Historical information

The sketch is of the village pond at the bottom the hill on Maria Street (Main Road) oppiste Dalton Street. The artist's initials are E.G. It is possible that these are for Edward Gadd, the village blacksmith whose blacksmith shop was next to the Courthouse just up the hill from the pond.

Pages from a scrapbook belonging to Heather Jenkins (nee Cone) who lived as a child in the Police Residence at 728 Main Road, Eltham in the 1920s.

Significance

Heather Jenkins was the daughter of Constable John Thomas Cone, Badge #3935 served at Eltham Police Station 1 May 1911 to 9 July 1922.

Physical description

Glued on a brown paper scrapbook page (torn from scrapbook) with 8 black and white/sepia photos of varying sizes, 1 newspaper clipping and one greeting card with printed sketch and handwritten captions in ink. On back of page is 1 black and white photo and a large newspaper clipping.