Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, Carrucan's Dairy on Dalton Street, Eltham, c.1969, 1969
Viewed from intersection of Mount Pleasant Road and Metery Road looking northwest. The dairy is in the foreground situated on Dalton Street. An unmade Bible Street can be seen running down the hill at the left to intersect with Dalton Street. Dalton Street runs from left to right between the dairy and the Carrucan family home opposite located on the southeast corner of Bible and Dalton streets. Doug Orford recalls the dairy was at a slight angle to Dalton Street.
Tim Erickson, (a nephew to Betty Erickson, nee Carrucan) reacalled (9 May 2025):
the bottom front paddock ran from MeteryRoad to Mount Pleasant Road
The brick dairy from 1thje 1950s had 10-15 milking cow , Jersey and Guernsey6 and the used to send the cream to Eltham Dairy
The garage when Tim was a child used to house a couple of sulkies
The laundry was a local home built job
The small house built late 1940s for Betty Carrucan for her family
The small orchard grew Quince, Apple and Plum
The main block was the upper paddock
Cypress trees remain present as of 2025
Originally 2 buildings but a third was added in the early 1900s for a kitchen and diningDigital TIFF file
Scan of 35mm Ilford HP4 black and white transparencybible street, carrucan dairy, carrucan home, dalton street, eltham, mount pleasant road