Historical information

Contents:
• Next meeting, guest speaker; George and Esme Barker: What An Act; the story of the Little Eltham Theatre
• Annual General Meeting
• George and Esme Barker
• ‘Escaping the Big Smoke’
• Bird Days at Eltham
• The Wards of Nillumbik
• What Else
• President’s Report, 34th Annual General Meeting – Wednesday March 13th, 2002

Significance

The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.

Physical description

A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to members