A view of Greensborough township 1889, painted from the corner of St Helena Road and Diamond Creek Roads. This copy has been cropped from the original to show lower Main Street and Marble hall. The original of this painting is owned by Greensborough Primary School.

From the John Mackey collection. this item was displayed at the offices of Ryan, Mackey and Kelly, solicitors, Main Street Greensborough.

Small timber-framed photograph of road and houses, sepia.

greensborough, main street greensborough, marble hall greensborough, arthur elliott, john mackey

Annual report of the Diamond Valley Community Support for 2023. It outlines the work done by the group and its volunteers.

22p., text and colour illus.

diamond valley community support inc., annual report

The Eltham Community Art & Craft Market was a long-standing weekend market in the Eltham area, offering, at first, arts and crafts of many types, made by local residents. It expanded to include produce in later years. Initially run by the Eltham Community Market Stallholders Association Incorporated, it is now run by Diamond Valley Community Support. These documents were collected by a long time stallholder, Dawn Bennetts.

GHS member Dawn Bennetts was a stall holder at this market and donated her memorabilia.

Collection of documents, newsletters and photographs..

eltham community market, diamond valley community support, markets, eltham community art and craft market

Documents collected by Brian Smiddy from 1975. Includes newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, minutes of meetings dealing with the proposed development of the Greensborough Bypass and the effect it may have on the Watsonia Shopping strip. Contains objections to this development.

Black plastic folder with black plastic binding containing approx 37 documents and handwritten notes.

brian smiddy, greensborough bypass, watsonia road watsonia, watsonia shopping centre

Documents collected by Brian Smiddy from 1982. Includes newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, minutes of meetings and letters dealing with the proposed development of a Food plus business in Watsonia Road Watsonia. Contains objections to this development.

Plastic folder with clear cover and black plastic binding containing approx 8 documents and handwritten notes.

brian smiddy, watsonia food plus, watsonia s, watsonia shopping centre, watsonia road watsonia

Documents collected by Brian Smiddy from 1977. Includes newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, minutes of meetings dealing with the proposed development of the Greensborough District Centre and possible. Contains objections to this development.

Plastic folder with clear cover and black plastic binding containing approx 6 documents and handwritten notes.

brian smiddy, greensborough district centre, greensborough swimming pool

Documents collected by Brian Smiddy from 1987-1988. Includes newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, minutes of meetings and letters dealing with the proposed development of the Greensborough District Centre and possible relocation of the Greensborough Swimming Pool. Contains objections to this development.

Plastic folder with clear cover and black plastic binding containing approx 18 documents and handwritten notes.

brian smiddy, greensborough district centre, greensborough swimming pool, swimming, swimming pools greensborough

Documents collected by Watsonia Uniting Church member Rosie Bray from 1988-2000. Includes planning documents, newspaper clippings, Parish council notes, advertisements for activities, a handbook for the placement of ministers, a mission statement and privacy policy.

Plastic folder with blue cover and black plastic binding containing approx 16 documents.

watsonia uniting church, uniting church in australia

Conversion tables from the 1960s when Australia converted to metric. he card converts temperature from Fahrenheit to celsius (State Electricity Commission) and the magnet cooking measurements (Pyrex Corning)

2 Metric conversion tables, one printed on card, the second is a fridge magnet.

conversion tables, metric conversion, metric measurement

Anzac Day ceremony held at War Memorial Park Greensborough in 2024 as recorded by Rosie Bray. Includes information on the RSL sponsored "Living Spirit Fellowship".

4 p. Booklet by Greensborough RSL Sub-Branch, with notes by Rosie Bray and four colour photographs

non-fiction

anzac day 2024

The Banyule Banner is published by Banyule Council to advertise upcoming events in the City of Banyule and to report on past events. This edition contains reports on Rosanna Library, recycled roads and Watsonia town square and station redevelopment.

A record of events within the City of Banyule.

24 pages, colour illustrations.

banyule banner, banyule council

Booklet contains a list of recipients of the The Jagajaga Community Volunteer Awards 2024, including GHS members Dawn and Adrian Bennetts.

20 p. text and color cover.

jagajaga community australia day awards, the jagajaga community volunteer awards 2024

Booklet of St Thomas' Greensborough North Silver Jubilee Mass 1970 - 1995, held to celebrate the silver jubilee of ordination to the priesthood of Father Kevin McIntosh.

Mass booklet, 16 p., blue cover.

st thomas the apostle catholic church, kevin mcintosh

Speed hump plan for Old Eltham Road Lower Plenty 2003

Newspaper clipping, text only.

old eltham road lower plenty, speed humps, banyule

The Parade College drama group performed a "A midsummer night's dream" in 2003.

Newspaper clipping, text and colour image

parade college, shakespeare, drama performances

Article from Brooksy's Briefing September 2021 about the origin of the name of Kingsbury suburb. Kingsbury is named after Bruce Kingsbury, Victoria Cross recipient in World War II.

Article from Brooksy's briefing September 2021

world war ii, kingsbury, bruce kingsbury, victoria cross

The official opening of Watsonia Ambulance Statiion took place in 2021, although it had been open since October 2020.

Printed article from Brooksy's Briefing, colour image

watsonia, ambulance