This photo shows the ribbon cutting for the Memorial Avenue (aka Heroes Avenue) for WWI soldiers. Memorial Avenues were created across Australia following the end of WWI. It could be safely assumed that the Gembrook (Nobelius Nursery) supplied the trees for the avenue.Black and white, rectangular, printed on gloss photographic paper. Photo of the ribbon cutting of the WWI Memorial Avenue (Heroes Avenue) in Emerald. Photo supplied by Kevin Teasdale.Written on the back of the photograph: Museum Photo showing the cutting of the ribbon for the WWI soldiers' Heroes (Memorial) Avenue (of Honour) The building in the background was to become the home &h shoe repair and sales business of Edward Henry Teasdale from c1940 to 1960.'emerald, victoria, australia, memorial avenue, world war i, kevin teasdale

Main Road, Eltham, south from Brougham Street to Dalton Street, c.1911 View looking down Policeman’s Hill on Maria Street (Main Road) from near Brougham Street towards Dalton Street, site of the Avenue of Honour established in 1916-1917 in memory of the soldiers who served in the First World War, 1914-1918. At the bottom of the hill on the right is White Cloud Cottage, home of the Jarrold family, three women standing out front observing the photographer. The road passes over a culvert which runs to the west in front of the cottage. The cottage was originally located closer to the Diamond Creek but was subject to flooding. It was dragged by horse to the present site shown, which was chosen for the higher ground that had been created as a result of land fill being deposited here from the quarry further around the bend on Main Road (site of present-day Eltham Primary School carpark) where the stone had been quarried for building the State School in Dalton Street. Immediately at the end of the straight section of the main road can be seen the gas streetlamp in front of the Jarrold home and the pond at the bottom of Dalton Street. The cottage had previously been rented for use as a Police Station / residence prior to the building of the permanent police house and station at the corner of Maria and Brougham streets in 1859. At the time of collection of photos for the centenary of the Shire of Eltham (1971) the cottage was owned by the Skipper family and remains in the family to present day (2021). On the left is the Grant house on the corner of Main Road and Dalton Street now the present-day site of Eltham Clinic. Photographer: J.H. Clark John Henry Clark was the youngest of three boys born to William Henry Clark (1823-1877) and Maria White (1843-1914). He and his brothers, William Charles Clark (1872-1945), Clement Kent Clark (1874-1912) operated a photography business (Clark Bros.) from 25 Thomas Street, Windsor near Prahran during the period c.1894 to 1914. Following death of Clement in September 1912 and their mother in 1914, the Clark Bros business appears to have dissolved, the premises demolished, and a new house was under construction in 1915. John set up business independently in 1914 operating out of 29 Moor Street, Fitzroy where he is registered in the 1914 and 1915 Electoral Rolls. By 1916 John had relocated to Eltham where he continued his practice as a photographer and took many of the early images around the district of Little Eltham. Around 1930 John changed professions and opened a small cobbler's shop in 1931 near the pond opposite Dalton Street adjacent to the Jarrold family cottage. He never married and continued his profession as a bootmaker from this little shop, maintaining a close relationship with Mrs Jarrold for the rest of their lives. His bootmaker shop remains today beside the Whitecloud cottage and is one of only three remaining shops in the area from the early 20th century. There are a couple of images of Eltham taken by Clark Bros. in the Eltham District Historical Society collection, one such example being Hunniford’s Post Office with Miss Anne Hunniford out front (EDHS_00140 - marked on the back of the print, Clark Bros., 25 Thomas St. Windsor), which would date this image between c.1894 and 1914. Other early images of Eltham taken by John Henry Clark are marked on the face “J. H. Clark Photo” and it is assumed these are dated between 1914 and 1930. It is noted that the Grant of Probate for John H Clark of Eltham South dated 5 April !957 (513/387) records his occupation as "X Photographer".Newsprint pageNillumbik Mail publication details; Edition 4, 24 May 2000, p4dalton street, avenue of honour, eltham clinic, gas lamp, grant house, j.h. clark photo, jarrold cottage, jarrold family, main road, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, white cloud cottage

This photo, dated 1947-1948, of the truck loaded with wood is evocative of the time when Emerald residents depended on wood for cooking and heating. The donor, Kevin Teasdale, has also pointed out the location of Emerald buildings at that time and at the present day.Black and white, rectangular, printed on gloss photographic paper. Photo of Kevin Hogan's truck loaded with wood in present-day Kilvington drive at the present-day location of the Emerald Newsagency. Frank Hogan is sitting on top of the truck. Photo supplied by Kevin Teasdale.Written on the back of the photograph: 'Kevin Hogan's c1940 Ford Blitz. Photo taken about 1947-8. Frank Hogan on top. Location: Where Emerald Newsagency is today - 2012 The house opposite locates today's fruit shop. The big store on the right is on the corner of Heroes Avenue (& today's Kilvington Drive).'emerald, victoria, australia, memorial avenue, world war i, kevin teasdale