ELTHAM’S GROWTH HAS BEEN RAPID IN RECENT YEARS Unknown local paper c.1960s Recent years have seen a rapid change in the appearance of Eltham’s business centre - so rapid, in fact, that the growth of premises has been almost 300%. For more than thirty-five years Eltham had little more than a dozen traders - the town's business area spreading from Pryor Street in the north, to Pitt Street in the south. The greatest density of businesses - no more than a handful of shops - were situated in the present shopping centre but other essential services such as the Post Office, were located half a mile away. As the town's population grew and the need for more shops became apparent, the growth was centralised around the railway station and Shire hall. Few of the old premises are used for their original form of business today, though many are still in existence. One of the oldest (seen clearly in the illustration) still in use is now Ferrari's Greengrocery. This shop was Eltham's butchery in early days, conducted by Jim Ryan. Up to twenty years ago, Mr. Ryan ran his business from the shop. whilst his son toured Eltham in his horse and cart, cutting his customers' orders as he went from door to door. Another business - one of the few still trading in the same goods-was Burgoyne's Hardware. This is now owned by Mr. R. Clinton, a new shop has recently been added and shortly the old premises will disappear completely. The Burgoyne family were well known to Eltham's population. The Post Office and Store (then in Main Road, near Bridge Street) was run by Mr. and Mrs. Burgoyne. The Post Office was later moved, and attached to the hardware store. OLD HOTEL In this same area was the old Eltham Hotel, almost opposite the present hotel. The building still stands, but has been converted into a house. The hitching rail can still be seen by the roadside. Back in the township was Barber's Blue Gum store, later conducted by Mrs. Burges (mother of Garnet Burges) and claimed to be Eltham's oldest shop. Further down the road, just past the hardware store, was the barber shop and billiard saloon. Next door was E. J. Andrew's news agency, library and State Savings Bank. Eltham's original chemist's shop, or dispensary as it was called, is now an electrical repair shop. On this side of the street too, was Mrs. Monteith - Draper. Mr Monteith was the owner of Eltham' s bus service. This bus service had no regular route, but deposited passengers at the point nearest their homes - a. door to door taxi service. Next to Mrs. Monteith stood another grocery - and general store, and next again, the local blacksmith. Another of Butcher Ryan's sons was Eltham's blacksmith and obviously an enterprising man he conducted a timber business next door to his smithy's shop. These two premises are still run by one man - Garnet Burges. BOOM STARTS Twenty years ago, when Thompson's took over Eltham's pharmacy they occupied the old shop adjoining the Shire hall. The building of Thompson's new premises, from which· they operate today, was the beginning of Eltham's recent growth and development. With another grocery store and a bakery at the corner of York Street, a butcher near Franklin Street, a cobbler's shop opposite the State School (did you ever wonder what that-little building attached to one of Eltham's oldest houses had been?), and an estate agency conducted by Mr. Clark, now Eltham Real Estate - only one trader remained - and today, still carries on, the only original owner of one of Eltham's .oldest established businesses - Mr. Dave Lyon, of Lyon Bros. Garage, which was formerly located in what was later used as Chenowyth's Foundry in Main Road. From the early twenties until little more than six or seven years ago that was the picture of Eltham. Some businesses had changed hands - many years before Mr. C. Rains had acquired Andrew's news agency, Mrs. Monteith's drapery had become Mrs. R. Smith's home-made cake shop, to change again and again to many other types of business. But generally, Eltham was unchanged, for nearly thirty years. Then suddenly new shops mushroomed. The new news agency and drapery, the chemist and adjoining shops, a new butcher, a green grocer and several more. POPULATION DOUBLED In the space of a few years, fifteen new shops, two banks, a restaurant and a post office were built at Eltham. New types of businesses found a ready market in an area which was quickly almost doubling its population. A little over twelve months ago, another wave of progress hit Eltham. Since then eight more shops have been built - a cake shop and fish shop in Dalton [sic – Dudley] Street - for building areas are unprocurable in the Main Street shopping centre now – have been built by Mr. D. Kimball; a new ladies’ and children’s wear shop has been opened by Rains; Eltham Dry Cleaners have another of these new shops, and Mr. R. Clinton has built elaborate new premises. Further down the road, Mr. C. Campbell has built a new butcher's shop, and next door, at present under construction, are a self service store and a shop which Mr. J. Hodges will open on completion. In addition to these new shops, Mr. J. Millett has extended his grocery to almost twice its original size. FLOURISHING Outside the central area, other businesses are flourishing. Latimer's felt factory is being developed in a picturesque rustic setting; P. J. Timber and Trading Company have recently completed a large showroom and timber yard, and in the town itself Nicholson and Merritt are now completing the extension of their foot wear factory to double its former area. This is Eltham today. Progress is moving rapidly in this rural area on the fringe of the metropolis. Less than a decade has seen vast development. The years to complete that span of time will see even greater changes and greater prosperity in this heart: of the Diamond Valley. OLD LANDMARK GOES Perhaps the most famous landmark in Eltham's' business section disappeared last Wednesday when the towering blue gum in Pryor Street at the rear of Main Road shops was felled. The tree, stated to be more than 80 feet high, was the one for which the adjoining café was named, when that business was Eltham’s only provision store, long before the turn of the century. Mr. J. Millett, who now owns the property on which the tree stood, deeply regretted its removal, but was mindful of the need for expansion in the business area. The "Old Blue Gum" was removed by Mr. A. Wilson, expert tree feller, from Heidelberg. Its proportions might be assessed by these facts – it took a gang of experienced men two days to completely fell and clear the tree, and, falling sections being brought down by cable tipped electricity wires on the opposite side of Pryor Street.andrew's news agency, bakery, barber shop, barber's blue gum store, billiard saloon, blacksmith, blue gum, burgoyne's hardware, butcher, cake shop, chemist's shop, chenowyth's foundry, cobbler's shop, dave lyon, dispensary, draper shop. mr monteith, dudley street, e. j. andrew's news agency, electrical repair shop, eltham bus service, eltham butchery, eltham dry cleaners, eltham hotel, eltham railway station, eltham real estate, eltham shire hall, eltham shopping centre, eltham shops, eltham town centre, estate agency, expert tree feller, ferrari's greengrocery, fish shop, foot wear factory, franklin street, garnet burges, general store, grocery, heidelberg, horace clark, jim ryan, ladies’ and children’s wear shop, latimer's felt factory, library, lyon bros. garage, main road, mr. a. wilson, mr. c. campbell, mr. c. rains, mr. d. kimball, mr. j. hodges, mr. j. millett, mr. r. clinton, mrs. burges, mrs. monteith, mrs. monteith's drapery, mrs. r. smith's home-made cake shop, nicholson and merritt, p. j. timber and trading company, pitt street, post office, pryor street, self service store, shopping centre, state savings bank, taxi service, thompson's pharmacy, york street

Digital album in PDF format of Miss Nugent's shop, Corner Spring St East and Esplanade East Port Melbourne . Plus images of Nugent, Dowling, Maloney and Moloney families.business and traders, domestic life, mary moloney, jim moloney, ellie moloney, ellen dowling nugent, bridget nugent, leo bernard dowling, cath dowling, margaret nugent maloney, tot moloney, ellen hoogen dowling, leo robert dowling, jack moloney, rosa dowling, frank dowling, rob dowling, ellen (nell) dowling, rosa nugent

Donated by the granddaughter of William DALGLISH.Faded black and white photo of the William DALGLISH shop at the corner of Station and Ingles Streets. Signage shows "North Sandridge Tea and Coffee Mart" and also Kitchenware, Ironmongery and Tinware. The photo taken in 1874 shows several people at the doorway of the shop and two horsedrawn wagons.william dalglish, built environment - commercial, business and traders - general stores

Brought by Fred Nicholson from donor Veronica Aldridge Subsequently researched by Terry Keenan -- see People file for minformationLaminated A4 photo of 'Marlborough' secondhand shop 221 Bay Street, corner of Liardet Street.business and traders - secondhand dealers, marlborough, arnold walter

This photo was taken by Victor Cattoni of Ingham in Queensland when he was in Melbourne on his honeymoon in 1953. The donor (his son) knew of no connection between his father and the Conlon family. Victor and his wife, Julia, travelled to Melbourne on the 'Mananda', which had been converted into a hospital ship in 1940. Victor was a motor mechanic and business man in Ingham and later a sugarcane farmer at nearby Abergowrie. Conlon's bread factory was located at 410-412 Canterbury Road on the corner of The Avenue. The site was purchased in 1927 by Michael Conlon and the factory built in 1928/1929. The original Conlon bakery was at 108 Union Road. This became to retail shop until the 1940s with the family involved in both the bakery and the shop. The photo is representative of the era when home deliveries by horse and cart were made by local traders including the baker, green grocer and dairy man. It also documents part of the history of a local business of longstanding.B&W photo of M F Conlon Surrey Bread Factory horse & cart at rest in a street in front of a picket fence.On the rear: "Photo by: / Victor Cattoni / Ingham, North Queensland / 1953" This is the same hand as that on the donation form, so it is presumed to have been added by Ed Cattoni prior to donation to SHHS. there are also photographic processing marks: "Ilford" stamped on the rear of the photographic paper and the number 71.victor cattoni, conlon's bread factory, 1953, canterbury road, factories, horse drawn deliveries, home deliveries

Black and white photo. Inside the corner shop at Farrell and Ross Streets. Alice BAKER serves two local lads. Charles and Alice BAKER opened their shop around 1933 although a shop had been at this site since 1900 as variously a butcher and pastry cook and general store. The shop passed into other hands around 1955. The photo was used in the PMHPS Calendar for 2007 (May)business and traders - milkbars, alice baker, charles baker, ross street, farrell street

Copied from a photo in the Port Melbourne collection (City of Port Phillip)Laser print of Miss Jago's corner grocery shop at Ingles and Heath Street, Port Melbourne (1933)business and traders - grocers and supermarkets, jago

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 19th August 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Australia Deafness Council Investments Bridge over Maribyrnong River Situated Near the Commonwealth Munitions Works (Maribyrnong Explosive Factory) Funding School Holiday Programmes Board of Review into the Role, Structure & Administration of Local Government Final Report 1979 Red Cross Appeal Interest on Rates and Other Monies Sale of Land Western Avenue and Ormond Avenue Sunshine Rainbow Workshop Programme Municipal recreation Officer Subsidy Scheme Formal Allotment of Street Numbers Municipal Grid Map Ref K03 Albanvale Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services The Hunt Club Hotel Buildings Proposed Purchae to Proceed Citizens' Advice Bureau Emergency Accomodation Family and Community Service Funding 1981 Grants Under State Grants (Home Care) Act Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Health Act registrations for 1980 Sanitary Contract Weights & Measures Practical Work Australian Institute of health Surveyors Victoria Division Lecture 22nd August 1980 Clifton Springs Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the Superintendent of Traffic & By-Laws Dog Act Report of the Acting City Librarian Special Projects Grant Public Libraries Division Library Council of Victoria Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Use of Council Reserves and Pavilions Holiday Programme Funding Fun Run Hosted by Sunshine Amateur Athletic Club on 5th October 1980 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Maribyrnong River Valley Humes and Adjacent Properties Beautification of Vacant Land Bounded by Western Highway (Ballarat Road), Westmoreland Road and Phoenix Street Sunshine North Recommendation by the Sunshine Beautification Group Sunshine Shopping Centre Retail Development Massey Ferguson Site Amendment No 137 Melbourne Metropolitan Scheme Taylors Road St. Albans Objection by the St. Albans Traders Association Planning Permit Application for Flats Main Road West St. Albans Planning Permit Application Five Shops and Associated Car Parking Railway Lots 39 to 43 Corner City Place and Sun Crescent Sunshine Planning Permit Factory and Office Gee Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Retail Plant Nursery Corner of McIntyre Road, Main Road East and Sunshine Avenue St. Albans Amendment 115 Part 1A to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment 148 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Rezoning 63 Millers Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Warehouse Lot 1 Wright Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Lot 70 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Extension to The House of Sunshine Caretaker's Residence Lot 63 & 64 Watt Street North East Corner Corio Street Sunshine Control of Outdoor Advertising Signs Planning Permit Application Additon of Milk Carton Mixer Plant to Existing S.C.I. Meat & Paper Pty Ltd Industrial Complex Somerville Road Tottenham Planning Permit Application L.P.G. Tank Relocation Sunshine Road Tottenham Planning Permit Application West Sunshine Polish Community Centre Extension 6 Helene Street Ardeer Planning Permit Application Car Sales Yard 310 Ballarat Road Braybrook Planning Permit Application Alterations to Existing Shop 257 Hampshire Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Panel Beating Works Lot 6 Maida Avenue Sunshine North Renaming Section of Surrey Street to Berkshire Road Sunshine North Consolidation of Title Lots 282 & 283 Ayton Street Sunshine North Omar Street At Mitchell Street Maidstone Closure Closure of Median Opening at the Easten End of Churchill Avenue Shopping Centre Park Appleby Avenue (Appleby Court) Private Street Scheme Western Highway (Ballarat Road) / Duke Street Intersection Parking Restrictions Albanvale Primary School Diamond Avenue Reserve Van Ness Avenue retaining Wall and Embankment Contract for the Supply, Buy-Back and Maintenance of Vehicles Toilet Block Selwyn Park Prohibited Parking McCracken Street and Wilkinson Road Sunshine Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement and Location of Building 5 Camelot Drive Albanvale Building Over Easement 37 Lily Street Braybrook Building Over Easement 102 Denton Avenue St. Albans Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th August 1980 Notice of Motion Dangerous Building 12 - 14 Drummartin Street Albion Extraordinary Business Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Factory & Warehouse Extension Derby Road South East Corner Thorpe Street Sunshine Trial Bus Service Melton to Sunshine Application for Connection with M.M.B.W. Station Road North Drain Report of Building Surveyor Building Over Easement Flats Lot 1 Station Road Deer Park Building Over Easement Lot 17 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Building Over Easement and Location of Building Lot 26 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Relocation of Building Lot 1 Wright Street Fire Separation in Buildings Highpoint Shopping Centre Rosamond Road Maribyrnongmaribyrnong, western avenue, ormond avenue, sunshine, maribyrnong river, maribyrnong explosive factory, the hunt club hotel, ballarat road, deer park, sunshine amateur athletic club, maribyrnong river valley, humes pipe works, van ness avenue, western highway, westmoreland road, phoenix street, sunshine north, sunshine beautification group, massey ferguson, taylors road, st. albans, st. albans traders association, main road west, city place, sun crescent, gee street, mcintyre road, main road east, sunshine avenue, millers road, brooklyn, wright street, cromer avenue, the house of sunshine, watt street, corio street, s.c.i. meat & paper pty ltd, somerville road, tottenham, sunshine road, west sunshine polish community centre, helene street, ardeer, braybrook, hampshire road, maida avenue, surrey street, berkshire road, ayton street, omar street, mitchell street, maidstone, churchill avenue, appleby avenue, appleby court, duke street, albanvale primary school, diamond avenue reserve, daimond avenue, albanvale, selwyn park, selwyn street, albion, mccracken street, wilkinson road, camelot drive, lily street, denton avenue, drummartin street, derby road, thorpe street, station road