Historical information
J.A. McDonald produced this record in the course of his responsibilities as Shire Engineer for Eltham Shire Council.
Significance
Record of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.
Physical description
78 foolscap pages containing a sequence of photos, adhered via glue or sticky tape, with typed or handwritten headings and captions in pencil.
Originally contained in a green foolscap binder with spring clasp spine for retaining loose pages.
Also inserted loose within the binder a number of photo negative/print processing folders containing various loose prints and medium format Kodak 620 6x6 cm black and white negatives as well as plain enevlopes with lists of photos and quantities of copies made/used for assembling these album pages. The negatives have been catalogued separately and relevant relationships to pages highlighted in catalogue record.
Subjects
- a. gillies,
- alistair knox park,
- benchmark studies,
- bend of islands,
- blease road,
- box hill state school,
- box hill teachers college,
- box hill tip,
- bridge construction,
- bridge street bridge,
- bridge,
- brisbane street,
- brougham steet,
- bulldozer,
- cecil street,
- charis pelling,
- cherry tree road,
- city of preston,
- cr. a. brinkkotter,
- cr. charis pelling,
- cranes,
- cromwell street,
- diamond creek (creek),
- diamond street,
- dixons creek bridge,
- dixon's creek road,
- drott,
- eltham leisure centre,
- eltham north,
- eltham police station,
- eltham,
- eltham-yarra glen road,
- f. wood,
- fitzsimons lane bridge,
- flat rock road,
- flood damage,
- floods,
- floodwater,
- footpaths and gutters,
- ford service garage,
- g. blair,
- garden hill,
- glen park bridge,
- glenauburn road,
- grand hotel,
- haldane road,
- healesville,
- healesville-yarra glen road,
- heidelberg-kinglake road,
- henley road bridge,
- henley road,
- hill property,
- hurstbridge water scheme,
- hurstbridge,
- hurstbridge-arthurs creek road,
- infrastructure,
- j. jolly,
- kangaroo ground,
- kangaroo ground-queenstown road,
- kangaroo ground-st andrews road,
- lilydale shire office,
- long gully bridge,
- long gully creek,
- long gully road,
- long gully,
- lower plenty bridge,
- lower plenty footbridge,
- lower plenty oval,
- lower plenty road,
- lower plenty,
- main road,
- methodist church,
- montmorency,
- mount pleasant road,
- new holland,
- old healesville road,
- opening ceremony,
- oxley bridge,
- para road,
- paul creek bridge,
- paul creek road,
- paul krafeznk,
- pinnacle lane,
- plaques,
- plenty river trail,
- plenty river,
- presbyterian church,
- prof donald thomson,
- pryor street,
- railway crossing,
- railway parade,
- rattray road,
- reconstruction works,
- reichelt avenue,
- research (vic.),
- research oval,
- road construction,
- rymers corner,
- shire of eltham,
- shire of whittlesea,
- silvan road bridge,
- silver street bridge,
- silver street,
- sir dallas brooks,
- smedley property,
- st andrews,
- steels creek,
- susan street,
- tarrawarra,
- tony carberry,
- uniting church,
- upper yarra dam,
- upper yarra reservoir,
- w.e. wolf,
- waterfall property,
- watsons creek,
- wattletree road bridge,
- wattletree road,
- wattletree road bridge,
- worlingworth,
- yarra glen,
- york street,
- yow yow creek
