Historical information

Contents:
• The Carrucan Dairy by Russell Yeoman
• Our Annual General Meeting
• May Excursion – John Street Mud Brick Precinct
• Empire Day by Ann Constable
• . . . . More Than A Family Reunion by Irene Kearsey
• Eltham Scouts
• Eltham District Welfare Committee – a history by Jenny Ellis
• My People: Alan Marshall talks about . . . Eltham in the early days
• Alan Marshall
• Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn
o William McMahon Ball
o George Bird
• Annual general Meeting
• Vale – Dr Malcolm Harrop OAM
• 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 newsletter distributed to members