German-born Anton Brinkkotter, a skilled metal-worker by trade, migrated to Australia in 1880. His initial job was to supervise the installation of ornamental ceilings in the Melbourne Exhibition Building. He moved to Research in about 1900, working first as a plumber and tank-maker. But he is best known for having established a poultry farm (on Main Road between Research Primary School and the Maroondah Aqueduct) in 1906, which steadily grew to become one of the largest in Victoria, supplying customers all over Australia. By 1935 it was a thriving business, with buildings housing 6,000 birds and incubators capable of hatching 8,000 eggs. He died suddenly from a heart attack in 1938 and is buried with his wife Anna in Eltham Cemetery. The business was carried on by his son Anton William Brinkkotter. When electricity came to Research in 1940, the Brinkkotter Poultry Farm was the very first customer, enabling further expansion and modernisation. Two electric incubators were installed with a capacity of 10,000 eggs each. Anton William Brinkkotter became active in public affairs, a trustee of the Eltham Public Hall in Henry Street and was an Eltham Shire Councillor between 1941 and 1961 serving three years as Shire President. The Brinkkotter house in Dudley Street was used to house the Eltham Library prior to a dedicated Library being completed with the southern wing of the Shire offices in 1971. He died in 1970 and is buried with his wife Bridgene in Eltham Cemetery, alongside his parents. In Loving Memory Of Anton William Brinkkotter Passed away 29th Sept. 1970 Aged 72 years Bridgene Josephine Brinkkotter Passed away 5th Feb. 1995 Aged 90 years R.I.P. and In Loving memory Of Anton Brinkkotter Loved husband of Anna & loving father of Anton Died 7th June 1938 aged 71 yrs. Also the above Anna Died 12th Jan. 1954 aged 80 yrs. R.I.P.Born Digitaleltham cemetery, gravestones, anna brinkkotter, anton brinkkotter, anton william brinkkotter, bridgene josephine brinkkotter

Local Cemetery Excursion Sunday 27 May 1990 departed Eltham Shire Office at 9.30am and finish mid afternoon. Visits to Eltham , Kangaroo Ground, Queenstown (Smiths Gully), Nillumbik (Diamond Creek), St Katherines (St Helena) Hurst family graves at Hurstbridge and a little known early cemetery at Grteensborough. Attended by 20 members. In each case we were introduced to the cemetery with a brief talk. At Eltham, Frank Burgoyne gave us the benefit of his knowledge as a member of the cemetery trust and at Kangaroo Ground, Bruce Ness spoke in a similar capacity. The lunch stop was at Hurstbridge where we visited the Hurst family graves. The President of Nillumbik Historical Society, Jock Ryan, joined us at the Nillumbik (Diamond Creek) cemetery. He travelled on to St Katherines, St Helena, where he talked on the history of the church and cemetery.35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 23) Mount - Agfachrome Agfa CS System black 8 dotseltham, activities, shire of eltham historical society, cemetery excursion, eltham cemetery, graves, anna brinkkotter, anton brinkkotter, anton william brinkkotter

Folder of information on Anton and Bridgene Brinkkotter, Research, 1940s and 1950santon brinkkotter, bridgene brinkkotter, anna brinkkotter, anton william brinkkotter, bridgene josephine brinkkotter, eltham cemetery

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 6 stripsKodak GC 400-9anna brinkkotter, anton brinkkotter, anton william brinkkotter, bridgene josephine brinkkotter, eltham cemetery

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 6 stripsKodak GC 400-9anna brinkkotter, anton brinkkotter, anton william brinkkotter, bridgene josephine brinkkotter, eltham cemetery

A Pageant of Three Queens Presented by The Diamond Valley Group of the C.W.A. of Victoria as a Coronation Gesture Written and produced for the Group by Doris Moody Group President Dorothy Tingate See also programme 04610-4 List of all performers and contributors in key word subjectsBlack and white sepia printcoronation, cwa, diamond valley group cwa, eltham public hall, eltham shire hall, performance, ada smith, ada stanbury, adelaide huntley, alf cornish, alice cracknell, alice gardner, allison wasley, alma eaton, ann berry, anna lejins, audrey wadeson, barbara mason, beryl hauser, beryl maver, beth powell, betty colclough, betty forrest, betty steve, betty walsey, betty wickham, beverley collins, briar hill timber & trading co. pty ltd, bridgene brinkkotter, caroline bean, caroline lewis, claire timms, constance balaam, daphne ratz, deidre squire, des tait, doreen troutbeck, doris carrick, doris hillhouse, doris kilby, doris moody, doris rhymer, doris stack, dorothy hickson, dorothy tingate, dorothy wills, dorotyh youlton, dorrie carrick, edna hedley, edna whitehead, elizabeth eaton, elizabeth green, ella beraton, elsie collins, elsie sidwell, ethel collins, eula buck, eva cunningham, evelyn brain, frances weeks, fred balaam, freda smith, gail erswell, george green, gertrude joyce, gladys callahan, grace bradshaw, grace jones, grace monks, grace thomas, graeme balaam, gwendoline jones, gwladys green, harold peck, harriet foubister, hazel squire, hilda francis, howard cornish, ina vincent, inthea north, irene graham, isabel cracknell, isabel dunn, isie pitman, j.c. williamson, jean hanson, jean healey, jean johnston, jeannie brown, josephine johnson, judith green, julie eisura, june leache, june pascoe, katherine sullivan, kuitty smith, laurie caelli, leokadia pentakas, loretta ratz, lorraine daws, louise forster, lynette joyce, lynette pascoe, mabel carrick, margaret banks, margaret duncan, margaret mclean, margot gray, marie berry, marion erswell, marion mcewan, marjorie bishop, marjorie palmer, mary barling, mary cecil, mary english, mary gannon, mary hodgson, mary iredale, mary versoe, mavis chivers, mavis searle, may middleton, meredisth jelbart, merle turney, mildred matthews, miriam oldham, mona nott, myra cracknell, nacy hawkins, nellie lott, olwyn bradford, pam sutherland, pat ballard, patricia boase, peter smith, phyllis mcewan, ray ericksen, rex cornish, rhoda mowat, roma shanhun, rosa nicholson, rosemary stocks, ross nicholson, ruby cracknell, ruth lindsay, sandra hem, shirley harrison, sophie coffey, stuart wilkie, sylvia collins, ursula morrissey, vera addison (nee staley), vera earl, vera harris, vera kertrigan, violet harrison, wendy pettie, wendy weeks, winifred bow, yvonne carrick, yvonne mccarthy, yvonne smith, eltham cwa, greensborough cwa, templestowe cwa, kangaroo ground cwa, hurstbridge cwa, panton hill cwa

A Pageant of Three Queens Presented by The Diamond Valley Group of the C.W.A. of Victoria as a Coronation Gesture Written and produced for the Group by Doris Moody Group President Dorothy Tingate See also programme 04610-4 List of all performers and contributors in key word subjectsBlack and white sepia printcoronation, cwa, diamond valley group cwa, eltham public hall, eltham shire hall, performance, ada smith, ada stanbury, adelaide huntley, alf cornish, alice cracknell, alice gardner, allison wasley, alma eaton, ann berry, anna lejins, audrey wadeson, barbara mason, beryl hauser, beryl maver, beth powell, betty colclough, betty forrest, betty steve, betty walsey, betty wickham, beverley collins, briar hill timber & trading co. pty ltd, bridgene brinkkotter, caroline bean, caroline lewis, claire timms, constance balaam, daphne ratz, deidre squire, des tait, doreen troutbeck, doris carrick, doris hillhouse, doris kilby, doris moody, doris rhymer, doris stack, dorothy hickson, dorothy tingate, dorothy wills, dorotyh youlton, dorrie carrick, edna hedley, edna whitehead, elizabeth eaton, elizabeth green, ella beraton, elsie collins, elsie sidwell, ethel collins, eula buck, eva cunningham, evelyn brain, frances weeks, fred balaam, freda smith, gail erswell, george green, gertrude joyce, gladys callahan, grace bradshaw, grace jones, grace monks, grace thomas, graeme balaam, gwendoline jones, gwladys green, harold peck, harriet foubister, hazel squire, hilda francis, howard cornish, ina vincent, inthea north, irene graham, isabel cracknell, isabel dunn, isie pitman, j.c. williamson, jean hanson, jean healey, jean johnston, jeannie brown, josephine johnson, judith green, julie eisura, june leache, june pascoe, katherine sullivan, kuitty smith, laurie caelli, leokadia pentakas, loretta ratz, lorraine daws, louise forster, lynette joyce, lynette pascoe, mabel carrick, margaret banks, margaret duncan, margaret mclean, margot gray, marie berry, marion erswell, marion mcewan, marjorie bishop, marjorie palmer, mary barling, mary cecil, mary english, mary gannon, mary hodgson, mary iredale, mary versoe, mavis chivers, mavis searle, may middleton, meredisth jelbart, merle turney, mildred matthews, miriam oldham, mona nott, myra cracknell, nacy hawkins, nellie lott, olwyn bradford, pam sutherland, pat ballard, patricia boase, peter smith, phyllis mcewan, ray ericksen, rex cornish, rhoda mowat, roma shanhun, rosa nicholson, rosemary stocks, ross nicholson, ruby cracknell, ruth lindsay, sandra hem, shirley harrison, sophie coffey, stuart wilkie, sylvia collins, ursula morrissey, vera addison (nee staley), vera earl, vera harris, vera kertrigan, violet harrison, wendy pettie, wendy weeks, winifred bow, yvonne carrick, yvonne mccarthy, yvonne smith, eltham cwa, greensborough cwa, templestowe cwa, kangaroo ground cwa, hurstbridge cwa, panton hill cwa

A Pageant of Three Queens Presented by The Diamond Valley Group of the C.W.A. of Victoria as a Coronation Gesture Written and produced for the Group by Doris Moody Group President Dorothy Tingate See also photos 07202 and 07203 List of all performers and contributors in key word subjectsSouvenir Program; 4 pages 22 x 14.3 cm each (single folded sheet) single stapled to a printed paper card folded cover 25.3 x 15.8 cm 3 copies, one copy with fold mark down centreada smith, ada stanbury, adelaide huntley, alf cornish, alice cracknell, alice gardner, allison wasley, alma eaton, ann berry, anna lejins, audrey wadeson, barbara mason, beryl hauser, beryl maver, beth powell, betty colclough, betty forrest, betty steve, betty walsey, betty wickham, beverley collins, briar hill timber & trading co. pty ltd, bridgene brinkkotter, caroline bean, caroline lewis, claire timms, constance balaam, coronation, cwa, daphne ratz, deidre squire, des tait, diamond valley group cwa, doreen troutbeck, doris carrick, doris hillhouse, doris kilby, doris moody, doris rhymer, doris stack, dorothy hickson, dorothy tingate, dorothy wills, dorotyh youlton, dorrie carrick, edna hedley, edna whitehead, elizabeth eaton, elizabeth green, ella beraton, elsie collins, elsie sidwell, eltham cwa, eltham public hall, eltham shire hall, ethel collins, eula buck, eva cunningham, evelyn brain, frances weeks, fred balaam, freda smith, gail erswell, george green, gertrude joyce, gladys callahan, grace bradshaw, grace jones, grace monks, grace thomas, graeme balaam, greensborough cwa, gwendoline jones, gwladys green, harold peck, harriet foubister, hazel squire, hilda francis, howard cornish, hurstbridge cwa, ina vincent, inthea north, irene graham, isabel cracknell, isabel dunn, isie pitman, j.c. williamson, jean hanson, jean healey, jean johnston, jeannie brown, josephine johnson, judith green, julie eisura, june leache, june pascoe, kangaroo ground cwa, katherine sullivan, kuitty smith, laurie caelli, leokadia pentakas, loretta ratz, lorraine daws, louise forster, lynette joyce, lynette pascoe, mabel carrick, margaret banks, margaret duncan, margaret mclean, margot gray, marie berry, marion erswell, marion mcewan, marjorie bishop, marjorie palmer, mary barling, mary cecil, mary english, mary gannon, mary hodgson, mary iredale, mary versoe, mavis chivers, mavis searle, may middleton, meredisth jelbart, merle turney, mildred matthews, miriam oldham, mona nott, myra cracknell, nacy hawkins, nellie lott, olwyn bradford, pam sutherland, panton hill cwa, pat ballard, patricia boase, performance, peter smith, phyllis mcewan, ray ericksen, rex cornish, rhoda mowat, roma shanhun, rosa nicholson, rosemary stocks, ross nicholson, ruby cracknell, ruth lindsay, sandra hem, shirley harrison, sophie coffey, stuart wilkie, sylvia collins, templestowe cwa, ursula morrissey, vera addison (nee staley), vera earl, vera harris, vera kertrigan, violet harrison, wendy pettie, wendy weeks, winifred bow, yvonne carrick, yvonne mccarthy, yvonne smith