Kids of all ages enjoy the Miniature Railway. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p163 On Sundays in Eltham thousands of children, mums, dads and grandparents can be seen travelling around Lower Eltham Park in tiny trains. They are among the two and half million passengers who have travelled on the Diamond Valley Railway since it officially began in 1961. The miniature railway originally operated from the 1940s at Chelsworth Park, Ivanhoe, until flooding caused it to be moved to the Eltham Lower Park in 1959. The railway is modelled on the 1920s era – the heyday of passenger rail travel – and the trains are built on a scale of two inches to the foot (1/6). Although not exact replicas, trains include models of the Spirit of Progress, Puffing Billy, The Overland, Dog Boxes, Vic Rail S class, G class and a NSW 81 Class. The three and a half kilometres of track is set amongst native plants and picnic areas. A friendly hoot or the clang of a bell occasionally punctuates the tranquillity as a train emerges from a treed bend with passengers excitedly waving to onlookers. For $3 the train takes you on a 13-minute two-kilometre ride. Passengers sit in single file in the narrow train, which clatters along tracks built to the scale of the Australian narrow gauge of three feet six inches (1.1m). These are used in Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia. Safety standards are stringently kept. Even before you buy a ticket notices tell you that you must wear closed shoes. You can even borrow these, and you are given a pair of socks for the ride! Blue-overalled volunteers check tickets, see you aboard, and drive the train. They are mainly retired men who can at last devote their time to what little boys dream of – playing with trains. Passengers are instructed in safe behaviour, then the station master waves a white flag and off we go. The guard sits at the back with his whistle and green flag at the ready. The winding track, fringed by native trees and bushes planted by volunteers, stands on crown land managed by Nillumbik Council. The train clatters along the track and crosses a bridge over a drain elevated by name to The Blow Fly Creek. We pass by Meadmore Junction at a speed of three kilometres an hour. Then on through a tunnel, accompanied by squeals of delight, and after a few moments of blackness, light glimmers at the end. On we go, past the original platform, along another route past busy Main Road through Pine Creek Station, over a bridge and through another tunnel with more screams of delight.Then a signal stops us before the ‘all clear’ to return to our original point of departure. The railway services its passengers – the largest number of any miniature railway in Australia – with a fleet including: six diesel locomotives, three steam locomotives, eight sets of passenger cars and one battery electric Dog Box set. Members also privately own 20 locomotives and powered carriage sets as well as four carriage sets.1 All the trains are stored on-site in workshops, sheds and a tunnel. The railway is entirely run by volunteers, so that all ticket money is used for maintenance and extensions, and some goes to local charities. Since 1991, the entire railway has been rebuilt, including an upgraded signalling system. About half of the 120 volunteer members are active with about 35 working each Sunday, and a dozen or so working every Wednesday. Members are trained to positions of station assistant, booking officer, train guard, train driver or signalman. Members construct new carriages and locomotives as well as maintaining track, signalling and rolling stock.This 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, diamond valley railway, eltham lower park

Copy of Rose Series postcard #385 showing the new Mt Dandenong Tourist Road with wooden railing fence on low side of road. Surface not yet made. This photograph has a detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke in 1974.View downhill from the Windy Bend showing the site of the 1972 landslide. In this picture the road is running along the top edge of the wall 900’ thick of Kalorama Docite that plunges thousands of feet deep down into the earth below the Ranges and extends to Fern Tree Gully. It was once a horizontal terrace nearly ten miles square and tipped over to the left when the mountain subsided into its volcanic cauldron.mt dandenong road, rose series, windy bend, landslide

Corner of Fitzroy St and Lower Esplanade, St Kildacolour photograph, unmounted, good conditionThe Path of Duty Be the Way to Glory. To Commemorate Those Men and Women Who Served Their Country & Paid the Supreme Sacrifice During 1939-45 War'

Original sheet music bookletRepresentative sheet music booklet of popular period Rudyard Kipling song.Paper booklet of song - sheet music and words.Title: "On The Road To Mandalay"music, sheet, mandalay, rudyard, kipling, song

The Procession of floats travelled from the Eltham Shopping Centre to Eltham Lower Park on Saturday 10th April as part of the Shire of Eltham centenary celebrations program. One of three photographs. The Infant Welfare Centre and BP service station can be seen in the background. Participants in the parade included the Eltham Film Society, Scout group, Eltham volunteer fire brigade, riders on horses, including Jock Read on his horse Shamus in front of the fire truck, and horse and carts. A cowley roller from the Melbourne Steam traction engine club and a McDonald roller represented Eltham Shire Council in the 19th and 20th centuries. Another float includes a bark hut with trailer representing pioneers with a banner reading "The trues heores our pioneers". One view shows Eltham Village under construction by H.M. Keast & Sons, Master Builders.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, shire of eltham, shire of eltham centenary, centenary celebrations, parade floats, parade, jock read, fire engine

The small wooden bridge is spanning an arm of the Moonee Ponds Creek in its upper reaches in Greenvale near Woodlands Park, possibly along Providence Road.A non-digital black and white photograph with a white border of a timber bridge spanning a small creek, which is under a roadway. A country home is visible on the opposite side of the road.bridges, greenvale

George Tibbits, University of Melbourne. Faculty of Architecture, Building and Town & Regional PlanningIndex system that support the research for Beechworth : historical reconstruction / [by] George Tibbits ... [et al]Arranged by street names of BeechworthEach index card includes: street name and number of property, image of property, allotment and section number, property owners and dates of ownership, description of the property according to rate records, property floor plan with dimensions.beechworth, george tibbitsbeechworth, george tibbits

The building was erected in c 1913 as a home / surgery for Dr James L Blakie (1868-1937), who originally lived / practised across the road. It was designed by architect Arthur William Plaisted (1890-1965) and is an early example of attic-style Californian bungalow style. Dr Carrington ( 1900-1970) succeeded Dr Blakie and practised at 174 Union Road from 1930-1970. Now known as the Surrey Hills Medical Centre.Black and white photo of the surgery and home of Dr and Mrs William Langley Carrington at 174 Union Road on the corner of Guildford Road, Surrey Hills.. The exterior of the building is decorated with paper lanterns around the windows and veranda for the Empire Day celebrations in 1935. The building is 2 storey, of brick construction with a tiled roof and front porch. It has a bay window front right. Shadows indicate the photo was taken early morning in winter.medical services, guildford road, union road, dr william langley carrington, mr arthur plaisted, dr james landells blakie, californian bungalow, dr bill carrington

Without bridges, Kew remained cut off from the City of Melbourne, only being accessible by Punt. Private and public bridges were constructed from the 1850s, beginning with the Hawthorn Bridge linking Bridge and Burwood Roads. A bridge across the Yarra at Burke Road was created as early as 1873. Since that first wooden bridge, a number of later bridges, typically on concrete pylons have been built, in 1926 and again during the 1970s.Sepia, faded photograph of the Burke Road Bridge linking East Kew and Ivanhoe. The previous bridge, constructed in 1926 was submerged beneath the flood waters in the 1934 mega-flood of the Yarra.burke road bridge (kew), bridges -- river yarra

Coloured photographPhotograph shows earthworks for greens at new Bowls Club at Laughnan Road.

Coloured photographPhotograph shows earthworks for greens at new Bowls Club at Laughnan Road.

Coloured photographPhotograph shows earthworks for greens at new Bowls Club at Laughnan Road.

Coloured photographPhotograph shows earthworks for greens at new Bowls Club at Laughnan Road.

Coloured photographPhotograph shows earthworks for greens at new Bowls Club at Laughnan Road.

1929 saw the establishment of the Ringwood Bowls Club initially located on the land now occupied by the Eastland Shopping Centre. It moved to its current location in Loughnan Road, Ringwood in 1997.Typed letter to Ringwood Borough Engineer from Arthur Blood confirming gift of land adjoining Bowling Green for road-making purposes. Dated 10th August 1930.city of ringwood bowls club, ringwood bowling club, ringwood bowls club, lawn bowls, bowling

The streets identified on the survey plan - Cotham Road, Park Hill Road East, Park Hill Road West in Kew were each gazetted by the Victorian Government in 1865. The hand-coloured survey plan was completed by Holland Loxton, Town Clerk and Surveyor of the Borough of Kew from 1866. The unnamed survey plan includes names of land owners in addition to measurements (2 chains to 1 inch) and streets. Named owners include Webster, Payne and Francom which will enable us to narrow down the creation date of the survey.Handdrawn survey plan by a former surveyor and town clerk of KewHand drawn and coloured survey plan created by Holland Loxton, Surveyor and Town Clerk of Kew, showing land owned by Payne in Park Hill Road, Kew. The plan includes street names, land measurements and land owners.surveys - kew, maps - kew, holland loxton, park hill road - kew, holland loxton -- surveyor, survey plans -- parkhill road -- kew (vic.)

Political campaign brochure from Colin Brooks MP detailing Labor plans for power costs, free kinder, TAFE and transportDouble sided coloured brochurecolin brooks, victoria - politics and government

Digital image of drink coaster from Bundoora Hotel (also known as Winston's Adult Nitespot), 1990s.Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of coaster, pink with maroon text. "Winston's Adult Nitespot" and "Bundoora Hotel"bundoora hotel, winstons adult nitespot

Digital image of drink coaster from Bundoora Hotel (also known as Winston's Night Club Bistro), 1990s.Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of coaster, dark green with red logo. "Winston's Night Clun Bistro" and "Bundoora Hotel"bundoora hotel, winstons night club bistro

Barry Plant Real Estate advertising free market appraisals. Coloured advertising, printed on 2 sidesbarry plant, plenty road bundoora

Advertisement for Gilbertsons [butchers] of Bundoora.Newspaper advertisement.gilbertsons, plenty road bundoora

Barry Plant Real Estate advertising with sales results: 6 Howard Street Greensborough, sold 25/08/2018 for $737,000; 136 Elder Street, sold 25/08/2018 for $770,000; and 45 Adeline Street Greensborough sold August 2018 for $750,000, previous sales May 2009 for $450,000 and November 1995 for $101,000.Coloured advertising, printed on 2 sidesbarry plant, adeline street greensborough, howard street greensborough, elder street greensborough

Circular letter sent by Colin Brooks MP to Mrs Marilyn Smith, discussing the proposed North East Link.Single sheet, printed in both sides, col. photographs.north east link, marilyn smith, colin brooks

102c/116 Main Drive Macleod, Studio apartment in secure complex. Sold May 2018 for $124,900Real estate advertising leaflet, 1 sheet, printed in colour.main drive macleod

1 High Street Watsonia, 2 bedroom unit. Sold 02/06/2018 for $711,000, previously July 2013 for $450,000Real estate advertising leaflet, 1 sheet, printed in colour.high street watsonia

17 French Court Watsonia, 4 bedroom home. Sold 19/05/2018 for $941,000, previously April 1997 for $98,000Real estate advertising leaflet, 1 sheet, printed in colour.french court watsonia

23 Binnak Drive Watsonia North, 4 bedroom home. For sale 19/05/2018. Previous sale September 2015 for $918,000 and February 1985 for $35,000.Real estate advertising leaflet, 1 sheet, printed in colour.binnak drive watsonia north

1 Sunderland Rise Greensborough, 3 bedroom home. For sale by set date 22/05/2018. Previous sale April 2007 for $325,000 and October 1988 for $113,000.Real estate advertising leaflet, 1 sheet, printed in colour.sunderland rise greensborough

26 Manatunga Circuit Greensborough, 4 bedroom, 2 storey home. For sale by set date 26/07/2018. Previous sale August 1986 for $26,000.Real estate advertising leaflet, 1 sheet, printed in colour.manatunga circuit greensborough