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
Large newspaper clipping (half page), very aged and fragile with sticky tape holding it together with 4 images of early Eltham
References
- 1912 'NEW RAILWAY LINE: ELTHAM TO HURST'S BRIDGE.', Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), 24 February, p. 27. Provides a clearer (microfilm) view of page
