Historical information

Contents:
• The Eltham Court House by Jim Connor
• Deferred – Annual General Meeting - Wednesday 8th April 2020
• Cancelled - Heritage Excursion – Saturday 2nd May 2020
• Our Town – Part 2 by Sue Bennett
• Our Billycart by Ann Constable
• My recollections of Eltham past by Margaret Harding (nee Joy Chapman)
• Early Market Gardening in Eltham
• Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn
o Richard Edward Gilsenen
o Peter Glass
• 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