Road sealing operations undertaken throughout the Shire of Eltham35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of 4) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome Cardinfrastructure, para road, road maintenance, road sealing, briar hill

Road sealing operations undertaken throughout the Shire of Eltham35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of 4) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome Cardinfrastructure, road maintenance, road sealing, eltham, eucalyptus road

Road sealing operations undertaken throughout the Shire of Eltham35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of 4) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome Cardinfrastructure, road maintenance, road sealing, cottles bridge-strathewen road, mount sugarloaf

Road sealing operations undertaken throughout the Shire of Eltham35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of 4) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome Cardinfrastructure, road maintenance, road sealing, cottles bridge-strathewen road

Wooden Wax Sealing stamp - wood handle with a small brass stamp with the letters "R.Ty." and "I" or "1" underneath. See e-mail message from Andrew Cook dated 3-2-2019, Andrew advised "That is a wax seal (see attached image of a modern day one). You can still buy them to this day. I'm only guessing, but maybe the seal came from one of Melbourne's cable tram depots? 'R' could possibly stand for 'Richmond' or maybe 'Revenue'. See: https://milligram.com/creativity/wax-seals - accessed 22/2/2019 for samples of the seals and the stamps - very similar in design.trams, tramways, mmtb, revenue clerks, tickets

Road construction and sealing of southern end of Bible Street, Eltham, 1968 [Photo: Fred Mitchell] House on left just behind truck is on corner of Bible and York streets (70 Bible Street). Next house (number 72) no longer exists, replaced by two units. From 1965 to 1968 the Shire of Eltham undertook extensive improvements to Bible Street; sealing the road surface, new concrete curb and channeling, footpaths and stone masonry work to a number of adjoining property boundaries following construction of the footpaths. The work was broken into two stages, the northern half from the top of the hill to Grove street was completed first in 1965-67 and then the southern end to Dalton Street in 1966 to 1968. This image is taken just south of the highest point near 71 and 74 Bible Street where we see the work in progress. The curb and channeling has been completed as has the footpath on the eastern side and on the western side further south. A load of gravel is being delivered for final grading of the road surface prior to sealing. The footpath in the foreground on the western side has yet to be constructed. On the eastern side we can also see how the land has been cut into to form the footpath. Bible Street, like many other streets in the shire has stonework edges for gardens abutting footpaths where the road and footpath have been cut into the terrain. Much of this stone masonry work was undertaken for the council by C.J. Watson and Sons. In December 1963, Eltham Shire Council approved the Arthur Street Group Private Street Construction Scheme which included parts of Arthur Street, Bible Street, Brownes Crescent, Grove Street, Luck Street and Taylor Street. Cost was between £13-14 per foot with each abutting owner to share half. Total cost £102,000. All streets are part of Holloway’s 1851 sub-division and as such are considered private streets on what was private land, not Crown land hence the shared cost. In January 1965 Council accepted the tender of Jack Legge Constructions Pty Ltd of £99,578 for construction of Stage 1 of the Arthur Street Group Private Street Construction Scheme involving construction of Arthur and Luck Streets, parts of Bible, Henry and Grove and fully construct Brownes Crescent and Taylor Street and a right-of-way between Taylor and Henry Streets. Construction work commenced around November 1965 which included Bible Street to a point south of Taylor Street. Stage 2 (this photo) was commenced in the second half of 1966 and involved the continuation of Bible Street through to Dalton Street, Bridge Street, Pitt Street and Brougham Street. Pitt Street was constructed to the western arm of View Hill Crescent and Bridge and Brougham Streets to their present ends. Total length of this stage was just under two miles (3.2km) and cost about £150,000. - Research by Peter Pidgeon, EDHS, July 2026Digital copy of colour photographfred mitchell collection, 1968, bible street, eltham, houses, road construction, arthur street, arthur street group private street construction scheme, bridge street, brougham street, brownes crescent, dalton street, grove street, luck street, pitt street, taylor street

Possibly from the Portland Town Council collection.Artefacts relating to the Portland Town Council represent the history of the Glenelg Shire and how it came to be. The Glenelg Shire Council was established by an Order-in-Council under the Local Government Act 1989, published in the Victorian Government Gazette S63 on 23 September 1994. Three councils were amalgamated, the City of Portland and the Shires of Glenelg and Heywood, to form the new Glenelg Shire.Cardboard box containing 11 full sticks and 5 partial sticks of sealing wax. Sealing wax embossed with maker detailsFront: Orange and yellow paper label on top. S. Maw, Son and Sons Fine sealing wax Crest in centre with London Englandportland town council, local government, glenelg shire, administration

Finishing touches of sealing the time capsule into the cairn at Rutherglen Showgrounds.Colour photograph of several men finishing the sealing of the capstone to a stone cairn.On back of photo: "Don Nash & Ewart Henderson. Time capsule Rutherglen Showgrounds 23-11-80"rutherglen showgrounds, time capsule, cairn, monuments, don nash, ewart henderson

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsFuji 1001988, eltham shire council, infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction

Lou Siluzio's Blueberry farm, Lot 1, Mount Pleasant Road at corner of Reynolds RoadRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsFuji 1001988, eltham shire council, infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, blueberry farm, lou siluzio

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsFuji 1001988, eltham shire council, infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsFuji 1001988, eltham shire council, infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsFuji 1001988, eltham shire council, infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsFuji 1001988, eltham shire council, infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council

Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 stripsFuji 100infrastructure, mount pleasant road, reynolds road, road construction, eltham shire council