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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Memorabilia, Newsprint and Photos, Ominous Calm in Vietnam
... Newsprint and Photos, Ominous Calm in Vietnam...National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Newspaper Photograph Three Glossy Photograph with descriptions Three Article, Clippings - Newcastle Monday February 12 1968 Newsprint and Photos, Ominous Calm in Vietnam Memorabilia Memorabilia ...Three Glossy Photograph with descriptions Three Article, Clippings - Newcastle Monday February 12 1968newspaper, photograph -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumNewspaper Article, Shepparton News - John Gribben, "Connections to organised crime (POW)"
... Newsprint...Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum 49 Hogan Street Tatura the-murray POW Extortion Murder WW1 German War Cemetery Shepparton News Newsprint One full page article with 2 colour photos. ...One full page article with 2 colour photos. A story of murder in a POW Camp near Sydney during WW1. One prisoner, an extortionist, was killed by a group of his victims. He is buried at Tatura War Cemetery. Newsprintpow, extortion, murder, ww1, german war cemetery, shepparton news -
Robin Boyd FoundationNewspaper - Clipping, This week in Canberra
... Newsprint...Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra melbourne Walsh St library Newsprint Pages 3 -10. Stabled This week in Canberra Newspaper Clipping ...Pages 3 -10. StabledNewsprintwalsh st library -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - Newsprint, The Tree of Knowledge, c2000, c2000
... Newsprint...The tree is registered by the National Trust, The Tree of Knowledge, c2000 Photograph Newsprint ...The 'Tree of Knowledge' was planted on Arbor Day 1896 by Mrs Elizabeth Downing who lived on the farm that was originally the Mount Helen Site. When the site was purchased in 1966 the architects and planners inspected the site and decided 'The Big Tree' must remain as a central landmark in preparing the layout of the campus.Photograph of the 'Tree of Knowledge', a Tasmanian Blue Gum (Eucalyptus glubulus labillo), located at the Mount Helen Campus of Federation University. The tree is registered by the National Trust,federation university, feduni, university of ballarat, mount helen, tree of knowledge, big tree, blue gum -
Federation University Historical CollectionPoster - Newsprint, Ballarat South Street Competitions Poster, 1915
... Newsprint...Ballarat South Street Competitions Poster Poster Newsprint ...An oversize printed competition poster for the South Street Society, Ballarat. It includes prize lists for Essays, Elocution Readings, Music and Children. w.d. hill, south street competitions, souith street society, grand national eistedddfod of australasia, pipe band contest, calisthenics, orations, essays, music, elecution, j.w. parnell, grand military band contest -
Stawell Historical Society IncArchive - News magazine, The Advocate
... The Advocate - Newsprint - Photos...Stawell Historical Society Inc 46 Longfield St Stawell grampians March 24 1884: May 24 1884: April 18 1882: August 12 1884: March 17 1888: March 24 1884: April 17 1958: News magazine of the Church of Rome News from Ireland and Rome Social History The Advocate - Newsprint - Photos Foxed, Torn The Advocate Archive News magazine ...March 24 1884: May 24 1884: April 18 1882: August 12 1884: March 17 1888: March 24 1884: April 17 1958: News magazine of the Church of Rome News from Ireland and RomeFoxed, TornThe Advocate - Newsprint - Photossocial history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Magazine - B2B BENDIGO BUSINESS MAGAZINE, September 2005
... Newsprinters Pty.Ltd.Melbourne Road, Kialla...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BUSINESS Retail advertising Newsprinters Pty.Ltd.Melbourne Road, Kialla Magazine, B2B Business 2 Business Magazine Bendigo Region, September 2005. ...Magazine, B2B Business 2 Business Magazine Bendigo Region, September 2005. Bound Glory Traditional techniques bring treasures back to life. Price $2.20Newsprinters Pty.Ltd.Melbourne Road, Kiallabusiness, retail, advertising -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPhotograph - Cable saloon car 431 derailed in Collins Street, 1920s
... ...newsprint...This is a photograph taken of a newsprint photograph from an unnamed newspaper. ...This is a photograph taken of a newsprint photograph from an unnamed newspaper. ...Photograph shows M&MTB cable saloon car number 431 with the destination 'North Fitzroy' stationary at the side of the roadway in Collins Street with the conductor and many bystanders standing on the roadway around it. This is a photograph taken of a newsprint photograph from an unnamed newspaper. Yields information about mishaps to cable tram services. Black and white photograph with note below photograph. Printed below photograph: "Traffic was suspended for several minutes when this North Fitzroy car was dislodged from the rails at the intersection of Collins and Exhibition streets yesterday morning. It was overtaken by another tram."cable saloon car, number 431, m&mtb, north fitzroy, collins street, derailed, conductor, newsprint -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Magazine - B2B BENDIGO'S OWN BUSINESS MAGAZINE, September 2004
... Newsprinters Pty.Ltd. Melbourne Road, Kialla....History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BUSINESS Retail advertising Newsprinters Pty.Ltd. Melbourne Road, Kialla. Magazine, B2B Bendigo's Own Business Magazine, Business 2 Business, September 2004 , Price $2.20 Magazine B2B BENDIGO'S OWN BUSINESS MAGAZINE ...Magazine, B2B Bendigo's Own Business Magazine, Business 2 Business, September 2004 , Price $2.20Newsprinters Pty.Ltd. Melbourne Road, Kialla.business, retail, advertising -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewsclipping, Call for festival; The Advertiser, July 2, 1996
... Newsprint...However other local communities had their own festivals and the concept of a Nillumbik Festival was never widely accepted by the community and it shortly reverted back to the Eltham Fesitval in 1997. 1996 Eltham Festival Nillumbik Festival Newsprint Call for festival; The Advertiser, July 2 Newsclipping ...Media release calling for those intrerested in participateing in the Nillumbik Festival. The Nillumbik Festival was introduced as a replacement for the Eltham Festival following the disbandment of Eltham Shire Council in Decemebr 1994 and the creation of Nillumbik Shire Council. It was an attempt to draw away from Eltham and be more inclusive of the wider communities in Nillumbik. However other local communities had their own festivals and the concept of a Nillumbik Festival was never widely accepted by the community and it shortly reverted back to the Eltham Fesitval in 1997.Newsprint1996, eltham festival, nillumbik festival -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper - News Clipping, Herald, The big Eltham clean-up gets under way, Herald, 4 March, p3, 1965
... Newsprint...Emphasis of the tragic loss of a member of a pioneering family who died whilst helping others in his community Bushfire cfa country fire authority Fire Brigrade Glen Park Road Heroes John Lawrence Coleman North Eltham Victorian Bushfires - 1965 Volunteers William John Elwers Fire Fighter Frank Martin George John Crowe Ken Gaston Orchard Avenue Doug Mummery Helen Oliver Mrs Henry Marsden Mrs Moureen Ellis Newsprint The big Eltham clean-up gets under way, Herald, 4 March, p3 Newspaper News Clipping Herald ...Full page newspaper clipping featuring the March 1965 Victorian bushfires. Items include: Photograph - TWO-WOMAN BUCKET BRIGADE, Mrs Henry Marsden (left) and Mrs Moureen Ellis, whose fire-fighting efforts yesterday were highly praised today by their Eltham neighbours, carry out mopping-up operations Photograph - DOGS MADE HOMELESS by the fire in North Eltham yesterday are being cared for at First-Constable Doug. Mummery's kennels at Eltham and here is kennel maid Helen Oliver, 17, with some of them today. The two basset hounds are owned by Mr Bill Guy who lost about 100 daschund and basset hound puppies and dogs in the fire. Photograph - He died at Eltham [Picture of John Lawrence Coleman] Builder Mr John Lawrence Coleman, 31, of Main Rd., Eltham, one of three men burnt to death yesterday in the fire at North Eltham. The other two were XXXXX, 33 who lives opposite the Colemans and Mr William Elwers, 64 of Batman Rd., Eltham. John Lawrence Coleman (1934-1965) born January 10, was the son of Raymond John Coleman and Hanna May (Gillet) Coleman. He married Margaret Frances Dare in 1955 and was the father of two children. He died whilst attempting to rescue an older man trapped in the bushfire at North Eltham on March 3, 1965 Other news stories of the day: Bushfires rage in Victoria, Snowy: Three dead (1965, March 4). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 1. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131758981 Includes two photos of the fire in North Eltham “Firemen make for safety as fire rages in Upper Glen Park Road, North Eltham, Victoria. The smoke hides a house.” and “A house explodes into flames at North Eltham, Victoria. Firemen said bottled gas went up.” Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thursday 4 March 1965, page 1 ________________________________________ Firemen make for safety as fire rages in Upper Glen Park Road. North Eltham. Victoria. The smoke hides a house. A house explodes into flames at North Eltham. Victoria. Firemen said bottled gas went up. Bushfires rage in Victoria, Snowy: Three dead MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Three people died today in a bush» fire which raged through North Eltham, about 15 miles from Melbourne. The victims were three men. A fourth man is feared to be dead. Another bushfire. sparked off by the heatwave sizzling over south-eastern Australia, is burning out of control in the Kosciusko State Park, in the Snowy Mountains. Firefighters fear that if it reaches pine forests up the Yarrangobilly River, they will be powerless to stop it. The three victims of the North Eltbam fire were trapped by flames in a valley. Their bodies were found only a few yards apart. They were named by police tonight as Mr. George Crowe, 78, of North Eltham, William John Ewers, 64, and John Laurence Coleman, 31, both of Eltham. The other two have not been identified. They are believed to be a man aged about 40 and an 18-year-old youth. At least 12 homes were destroyed by the fire, the worst in Victoria since 1962, when eight lives were lost and hundreds of homes burnt down at Warrandyte. At one time the township of Eltham was threatened, but a cool change swept in from the south and held back the wall of flames. More than 100 dogs, worth about £4,000, died when the fire raced through two kennels in Short Street, Eltham. and Upper Glen Park Road, North Eltham. A trickle of water Residents ran into the streets as the blaze raced towards their houses. Others frantically dug firebreaks around their homes. Mrs. Sue Recourt wept when firemen arrived while she was vainly trying to stop the flames with a trickle of water from the garden hose. A stack of firewood was blazing, but the firemen managed to save the house and rescue four goats. Many homes in Eltham were saved after flames had crept to within feet of their fences. Students at North Eltham State School had to be evacuated when the blaze threatened the building. Fire fighters were severely hampered by lack of water and narrow roads. The blaze, which began in above century heat, turned toward Wattle Glen, where two houses were gutted. Then the flames raced towards Hurstbridge to the north. Firemen battling desperately, controlled the fire late this afternoon. Five forest fires were still burning in Victoria tonight. IN VICTORIA THIS WEEK Tragic lack of central fire authority (1965, March 9). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 2. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131759928 Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Tuesday 9 March 1965, page 2 ________________________________________ IN VICTORIA THIS WEEK Tragic lack of central fire authority From Rohan Rivett It was the worst week for Victorian fire fighters since Black Friday 27 years ago. On that day one pilot up in a spotter plane said afterwards: "It seemed at times that half the State was on fire." This time, for three days on end, Gippsland men, women and children had moments of conviction that their towns would have blackened into anonymity before the weekend was out. The week began with horror at Eltham on the North-eastern edge of Melbourne. Eltham today is something of an artists' colony. Oil painters, water colourists, potters and sculptors proliferate. A number of University folk have emulated the example of Professor MacMahon Ball who pioneered the way by moving to Eltham and carving a home out of the bush in the thirties. Innermost Eltham is barely 14 miles from the G.P.O. Farthest Eltham stretches miles beyond. It served to illustrate the tragi-ludicrous truncation of Victoria's fire control. Part of Eltham is under the protection of the Melbourne Fire Brigade. But this responsibility ceases at some invisible and incomprehensible line — apparently determined by the meanderings of the water mains. At this point everybody's property throughout the rest of Eltham is dependent on the Country Fire Authority. Half an hour before midday on Wednesday, a fire suddenly started on the West side of Upper Glen road on the edge of Eltham. Before the fire brigade could arrive, it was burning on a widening front through timber and high grass north of Eltham. Two wind changes in rapid succession saw the fire leaping Diamond Creek. With a freshening wind it struck home after home in three streets. More than one of them exploded suddenly as if hit by an incendiary bomb. There is no piped gas in the Eltham area, hence many housewives use bottle gas. The flames outside caused the bottles to explode. Altogether twelve homes were completely incinerated and four more were badly damaged. Thirty prize dogs perished. About three hours after the fire started it raced suddenly down a gully hillside trapping an elderly man. Two other men apparently raced to the rescue. Flames caught the three men within yards of each other, not 200 yards off the Upper Glen Park Road where safety lay. They were burned to death. Next evening an angry and convincing secretary of the Fire Brigade Union, Mr. W. M. Webber, came on television and appealed to the people of Victoria to end the ridiculous and dangerous dualism in fire-fighting control. The Eltham fire, he said, had precisely illustrated the situation. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade area touched Eltham, but where the fire had gutted and killed, was just outside its area. Mr. Webber said his union had constantly urged one authority for the State with a complete reorganisation of fire protection. On Wednesday the union had repeated its call for an inquiry into fire protection in Victoria to the Chief Secretary, Mr Rylah. "No matter how close the liaison between the two organisations, there are always divided sections of thinking," Mr. Webber told viewers. "I don't know how much tragedy the com-munity can take before it demands that it is properly protected." Rumours that differences in gauge between taps and hose nozzles (as between the two authorities) accentuated the damage were denied by fire chiefs who said that all appliances were now carrying adaptors so that hoses could be linked to mains everywhere. But there is grave concern in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade's higher councils at the action of several Federal authorities with projects in and around Melbourne. They are installing non-standard equipment without reference to the State authorities or any dovetailing of appliances and equipment. Public alarm was not diminished by the publication on Friday and Saturday of a heart tearing letter from the young widow of John Lawrence Coleman, 31 year old father of two, who had died in the flames apparently trying to rescue the old man trapped in the gully. By that time, a Vast area of Gippsland was in flames and the troops had been sent in to back up the overworked and often helpless fire-fighters. By Saturday, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Stoneham, who has previously demanded a Royal Commission into fire-fighting arrangements, repeated his demand. To add to the Chief Secretary's worries he was publicly rebuked for allegedly implying on television that lives had been lost at Eltham because people went to the wrong place at the wrong time. In a letter to the Press, Professor MacMahon Ball pointed out that two of the men involved were experienced bushmen who had gone "to help an old man in great danger fully aware of the danger to themselves". As Victoria faced its sixth day of total State-wide fire ban, it looked likely that even official resistance was not going to silence the demand for one central authority to control the fire fiend. At the moment, the 400 square miles where two million Victorians live in Greater Melbourne are divorced from the rest of the State in planning, communications, equipment and control of personnel. No one doubts the whole-hearted co-operation and willingness to back each other up of the M.F.B. and the C.F.A., both at top-level and among the firemen themselves. However, when a city straggles so deeply into the country side, the absence of a single authority, to oversee and analyse the fire threat as a whole, suggests suicidal policy of divide and fuel. Emphasis of the tragic loss of a member of a pioneering family who died whilst helping others in his communitybushfire, cfa, country fire authority, fire brigrade, glen park road, heroes, john lawrence coleman, north eltham, victorian bushfires - 1965, volunteers, william john elwers, fire fighter, frank martin, george john crowe, ken gaston, orchard avenue, doug mummery, helen oliver, mrs henry marsden, mrs moureen ellis -
Eltham District Historical Society IncDocument - Newspaper clipping, Copperline News, Rotary Eltham festival returns with a bang by Kevin Hadingham, Edition 5, p15, April 2023
... Newsprint...This is the first cancellation of the festival since its establishment as the Eltham Community Festival in 1975. 2022 Eltham Festival Rotary Eltham Town Festival 2023 Newsprint Rotary Eltham festival returns with a bang by Kevin Hadingham, Edition 5, p15 Document Newspaper clipping Copperline News ...Item on the 2022 Eltham Festival held April 2023 which had been postponed due to Alistair Knox Park being waterlogged from substantial rainfalls. In July/August 2023, Eltham Rotary advised they were cancelling the 2023 Eltham Festival as the budget did not cater for two festivals to be held in the same year. This is the first cancellation of the festival since its establishment as the Eltham Community Festival in 1975.Newsprint2022, eltham festival, rotary eltham town festival, 2023 -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Diamond Valley News, Advertisement; Events, Rotary Eltham Town Festival 19-20 November 2005, Diamond Valley Leader, 26 October 2005, p10, 26 Oct 2005
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Advertising for 2005 Eltham Festival held Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th November at Eltham Town Square, fireworks at Central Oval/Alistair Knox Park and events all day Sunday at Alistair Knox Park eltham festival 2005 Eltham Community Festival Rotary Club of Eltham Rotary Eltham Town Festival Newsprint Advertisement; Events, Rotary Eltham Town Festival 19-20 November 2005, Diamond Valley Leader, 26 October 2005, p10 Newspaper Newspaper clipping Diamond Valley News ...Advertising for 2005 Eltham Festival held Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th November at Eltham Town Square, fireworks at Central Oval/Alistair Knox Park and events all day Sunday at Alistair Knox ParkNewsprinteltham festival, 2005, eltham community festival, rotary club of eltham, rotary eltham town festival -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Diamond Valley News, Festival adds Aboriginal spin, 2 Nov 2005
... Newsprint...Colin McKinnon of the Mia Mia Gallery in Westerfolds Park coordinated the program. eltham festival 2005 Eltham Community Festival Rotary Club of Eltham Rotary Eltham Town Festival Aboriginal Australians Colin McKinnon indigenous art Mia Mia Gallery One Fire Dance Troupe Newsprint Festival adds Aboriginal spin Newspaper Newspaper clipping Diamond Valley News ...Published Diamond Valley Leader, 2 Nov. 2005 The 2005 Rotary Eltham Town Festival for the first time included an indigineous component with a marquee in Alistair Knox Park dedicated to the theme. Colin McKinnon of the Mia Mia Gallery in Westerfolds Park coordinated the program.Newsprinteltham festival, 2005, eltham community festival, rotary club of eltham, rotary eltham town festival, aboriginal australians, colin mckinnon, indigenous art, mia mia gallery, one fire dance troupe -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Alexandra Roginski, Woodn't it be nice to win?, 9 Nov 2005
... Newsprint...Includes a phot of Sandra Deand and Max Jensen with a rocking horse prize. eltham festival 2005 Eltham Community Festival Rotary Club of Eltham Rotary Eltham Town Festival Eltham and District Woodworkers Association Eltham Community Centre Eltham Rotary Town Fesival Max Jensen Sandra Deand Newsprint Woodn't it be nice to win? Newspaper Newspaper clipping Alexandra Roginski Lawrence Pinder Diamond Valley Leader ...Published Diamond Valley Leader, 9 Nov. 2005, Article about the Eltham and District Woodworkers annual exhibition at the Eltham Community Centre as a part of the 2005 Rotary Eltham Town Festival program. Includes a phot of Sandra Deand and Max Jensen with a rocking horse prize.Newsprinteltham festival, 2005, eltham community festival, rotary club of eltham, rotary eltham town festival, eltham and district woodworkers association, eltham community centre, eltham rotary town fesival, max jensen, sandra deand -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, Fun-filled fantastic fete and Shooting for the Games, 23 Nov 2005
... Newsprint...Mentions jazz bands from Eltham High School and Eltham College On reverse - article about Eltham's Hollie Grima selected for the 2006 Commonwealth Games basketball squad. 2005 Eltham Community Festival Rotary Club of Eltham Rotary Eltham Town Festival Eltham Rotary Town Fesival Chris Chapple Eltham College Eltham Festival Eltham High School Eltham Town Lucy Anderson 2005 Commonwealth Games Basket Ball Squad Hollie Grima Newsprint Fun-filled fantastic fete and Shooting for the Games Newspaper Newspaper clipping Diamond Valley Leader Kris Reichl ...Published Diamond Valley Leader, 23 Nov. 2005, Article reviewing the events of the fourth Eltham Rotary Town Festival with comments from organiser Chris Chapple and Eltham Town spokeswoman Lucy Anderson. Mentions jazz bands from Eltham High School and Eltham College On reverse - article about Eltham's Hollie Grima selected for the 2006 Commonwealth Games basketball squad.Newsprint2005, eltham community festival, rotary club of eltham, rotary eltham town festival, eltham rotary town fesival, chris chapple, eltham college, eltham festival, eltham high school, eltham town, lucy anderson, 2005 commonwealth games basket ball squad, hollie grima -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper - News Clipping, Herald, He died at Eltham. Herald, March 4, p3, 4 Mar 1965
... Newsprint...Emphasis of the tragic loss of a member of a pioneering family who died whilst helping others in his community Bushfire cfa country fire authority Fire Brigrade Glen Park Road Heroes John Lawrence Coleman North Eltham Victorian Bushfires - 1965 Volunteers William John Elwers Fire Fighter Frank Martin George John Crowe Ken Gaston Orchard Avenue Newsprint He died at Eltham. Herald, March 4, p3 Newspaper News Clipping Herald ...John Lawrence Coleman (1934-1965) born January 10, was the son of Raymond John Coleman and Hanna May (Gillet) Coleman. He married Margaret Frances Dare in 1955 and was the father of two children. He died whilst attempting to rescue an older man trapped in the bushfire at North Eltham on March 3, 1965 He died at Eltham (Herald, 4 March 1965, p3) [Picture of John Lawrence Coleman] Builder Mr John Lawrence Coleman, 31, of Main Rd., Eltham, one of three men burnt to death yesterday in the fire at North Eltham. The other two were XXXXX, 33 who lives opposite the Colemans and Mr William Elwers, 64 of Batman Rd., Eltham. * * * Frank Martin was a volunteer with the Eltham rural fire brigade at the time of the 1965 bushfires which burnt Eltham North and Research. Frank was asked to assist with the removal of three bodies from the back gully (now Orchard Avenue). They were badly burnt and one was found stuck under a fence as though trying to escape. Volunteers John Coleman Jnr, William Elwers and George Crowe were killed trying to protect Eltham from bushfire – they were local heroes. At the time, John Coleman Jnr was survived by his wife Margaret and two young children – John 11 and Vicky 2. Margaret Coleman lived in the family home until 1992 when she sold it and moved to Tasmania to be close to her son. She died in 1997 aged 65 years. 75 yr old Ken Gaston grew up on Edendale farm, which was originally a poultry farm but is now owned and run by the Shire of Nillumbik as an educational farm for schools and visitors. He was Captain of the Eltham rural fire brigade in 1965 when John Coleman Jnr was burnt to death in the Eltham North bushfires serving as an unofficial volunteer. He was able to draw where the original Wattletree Road was and at the time was verified with the location of some remaining bitumen and a post from the original bridge over the Diamond Creek located near the junction of the Diamond Creek and another small creek which is further down from Research or Christmas Creek as locals refer to it. The original Main Road ran behind Colemans before the railway line was built beyond Eltham in 1912. (Information recorded by Harry Gilham, President EDHS c.2011) * * * Bushfires rage in Victoria, Snowy: Three dead (1965, March 4). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 1. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131758981 Includes two photos of the fire in North Eltham “Firemen make for safety as fire rages in Upper Glen Park Road, North Eltham, Victoria. The smoke hides a house.” and “A house explodes into flames at North Eltham, Victoria. Firemen said bottled gas went up.” Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thursday 4 March 1965, page 1 ________________________________________ Firemen make for safety as fire rages in Upper Glen Park Road. North Eltham. Victoria. The smoke hides a house. A house explodes into flames at North Eltham. Victoria. Firemen said bottled gas went up. Bushfires rage in Victoria, Snowy: Three dead MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Three people died today in a bush» fire which raged through North Eltham, about 15 miles from Melbourne. The victims were three men. A fourth man is feared to be dead. Another bushfire. sparked off by the heatwave sizzling over south-eastern Australia, is burning out of control in the Kosciusko State Park, in the Snowy Mountains. Firefighters fear that if it reaches pine forests up the Yarrangobilly River, they will be powerless to stop it. The three victims of the North Eltbam fire were trapped by flames in a valley. Their bodies were found only a few yards apart. They were named by police tonight as Mr. George Crowe, 78, of North Eltham, William John Ewers, 64, and John Laurence Coleman, 31, both of Eltham. The other two have not been identified. They are believed to be a man aged about 40 and an 18-year-old youth. At least 12 homes were destroyed by the fire, the worst in Victoria since 1962, when eight lives were lost and hundreds of homes burnt down at Warrandyte. At one time the township of Eltham was threatened, but a cool change swept in from the south and held back the wall of flames. More than 100 dogs, worth about £4,000, died when the fire raced through two kennels in Short Street, Eltham. and Upper Glen Park Road, North Eltham. A trickle of water Residents ran into the streets as the blaze raced towards their houses. Others frantically dug firebreaks around their homes. Mrs. Sue Recourt wept when firemen arrived while she was vainly trying to stop the flames with a trickle of water from the garden hose. A stack of firewood was blazing, but the firemen managed to save the house and rescue four goats. Many homes in Eltham were saved after flames had crept to within feet of their fences. Students at North Eltham State School had to be evacuated when the blaze threatened the building. Fire fighters were severely hampered by lack of water and narrow roads. The blaze, which began in above century heat, turned toward Wattle Glen, where two houses were gutted. Then the flames raced towards Hurstbridge to the north. Firemen battling desperately, controlled the fire late this afternoon. Five forest fires were still burning in Victoria tonight. IN VICTORIA THIS WEEK Tragic lack of central fire authority (1965, March 9). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 2. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131759928 Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Tuesday 9 March 1965, page 2 ________________________________________ IN VICTORIA THIS WEEK Tragic lack of central fire authority From Rohan Rivett It was the worst week for Victorian fire fighters since Black Friday 27 years ago. On that day one pilot up in a spotter plane said afterwards: "It seemed at times that half the State was on fire." This time, for three days on end, Gippsland men, women and children had moments of conviction that their towns would have blackened into anonymity before the weekend was out. The week began with horror at Eltham on the North-eastern edge of Melbourne. Eltham today is something of an artists' colony. Oil painters, water colourists, potters and sculptors proliferate. A number of University folk have emulated the example of Professor MacMahon Ball who pioneered the way by moving to Eltham and carving a home out of the bush in the thirties. Innermost Eltham is barely 14 miles from the G.P.O. Farthest Eltham stretches miles beyond. It served to illustrate the tragi-ludicrous truncation of Victoria's fire control. Part of Eltham is under the protection of the Melbourne Fire Brigade. But this responsibility ceases at some invisible and incomprehensible line — apparently determined by the meanderings of the water mains. At this point everybody's property throughout the rest of Eltham is dependent on the Country Fire Authority. Half an hour before midday on Wednesday, a fire suddenly started on the West side of Upper Glen road on the edge of Eltham. Before the fire brigade could arrive, it was burning on a widening front through timber and high grass north of Eltham. Two wind changes in rapid succession saw the fire leaping Diamond Creek. With a freshening wind it struck home after home in three streets. More than one of them exploded suddenly as if hit by an incendiary bomb. There is no piped gas in the Eltham area, hence many housewives use bottle gas. The flames outside caused the bottles to explode. Altogether twelve homes were completely incinerated and four more were badly damaged. Thirty prize dogs perished. About three hours after the fire started it raced suddenly down a gully hillside trapping an elderly man. Two other men apparently raced to the rescue. Flames caught the three men within yards of each other, not 200 yards off the Upper Glen Park Road where safety lay. They were burned to death. Next evening an angry and convincing secretary of the Fire Brigade Union, Mr. W. M. Webber, came on television and appealed to the people of Victoria to end the ridiculous and dangerous dualism in fire-fighting control. The Eltham fire, he said, had precisely illustrated the situation. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade area touched Eltham, but where the fire had gutted and killed, was just outside its area. Mr. Webber said his union had constantly urged one authority for the State with a complete reorganisation of fire protection. On Wednesday the union had repeated its call for an inquiry into fire protection in Victoria to the Chief Secretary, Mr Rylah. "No matter how close the liaison between the two organisations, there are always divided sections of thinking," Mr. Webber told viewers. "I don't know how much tragedy the com-munity can take before it demands that it is properly protected." Rumours that differences in gauge between taps and hose nozzles (as between the two authorities) accentuated the damage were denied by fire chiefs who said that all appliances were now carrying adaptors so that hoses could be linked to mains everywhere. But there is grave concern in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade's higher councils at the action of several Federal authorities with projects in and around Melbourne. They are installing non-standard equipment without reference to the State authorities or any dovetailing of appliances and equipment. Public alarm was not diminished by the publication on Friday and Saturday of a heart tearing letter from the young widow of John Lawrence Coleman, 31 year old father of two, who had died in the flames apparently trying to rescue the old man trapped in the gully. By that time, a Vast area of Gippsland was in flames and the troops had been sent in to back up the overworked and often helpless fire-fighters. By Saturday, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Stoneham, who has previously demanded a Royal Commission into fire-fighting arrangements, repeated his demand. To add to the Chief Secretary's worries he was publicly rebuked for allegedly implying on television that lives had been lost at Eltham because people went to the wrong place at the wrong time. In a letter to the Press, Professor MacMahon Ball pointed out that two of the men involved were experienced bushmen who had gone "to help an old man in great danger fully aware of the danger to themselves". As Victoria faced its sixth day of total State-wide fire ban, it looked likely that even official resistance was not going to silence the demand for one central authority to control the fire fiend. At the moment, the 400 square miles where two million Victorians live in Greater Melbourne are divorced from the rest of the State in planning, communications, equipment and control of personnel. No one doubts the whole-hearted co-operation and willingness to back each other up of the M.F.B. and the C.F.A., both at top-level and among the firemen themselves. However, when a city straggles so deeply into the country side, the absence of a single authority, to oversee and analyse the fire threat as a whole, suggests suicidal policy of divide and fuel. Emphasis of the tragic loss of a member of a pioneering family who died whilst helping others in his communitybushfire, cfa, country fire authority, fire brigrade, glen park road, heroes, john lawrence coleman, north eltham, victorian bushfires - 1965, volunteers, william john elwers, fire fighter, frank martin, george john crowe, ken gaston, orchard avenue -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper - News Clipping, Stephen Crafti, A touch of Portofino in Port Melbourne, The Age, Commercial Real Estate, 4 Dec 2021
... Newsprint...Atelier Wagner St Margarets Anglican Church Pitt Street Eltham Courthouse Port Melbourne Courthouse Restaurant John J. Clark Newsprint A touch of Portofino in Port Melbourne, The Age, Commercial Real Estate Newspaper News Clipping Stephen Crafti The Age ...Courthouse built in Port Melbourne of similar vintage to Eltham's courthouse (1860). 1865 Couthouse in Port Melbourne converted into a restaurant. The courthouse was originally designed by architect John J. Clark. Since its days as a courthouse and adjacent holding cells, it's been occupied as government offices, an Anglican church, a plant nursery and a restaurant. The building had become fairly run-down with some inappropraite changes according to David Wagner of Atelier Wagner, who in conjunction with partner Jacqui Wagner worked with present owners toi breathe new life intoi the building. In a further synergy with Eltham, Atelier Wagner were the architects who designed the extension to St Margaret's Anglican Church in Pitt Street, Eltham. atelier wagner, st margarets anglican church, pitt street, eltham courthouse, port melbourne courthouse, restaurant, john j. clark -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, Letters, Diamond Valley Leader, 1 June 2005
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Counterpoint to Mal Harrop's opinion piece in Valley Voice, Diamond Valley Leader, May 18 regarding original objectives of the old Eltham Fesival and that of the new eltham festival 2005 Eltham Community Festival Rotary Club of Eltham Rotary Eltham Town Festival Newsprint Letters, Diamond Valley Leader Newspaper Newspaper clipping Diamond Valley Leader ...Counterpoint to Mal Harrop's opinion piece in Valley Voice, Diamond Valley Leader, May 18 regarding original objectives of the old Eltham Fesival and that of the newNewsprinteltham festival, 2005, eltham community festival, rotary club of eltham, rotary eltham town festival -
Eltham District Historical Society IncDocument - News Clipping, Marguerite Marshall, Les Johnston lived as a pioneer by Marguerite Marshall, 27 April 1982
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne AIF Alan Johnston Alexander Johnston Bob Johnston Early Settlers Eltham Railway Station First World War George Johnston Horse drawn carriage houses Isabel Johnstone Kangaroo Ground Kangaroo Ground State School Les Johnston Mary Ann Johnston Military Medal WW1 Newsprint Les Johnston lived as a pioneer by Marguerite Marshall Document News Clipping Marguerite Marshall Diamond Valley News ...Newsprintaif, alan johnston, alexander johnston, bob johnston, early settlers, eltham railway station, first world war, george johnston, horse drawn carriage, houses, isabel johnstone, kangaroo ground, kangaroo ground state school, les johnston, mary ann johnston, military medal, ww1 -
Eltham District Historical Society IncProgram, Diamond Valley News, Festival tipped to be the best ever, Diamond Valley News, Tuesday, October 23, p2, 1984
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Events and information concerning the 10th Eltham Community Festival held 16-18 November, 1984 [Photo of Keir Baker of Research Primary School] On the reverse (page 1) Fireman officially honoured, Diamond Valley News, Tuesday, October 23, 1984, p1 Opening of the Panton Hill Firemen's Memorial Park by the Member for Evelyn, Mr Max McDonald on Sunday 21 October, 1984 in memory of the five firemen who lost their lives on Ash Wednesday (1983) fighting the fire at Upper Beaconsfield - Maurie Atkinson, Stuart Duff, Neville Jeffrey, Bill Marsden and Peter Singleton [Photo of the memorial and Mr Max McDonald]] 1984 Apex Club Eltham Community Festival Eltham Festival Eltham Jazz festival Eltham Living and Learning Centre Eltham Rotary Eltham Service Club Eltham Town Park Grand Parade Jaycees Keir Baker Lions Club Eltham Main Road Phoenix Club Research primary school Ash Wednesday Bill Marsden Cal Martin Diamond Valley Big Band Evelyn Maurie Atkinson Max McDonald MP Neville Jeffrey Panton Hill Firemen's Memorial Park Peter Singleton Stuart Duff Victorian Bushfires - 1983 Newsprint Festival tipped to be the best ever, Diamond Valley News, Tuesday, October 23, p2 Program Diamond Valley News ...Events and information concerning the 10th Eltham Community Festival held 16-18 November, 1984 [Photo of Keir Baker of Research Primary School] On the reverse (page 1) Fireman officially honoured, Diamond Valley News, Tuesday, October 23, 1984, p1 Opening of the Panton Hill Firemen's Memorial Park by the Member for Evelyn, Mr Max McDonald on Sunday 21 October, 1984 in memory of the five firemen who lost their lives on Ash Wednesday (1983) fighting the fire at Upper Beaconsfield - Maurie Atkinson, Stuart Duff, Neville Jeffrey, Bill Marsden and Peter Singleton [Photo of the memorial and Mr Max McDonald]]Newsprint1984, apex club, eltham community festival, eltham festival, eltham jazz festival, eltham living and learning centre, eltham rotary, eltham service club, eltham town park, grand parade, jaycees, keir baker, lions club eltham, main road, phoenix club, research primary school, ash wednesday, bill marsden, cal martin, diamond valley big band, evelyn, maurie atkinson, max mcdonald mp, neville jeffrey, panton hill firemen's memorial park, peter singleton, stuart duff, victorian bushfires - 1983 -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper clipping, Eltham Festival postponed, Diamond Valley News Edition, 9 November, 2022
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Item on Eltham Festival being postponed to early 2023 due to Alistair Knox Park being waterlogged from substantial rainfalls 2022 Eltham Festival Rotary Eltham Town Festival Newsprint Eltham Festival postponed, Diamond Valley News Edition, 9 November Newspaper clipping ...Item on Eltham Festival being postponed to early 2023 due to Alistair Knox Park being waterlogged from substantial rainfallsNewsprint2022, eltham festival, rotary eltham town festival -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper clipping, Eltham Festival; Fair fun, Diamond Valley News, 12 November 1991, Nov 1991
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Festival theme - Faces and Places 1991, Alistair Knox Park, Diana and Peter Bassett-Smith Collection, Eltham Festival, Michael Hodges, Michael Reilly Newsprint Eltham Festival; Fair fun, Diamond Valley News, 12 November 1991 Newspaper clipping ...Festival theme - Faces and PlacesNewsprint1991, alistair knox park, diana and peter bassett-smith collection, eltham festival, michael hodges, michael reilly -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper clipping, Open house party by Margaret Cook, Diamond Valley News, 12 November 1991, 1991
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Opening of Watsonia Neighbourhood House Photo of Co-ordinator Angela Myers and Chairman, Reg Davies 1991, Angela Myers, Diana and Peter Bassett-Smith Collection, Eltham Festival, Opening, Reg Davies, Watson Neighbourhood House Newsprint Open house party by Margaret Cook, Diamond Valley News, 12 November 1991 Newspaper clipping ...Opening of Watsonia Neighbourhood House Photo of Co-ordinator Angela Myers and Chairman, Reg DaviesNewsprint1991, angela myers, diana and peter bassett-smith collection, eltham festival, opening, reg davies, watson neighbourhood house -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper clipping, Fair turnout for clean-up, Diamond Valley News, 12 November 1991, 1991
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Spring Clean 1991, Shire of Diamond Valley 1991, eltham festival, shire of diamond valley, steve plater Newsprint Fair turnout for clean-up, Diamond Valley News, 12 November 1991 Newspaper clipping ...Spring Clean 1991, Shire of Diamond ValleyNewsprint1991, eltham festival, shire of diamond valley, steve plater -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper clipping, Steam train vandalism by Jodie Haythorne, Diamond Valley News, 23 November 1992, 1992
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Article about a youth who threw a tin of blue paint at Steamrail's K-153 locomotive and train about one kiometre from Watsonia station whilst heading toward Heidelberg 1992, Diana and Peter Bassett-Smith Collection, Eltham Festival, Gina Wilson, K-153, MET Trains, Steam Train, steamrail, Trevor Greer Newsprint Steam train vandalism by Jodie Haythorne, Diamond Valley News, 23 November 1992 Newspaper clipping ...Article about a youth who threw a tin of blue paint at Steamrail's K-153 locomotive and train about one kiometre from Watsonia station whilst heading toward HeidelbergNewsprint1992, diana and peter bassett-smith collection, eltham festival, gina wilson, k-153, met trains, steam train, steamrail, trevor greer -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper, Eltham Festival, November 11-14, 1993: "flowers, fur & feathers" celebrating the nature of Eltham; Special Cover Wrap, Diamond Valley News, 1993
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne 12 page newspaper cover wrap of news, events and information concerning the 1993 Eltham Festival including advertisements 1993 1993 eltham fun run alistair knox park australian automotive paint supplies pty ltd body glove cathy poussard circus of chaos classic fireplaces & bbqs code one comfyhome dauphine diamond valley and eltham community orchestra diamond valley community hospital diamond valley news diamond valley nursery doncal heating & cooling eltham and district woodworkers association eltham arts council eltham bookshop eltham circus of chaos eltham community centre eltham festival eltham health foods eltham high school eltham hotel eltham motor inn eltham town park eltham wildcats basketball club eltham wiregrass gallery forward auto salvage gibson's menswear hanglider lounge inside out integrity paint company kristina jenkins lancome beauty therapy leo scott lizzy tumbri lower plenty hotel mgs eltham montsalvat garden nursery Mr Milky's Murrundindi Naomi Crowe North Riding Living and Learning Centre Pam Sladden Papua New Guinean Cultural Promotion Dance Group Peter Glass Senior Citizen's Hall shire of eltham Shire President Shoestring Youth Theatre Sonya's Health Foods Steam Train The Dancing Bares The Eltham Bookshop The Landscape Factory The Ridge Healthclub The Year of Indigineous People Tony Hicks Trio Tony Hicks Valley Engineering Valley Vision Victoria Police Rock Band Vox Bandicoot Conservation Theatre Company Yarra Yarra Aboriginal Dancers Newsprint Eltham Festival, November 11-14, 1993: "flowers, fur & feathers" celebrating the nature of Eltham; Special Cover Wrap, Diamond Valley News Newspaper Newspaper ...12 page newspaper cover wrap of news, events and information concerning the 1993 Eltham Festival including advertisementsNewsprint1993, 1993 eltham fun run, alistair knox park, australian automotive paint supplies pty ltd, body glove, cathy poussard, circus of chaos, classic fireplaces & bbqs, code one, comfyhome, dauphine, diamond valley and eltham community orchestra, diamond valley community hospital, diamond valley news, diamond valley nursery, doncal heating & cooling, eltham and district woodworkers association, eltham arts council, eltham bookshop, eltham circus of chaos, eltham community centre, eltham festival, eltham health foods, eltham high school, eltham hotel, eltham motor inn, eltham town park, eltham wildcats basketball club, eltham wiregrass gallery, forward auto salvage, gibson's menswear, hanglider lounge, inside out, integrity paint company, kristina jenkins, lancome beauty therapy, leo scott, lizzy tumbri, lower plenty hotel, mgs eltham, montsalvat garden nursery, mr milky's, murrundindi, naomi crowe, north riding living and learning centre, pam sladden, papua new guinean cultural promotion dance group, peter glass, senior citizen's hall, shire of eltham, shire president, shoestring youth theatre, sonya's health foods, steam train, the dancing bares, the eltham bookshop, the landscape factory, the ridge healthclub, the year of indigineous people, tony hicks trio, tony hicks, valley engineering, valley vision, victoria police rock band, vox bandicoot conservation theatre company, yarra yarra aboriginal dancers -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper clipping, Photograph of 1994 Eltham Festival Parade, Diamond Valley News, 16 November 1994, p3, 1994
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne 1994, Eltham Festival, Parade Newsprint Photograph of 1994 Eltham Festival Parade, Diamond Valley News, 16 November 1994, p3 Newspaper clipping ...Newsprint1994, eltham festival, parade -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper clipping, Program; Rotary Eltham Town Festival 8-9 November 2008, Diamond Valley Leader, 29 October 2008, p4, 2006
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne News articles on reverse (p3) include stories on the Research resident complaints regarding noise of hockey games at Eltham College early on weekends, nominations for Nillumbik Council elections and a Halloweeen story involving the Eltham Wildcats Basketball Club 2008, Chris Chapple, council elections, Dr David Warner, Eltham College, Eltham Festival, Eltham Wildcats Basketball Club, Helen Coleman, Hockey, Lewis Brock, Michael Young, Nillumbik Shire Council, Program, Warwick Leeson Newsprint Program; Rotary Eltham Town Festival 8-9 November 2008, Diamond Valley Leader, 29 October 2008, p4 Newspaper clipping ...News articles on reverse (p3) include stories on the Research resident complaints regarding noise of hockey games at Eltham College early on weekends, nominations for Nillumbik Council elections and a Halloweeen story involving the Eltham Wildcats Basketball ClubNewsprint2008, chris chapple, council elections, dr david warner, eltham college, eltham festival, eltham wildcats basketball club, helen coleman, hockey, lewis brock, michael young, nillumbik shire council, program, warwick leeson -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper clipping, Advertisement; "Are you brave enough to jump?", 2008 Rotary Eltham Town Festival, Diamond Valley Leader, 8 October 2008, p25, 2008
... Newsprint...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne 2008, Eltham Festival Newsprint Advertisement; "Are you brave enough to jump?" ...Newsprint2008, eltham festival
