Historical information

Contents:
• 'Shoestring' by Jim Connor
• Our Next Meeting - Wednesday 8th June
• Heritage Excursion - Back-track walk to Fitzsimons Lane - Saturday 2nd July
• Crossing the Yarra at Eltham by Russell Yeoman
• One Hundred Years Ago: Eltham and District - January-June 1916 by Liz Pidgeon
• Recent Book Releases
• Subscriptions
• Office Bearer 2016-2017
• ... and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

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