Newspaper clipping, 2. The Main Road at Eltham (opposite Railway Station).; New Railway Line: Eltham to Hurst's Bridge; The Weekly Times, 24 Feb 1912, p27, 1912

Historical information

Pages from a scrapbook belonging to Heather Jenkins (nee Sargeant) who lived as a child in the Police Residence at 728 Main Road, Eltham in the 1920s.
Images featured are
1. A peep on the road, nearing Research.
2. The Main Road at Eltham (opposite Railway Station).
3. A part of the new railway line.
4. The mail coach leaving for Kangaroo Ground.

Significance

Heather Sargeant was the daughter of Constable W.C. Sargeant, the local police officer in residence at Eltham, 1922-1927

Physical description

Detail from large newspaper clipping (half page), very aged and fragile with sticky tape holding it together with 4 images of early Eltham

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