The Shire of Grenville was proclaimed in 1864. The Shire offices and hall are believed to have been completed by the mid 1860s.Original sepia photograph showing a group of men standing outside the Shire Council offices at Linton. Photo shows the fence at the front of the Grenville Shire offices, and part of the next-door shop (Austin's at that time?). This photograph is also Mounted photo 4 and Mounted photo 427. Original photograph and Mounted photograph 4 both have some names of Councillors handwritten on the back.shire of grenville offices, grenville shire hall, buildings, councillors, austin's shop, o'beirne collection, william brown, joseph shepherd, alex mcvitty, james dodds [shire secretary], g. h. smith, john clarke, w. g. bennett, mr preston

Black and white image of people walking past a building in the main street of Linton. From O'Beirne collection. Early LDHS index to photographs says that the people walking along Clyde Street were "probably [in Linton] for Highland sports". Image has been glued to a piece of backing paper.newspapers, printers, railway stations

The first Council meeting in the brand new Eltham Shire Office building on 1 May 1965. The following were on Council in 1965. Cr. L.C. Docksey (President), Cr. R.N. Maskell, Cr. J. V. McConnell, Cr. Mrs E. M. Edwards, Cr. A. E.Cracknell, Cr. J.A. Lewis, Cr. F. J. Favier, Cr. D. C. O'Beirne, Cr. T.A. Collins and Cr. Charis Pelling, some of whom appear in this photograph. The Shire of Eltham Council offices were located at 895 Main Road Eltham and were demolished in August 1996.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, eltham, shire president, council chamber, eltham shire office, meeting

Part of Old Lintonian collection No. 93.Black and white photograph of a large group of men and women posed standing and seated in front of trees."Standing from left to right - - E Bryant, J Beaumont, Kennedy, - - - - Hart?, G Preston, A Campbell, J Madder, Bryant, R Cochrane, O'Beirne, - J Parker, Parker, A Bales".old lintonians 1914, e. bryant, j. beaumont, kennedy, hart, g. preston, a. campbell, j. madder, r. cochrane, o'beirne, j. parker, a. bales