Eltham Hall Committee appointed 10 Novemebr 1952 consisting of South Riding Councillors. Cr. Houghton and Cr. Brinkkotter. Minutes of meetings held: 14 April 1953 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter, Cr. Squire, Cr. Houghton 18 May 1953 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter, Cr. Squire, Cr. Houghton 10 August 1953 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter, Cr. Squire, Cr. Houghton, Cr. Griffith 12 October 1953 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter, Cr. Peake, Cr. Harmer, Cr. Griffith 14 December 1953 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter, Cr. Peake, Cr. Harmer, Cr. Griffith, Cr. Houghton 9 March 1954 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter, Cr. Peake, Cr. Harmer, Cr. Griffith 2 June 1954 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter, Cr. Peake, Cr. Harmer 9 August 1954 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter, Cr. Peake, Cr. Griffith 29 September 1954 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter, Cr. Peake, Cr. Harmer 13 December 1954 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter, Cr. Peake, Cr. Harmer, Cr. Bartlett 15 March 1955 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter, Cr. Peake, Cr. Harmer 20 June 1955 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter (Chairman), Cr. Houghton, Cr. Bartlett 26 March 1956 - Present - Cr. Brinkkotter (Chairman), Cr. Peake, Cr. Bartlett, Cr. Addison, Cr. Harmer, Cr. SmedleyBackground workings for the funding of a Public Hall at Eltham. The funding was provided by public subscription and the money loaned to Council to build the hall. The hall was part of the new Eltham Shire offices located at the corner of Main Road and Arthur Street. A similar funding approach was used a few years later to provide for the Eltham War Memorial located on the opposite side of Main Road.Note Book; semi-hard black covers, faint lined each page, 23 x 17.5 x 1 cm, 16 pages with notes, rest blankminute book, arthur street, main road eltham, eltham public hall, cr. brinkkotter, cr. squire, cr. houghton, cr. peake, cr. harmer, cr. griffith, cr. bartlett, cr. addison, cr. smedley

Cr G. C. Dreveman J.P. and President of Eltham Shire Council gives a speech at the opening of the Eltham Library in August 1971. He is being filmed. Standing nearby are Mr M.B. Watson (Shire Secretary) and Mr M.V. Houghton. 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, eltham library, opening day, cr. g.c. dreverman, w.v. houghton, m.b. watson, speech, filming