Lost buildingB/W photo, Samuel Bailey's East End Butchery Shop, Main Rd. Ballarat East, c 1879"Samuel Bailey's Butcher shop, Main Rd. Ballarat East, circa 18798, opposite Sovereign Hill (Opposite Nettleton's, which was at the base of Sovereign Hill) shop, butcher, samuel bailey

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, king george v, queen mary, main rd, 1901

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, main rd, barkly st, boy scouts

The first St. Albans post office opened in 1888, just one year after the township was established in 1887. At this time, St Albans was little more than a railway station, a handful of houses, and Alfred Padley’s speculative subdivision. The location of the first post office changed over time, from the Railway Station and to general stores. The first record of a post office at this site appears in the 1960 edition of the Sands & Mcdougall Directory. This collection of photographs captures the basic building structure of the post office at this site and the post office staff and their customers.5659.01 - Main Rd West 45 - St. Albans Post Office Photo 01.jpg 5659.02 - Main Rd West 45 - St. Albans Post Office Photo 02.jpg 5659.03 - Main Rd West 45 - St. Albans Post Office Photo 03.jpg 5659.04 - Main Rd West 45 - St. Albans Post Office Photo 04.jpg 5659.05 - Main Rd West 45 - St. Albans Post Office Photo 05.jpg main road west, st. albans, st. albans post office

The St. Albans Arcade was one of first buildings in St. Albans that had various shops under one roof. The earliest listing of the Arcade appears in 1960, showing a lively mix of small migrant‑run businesses typical of early St Albans: - Arcade Fruit Supplies - Mrs Irena Leczycki – Delicatessen - St Albans Fish Shop - Kenroniee Café - Violet Gift & Hardware - Arcade Butcher - Brotherhood of St Laurence – Dealer - Kanizsay, A. – Dealer - Arcade Hairdresser - Arcade Trading Co – Shoes This reflects the post‑war migrant boom, when St Albans was rapidly expanding and small shopfronts were essential community hubs. In 1970, the Arcade included: - T.A.B. of Victoria - Hampshire Real Estate Agency - Wittner’s Pty Ltd – Boot Retailer - Marta’s Beauty Saloon - Georgiou, P. – Hairdresser This marks the Arcade’s shift from purely retail to professional services, reflecting St Albans’ growing population and commercial maturity.5666 - Main Rd East 323 - St. Albans Arcade 1970's Photo 01.jpgmain road east, st. albans, st. albans arcade

This local milk bar & mixed business was the local SWING Soft Drinks distributor. SWING was a local Australian soft‑drink company, likely family‑run, producing Lemonade, Cola, Orange, Portello, Creamy soda and other classic flavours of the era. SWING operated during the peak era of small bottlers (1950s–1970s), when nearly every town had its own soft‑drink works. These small manufacturers disappeared during the industry collapse of the 1980's and 1990's, when Coca‑Cola, Pepsi, and Schweppes bought out or out‑competed most independents.This photographs captures the demand for the local SWING soft drinks in the early 1990's.5663 - Main Rd East Cnr McArthur St Shops 1991 (Sun Adv 485) Photo 01.JPGmain road east, mcarthur street, st. albans, swing

John Seccombe was Wesleyan minister of the Scarsdale and Linton circuit, 1890 - 93.Copy of sepia photograph of Rev John Seccombe. Bearded gentleman in frock coat, right hand resting on book on table."Rev. John Seccombe, Wesleyan minister of Scarsdale and Linton circuit 1890 - 93".john seccombe

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, main

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, main

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, main, fire station tower

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, main, fire station tower

1960s, ballarat, bridge st

Centred on present day Edendale Farm from Glen Park rd to Zig Zag Rd Historic Aerial Imagery Source: Landata.vic.gov.au Aerial Photo Details: Project No :5 Project : MELBOURNE AND METROPOLITAN AREA PROJECT Run : 37 Frame : 60549 Date : 12/1945 Film Type : B/W Camera : EAG4 Flying Height : 10200 Scale : 6000 Film Number : 196 GDA2020 : 37°42'12"S, 145°09'09"E MGA2020 : 337141, 5825486 (55) Melways : 21 K2 (ed. 42)aerial photo, eltham, edendale farm, eltham - yarra glen road, eltham-hurstbridge railway line, gastons homestead, gastons road, glen park road, main road, park road, railway road, wattletree road, zig zag road, neil webster collection

Jocelyn Zepter-Trevor 1988 Entrant No. 69 Ref: Series 34, Item 24 The images in this record were not selected for inclusion. SHIRE OF ELTHAM COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY Photography is an artform which many of us practice, sometimes purely for artistic pursuit, sometimes to record the people and events in our lives. In 1988, as part of a local Bicentennial project, the Shire of Eltham conducted the Eltham Community Photographic Survey. Up to 100 entries were to be selected by a panel of photographers for entry into the Eltham Photographic Survey Exhibition. Entries had to be submitted by May 13, 1988. Entrants whose images were selected for the exhibition were contacted and requested to further submit an entry form providing entrant’s name, area of residence, age, and proposed captions. These details were then used to produce labels for the exhibition mounts. Where negatives had not been supplied, these were requested to support the display of printed enlargements mounted on 10” x 8” cardboard. The mounted prints were made available post exhibition for sale at $8.50 each for colour prints and $7.00 for B&W prints. Residents in the Shire were invited to collect a free roll of film and take a photograph of what they either liked or did not like about the area. A total of 160 entrants submitted multiple entries for the exhibition. Of those selected for exhibition, entrants ranged in age from 9 to 70 years. All custom colour and black and white printing for the exhibition was completed by Wattle Studios of Eltham. The Eltham Photographic Survey was jointly auspiced by the Shire of Eltham and Wattle Studios, of 953 Main Road, Eltham. The project was greatly assisted by: • David McRitchie, Media Studies Lecturer Victoria College, Rusden Campus. • Ian and Annette Toohill of Wattle Studios • Tracy Naughton, Eltham Community Arts Officer • Neville Emerson Pty. Ltd. • Superior Press, Eltham • Kodak Australasia Pty. Ltd. • Agfa Gevaert Ltd. • Townsend Colourtech Pty. Ltd. • The Australian Bicentennial Authority • Eleanor Bowers, Secretary, Eltham Arts Council The exhibition was placed on display in the Woolworths Arcade, Eltham between Monday June 6th and Saturday June 11, 1988. It was also intended to hold the exhibition at a venue in the Shire’s North Riding from Monday, June 20 to Friday June 24. It was then displayed at the Were Street Theatre, Montmorency from Friday, June 24 to Thursday, July 7. Series 34: Eltham Community Photographic Survey 1988 - Prints & Documentation Series consists of 117 photographs of Shire scenes taken by members of the community. Items I - 41 are larger photographs mounted on card, which were exhibited. Items 42 - 117 are unmounted copies, alternative takes and other entries. Corresponding negatives contained in Series 35: Eltham Community Photographic Survey 1988 – Negatives which consists of 267 colour and B&W negatives and one colour slide of Shire scenes taken by members of the community. The negatives are arranged by the entrant number of the photographer. The Eltham Community Photographic Survey collection is significant to the local community as it was curated by the local community - ordinary people of all ages - representing what they liked and did not like in the area where they lived. It represents an unfiltered representation of the Shire of Eltham as it was in 1988. It also represents one of many projects as part of the national programme of events and celebrations to commemorate the bicentenary. It is a time capsule of life in the 1980s of this urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north. shire of eltham archives, bicentennial project, eltham, eltham community photographic survey, film - agfa xr 100 i, jocelyn zepter-trevor, scan - 35mm negative, series 35, eltham gateway hotel and conference centre, main road

The Society conducted a heritage excursion "Eltham War Memorials Walk" on Saturday, May 7, 2016 in conjunction with the centenary commemorations of the First World War. This walk involved visiting a number of memorials along Main Road dedicated to locals who served Australia in times of war including the Roll of Honour located in the Uniting Church Hall which also serves as the Opportunity Shop, which had once operated out of the former CBA bank building next door.activities, eltham district historical society, heritage excursion, jim connor collection, opportunity shop, uniting church, uniting church hall, 2016-05-07

jim connor collection, uniting church, 2018-07-13

The little yellow and orange brick at 810 Main Road, Eltham, just in front of the Uniting Church (formerly Methodist Church) on the corner of John Street in more recent times has been used as an Opportunity Shop by the Eltham Uniting Church however the operations outgrew the tiny building and the shop moved to inside the Church hall. This building was once the Eltham agency of the Commercial Bank of Australia. Measuring just 3.6 x 4.5 m inside, it was built in 1878 by George Stebbing and is said to have stored gold in the early Eltham-Research mining days. It was also once the scene of an armed hold-up. Thursday, December 15, 1949, the quiet little bank was embroiled in an infamous wild shoot-out between a daring thief and two bank officers. Today, the building still carries the scars ; a bullet hole remains visible in a cedar bench testifying to the events that played out that day.jim connor collection, uniting church, main road, eltham, cba bank, opportunity shop, 2020-01-06

The little yellow and orange brick at 810 Main Road, Eltham, just in front of the Uniting Church (formerly Methodist Church) on the corner of John Street in more recent times has been used as an Opportunity Shop by the Eltham Uniting Church however the operations outgrew the tiny building and the shop moved to inside the Church hall. This building was once the Eltham agency of the Commercial Bank of Australia. Measuring just 3.6 x 4.5 m inside, it was built in 1878 by George Stebbing and is said to have stored gold in the early Eltham-Research mining days. It was also once the scene of an armed hold-up. Thursday, December 15, 1949, the quiet little bank was embroiled in an infamous wild shoot-out between a daring thief and two bank officers. Today, the building still carries the scars ; a bullet hole remains visible in a cedar bench testifying to the events that played out that day.jim connor collection, uniting church, main road, eltham, cba bank, opportunity shop, 2023-07-10

Located on the corner of Main Road and John Street, the church first served the community as the Eltham Wesleyan Church since 1881. It became the Eltham Methodist Church in 1902, the year it united with the Primitive Methodists. Eltham Wesleyans first worshipped together in the home of William and Mary Crozier, on 24 acres bounded by Mount Pleasant Road and Pitt Street. From there they moved to a slab and bark hut in 1855 (this later served as the first school run by David Clark prior to the building of a new school in Dalton Street) and the members then built a chapel in 1858 on Lot 20, Henry Street (later to become the Rechabite Hall and Eltham Public Hall). The present church on John Street was designed by architects Crouch and Wilson in the Early English Gothic style with biochrome brick window frames, buttress heads and pinnacle. Church member George Stebbing built the church, the foundations were constructed with stone from the walls of the first Eltham State Primary School (No. 209) building which collapsed in 1874 and were purchased by Robert David Taylor. Stebbing was also responsible for building St Margaret’s Church and Shillinglaw Cottage. The Roll of Honour, which presently hangs in the church hall (which also doubles as the Opportunity Shop) lists 27 members of the congregation who served in the First World War, 11 of whom never returned. The red-brick Church Hall was opened in 1931 and in 1971 further additions linked the hall and church, including a foyer, vestry, meeting room and toilets reflecting the Eltham style of that time with its simplicity, extensive clear glass, reused baked clay-bricks from the 1881 church, heavy ceiling beams and compressed straw ceiling. On June 26, 1977, the church became part of the new Uniting Church in Australia consisting of the former Methodist and Congregational and most of the Presbyterian Churches. Following of declining numbers of worshippers, the church merged with the Montmorency Uniting Church on June 23, 1996. In 2023 the Uniting church approved a plan to renovate the church. It is understood that the historic church and the hall will be retained, and the building added in 1971 is to be demolished, to make way for a new purpose-built Opportunity shop. The proposed areas to be demolished include the current foyer, toilets, crèche, etc, including the area between the hall and the former RSL. Works are expected to commence mid to late July 2023. The Society was invited by a church member to take photographs of these areas to document them prior to demolition works commencing. Ref: “Nillumbik Now and Then” by Marguerite Marshall (2008)jim connor collection, 2023-07-10, eltham-montmorency uniting church, john street, methodist church, opportunity shop, uniting church, uniting church hall

One of a set of display images thought to be produced by the Shire of Eltham c.1979-1987Illustrative of services provided by former Shire of ElthamColour photograph 20 x 29 cm mounted on green-painted chipboard 28 x 35.5 cm (string on back for hanging)Title printed on label adhered to board below photograph (replaced June 2017)eltham, main road, eltham, road, eltham barrel

The Eltham Living and Learning Centre celebrated their 30th Anniversary on 29 July 2005 with a number of activities and displays35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 5) Mount - white 7 dots30th anniversary, 2005, eltham living and learning centre

The Eltham Living and Learning Centre celebrated their 30th Anniversary on 29 July 2005 with a number of activities and displays35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 5) Mount - white 7 dots30th anniversary, 2005, eltham living and learning centre

The Eltham Living and Learning Centre celebrated their 30th Anniversary on 29 July 2005 with a number of activities and displays35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 5) Mount - white 7 dots30th anniversary, 2005, eltham living and learning centre

The Eltham Living and Learning Centre celebrated their 30th Anniversary on 29 July 2005 with a number of activities and displays35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 5) Mount - white 7 dots30th anniversary, 2005, eltham living and learning centre

The Eltham Living and Learning Centre celebrated their 30th Anniversary on 29 July 2005 with a number of activities and displays35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 5) Mount - white 7 dots30th anniversary, 2005, eltham living and learning centre

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 of 7 stripsKodak GA 100 5095shire of eltham, eltham little theatre, eltham performing arts centre, main road, research (vic.)

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 of 7 stripsKodak GA 100 5095shire of eltham, eltham little theatre, eltham performing arts centre, main road, research (vic.)

Date based on other similar display panels visible in images of the Shire of Eltham display at the Eltham Community Festival, 7 November 1987. Colour photographinfrastructure, display panel, eltham festival, eltham little theatre, eltham performing arts centre, main road, research (vic.), shire of eltham

Date based on other similar display panels visible in images of the Shire of Eltham display at the Eltham Community Festival, 7 November 1987. Colour photographinfrastructure, display panel, eltham festival, eltham little theatre, eltham performing arts centre, main road, research (vic.), shire of eltham

The Eltham District Gun Club (Clay Target) was established in 1948. The first meeting was held at the Shire Hall, 6th Sept 1948. Cr. F.V. Squire, J.P., President (crossed out and revised to A.J. Russell. W.R. Squire, Treasurer B.T. Taylor, Hon. Secretary Committee - C. Bade, H. Correll, J. Harris, C. Thorn, F. Jones, M. Squire Revisions noted in pencilc. bade, h. correll, j. harris, c. thorn, f. jones, m. squire, b.t. taylor, w.r. squire, cr. f.v. squire, eltham district gun club (clay target)