In 1924, the Methodist Church opened at the corner of River Ave and Yan Yean Road, Plenty. It was a simple weatherboard gabled building. The church developed a strong community life with celebrations as well as worships, Sundays Schools and social events. It closed in 1979. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p113 In 1924, the Methodist Church, (which closed in 1976), opened at the corner of River Avenue and Yan Yean Road. Church members including George Starling and Ernest Osmond, built the simple weatherboard gabled building.3 The church developed a strong community life, with celebrations as well as worship through Sunday School anniversaries, picnics, harvest festivals and youth groups. Many volunteers worked hard for the church - teaching Sunday School and ferrying young people to events, sometimes in the backs of trucks and furniture vans. Children from the Sutherland Homes were brought to church by their Matron – a ‘grim martinet’! Members included the Ashton, Reid, Harris, McLachlan, Hopkin, Rose and Stuchbery families. The first wedding was for Vida McLachlan and Ray Stuchbery.4This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, methodist church, plenty

Black and white photograph of early view of old Lower Plenty Post Office and storelower plenty, post office, shops, main road

Black and white photograph of Main Road, Lower Plenty looking west from Old Eltham Roadlower plenty, main road, old eltham road

Black and white photograph copy of an original image of Lower Plenty Girls Basketball team, c.1935basketball, netball, sports, lower plenty

Colour photograph of Main Road, Lower Plenty/Montmorency east of Grand Boulevard looking towards Elthammain road, lower plenty, montmorency

Black and white photograph of post office store, Lower Plenty, C D Stewart proprietor c.1920s.post office, shops, lower plenty, c.d stewart, main road

Four black and white photograph reproductions showing De Bondy house and property, Main Road, Lower Plentyhouses, main road, lower plenty, de bondy

Bluestone bridge across the Plenty River, Mernda. Commissioned by Moses Thomas, Secretary Morang District Road Board 1867bridges, moses thomas, mernda, bridge inn road

Shows the men with rifles sitting on a wood pile out hunting for rabbits around the time of the Great DepressionDigital image of original held in private collection of Joan Castledine, daughter of Sid and Polly (nee Arrowsmith) Castledine, granddaughter of Arthur Frederick Castledine.araluen, arthur frederick castledine, lower plenty, old eltham road, rabbits

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)floods, lower plenty bridge

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)floods, lower plenty, towyn close

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)floods, lower plenty, towyn close

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)floods, lower plenty, montpelier drive

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)floods, lower plenty, montpelier drive

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)floods, lower plenty, monastery

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)floods, lower plenty, monastery

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)floods, lower plenty, rosanna golf club

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)floods, lower plenty, rosanna golf club

Reconstruction works by Eltham Shire Council, Bolton Street, Eltham, 18 July 197235 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)bolton steet, eltham, eltham shire council, infrastructure, lower plenty, road construction, rosehill road

Reconstruction works by Eltham Shire Council, Bolton Street, Eltham, 18 July 197235 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)bolton steet, eltham, eltham shire council, infrastructure, lower plenty, road construction, rosehill road

Reconstruction works by Eltham Shire Council, Bolton Street, Eltham, 18 July 197235 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)bolton steet, eltham, eltham shire council, infrastructure, lower plenty, road construction, rosehill road

Reconstruction works by Eltham Shire Council, Bolton Street, Eltham, 18 July 197235 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)bolton steet, eltham, eltham shire council, infrastructure, lower plenty, road construction, rosehill road

35mm Colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue stepped)Originally contained in Agfacolor Box stamped received 14 Sep 1966 and posted 16 Sep 1966bridge construction, lower plenty bridge

35mm Colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue stepped)Originally contained in Agfacolor Box stamped received 14 Sep 1966 and posted 16 Sep 1966bridge construction, lower plenty bridge

35mm Colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue stepped)Originally contained in Agfacolor Box stamped received 14 Sep 1966 and posted 16 Sep 1966bridge construction, lower plenty bridge

35mm Colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue stepped)Originally contained in Agfacolor Box stamped received 14 Sep 1966 and posted 16 Sep 1966bridge construction, lower plenty bridge

35mm Colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue stepped)Originally contained in Agfacolor Box stamped received 14 Sep 1966 and posted 16 Sep 1966bridge construction, lower plenty bridge

35mm Colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue stepped)Originally contained in Agfacolor Box stamped received 14 Sep 1966 and posted 16 Sep 1966bridge construction, lower plenty bridge

35mm Colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue stepped)Originally contained in Agfacolor Box stamped received 14 Sep 1966 and posted 16 Sep 1966bridge construction, lower plenty bridge

35mm Colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue stepped)Originally contained in Agfacolor Box stamped received 14 Sep 1966 and posted 16 Sep 1966bridge construction, lower plenty bridge