Historical information
Diamond Valley Sketchbook, written by Brian McKinlay with drawings by Graham Hawley. Cover the area surrounding the Diamond Valley from Heidelberg to Mernda.
Significance
A sketch book featuring landmarks around the Diamond Valley area in 1973. Many of these no longer exist.
Physical description
A 63 page hard back book with a map of the area covered by the book printed in blue in the inner covers. Three copies have a dust jacket printed in blue with title details, whilst the actual book cover lacks any detail. 4 copies.
Inscriptions & markings
Some pencil markings in the inside cover.
Subjects
- diamond valley,
- griffin house,
- rosehill,
- austin hospital,
- banyule house,
- trestle bridge eltham,
- shillinglaw cottage,
- montsalvat,
- old england hotel,
- eltham primary school,
- sweeney's cottage,
- pound bend tunnel,
- weller's pub,
- the eltham barrel,
- hassall's gallery,
- st katherine's chapel,
- yan yean reservoir,
- mernda hotel
