Following the closure of Diamond Valley Hospital there was community pressure to maintain the site as a health service. Banksia Palliative Care and Banksia Community Health are two interested groups. Newspaper clipping with black text.diamond valley hospital, diamond valley community hospital, mercy health, banksia community health, banksia palliative care

Since being closed two weeks ago, new plans have surfaced to keep the Diamond Valley Community Hospital site for community use including Banksia Palliative Care and Banksia Community Health. Newspaper clipping with black text and black and white photo.banyule city council, diamond valley hospital, diamond valley community hospital, banksia community health, banksia palliative care

A habitat corridor and it strengthens the community. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p185 Barak Bushlands lie west of the Diamond Creek on the corner of Falkiner Street and busy, noisy Main Road. They form part of an important habitat corridor linking the Yarra River to the Kinglake National Park.1 Manna Gums, tawny frogmouths and platypuses are some of the indigenous plants and animals that have made their home there. The bushlands are the result of more than nine years of hard work by the local community with the Nillumbik Council, to transform a degraded flood plain into this refuge of natural beauty. In 1997, shortly after moving into the new Riverside Estate on Falkiner Street, Eltham, several residents noticed the sorry state of the Diamond Creek and surrounding area. Part of it was used as a cow paddock and although small patches of vegetation survived, the area was infested with weeds, rabbits, rubbish and drainage from the housing estate. At various times the 4.4 hectares had been used as a market garden and for shire stock piles. The residents began to restore the area by revegetating land along the Diamond Creek. In 1998 they established the Friends of the Diamond Creek Falkiner Street Reserve2 and 35 families joined from the 90-house Estate. Carolyn Mellor, as the Friends’ Land Manager, undertook a four-year horticulture course to guide this massive project for a volunteer organisation. Since 1999, she has been the Friends’ President. In 1999 the Friends urged the Nillumbik Council to undertake a feasibility study into establishing a wetland system and urban forest. Work began in 2002 with Nillumbik Council funding the project, supplemented by government grants. The Friends also received grants from Melbourne Water and Parks Victoria. Aided by the Friends and other community members, the Council created the Barak Bushlands consisting of a forest, a wetland, a bridge, a path and open space. The beautiful wetland treats most of the estate’s stormwater runoff. Storm water is filtered through plants in the wetland ponds then is released slowly into the billabong, before flowing into the Diamond Creek. The wetland also helps to minimise flooding and the improved water quality provides a flora and fauna habitat. The Friends and other volunteers planted more than 27,000 plants, more than one third of which they grew from seeds they collected at Lower Eltham and Wingrove Parks. Eltham High School students planted thousands of these through a Year Eight program introduced for this purpose. Other groups who assisted were: Green Corps, local Scouts and Guides – 2nd Montmorency, 1st Diamond Creek and 1st Eltham Cub Packs, Eltham College students, Eltham East Primary School, Landcare members, Eltham Lions Club and the Eltham Baptist Church. To maintain enthusiasm for the mammoth task, the Friends and other volunteers ‘adopted’ trees to water and wrote their names on the stakes. In 2004, to recognise the area’s original occupiers, the reserve was named Barak Bushlands. William Barak, who lived from 1824 to 1903, was the last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe of the Wurundjeri-willam people. Traces of these original inhabitants remain in scar trees (bark sections removed to make a shield or canoe). That same year the Friends’ group was a finalist in the prestigious Federal Government, Banksia Environmental Awards. The Friends have also participated in Clean Up Australia, removing tonnes of rubbish and regularly testing the billabong, wetland and creek, for pollutants. For years the Friends, together with the Australian Platypus Conservancy, have tagged, measured and checked the health of platypuses from the Diamond and Mullum Mullum Creeks. With Latrobe University the Friends have conducted night walks to view owls, possums, bats and sugar gliders. Challenges for the council and the Friends continue with a large rabbit population, some vandalism, weed eradication and maintenance. However, thanks to this community effort, locals can now escape confined urban living on small blocks of land and enjoy the beauty of indigenous plants and animals. Working together has also strengthened the local community,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, barak bushlands, diamond creek (creek), eltham

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 10th April 1979 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Purchase of Victorian Manufactured Goods Land Transfer Discontinued Street Arvona Avenue Sunshine North Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Western Region Child Care & Family Services Committee Community Directory Youth Work Development Programme Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises under the Health act Health Act Registrations Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Use of Infant Welfare Centre Roberts Crescent Sunshine West by Air Force Wives Group Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Australian Posters Seat Agreement (Supply & Placement of Seats within the City of Sunshine at no cost to Council). Court Proceedings Parking Infringements Report of the City Librarian Special Projects Grant 1977/78 Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Allocation of Reserves Schools Winter Season Report of the City Engineer & Planner Regional Shopping Centres Government Review Planning Permit Application Amusement Machines 8 King Street Braybrook Planning Permit Application Warehouse Lots 37 & 38 Balfour Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Motor Workshop McIntyre Road South East Corner of Whitehill Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory Lots 52 & 53 Judge Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Factory or Workshop Extension 19 Evans Street Braybrook Planning Permit Application Brick Veneer Residence Lot 18 Robinsons Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Fitness Centre Hook Street and Vule Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Additional Villa Unit Lot 9 Mernda Street Sunshine West Home Occupations 3 Phase Power Connection 237A Main Road West St. Albans Plan of Subdivision Entally Drive Albanvale Plan of Consolidation Lots 327 & 328 Aycliffe Drive Deer Park Transport Regulation Board Survey Bus Shelter Facilities Greater Melbourne Area Results Council Depot Working Conditions and Improvements Wright Street Bridge by Country Road Board Footpath (New) Corner Hampshire Road and Ballarat Road Gary & Warren Smith (Sunshine) Pty Ltd Muncipal Sunshine Tip Asbestos Dumping James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd Half Cost Fencing 22 Kynoch Street Deer Park backing onto Sassella Park Sunshine Indoor Pool Security Lighting Report of Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 5 Banksia Street St. Albans Building Over Easement 58 Whitesides Avenue Sunshine West Verandah over Street Corner Hampshire Road and Derby Road Sunshine Siting of Building 22 Cleveland Street St. Albans Fence 14 Belvedere Close Maribyrnong Building on Flood Prone Land Lot 6 Scenic Place Maribyrnong Orders of the Day Accounts for Payment as at 31st March 1979 Extraordinary Business Report of the Town Clerk Development of Dempster Park Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Canteen Dempster Park Phoenix Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Take Away Food & Restaurant McDonalds Ballarat Road Report of the Building Surveyor Lot 6 Scenic Place Maribyrnong Report of the Director of Parks & Recreation Crossroads Football Club Provision of Flood Lights at Dempster Parkarvona avenue, sunshine north, roberts crescent, sunshine west, air force wives group, king street, braybrook, balfour avenue, mcintyre road, whitehill avenue, judge street, sunshine, evans street, robinsons road, deer park, hook street, vule street, st. albans, mernda street, main road west, entally drive, albanvale, aycliffe drive, wright street bridge, wright street, hampshire road, ballarat road, gary & warren smith, sunshine tip, kynoch street, sassella park, station road, sunshine indoor pool, banksia street, whitesides avenue, derby road, cleveland street, belvedere close, scenic place, maribyrnong, james hardie & co, dempster park, phoenix street, crossroads football club, mcdonalds

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 10th April 1979 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Purchase of Victorian Manufactured Goods Land Transfer Discontinued Street Arvona Avenue Sunshine North Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Western Region Child Care & Family Services Committee Community Directory Youth Work Development Programme Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises under the Health act Health Act Registrations Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Use of Infant Welfare Centre Roberts Crescent Sunshine West by Air Force Wives Group Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Australian Posters Seat Agreement (Supply & Placement of Seats within the City of Sunshine at no cost to Council). Court Proceedings Parking Infringements Report of the City Librarian Special Projects Grant 1977/78 Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Allocation of Reserves Schools Winter Season Report of the City Engineer & Planner Regional Shopping Centres Government Review Planning Permit Application Amusement Machines 8 King Street Braybrook Planning Permit Application Warehouse Lots 37 & 38 Balfour Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Motor Workshop McIntyre Road South East Corner of Whitehill Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory Lots 52 & 53 Judge Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Factory or Workshop Extension 19 Evans Street Braybrook Planning Permit Application Brick Veneer Residence Lot 18 Robinsons Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Fitness Centre Hook Street and Vule Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Additional Villa Unit Lot 9 Mernda Street Sunshine West Home Occupations 3 Phase Power Connection 237A Main Road West St. Albans Plan of Subdivision Entally Drive Albanvale Plan of Consolidation Lots 327 & 328 Aycliffe Drive Deer Park Transport Regulation Board Survey Bus Shelter Facilities Greater Melbourne Area Results Council Depot Working Conditions and Improvements Wright Street Bridge by Country Road Board Footpath (New) Corner Hampshire Road and Ballarat Road Gary & Warren Smith (Sunshine) Pty Ltd Muncipal Sunshine Tip Asbestos Dumping James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd Half Cost Fencing 22 Kynoch Street Deer Park backing onto Sassella Park Sunshine Indoor Pool Security Lighting Report of Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 5 Banksia Street St. Albans Building Over Easement 58 Whitesides Avenue Sunshine West Verandah over Street Corner Hampshire Road and Derby Road Sunshine Siting of Building 22 Cleveland Street St. Albans Fence 14 Belvedere Close Maribyrnong Building on Flood Prone Land Lot 6 Scenic Place Maribyrnongarvona avenue, sunshine north, roberts crescent, sunshine west, air force wives group, king street, braybrook, balfour avenue, mcintyre road, whitehill avenue, judge street, sunshine, evans street, robinsons road, deer park, hook street, vule street, st. albans, mernda street, main road west, entally drive, albanvale, aycliffe drive, wright street bridge, wright street, hampshire road, ballarat road, gary & warren smith, sunshine tip, kynoch street, sassella park, station road, sunshine indoor pool, banksia street, whitesides avenue, derby road, cleveland street, belvedere close, scenic place, maribyrnong, james hardie & co