Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak Safety 5035streetscape, heidelberg-kinglake-road, hurstbridge, hurstbridge coaches, railway station

[Note: dated based on negatives 01791 (20 Jan 1986) as service station (in other frames on roll of film) and pricing for fuel very similar period; possibly late 1985]Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak CL 200 5093eltham, railway station, hurstbridge coaches

Coach with flaps takes aboard passengers. It travelled between Kinglake and Hurstbridge. The vehicle has advertising on the side indicating: W. BODY. HURSTBRIDGE bread and pastry. The Advertiser on 15 Sep 1922 has a display advertisement on page 2 indicating that Hurstbridge bakery 'W. Body wishes to notify the Public of Hurstbridge and surrounding district that he has purchased Mr Oliver's business'. The Advertiser, Friday 10 November 1922, page 2: Mr J. D. Chalmers, who runs the motor service from Hurstbridge to Kinglake, has just had a large, body built on a two-ton motor, which will be serviceable for either 25 passengers or general goods. The work was entrusted to Mr. D.G. Graham, motor and coach builder, Hurstbridge, who completed it within a month, the finish, painting, etc.. being quite up to the standard of a city shop. The mail coach operated the route between Kinglake and Hurstbridge motor route, on which Mr. Sharpe had pioneered and run a motor mail route with a bus which carried 20 passengers, for many years but Sharpe's license for his motor bus was refused by the Country Roads Board mid 1930 as his bus was considered too large . In February 1935, Mr Sharpe was granted a license to carry passengers between Hurstbridge and Kinglake and Mr Kell between Kinglake and Hurstbridge. In 1936 the mail contract from Heidelberg to Knglake was via car and members of the community were concerned that there was no further any conveyance of passengers from Hurstbridge to Kinglake.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 image 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg 9 x 12.5 cm B&W printsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, mail coach, w. body, public transport, bus, bus travel, hurstbridge, pioneers and painters

Edward Gadd’s coach building and blacksmith shop was on the western side of Main Road, just south of Arthur Street and alongside Hannah Lloyd’s Railway General Store. The site was later home to the Eltham Produce Store, then a BP Petrol Station and in present-day home to Healthability at 911-917 Main Road. https://maps.app.goo.gl/az9GzxmVYFRGgYa39 Note with photo: "Man with hammer is Mr Gadd; always wore leggings and played violin at local dances. On his left is Harold Norman of Research. (Sam Howard played banjo). Mrs Read (Jock's mother) played piano by ear. Research called Normantown because no one could remember who was related to who." Note the school children; one of whom may be Jock Read. In April 1922, E.Gadd took over the West Bros. blacksmithing business at Eltham. He had many prior years’ experiences with horses and their ailments, such as diseased feet and bad breath. He advertised that he kept horse medicines in stock and was prepared to undertake clipping. [THE Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser AND Diamond Creek Valley Advocate. (1922, April 7). Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser and Diamond Creek Valley Advocate (Vic. : 1917 - 1922), p. 3 (AFTERNOON.). Retrieved July 31, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57640818] A poster on the exterior wall of the shed promotes protection of vineyards from Prohibition by voting No. This would date this photo around March 1930. A vote was being held by the Victorian government which the vineyard growers were opposed to due to the ramifications it would have upon the wider industry for dried fruits and table grapes, etc as well and how it was in direct conflict with the federal government's actions of WW1 Soldiers Settlements on vineyards as it would ruin them. [HOW VINE GROWERS WOULD BE PENALISED (1930, March 28). Advertiser (Hurstbridge, Vic. : 1922 - 1939), p. 4 (AFTERNOON). Retrieved July 31, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57762063] Edward Gadd died of pneumonia, July 1937. He had operated his coach building business in Eltham for 15 years (1922-1937). He lived in Research and left a wife and three sons. He was actively involved with the Research Hall and was largely instrumental in its establishment. [Death of Mr. Edward Gadd. (1937, July 23). Advertiser (Hurstbridge, Vic. : 1922 - 1939), p. 1. Retrieved July 31, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56845399] Following Gadd’s death, P. Sloan of Warrandyte took over the business, which he advertised as 'Eltham Shoeing Forge'. [Advertising (1937, July 30). Advertiser (Hurstbridge, Vic. : 1922 - 1939), p. 6. Retrieved July 31, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56845470] The photo was taken around March 1930 and Gadd operated his business between 1922 and 1937. This would suggest the shed would be visible in the November 1931 aerial photograph. Looking past the shed to the left the topography is relatively flat. The most probable location for the blacksmith shop, being a coach builder, would be near or on the main road. The only area in Eltham relative to other businesses that has a flattish topography with hills in the distant is around the railway station. E. Gadd’s Blacksmith shop was situated on the western side of Main Road, between Arthur and Dudley Streets and does appear to be visible in the 1931 aerial photo held by the Society. A map drawn up by Doug Orford of businesses and homes along Main Road in the 1930s shows the Gadd blacksmith shop in this precise location, just south of Staff’s general store. (See EDHS_05122). Other photos show the blacksmith shop adjacent to the Railway store and it had “Electrine Candles” advertising painted on the roof facing the southern approach along Main Road (SEPP_0611) and is just visible to the left of Lloyd’s Store c.1916-c.1922 (EDHS_02160). The rear of the shop facing the railway line is visible in EDHS_05593 Panorama at Eltham c. 1925. - Research by Peter Pidgeon, EDHS, July 2026 Sepia photographcoaches, dance band, edward gadd, eltham, harold norman, jock read, mrs read, prohibition vote, research (vic.), sam howard, vineyards, industry, school children

Rarely used two coach set (usually single car)Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Kodachrome colour positive transparency in cardboard slide mount.Processing date Jan 1983?eltham railway station, george coop collection, red rattler, single carriage train, single motor carriage, tait train

References to McLean family, Hector John McLean and Louisa Frances (nee Green) and six daughters who lived in Eltham during the period 1930 to 1934 inclusive. Lived in the former Evelyn Hotel at the time it was destroyed by fire and being part of the Centenary Parade in 1934 where the family won the Group Section for their entry “Pioneers of Eltham” Reminiscences provided by Edith Jones (nee M1934 flood, ballroom, baptism, barber shop, bittern, boy scouts, bremner's flat, burgoyne's shop, cable tram, cemetery road, centenary celebrations, centenary parade, christening, coach house, collis grocery, dalton street, depression, dole, dorothy jean mclean, edith jones (nee mclean), eltham fire brigade, eltham high school, eltham higher elementary school, eltham lower park, eltham railway station, eltham state school no. 209, evelyn hotel, fire damage - buildings, flinders naval depot, fordham, gladys evelyn mclean, gold mining, gwenneth mae mclean, gwladys evelyn mclean, headmistress, hector john mclean, isherwood house and shop, louisa frances mclean (nee green), metery road, methodist church, miss finnin, miss grant cottage, motor bike races, mrs barrett, mrs bremner, mrs hurley, olive isabel mclean, parade, phoebe lillian mclean, picnic, pioneers of eltham, pitt street, research fire brigade, rev. r.g. arthur, shed, shops, st margarets church hall, st margaret's church, stables, state savings bank of victoria, susso books, todaro, vinnie willet, warrandyte bridge, warrandyte, wingrove park, yarra river

Two Harris (Blue) trains can be seen in the Hurstbridge storage yard. Full seven coach trains would be stored here at weekends to permit rapid start of weekday services on a Monday. Meanwhile, Single Motor Carriage trains ran the Eltham-Hurstbridge service adequately at weekends. Two single carriages can be seen here. The Harris trains operated in Melbourne 1956-1988. They were full of asbestos and were taken out of service, wrapped in plastic and buried in land fill near Clayton.Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP4 black and white transparencyharris (blue) train, hurstbridge line, red rattler, single motor carriage, tait train