Autumn Excursion to St Andrews, Arthurs Creek and Strathewen, 28 May 1995.Colour photographactivities, apted's orchard, arthurs creek, cottles bridge-strathewen rd

Autumn Excursion to St Andrews, Arthurs Creek and Strathewen, 28 May 1995.Colour photographactivities, apted's orchard, arthurs creek, cottles bridge-strathewen rd

Autumn Excursion to St Andrews, Arthurs Creek and Strathewen, 28 May 1995.Colour photographactivities, apted's orchard, arthurs creek, cottles bridge-strathewen rd

Autumn Excursion to St Andrews, Arthurs Creek and Strathewen, 28 May 1995.Colour photographactivities, apted's orchard, arthurs creek, cottles bridge-strathewen rd

Photos taken during a review of road and bridge/culvert condition by Eltham Shire Council engineers. A number of the trees were badly burnt or destroyed in the Black Saturday bushfire, 7 Feb. 2009 but some remained standing and identifiable as of 2014 (Google Streetview).Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak GB 200 5096bridge, chads creek, chads creek road, cottlesbridge-strathewen road, culvert, infrastructure, roads, school ridge road, strathewen

Photos taken during a review of road and bridge/culvert condition by Eltham Shire Council engineers. A number of the trees were badly burnt or destroyed in the Black Saturday bushfire, 7 Feb. 2009 but some remained standing and identifiable as of 2014 (Google Streetview).Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak GB 200 5096bridge, chads creek, chads creek road, cottlesbridge-strathewen road, culvert, infrastructure, roads, school ridge road, strathewen

Photos taken during a review of road and bridge/culvert condition by Eltham Shire Council engineers. A number of the trees were badly burnt or destroyed in the Black Saturday bushfire, 7 Feb. 2009 but some remained standing and identifiable as of 2014 (Google Streetview).Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak GB 200 5096bridge, chads creek, chads creek road, cottlesbridge-strathewen road, culvert, infrastructure, roads, school ridge road, strathewen

Photos taken during a review of road and bridge/culvert condition by Eltham Shire Council engineers. A number of the trees were badly burnt or destroyed in the Black Saturday bushfire, 7 Feb. 2009 but some remained standing and identifiable as of 2014 (Google Streetview).Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak GB 200 5096bridge, chads creek, chads creek road, cottlesbridge-strathewen road, culvert, infrastructure, roads, school ridge road, strathewen

Photos taken during a review of road and bridge/culvert condition by Eltham Shire Council engineers. A number of the trees were badly burnt or destroyed in the Black Saturday bushfire, 7 Feb. 2009 but some remained standing and identifiable as of 2014 (Google Streetview).Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak GB 200 5096bridge, chads creek, chads creek road, cottlesbridge-strathewen road, culvert, infrastructure, roads, school ridge road, strathewen

From a collection of 35 photos taken by Doug Orford at 35 specific locations along the exact boundary of the then Shire of Eltham.Colour photographbridges, chads creek road, strathewen

Strathewen Public Hall, social and spiritual centre was later lost in the Black Saturday fires 2009. The Strathewen Community decided a community hall was needed in 1901. In 1902 locals built the hall with messmate trees. It was located on the Cottlesbridge-Strathewen Road. The first function was a Grand concert and Balll attended by about 120 people. Several denominations held Church services and Sunday School services in the Hall. It survived several bushfires until after this photo was taken when it was destroyed in Black Saturday, 9 February 2009. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p89 Strathewen was settled late, largely because it was difficult to access.1 Early selectors found it a struggle to survive. They had to do everything themselves, from felling trees for buildings, to taking produce to market along bush tracks that they had helped cut. Small dairy farms were typical but fruit became the district’s prime produce. The first settlers east of Arthurs Creek were brothers John and Duncan Smith whose station Glen-Ard was probably operated as a sheep run. Other early settlers were the Mann family, who were to donate land for the hall, provide postal services and John Mann was an Eltham Shire councillor from 1916 to 1919.2 In 1873 James Mann, his wife Jane and their six children, settled on 207 acres (83.7) (Lang Fauld Farm) on both sides of Eagles Nest Road, from the foot of Mount Sugarloaf to the bank of the Arthurs Creek. In 1883 James took up another selection on Chads Creek. It was very hard work and at times he was well behind with his rent. However the family had a good social life, attending the Primitive Methodist Church at the Arthurs Creek Township and on New Year’s Eve throwing a party for all the locals. By 1874 James Mann’s younger brother, John, selected 311 acres (125.8ha) between Eagles Nest Road and upper Arthurs Creek. He called it Carseburn after his home parish in Scotland. Tragically in 1875 John drowned in the Yarra River, at Richmond.3 John Mann’s oldest son, also John, later purchased Duncan Smith’s land, which he named Violet Glen. He was to give one acre (0.4ha) of this land for the Strathewen Hall site. A Mann family diary written at Carseburn in 1897, tells how the district’s name was selected. Strathewen is derived from ‘strath’ meaning ‘broad mountain valley’ and from the name of Ewen H. Cameron, the local parliamentarian for almost 40 years. ‘George Brain came around to get a petition signed to get a post office up here and we had to vote for a name—Strathewen, Glen-Ard, or Headcorie’.4 It was at Carseburn that a public meeting in 1901, decided to build the Strathewen Hall on the Cottlesbridge-Strathewen Road. In 1902 the locals built the hall with messmate trees. The first function was a Grand Concert and Ball attended by around 120 people and several Protestant denominations took turns to hold church services and Sunday School there. Fortunately the hall has survived bushfires to be the town’s spiritual and social centre.5 The area continued to develop and in 1909 a post office operated somewhere at Strathewen and from around 1916 at Carseburn.6 It was not until 1914 that land was bought to establish the Strathewen State School on School Ridge Road. The residents paid £100 to build it on two acres (0.8 ha) while the Education Department contributed £30 and leased the building annually for £1. When teacher Miss Mary Golding opened the school in 1917, it had no equipment.7 But in 1921 the Education Department provided desks and a hexagonal shelter shed (now a rare style in Victoria) and took control in 1925.8 By 1917 Strathewen was booming.9 George Apted had built a coolstore in 1916, and local orchardists bought storage space until the 1950s. This allowed the area to supply the market in and out of season. Guesthouses catered for growing tourism. In the mid 1920s Mrs Eleanor Sparkes built the guest-house Singing Waters, which operated through the 1930s. Her daughter Mrs Vera McKimmie, ran it until the 1950s and the house remains in Chads Creek Road. In the Great Depression land was cleared for timber to be sold as firewood and there was small scale sawmilling. However the orchard industry diminished for several reasons including the 1939 bushfires and rapid changes in production methods. Today the Apteds still operate an orchard and farm at Glen-Ard, which straddles the border between Strathewen and Arthurs Creek. It includes the southern part of Duncan Smith’s original Glen-Ard selection.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, strathewan public hall

The school building originally owned by locals was lost in the Black Saturday 2009 bushfires. Land was purchased in 1914 to build he Strathewen State School on School Ridge Road, Strathewen. Residents and the Education Department contributed funds for the building which the Education Department then leased for a small annual fee. The school opened with one teacher in 1917 with no equipment. In 1921 the Education Department provided desks and a hexagonal shelter shed and took control in 1925. After this photo was taken, the school was destroyed in Black Saturday on 9 February 2009. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p89This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, strathewen primary school

Digital file only - Digitised by EDHS from a scrapbook on loan from Beryl Bradbury (nee Stokes), daughter of Frank Stokes.1949 bushfire, beryl bradbury (nee stokes) collection, david johanson, strathewen primary school, strathewen tennis club

This is the author's PhD research at the College of Arts and Education at Victoria University about the Blacksmith's Tree, memorial and art work constructed mainly by many blacksmiths and finally installed at Strathewen following the Black Saturday bushfires in February 2009. The book includes the authors own drawings and text. Includes a time line and references.Paperback, 296 pages Printed in landscape format (90 degrees to normal)blacksmiths' tree, memorial, public art, strathewen, blacksmiths, black saturday

The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009 and were Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters. Contributions from reporters and photographers from News Limited. The book is a collection of individual stories, featuring deeply personal contributions from: people directly affected by the bushfires, their friends and relatives; the people who came to their aid - fire fighters, doctors, nurses and wildlife rescuers; accounts from journalists on the scene; and those involved in coordinating the response. Arranged town-by-town, with introductions detailing the scope and impact of the fires on each community. Contents: Kilmore East & Wandong - Strathewen & Kinglake West - St Andrews & Steels Creek - Kinglake - Flowerdale - Marysville--Gippsland -Beechworth & Mudgegonga - the lost ( listing those who perished ) - map of tragedy. Proceeds from the sale of each book was given to the Salvation Army Victorian Bushfire Appeal.SoftcoverYarra Plenty Regional Library identification sticker with name, number and bar code ISBN 9780732290108strathewen, st andrews, black saturday, fires

Source: Dr. Edith J. Hewitt, StrathewenThis photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, kinglake national park, fern gully, bald hill, kiosk road

Cottles Bridge over Diamond Creek, Cottles Bridge-Strathewen Road, CottlesbridgeRoll of 35mm black and white negative film, 4 of 7 stripsIlford HP4bridge, cars, cottles bridge, cottles bridge-strathewen road, diamond creek (creek)

Culvert construction / drainage operations undertaken throughout the Shire of Eltham - Greens Road near intersection of Cottlesbridge-Strathewen Road, Arthurs Creek35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of 4) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome Cardculvert, infrastructure, roadworks, arthurs creek, cottles bridge-strathewen road, greens road

Culvert construction / drainage operations undertaken throughout the Shire of Eltham - Greens Road near intersection of Cottlesbridge-Strathewen Road, Arthurs Creek35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of 4) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome Cardculvert, infrastructure, roadworks, arthurs creek, cottles bridge-strathewen road, greens road

Culvert construction / drainage operations undertaken throughout the Shire of Eltham - Greens Road near intersection of Cottlesbridge-Strathewen Road, Arthurs Creek35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of 4) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome Cardculvert, infrastructure, roadworks, arthurs creek, cottles bridge-strathewen road, greens road

Culvert construction / drainage operations undertaken throughout the Shire of Eltham - Greens Road near intersection of Cottlesbridge-Strathewen Road, Arthurs Creek35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of 4) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome Cardculvert, infrastructure, roadworks, arthurs creek, cottles bridge-strathewen road, greens road

Relationship between Clifton Pugh and Prue Acton based on their common interest in painting. Clifton Pugh lived at 'Dunmoochin' on the Cottles Bridge-Strathewen Road between Hurstbridge and Arthur's Creek.Text and col. photographclifton pugh, prue acton, painters, hurstbridge

Two dividing fences February 1956Record of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.infrastructure, shire of eltham, 1956-02, fences, strathewen

In February 2009, the Black Saturday bushfires ravaged parts of Victoria. This book covers the stories of those who were caught up in this disaster.288p., illus. Paperback.bushfires, victoria, kinglake, strathewen, st andrews, kinglake west

The area, previously known as Back Creek, was named after Thomas Cottle, who settled in the district in the 1870s, and the original bridge over the Diamond Creek on the road to Strathewen. The original bridge (seen in the photo) was replaced with a new timber bridge at a cost of £1,500, the tender being awarded to a contractor named Birch who commenced work in June 1927. The gentleman in the photo who is resting whilst having a smoke of his pipe is a member of the Belot family.Original sepia photograph mounted on card broken lower left corner and cracked upper rightbelot, bridge, cottles bridge, cottles bridge-strathewan road, diamond creek (creek), heidelberg-kinglake road

Copy of original photograph. The area, previously known as Back Creek, was named after Thomas Cottle, who settled in the district in the 1870s, and the original bridge over the Diamond Creek on the road to Strathewen. The original bridge (seen in the photo) was replaced with a new timber bridge at a cost of £1,500, the tender being awarded to a contractor named Birch who commenced work in June 1927. The gentleman in the photo who is resting whilst having a smoke of his pipe is a member of the Belot family.Roll of 35mm Black and White negative film, 3 strips, (1 of 14 frames)Film - Agfa Ortho 25belot, bridge, cottles bridge, cottles bridge-strathewan road, diamond creek (creek), heidelberg-kinglake road

Australia's worst natural disaster, fed by extreme temperatures, tornado-like wind speeds and tinder-dry land, culminated in the disaster we now know as Black Saturday, February 7, 2009. Before the sun would set on the blackest day in Australia's history, thousands of hectares would become blackened landscape and an unparalleled loss of lives could only mean that many areas would never be the same again. To remember the people lost to the devastating Black Saturday fires of 2009 and our brave CFA men and women who battled the elements to protect our towns, the Australian Blacksmiths Association (Victoria) Inc. invited blacksmiths from across the country and around the world to contribute to the creation of a steel gumtree. The Blacksmiths' Tree, as it came to be called, was erected on February 14, 2014. Five years in the making, this 10m high stainless steel and copper tree was forged with love and care by hundreds of blacksmiths across 20 countries. It stands in the township of Strathewen, Victoria, Australia to remember all of those who perished in the Black Saturday fires of 2009, those who fought the fires and those who continue to live their lives with hope and courage. The tree stands at the Peter Avola Memorial Pavilion, 160 Chadds Creek Road, Strathewen, Victoria.fay bridge collection, black saturday, kinglake, victorian bushfires - 2009, the tree project

Report and photograph about purchase of historically significant slab cottage in Castle Road, Warrandyte. Newspaper also includes articles relating to Jock Macneish and his ultra-light aircraft, construction of foot bridge over Andersons Creek, Mrs Ruth Norman, Warrandyte Co-op, local results of the 1981 census, construction of elderly citizens' flats in Stiggant Street (Warrandyte), South Warrandyte Primary School, Professor's Hill and Warrandyte Football Club. The road guide features advertisments for Inglenook Tea Rooms, Warrandyte, Warrandyte Recreation Reserve Cafe (Mrs C. Miller, Proprietress), Eltham Motor Garage, Plaza Cafe Eltham, Eltham Park Team Rooms, Diamond Creek Garage and Engineering Works and The Dean Guesthouse Strathewen.Complete issue of "Warrandyte Diary" No 145, May 1984 with feature article headed "Historic cottage bought". 12 pages with section cut out of back page. Also includes photocopy of Broadbents Roadguide: central Victoria, 1946 pages 230-231HG Booklet 281981 census, advertisment, andersons creek, castle road, diamond creek garage and engineering works, eltham motor garage, eltham park team rooms, footbridge, harry gilham collection, inglenook tea rooms, jock macneish, mrs c. miller, mrs ruth norman, plaza cafe eltham, professor's hill, senior citizens, south warrandyte primary school, stiggant street, the dean guesthouse strathewen, warrandyte, warrandyte co-op, warrandyte football club, warrandyte recreation reserve cafe, warrandyte slab cottage

Various news articles pertaining to the January 1962 Victorian bushfires in the Dandenong and Healesville districts which by the third day had encompassed large areas of the State. Specific Eltham Shire districts mentioned include Panton Hill and Hurstbridge on page 1, Warrandyte on page 2, 3, 4 and 5, Hurstbridge, Smith’s Gully, Kinglake on page 3 and 4, Strathewen, Kangaroo Ground, Panton Hill, St. Andrews, Smith’s Gully on page 4 and Pound Bend, Smith’s Gully and Warrandyte on pages 20-21 • They Flee Night Peril, p1 (Illust.) • Their grim picnic; A flash fire strikes, p2 (Illust.) • Night of terror as towns quitted, p3 • Fought till he dropped, p3 (Illust.) • Rain in fire area, p3 • Wye River town goes, p3 • Black Friday Hero Dies In Fire; with wife, grandsons, p4 • Surrounded!, p4 (Illust.) • Main street houses ablaze, p4 • Hurstbridge is evacuated, p4 • Scores jump in river at Warrandyte, p5 • Hills people leave homes, p5 • “Fire” cry at Parlt., p5 • Blind – he’s safe now, p5 (Illust.) • Police Chief Runs Battle, p7 • From Fire Front: Hospital treats 34, p7 • Firms send help, p7 • Tragedy and Ruin: Third Day; Ferntree Gully; Warrandyte; Pound Bend; Smiths Gully; Escape for 18, pp20-21 (Illust.) • Church was a haven for the hurt, weary, p39 (Illust.) • A home is lost, p40 (Illust.) tom fielding collection, victorian bushfires - 1962, victorian bushfires – 1962, panton hill, hurstbridge, five ways crossroads, warrandyte south, dandenongs, upwey, mt. evelyn, monbulk, olinda, sassafras, st. andrews, warrandyte, christmas hills, yarra river, mitcham, whitehorse roiad, donvale, park orchards, metropolitan fire chief, w.t. aldridge, loughnan’s hill, ringwood, woori yallock, leslie ockwell, linda ockwell, kalorama, healesville, daylesford, fire damage – buildings, wye river, portland, eganstown, ballarat, sherbrooke park forest, forest commission headquarters, kallista, r.t. seaton, montrose, yallourn, central gippsland, smith’s creek, black friday, geoffrey ockwell, ronald ockwell, preston town hall, e.j. tenner, strathewen, kangaroo ground, eric farnsworth, adele farnsworth, robin farnsworth, roy cleland, ann cleland, belgrave, sassfras, kaloramalice commissioner porter, mansfield, box hill hospital, pound bend, ferntree gully, ferntree gully state school, w. carew, ann quinton