This is the history of the Diamond Valley Learning Centre published to celebrate its first 20 years. It traces the rise of community education and the women's movement in the 1970s and '80s. Personal recollections combine with historical background.This centre is an important landmark in the Diamond Valley and this book relates the DVLC to those who live in the area.Paperback; 147 p., illus. Grey cover with white print, photograph of students at DVLC.diamond valley learning centre, community neighbourhood house, greensborough, adult education

Vol. 1, No. 1 November 1996 CONTENTS REFORMIST?: Barbara Kruger comes to the Museum of Modern Art at Heide 3 FESTIVALS Nillumbik festival celebrates our lifestyle in food, wine, music and art 5 WRITERS WEEK Barry Dickens and Judy Jacques on Ruckers Hill present the "word" in all its possibilities 8 EMERGING ARTISTS Nillumbik presents a new wave of visual artists 11 SHORT STORY Extract from a novel in progress by Jon Weaving 12 POETRY Tribute to Myra Skipper 16 HERITAGE TRAIL Youth of Eltham research local history 1 8 SCULPTURE Akira Takizawa's search for harmony 22 WRITER'S JOURNEY A writer overcomes a nightmare 24 SCIENCE AND ART Pamela Conder analyses nature 26 ARTS BALL Jazz greats come to town 27 HISTORY IN PRINTS Australia's forgotten war artist 28 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market.

Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists."
 - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) 1996, adam simmons, akira takizawa, alison cassidy, alistair knox park, allwood house, alvaro castagnet, angels of soul, anita hustas, anna kelly, anne curry, arts ball, avenue of honour, barbara kruger, barry dickens, batacuda, belli, belly dance and drumming group, betty rowland, bike paths, bits & pieces, blair fraser, blue tongue, bridge street, bulleen art & garden centre, bulleen nursery, bux, caffe poco, cal martin, carla cordeiro, cate bailey, charles morris, charlie dowley, chris hooke, chris kandis, chute street, circus in a suitcase, crucial kick, deirdre o'reilly, diamond creek, diamond valley big band, edna kenny, ellis cottage, eltham arts council, eltham cemetery, eltham courthouse, eltham festival, eltham high school stage and jazz band, eltham high school, eltham library, eltham people's choir, eltham symphonica band, eltham war memorial building, eltham wiregrass gallery, eucalypso, fay alexander jenkins, fiona furphy, firefly, food for all seasons, friends of the earth forest action fund, gavan gray, gene strode, geoff braithwaite, geoff kluke, george kirov, gil askey, golden cascades, graeme barker and the cats, greg o'leary, harry gilham, helen o'grady children's drama academy, heritage trail, hurstbridge goldworks gallery, italian women's choir, jackie gaudion, jackie stojznova, jacqueline gawler, janine james, jarrold cottage, jay atwill, jazz band ball, jerry hughes, jock ryan, john rasmussen, jon weaving, joseph zbukvic, joy ness, judy jacques, judy racz, jules burns, june cugola, kate jones, kavisha mazzella, kevin spearey, les gyori, lisa walker, lothlorian, louise jade, magwal, margie allan, margie lou dyer, margo barrett, mary burns, masquerade ball, melody james and friends, mermaid in the well, michael eames, michael murray, michele lonsdale, monique di mattina, montsalvat, myra skipper, nell frysteen, nerida kirov, nicole o'connor, nillumbik emerging artists exhibition, nillumbik festival, nola spence, ona henderson, opportunity shop, our lady of help christians church, pamela conder, parafinallen, patrick mccauley, peter burns, peter dougherty, pond, road, robbie greig, roger shuttleworth, ron hanson, rory cole, ross hannaford, ross needham, ruckers hill, sanctuary, scott griffiths, shep huntly, shillinglaw cottage, shire of nillumbik, shoestring, sigmund jorgensen, silvio apponyi, spindrift, st margarets anglican church, stebbing cottage, steve sedergreen, susan street, sweeney, syd tunn, tennis-courts, terry cole, the great gizmo, the picture, theo scharf, thermal skunkrust, untitled scraper board, victorian artists supplies, war artist, warrandyte, westgarth writers' week, wingrove cottage, wolfgangs palace theatre troupe, women's circus, yarra plenty rock gospel choir, you did alright kid, art streams

Vol. 2, No. 5, Oct-Nov 1997 CONTENTS ART BRIDGES GAP IN WAR-TORN NATION Painter Piers Batman captures life in Eritrea 3 TENACITY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT A teacher's road back from road trauma 7 EXHIBITIONS 10 POETRY Ray Liversidge 11 STUDIO WALKABOUT Artists open studios for Eltham Festival 12 ART FROM THE HEART Interview with Herman Pekel 14 ERITREAN JOURNEY Bill Moseley's camera in Eritrea 16 ART AND THE INTERNET Two Kangaroo Ground women bring art to a wider audience 18 HOUSE AND GARDEN IN SUBURBIA Exhibition of sculpture at Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre 20 THEATRE New Playbox - powerful advocate of Australian theatre 21 SHORT STORY Goodbye Dave, by Sherry Clarke 22 BOOK REVIEW 27 POETRY READING 28 BOOK REVIEW 29 EXPATRIATES COME HOME Former Nillumbik artists exhibit works 30 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) art streams, thornton mccamish, bill moseley, eritrea, darebin festival, christine durham, michele lonsdale, ray liversidge, ona henderson, syd tunn, eltham festival, artists open studios program, nillumbik artists' open studios, david armfield, janet boddy, jules christian burns, wendy donald, jill forest, annie keil-taggart, ming bellamy mackay, jenni mitchell, grace mitchell, mervyn hannan, mary lou pittard, chris pittard, maureen runge, herman pekel, austin and repatriation medical centre, carolyn pickett, sherry clarke, manningham artspace, alan marshall short story award, eltham arts council inc., eltham library community gallery, harriot dance, chapman & bailey artists' stretchers and furniture, eltham high school

Vol. 3, No. 1, Feb-Mar 1998 CONTENTS MUSICAL MURAL Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton appearing in Eltham 2 OBITUARY Pioneer painter and landscape gardener Peter Glass 5 SHORT STORY A place for heroes by David Gothard 7 MONTH OF FESTIVALS Souvenir guide to festivals of Banyule, Templestowe Village, Pettys Orchard Antique Apple and Warrandyte 9-24 A SENSE OF PLACE Exhibition of banners depicting a lifestyle 23 CLEM CHRISTESEN, WRITER & EDITOR Publication of poetry covering 30 years of life and work 25 THEATRE IN 198 Playbills for Eltham Little Theatre, Heidelberg Theatre Company and Sherbrooke Theatre Company 26 CERAMICS How ceramicists mix business and art 27 ART AWARD FORUM Do art awards meet current needs? 28 IN THE HEAT OF SUMMER Busy month of theatre in Melbourne 29 BOOK REVIEWS 30, 31 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) art streams, volumes, jazz mural, vladimir bykovec, peter glass, john street, david gothard, banyule festival, arts on burgundy, ward sagar, montsalvat, were street cafe, rosanna fire station community house, bibby's bahnhof cafe, templestowe village festival, pool & spa care centre, la piazza restaurant bar & cafe, recherche bespoke framers, warrandyte festival, margaret roadknight, mezze restaurant warrandyte, food for all seasons, rivergum gallery warrandyre, potters cottage, pettys orchard antique apple festival, fleur de feliss, allwood neighbourhood house, llobex image wizards, victorian artists supplies, ray liversidge, dynamic vegies, jackie wilson, boroondara litfest, mia mia gallery, eltham banners, geoff mosley, clem christesen, nina christesen, julie reiter, nillumbik art award, carolynn pickett, bulleen art & garden centre, hugh tolhurst, andrew sant, lucinda mcknight, drusilla modjeska, amanda lohrey, robert dessaix, michele lonsdale, volumes, eltham little theatre, heidelberg theatre company, doncaster theatre company

Vol. 3, No. 2, Apr-May 1998 CONTENTS TOP CATS FOR '97 Emerging talent from our local schools 3 BOOK REVIEW A Small Unsigned Painting 6 LAND SHAPES Eltham artist Nel ten Wolde captures Australian images 7 REVIVING RAVENSWOOD Grand old Ivanhoe mansion restored to its former glory 9 ART IN A VEGE SHOP Murals brighten an organic greengrocer's shop 12 ADDRESSING SOCIAL CONCERNS Literary festival brings critical writers together 14 PHOTOGRAPHY Local student shows her talent 16 WOUNDEDNESS AND HEALING Australian artist in London exhibits in Eltham 18 CD REVIEW 22 SHORT STORY 23 BOOK REVIEW 25 MURALS a charming sense of community 27 EXHIBITION AT HEIDE 28 EVENT - ABORIGINAL CELEBRATION 29 ART OF PRINTMAKERS 30 ART SERVICES & TEACHING 32 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) art streams, faces coffee place, jessie glavin, katie williams, kelly almond, michelle ceravolo, mariella mckinlay, rochelle carr, manningham gallery, stephen sheding, dynamic vegies, nel ten wolde, pool & spa care centre, bi-wize quality paints, llobex image wizards, east ivanhoe gallery, ravenswood, marguerite marshall, theresa martin, soni stecker, virginia trioli, robert dessaix, lauren williams, robert manne, chris jurewicz, moira rayner, marela mckinley, wendy donald, anne redmond, wingrove cottage community clinic, were street cafe, rob vines, ashley cross, serge de leucio, michael conolan, daniel chable, pietro ristorante grossi, lucinda mcknight, litfest 98, morag fraser, michele lonsdale, wintyre recital gallery, murals, port jackson press australia, epping secondary college, bulleen art & garden centre, christmas hills, museum of modern art at heide, nillumbik gayip, mye woonbah dancers, intaglio, violeta capovska, christina cordero, elizabeth dobrilla, belinda fox, david frazer, melinda schawel, amanda woodford, pandora journal, ward sagar, wholefood delights, dymocks booksellers

Vol. 5, No. 1, Mar-Apr 2000 CONTENTS ON THE ROAD The Car at Heide 3 ON TOP OF THE WORLD Dandenong Ranges Folk Festival 5 INTERVIEW Felicity Gordon 7 SOUNDS OF HARMONY Gyuto Monks in Eltham 10 BANYULE FESTIVAL 13 WERE ST HILL CLIMB 15 BOROONDARA WRITERS' FESTIVAL 16 WARRANDYTE VILLAGE FESTIVAL 18 DIAMOND CREEK TOWN FAIR 19 TEMPLESTOWE VILLAGE FESTIVAL 20 RECIPES From leading Chefs 21 CAIRO TO CRACOW Middle Eastern Music at Montsalvat 22 POETRY 23 FESTIVAL OF KITES 24 BOOK REVIEW By Michele Lonsdale 25 CD REVIEWS 27 ARTIN ABOUT 28 WINING & DINING 30 ARTISTS SERVICES 32 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) art streams, carly young, plenty views golf park, dynamic vegies, dandenong ranges folk festival, felicity gordon, sounds of global harmony, banyule festival, rosanna fire station community house, bulleen art & garden centre, were street cafe, were street hill climb, bahnhof cafe, walkers wheels, peter glass, eltham wiregrass gallery, boroondara writers festival, warrandyte festival, diamond creek town fair, templestowe village festival, willy wonkas ice cream, gourmet food, ciaro to cracow, fleur de feliss florist, mia mia gallery, festival of kites, bi-wize quality paints, kinglake gallery, andy cowan, wild dog hill studio, montsalvalt, ian collard, geoff achison, bridget allen, thompsons pharmacy, volumes

Vol. 3, No. 4, Aug-Sep 1998 CONTENTS THE GREAT DAREBIN MUSIC EXPO Celebrating cultural diversity 3 THE FINAL TOUCH Dangers of inappropriate picture framing 6 BOOK REVIEW Michele Lonsdale reviews Raymond Gaita's Romulus May Father 9 A NEW FACE IN ELTHAM ARTS From Brown's Town, Jamaica, to Eltham Wiregrass 10 BANYULE YOUTH ART AWARDS Young artists throw down the gauntlet 12 CD REVIEWS Authentic and Get A Handle On It 14 PHOTOGRAPHY John Fitzgerald's first exhibition 16 SHORT STORY Girl in a Yellow Sweater by Morag Kirk 18 POETRY REVIEW Ray Liversidge reviews Ian McBryde 22 THEATRE Carolyn Pickett at Heidelberg Theatre company 23 DAG HOUSE ON HIGH STREET New home for Darebin Arts Action Group 24 SIGMUND JORGENSEN DINES OUT Food and wine as culture 25 POETRY Sandy Jeffs' Poems From the Madhouse 27 RAY MOONEY PLAY REVIEW 27 THEATRE Alabaster Youth Theatre and Daniel Kahans at La Mama 28, 29 WINING, DINING & ENTERTAINING 30 PICASSO AND TUCKER AT HEIDE 32 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) art streams, john fitzgerald, annie keil-taggart, just add water, melanie shanahan, darebinn music expo, ruby hunter, cretan brotherhood dance academy, tim nikolsky, margaret leighton, paper moon, alfie massoud, conga pa gozar, neville crawford, framing, dymocks booksellers, raimond gaita, michelle lonsdale, eltham wiregrass gallery, charmaine sheppard, banyule young artists award, brett wood, rebecca james, saramcfarland, michael hebden, heath warwick, michelle wood, victoria ashton, pietro ristorante grossi, la mama theatre, robbie greig, nerida kirov, george kirov, mathew arnold, john skinner, jeff buckland, laurie strickland, eltham high school, montsalvat, eltham library community gallery, alan marshall short story award, morag kirk, dynamic vegies, jenni mitchell, ruth johnstone, la trobe university art museum, ian mcbryde, ray liversidge, heidelberg thearte company, carolyn pickett, darebin artists action group, sigmund jorgensen, sandy jeffs, la piazza restaurant bar & cafe, adams of north riding, llobex image wizards, yarra valley country club, daniel kahans, bulleen art & garden centre, museum of modern art at heide, monty deli & catering services, albert tucker, volumes