heritage tree, significant tree, eltham-yarra glen road, kangaroo ground, sugar gum

35mm colour positive transparency Mount - Black and Whiteeltham, infrastructure, reynolds road, roads

Part of a slide show presentation "A Trip Down the Diamond Creek" by Russell Yeoman to the Eltham District Historical Society meeting of 14 Nov. 200135mm colour positive transparency Mount - Black and Whiteallandale road, eltham north, infrastructure, level crossing, railway crossing, roads

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)eltham-yarra glen road, kangaroo ground, pitmans corner, weller's hotel

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)eltham-yarra glen road, kangaroo ground, pitmans corner, weller's hotel

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)eltham-yarra glen road, kangaroo ground, pitmans corner, weller's hotel

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)eltham-yarra glen road, kangaroo ground, pitmans corner, weller's hotel

Looking east towards the tower across the western title of land purchased by Council 16 Feb. 1973 upon which the Moor-rul viewing platform and grasslands now stand.35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)eltham-yarra glen road, kangaroo ground, shire of eltham war memorial, war memorial tower

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 strips Fuji 100eltham, infrastructure, main road, maintenance works, sackville street

Contained in Volume 2 of a set of two spiral magnetic photo albums, each containing 10 leaves, 20 pages; Vol. 1 labelled "Houses - Eltham South" and Vol. 2 labelled "Eltham Houses". Newspaper clippings advertising house/land auctionseltham, real estate advertisement, houses, benwerrin, diamond creek, eltham north, fordhams road, ian reid real estate, ivanhoe, mount pleasant road, the oaks, windmill court

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 of 7 stripsKodak GA 100 5095shire of eltham, edendale community farm, gastons road, eltham

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 of 7 stripsKodak GA 100 5095shire of eltham, edendale community farm, gastons road, eltham

From a collection of 35 photos taken by Doug Orford at 35 specific locations along the exact boundary of the then Shire of Eltham.Colour photographbridges, diamond creek, wattletree road, eltham north

From a collection of 35 photos taken by Doug Orford at 35 specific locations along the exact boundary of the then Shire of Eltham.Colour photographbridges, diamond creek, eltham north, allendale road

From a collection of 35 photos taken by Doug Orford at 35 specific locations along the exact boundary of the then Shire of Eltham.Colour photographwatsons creek, bridges, eltham - yarra glen road

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 1 stripKodak GB 100 5096shire of eltham, roads, parsons road

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 1 stripKodak GB 100 5096shire of eltham, roads, parsons road

Auction sale brochure, Neville Emerson Real Estate, Lower PlentyBrochureneville emerson real estate, houses, early settlers, eltham, eriskay, main road

Eltham Plumbing Supplies (Lennie Whiteway Plumbing) located on the right side of the street. It later became the Eltham Bookshop and sold cane ware as well. On the corner with Main Road is the local branch of the State Bank of Victoria. The building still stands and is the present day Westpac bank branch. The Railway Station Master's house on opposite side was later demolished to make way for a carpark. 27 Aug 1963: Pettion for Bankruptcy re Jeanette Patricia Whiteway of 88 Napoleon Street, Eltham, house duties, and lately carrying on a business at Pryor Street, Eltham in partnership with another as a plumber under the names Eltham Plumbing Supplies and L. & J.P. Whiteway 1963 'SEQUESTRATION ORDERS AND FIRST MEETINGS', Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), 12 September, p. 3259. , viewed 10 Jul 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241015035 Orders for discharge of bankruptcy suspended till 23 March 1967 for Leonard Whiteway and Jeanette Patricia Whiteway of 5 John Street, Eltham 1967 'NOTICE OF ORDERS OF DISCHARGE', Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), 11 May, p. 2427. , viewed 10 Jul 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241040009Black and white photograph prints (x3) Negative (copy) 4x5 large format Black and White (x2)Shire of Elthampryor street, eltham plumbing supplies, main road, eltham, eltham bookshop, jeanette patricia whiteway, lennie whiteway plumbing, leonard whiteway, state bank of victoria, station masters house, westpac bank

[Note: dated based on negatives 01791 (20 Jan 1986) as service station (in other frames on roll of film) and pricing for fuel very similar period; possibly late 1985]Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak CL 200 5093fitzsimons lane, main road, eltham

One of a set of display images thought to be produced by the Shire of Eltham c.1979-1987Illustrative of services provided by former Shire of ElthamColour photograph 20 x 29 cm mounted on green-painted chipboard 28 x 35.5 cm (string on back for hanging)Title printed on label adhered to board below photograph (replaced June 2017)road, eltham

View to south-east from Shire of Eltham Soldiers' Memorial Park showing the carriageway from the road to top of Memorial Park. Accompanying notes state that the entry gate was put in place in May 1921. Eltham and Whittlesea Shire Advertiser and Diamond Creek Valley Advocate Fri 21 May 1920 p 2 reported: Kangaroo Ground Memorial Park "It was decided to arrange for a working bee on Saturday, 29th inst., for the purpose of forming and gravelling the track leading to the Park, and of carrying out other necessary works." A history summary of the Shire of Eltham Soldiers’ Memorial Park • The summit at Garden Hill was a popular tourist lookout and picnic spot from the 1880s. Virtually the entire Shire of Eltham and beyond could be viewed from this location. • A local farmer, Mr Walter A. D. Wippell is credited as being the first to propose the idea of a war memorial park and offered £50 towards the purchase of the land. • The earliest public reference to this project is to be found in the local Advertiser newspaper edition of August 9th, 1918. A report of the August Council meeting records the Eltham Shire President, Cr. Robert White, saying: "some time back it was proposed that the Council obtain and place on an Honour Board in the Council Chamber [at Kangaroo Ground] containing names of the lads who had enlisted. Just recently however, it had been suggested that a more fitting memorial would be the obtaining of a piece of land on the summit of Garden Hill, Kangaroo Ground, and the formation of a memorial park in which a monument could be erected to represent the whole of Shire. If a couple of acres could be obtained a gentleman had promised to donate 50 pounds, and another one would fence it, and other contributions, he was sure, could be obtained." • Councillors were favourable of the proposal and the President, Shire Secretary and Shire Engineer were deputised to wait on Messrs Mess Bros. (the owners of the Garden Hill farm) and ascertain if they would gratuitously give the land. The Mess Bros. land adjoined the farm/stud of Mrs Fanny White (Cr Robert White’s mother), daughter of Andrew Harkness who established their property on Garden Hill around 1846. • Access to the land came in February 1919 when several Councillors and the Shire Engineer surveyed the actual two acres of '5 chains along the road and 4 chains deep'. The Engineer volunteered his services free to do this task. The Mess brothers however demanded £100 per acre but eventually agreed to take £50 per acre. • Entry from the Kangaroo Ground-Yarra Glen road was seen to be a problem and Mrs. White, who owned the land beside the park, was asked to donated a triangle of her property to allow this access. • By September 1919 returned soldiers were employed by the Shire and volunteers were called to clear the hilltop by ploughing up the rocks and clearing the area, the fencing was put into place and in May 1921 the Council erected three gates, within an archway, at the entrance to the drive and pathway to the summit. • Public subscriptions were sought through the Advertiser newspaper to beautify the site. The views of the Curator of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens were sought as to the ‘class of ornamental trees most suitable for planting in the Park area”. • The Memorial Park or Shire of Eltham Soldiers’ Memorial Park was officially opened by Mr. W.H. Everard, M.L.A., 3 September 1921. • In 1922 plans were made to place a War Memorial in the Park. Funds were donated by the Council of £250 and a challenge to the community, to match this money with contributions was met. • On Anzac Day 1923, 1,000 people gathered on the summit in the park for a memorial service. A much smaller group of about 50 people gathered around a newly constructed cairn and flagstaff in the afternoon of Anzac Day 1924 amidst rain and a squally southerly wind, the morning service being cancelled. • A meeting for those interested in establishing a War Memorial monument within the park was held in January 1924 and the Eltham Shire War Memorial League was formed and a design competition decided upon. • The Shire of Eltham War Memorial tower was built in 1926 at a cost of £1,023 and 5 shillings with locally quarried stone donated by Dr Ethel and Professor William Osborne. It was formally known as the ‘Shire of Eltham War Memorial’ and was unveiled on 11 November 1926. The large bronze inscription above the entrance to the tower states: SHIRE OF ELTHAM WAR MEMORIAL THESE MEN DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914 IN REMEMBRANCE THIS TOWER WAS BUILT 1918 • The Caretaker’s hut was built in 1927 with left over from the tower construction. • A returned soldier was appointed to act as caretaker for the memorials. Tiny Carrol, a huge man, was the first caretaker and lived in the stone hut. There was a push to have alterations made at one stage to provide additional rooms for a married caretaker but was rejected. • A new Caretaker Cottage was built in 1951 at a cost £2,500. The cottage had been subjected to raids by thieves three times during construction until a guard from the Returned Servicemen’s League was posted until its opening. • The War Memorial tower was re-dedicated by Sir Dallas Brooks on 8 November 1951, unveiling new bronze plaques containing the names of those who fell during the Second World War. Sir Dallas also officiated the opening of the new Caretaker’s Cottage. • A toilet block was built in 1965. • A further dedication of the Shire of Eltham War Memorial tower took place 11 November 2001 to recognise the men who fell in subsequent campaigns up to and including Vietnam. • Four land titles are involved: o The purchase of the two acres from owners Ruth Gosling, Alexander Mess, James Johnson Mess and Joseph Mess is recorded in two actions, the first being the payment of £100 for the two acres, the second showing that the Shire of Eltham did not get a transfer of title until 14th January 1952. o The access land donated by Mrs. Fanny White is dated 26 February 1924. A further need to widen the entry came after the deepening of the road cutting and another land donation was given by Sir Herbert Gepp, title dated 15th May 1952. This would have been about the time he sold off the former White ‘Garden Hill’ property. o The land reserve to increase the area and possibly allow a circuit road to be put in place on the western side of the park was purchased by the Shire of Eltham, title dated 16th February 1973. Rare photograph of the entrance to the Shire's Memorial Park during early stages of development prior to the erection of the Shire of Eltham War MemorialSepia photograph printed with white border with slight crack lower left hand corner and three significant vertical cracks fanning from lower centre edge to upper edge Digitally enhanced version to minimise impact of crackseltham-yarra glen road, entrance gate, garden hill, kangaroo ground, shire of eltham memorial park, shire of eltham war memorial, kangaroo ground war memorial park

Black and white photograph of front of Eltham Courthouse c.1960.courthouses, main road, eltham, george w bell collection

Colour photograph of 'Shoestring' Metery Road, Elthamshowing gateway 1990.houses, shoestring, metery road, eltham

The original timber bridge over the Diamond Creek was built around 1840. It was destroyed by floodwaters in October 1923. A temporary bridge was rigged up but further damaged in April 1924. A new concrete bridge was built and opened in October 1926. The bridge decking was widened along with Main Road to Dalton Street by the Road Construction Authority in 1984. The upgraded bridge was re-opened October 25, 1984, 78 years after its original opening. (EDHS Chronology of known local events 1835- early 2000)Three colour photograph prints 1984, bridge construction, diamond creek (creek), eltham south, main road, main road bridge, road construction