In 1857, tanner John Pearson purchased three and a half acres of land in Little Eltham, at the western end of Pitt Street, with a 70-foot frontage to Maria Street (Main Road) and stretching down to the Diamond Creek for £100. He contracted Benjamin Oliver Wallis to build house for him. Wallis, a mason by trade who originated from the Cornish village of Newlyn, migrated to Melbourne in 1853 and was shortly engaged by Richard Warren to build the Eltham Hotel, which opened in 1854. When Warren fell into financial difficulty in 1858, Wallis purchased the hotel. That same year, Pearson constructed a tannery below the house with access to the water in the Diamond Creek. When Pearson became bankrupt in 1867, Wallis similarly acquired the house from Pearson’s creditors in 1868 and lived there until his death in 1896. For some of this time the house was in the name of Wallis’s son Richard but following his death in 1888, ownership reverted to his father. It was purchased by retired teacher Richard Gilsenen in 1899. Gilsenen was made acting head teacher at the Eltham State School in 1906 following the sudden death of head teacher John Brown. In the 1950s the house was bought by retired engineer Dr Alfred Fitzpatrick and his wife Claire who made various modifications to house goats and poultry as well as structural modifications to the house. In the early 1970s, Eltham Shire Councillors Frank Maas and Don Maling proposed an extended communities’ activities program be set up and the Commonwealth Grants Commission was approached for financial assistance. In 1974 a $50,000 Commonwealth Grant was received by the Shire Council to acquire the Fitzpatrick property as part of the planning to establish an extended communities’ activities program. The Fitzpatricks moved next door and Claire taught at the new Living and Learning Centre, which began in 1975, one of the first community education centres in Victoria. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p59 It’s a centre for sharing knowledge and friendship and it stands on the former hub of Eltham’s original township near Pitt Street. The Eltham Living and Learning Centre, with around 2000 participants a year, began in 1975 as one of the first Community Education Centres in Victoria. Classes ranging from macramé to wine making to environmental living have enriched the lives of thousands of people through the generosity of tutors sharing their skills free of charge. The centre’s heart is the brick cottage, built in 1858 by tanner John Pearson. He bought the three and a half acre (1.4ha) allotment fronting Maria Street (now Main Road) and stretching down to the Diamond Creek. The allotment formed part of a 316 acre (127.8ha) subdivision, owned by Josiah Holloway, called Little Eltham, north of the original Eltham Reserve.1 The allotment then passed through the hands of several speculators before it was sold to Pearson for £100 in 1857. Mr Pearson’s children attended the Eltham Primary School from 1864 to 1867. But creditors took possession of the property when his tannery folded in 1867. It was then sold to publican Benjamin Wallis, who owned the Eltham Hotel at the corner of Pitt Street and Main Road. In 1899 the property was bought by Richard Gilsenan, who became acting head teacher of the Eltham Primary State School in 1906. In the 1950s, retired engineer Dr Alfred Fitzpatrick and his wife Claire bought the property, and made structural changes. Claire, a journalist and community campaigner, modified and built pens for goats and poultry, a stable, a garage and planted fruit trees and a vegetable garden. In the early 1970s a young woman called Carina Hack approached Gwen Wesson at the Diamond Valley Learning Centre (Victoria’s first Community Education Centre) about starting a community centre. Following Wesson’s suggestion, Hack spoke to Shire President Alistair Knox ‘one bleak rainy afternoon, sipping hot drinks and discussing life’.2 Eltham Shire Councillors Frank Maas and Don Maling proposed a community activities program and the council received a $50,000 Commonwealth Government Grant for this venture.3 The Fitzpatricks sold their property to the council and moved next door and Claire taught at the new centre, which Hack named. Eltham obviously wanted such a centre as Hack recalls. ‘During the next two months we had about 50 volunteers working day, night and weekends, scrubbing down, plastering and painting walls, replacing floors, repairing fences, recycling furniture, sewing curtains and cushions, donating furniture, toys, equipment, clean-ing and gardening…’4 The first enrolment day saw a queue stretching up the driveway nearly to the gate and the first sessions attracted 270 people a week. Soon the outbuildings were converted into pottery studios and a large workshop. From 1979 the Eltham Art and Craft Market was held in the centre’s grounds and the Friends of the Centre ran it from 1980. A former program coordinator, Margaret Johnson, remembers enrolment day in the late 1970s and 1980s, when hundreds of people would queue – and some even camped overnight! Overnighters were greeted in the morning with fresh tea and toast. Another tradition was The Enrolment Day Cake with Recipe, given to volunteers. ‘One happy Enrolment Day fell on February 14 and let’s just say that St Valentine found some willing participants, paying $2 for a kiss.’5 Meanwhile the participants’ children could play at the Council Eltham Lower Park house in Hohnes Road, later in Susan Street. But the centre has had difficulties too. In 1990 a fire destroyed the stable and the police suspected arson. However the pavilion was built in its place.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, benjamin oliver wallis, claire fitzpatrick, don maling, dr alfred fitzpatrick, eltham living and learning centre, frank maas, john pearson, richard gilsenen, tannery

Supplement to Diamond Valley News, Tuesday, July 27, 1976. Includes photos, Statement by the Shire President, Profiles of Councilors, articles and information on community services. Folder 70 from Harry Gilham Collection. 8 pageseltham living and learning centre, don maling, bill hale, peter graham, allan horsley, robert marshall, graham bride, frank maas, norm williams, arthur traynor, w. r. featherston, community services, diamond valley news, shire of eltham, 1976

Eleanor Hinde (1842-1902) was born in Lancashire England. In 1858, Eleanor married Richard Reynold in the Forest Street Wesleyan Methodist Church in Sandhurst. They both gave their address as Sailors Gully Goldfields. They had seven children together. Richard was a skilled tradesman and after he died in 1872 from lung disease, Eleanor married Arculus Opie. Eleanor owned a property on the corner of Gladstone and Stanley Streets which later became an electrical substation. She sold poultry and eggs and preserves. The four folders contain family history documents and photos of the descendants of Eleanor Hinde. Iris Ellen Greenaway (1922-2009) is the Great Granddaughter of Richard Reynolds and Eleanor Hinde. Iris married William Male 10891.5a Family history sheet of William Donald Male and Iris Ellen Greenaway 10891.5b, 5c Front and Rear of Marriage Photo of Iris Greenaway and William (Don) Male 10891.5d, 5e On rear of photo, Ron Charles Reynold, Iris Ellen Greenaway, Ruth Honorah Greenaway, taken at Auburn c.1943 10891.5f Iris (nee Greenaway) and Thomas Neal Male 10891.5g Iris Greenaway age about 2 years 10891.5h to 5v Photos and information on Iris's childrenbendigo, sandhurst, peter jorgensen, eleanor hinde, eleanor reynolds, eleanor opie, reynolds collection, amelia honorah reynolds, charles frank greenaway, charles albion reynolds, iris ellen greenaway, william donald male

The Pavillion was an extension to the Eltham Living and Learning Centre which was opened 8 October, 1994 In 1857, tanner John Pearson purchased three and a half acres of land in Little Eltham, at the western end of Pitt Street, with a 70-foot frontage to Maria Street (Main Road) and stretching down to the Diamond Creek for £100. He contracted Benjamin Oliver Wallis to build house for him. Wallis, a mason by trade who originated from the Cornish village of Newlyn, migrated to Melbourne in 1853 and was shortly engaged by Richard Warren to build the Eltham Hotel, which opened in 1854. When Warren fell into financial difficulty in 1858, Wallis purchased the hotel. That same year, Pearson constructed a tannery below the house with access to the water in the Diamond Creek. When Pearson became bankrupt in 1867, Wallis similarly acquired the house from Pearson’s creditors in 1868 and lived there until his death in 1896. For some of this time the house was in the name of Wallis’s son Richard but following his death in 1888, ownership reverted to his father. It was purchased by retired teacher Richard Gilsenen in 1899. Gilsenen was made acting head teacher at the Eltham State School in 1906 following the sudden death of head teacher John Brown. In the 1950s the house was bought by retired engineer Dr Alfred Fitzpatrick and his wife Claire who made various modifications to house goats and poultry as well as structural modifications to the house. In the early 1970s, Eltham Shire Councillors Frank Maas and Don Maling proposed an extended communities’ activities program be set up and the Commonwealth Grants Commission was approached for financial assistance. In 1974 a $50,000 Commonwealth Grant was received by the Shire Council to acquire the Fitzpatrick property as part of the planning to establish an extended communities’ activities program. The Fitzpatricks moved next door and Claire taught at the new Living and Learning Centre, which began in 1975, one of the first community education centres in Victoria.jim connor collection, eltham, eltham living and learning centre, living and learning centre, pavilion

"Otira" was built in 1887 for Mr. Henry Berry, owner of a large wholesale grocery business. In 1923, the property was acquired by the Methodist Church for use as a home mission training college. B & W photograph of a group of 21 male and female students and staff members of the Otira Methodist Home Missionary Training College, taken outdoors. The photograph is mounted on brown card. Pictured: Charles Adams, Douglas Brimacombe, Harold Hoare, Reg Williams, Will Bromley, Harold Crothers, Harry Bock, Don Allen, Howard Kettle, Bob Brown, Athol McGregor, Will Broadbent, Sister Gwen Lechte, Marge Holden (Brimacombe), Mrs Holden, Lois Atkins. Front row: Rev. Joseph Snell, Rev. Tom Rentoul, Rev. A.T. Holden, Rev. J.R. Harcourt, Rev. R. Ditterich.otira methodist home missionary training college, charles adams, douglas brimacombe, harold hoare, reg williams, will bromley, harold crothers, harry bock, don allen, howard kettle, bob brown, athol mcgregor, will broadbent, sister gwen lechte, marge holden (brimacombe), mrs holden, lois atkins. front row: rev. joseph snell, rev. tom rentoul, rev. a.t. holden, rev. j.r. harcourt, rev. r. ditterich.

Photograph made by A.P. Winzenried for, "Green Grows Our Garden," p73.Colour photograph. Copy made by A.P. Winzenried. Photograph appeared in the "Sun News Pictorial," July 10, 1934. The caption reads, "Things are never down on the farm at Burnley Horticultural School while Don, the old dray horse, is on the job carting his load of happy students back to the lecture room after a session of practical work. Most of the 30 pupils now at the school are engaged in the study of pruning." See B94.-902. A large group of male and female students seated on a cart darwn by a draught horse.a.p. winzenried, green grows our garden, don, dray horse, students working outside, draught horse, students, orchard, newspaper cutting

Note by T.H. Kneen 1 April 1992, "The horse is Donnie. The male student looks like E.C. (Ted) Tyrell (1947) but I am unable to identify the girls."Black and white photograph of a newspaper cutting from The Age or the Leader. 3 students digging in the orchard and one ploughing with a horseorchard, ploughing, horse, don, e.c. (ted) tyrell, students working outside, digging, donnie, donald, newspaper cutting

Group of Salvation Army personnel standing in front of pipe organ in St. Matthew's Church in 1968. Captain & Mrs. Noel Clegg Back Don Reeve, Dennis Tyler,2 Guests, Alf Perry,2 Guests, John White In front of backrow Amy Collins, Cynthia Perry, Eileen Esky, Phyllis Folkes, ?, ?, V White, Gwen Reeve In front of them, guest, Margory Brown, Eileen Clarke, Jenny Biggs, Una Watson, Anita Brown, guest, ?, Janet Tyler Front Ruby SymesMr Capt Noel Clegg, S/Lindsay BrownBlack & white photo of a group of male & female singers in front of a pipe organ. Songsters in St. Matthew's Stawell, pre-Petersham trip 1968.stawell religion

Residence Fountainhead Brewery Armstrong's Est. c 1872. The rear view photograph shows a more recent renovated building. Some evidence of demolition to rear of building (servants stairs etc.) Following notes taken from information in album 9 - "Compare earlier photos and note balcony etc. Later views, This photo early 2003. Owing to timber decay balcony was removed for safety. Finances permitting complete balcony will be replaced. Twin columns and iron lace are not original. Early description mentions statues in "niches" beside door. Female statue left is original. White pedestal at left was male stature damaged by a falling tree. Both statues were fountains." Photographs taken by Mr. Don Richard and held in Album 9b Armstrong’s Area.Two coloured photographs, of a brick double story building. The front view of the building has 4 windows and 2 doors. Two white columns at the entrance with decorative iron work support the roof of the porch with 2 white chairs and a table on top. Either side of the entrance door are 2 white wall indents "niches" with pot plants. The second photo show the back view of the two story building with a single story building attached that has a tin roof. A timber fence with a gate shows the side entrance to the single story building. 648M NHNN 8H01HPRO3 WIMMERA 1MHGINGstawell

This is the Minute book of the Intermediate Legacy Ladies Club, from February 1983 - October 1993, detailing the activities and decisions of the ILLC. The Intermediate Legacy Club was established by Junior Legatees who had outgrown the junior activities. Initially just males but later the Intermediate Ladies also formed a club. From this book it appears to have functioned from at least 1953 to 1990. Background: The ILC was formed in 1929 with a total membership of 18. The idea of the club sprang from those boys who had outgrown the Junior Legacy Club. In the early days it fielded a lacrosse team and it was this that mainly held the members together. Enthusiasm wained after a few years as it lacked a solid objective. The answer came from one of its members and in 1938 they founded the Don Esses Club. This was a club for the children of incapacitated ex-servicemen which met every Thursday night at 7.30 run by the ILC members. The name came from the signallers' code Disabled Servicemen's Sons. During the second world war 80% of the members of the ILC enlisted in the services. Leaving only 8 members that could not join due to ill health or reserved occupations. They continued the Don Esses and whatever aid they could to Legacy. ILC members had always helped Legacy where possible including being camp leaders or camp staff, with the annual demonstrations, and coffee stalls at the ANZAC dawn service. Post second world war some ILC members were nominated into Legacy, others drifted away in civil occupations. It was found difficult to recruit new blood into the ILC and eventually membership waned when the boys from the Don Esses clubs found other youth activities to join. The ILC ceased to meet regularly in the mid fifties. However a strong comradeship still existed between members and they would meet in one anothers homes. Members were always ready to help the senior Legacy Club in any way in their power and still helped at Christmas parties and summer camps. ILC was a service rendering organisation and was self governing.Records of financial information and fund raising activities undertaken by the ILLC to assist Melbourne Legacy.Red mottled covered book with faint blue numbered pages. Yellow envelope and calendar fixed to inside cover with sellotape. Poem, Heroes of England inserted loosely between front cover and fly leaf. Two letters pinned to fly leaf 1- typed in blue thanking Intermediate Legacy Ladies Club for raising $1200.00. 2- letter in black type from the Honarary Secretary (Intermediate Legacy Ladies Club) to Mr Denstan Executive Officer Melbourne Legacy. A breakdown of amounts raised and from whom the funds were raised. Yellow envelope contains Statement of receipts and expenditure for years 1985/86/87/88/90/91/92.Cover, gold print "Collins 3880 series" underlined. Spine, gold print, Faint and paged. Lined and un-numbered page, handprinted Intermediate Legacy Ladies Club. In blue biro. Handwritten Minute Book. 1983 (February) in blue biro. Other notations have been inserted or stapled at pages 59, 96, 108 and 141.minutes, ilc, illc

Focussing on the growth and activities that took place in the shopping and service centre of Canterbury and Maling Roads in Canterbury from the 1880s to the present, it is partly a guide book to the present buildings of the centre through the streetscapes and brief lives of each of the premises.Focussing on the growth and activities that took place in the shopping and service centre of Canterbury and Maling Roads in Canterbury from the 1880s to the present, it is partly a guide book to the present buildings of the centre through the streetscapes and brief lives of each of the premises. illus. of streetscapes, indexshops, canterbury, maling road, (mr) george robinson, rochester road, j weymouth, railways, m white, hindson buildings, (mrs) - hillier, f g wilson, s huckerby, g cox, (mr) george cornell, lawson brothers, retail trade, commercial development

Taken at Macleay Park, Balwyn. The team are identified as: Back row - LtoR: AV Webb, Bill Smyth, ... , Noel White, Alan Rash, ... , Ken Wright, ... , Ian Miles, Keith Turner, Ron Page, Ian Howden, Peter Cavanagh, ... Front row - LtoR: Ian Cox, Jack Power, ... , Ralph Rae, (child), Don Frost, Ron Page, Russell Smyth, Bob Turner, ... , ...Black and white photo of the Benson Street Methodist Church Football Team in 1942. It shows 20 men in football uniform, with on the left a man in an overcoat and another in a suit; one in a suit on the RHS; one male umpire and in the centre one small child in uniform being supported by a player. There is a large mature tree on the left and buildings can be seen in the far background. macleay park, benson street methodist church football team, benson street methodist church, sport and recreations, football, mr a v webb, bill smyth, noel white, alan rash, ken wright, ian miles, keith turner, ron page, ian howden, peter cavanagh, ian cox, jack power, ralph rae, don frost, ron page, russell smyth, bob turner

Focussing on the growth and activities that took place in the shopping and service centre of Canterbury and Maling Roads in Canterbury from the 1880s to the present, it is partly a guide book to the present buildings of the centre through the streetscapes and brief lives of each of the premises.Focussing on the growth and activities that took place in the shopping and service centre of Canterbury and Maling Roads in Canterbury from the 1880s to the present, it is partly a guide book to the present buildings of the centre through the streetscapes and brief lives of each of the premises. illus. of streetscapes, indexshops, canterbury, maling road, (mr) george robinson, rochester road, j weymouth, railways, m white, hindson buildings, (mrs) - hillier, f g wilson, s huckerby, g cox, (mr) george cornell, lawson brothers, retail trade, commercial development

74 pages; black and white illustrations and photographs, including sketches of streetscapes. Includes bibliographical references and indexnon-fictionFocussing on the growth and activities that took place in the shopping and service centre of Canterbury and Maling Roads in Canterbury from the 1880s to the present, it is partly a guide book to the present buildings of the centre through the streetscapes and brief lives of each of the premises.canterbury road shopping centre, maling road, maling road> shops, shops, retail trade, commercial establishments, streetscapes, gibb> don, warmington> stuart

187 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimilesnon-fictionCanterbury: A History covers the history of the suburb of Canterbury, Victoria from its Aboriginal history as part of the country of the Wurundjeri people to its completed development as a middle-class suburb by the late 1950s. The book had been a labour of love by esteemed historian, Don Gibb, for many years. Don’s sudden death in late 2017 left the manuscript uncompleted. The Canterbury History Group and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, together with Don’s family, were determined to see Don’s book completed and published. Jill Barnard contributed the final two chapters dealing with the inter war and post-World War II decades.canterbury, canterbury history, residential development, maling road, gibb> don

7081, WMC Manager Keith Parry addressing audience, Seated from L. Mine manager Brian Micke, unknown, unknown, Don Webb Seated far right Jean Earle Standing Pat Krause (bearded), John Van Leeuwen (hat and glasses) 7081a: Crowd Scene at the opening of the Magdala decline Front: L to R Eric and Hazel Lewis, Keith and Elwyn Haymes, Joan and Keith Hallam second row: unknown , unknown, Cynthia and Glynn Cashin, unknown , unknown third row: none known fourth row: Peter Ruthven, unknown, Jack Jones, Ken Dadswell at end, behind him Ian McCann Standing behind Mr and Mrs Kinsella on L. 5th from R. Terry Monaghan 7081b: Male Breaking ground with a Gold Pick (Mr David White, Minister for Minerals and Energy) 7081c: Catapillar Dozer digging the decline. 7081d: Conveyor belt moving soil with two workers 7081e: Underground Photo, a worker looking at drill placement. 7081f: The entrance to Magdala Delcine 1981. 7081g: A large dumper in the decline underground. 7081h: A Vehicle at the entrance to the Magdala Decline. 7081i: A Large group of miners around a vehicle at the entrance to the Magdala decline. 7081j: B/W showing a large rock with the dedication Plaque 7081K: Outside machinery for the drive. 7081l: Tanks containing liquid, one with the shell logo, and a red container. 7081m: Yellow tray truck emerging from the Magdala Decline. 14 Photographs showing crowd scenes at the Magdala Deline Opening in 1981 First shows CEO of WMC Keith Parry addressing the crowd Manager Brian Micke seated on far left Mayor Don Webb seated second from right7081k: On Reverse Stawell Gold MInes: Neg 26: 257 7081l: On Reverse Stawell Gold MInes: Neg 24: 257 7081m: On Reverse Stawell Gold Mines: Neg 25: 257 mining