Historical information
Charis Pelling, daughter of Professor William Osborne and Dr Ethel Osborne, was active in local activities, including being Eltham Shire's first female president and a councillor.
Contents
Newspaper articles: About Whittlesea Show 1964, Diamond Valley News, 1964 (photocopy).
Magazine article: "A woman who gets things done", The Australian Women's Weekly, 26 October 1966. Charis Pelling's life and activities.
Note card: Thanks for sympathy following destruction of "Woodlands" and "The Hall" in 8 January 1969 bushfire.
Newspaper article: "Quietly proud of her life", Diamond Valley News, 19 June 1984. Charis Pelling's childhood and activities.
Note card: Thanks for sympathy following death of Edwin Oswald Pelling.
Newspaper notice: Death notice, Charis Meta Aleander Pelling.
Order of Service: Celebration of life of Charis Meta Aleander Pelling, 2006.
Letter: Eltham District Historical Society to Charis Pelling, 21 June 1995, Invitation to be presented with certificate to her as foundation President of the Society.
Note card: Charis Pelling, Thanks for presentation.
Newsletter: Eltham District Historical Society, number 172, January 2007. Obituary of Charis Meta Alexander Pelling.
Physical description
Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etc
Subjects
- charis pelling,
- whittlesea show,
- kangaroo ground victoria,
- michael pelling,
- margaret pelling,
- nicholas pelling,
- deborah pelling,
- warrandyte water works trust,
- eltham arts council,
- eltham old people's committee,
- eltham art show,
- shillinglaw cottage preservation committee,
- woodlands kangaroo ground victoria,
- gareth jones roberts,
- peter glass,
- alkis astrix,
- matcham skipper,
- mervyn horton,
- the flavor of eltham,
- bush fire january 1969,
- the hall kangaroo ground victoria,
- professor william osborne,
- dr ethel osborne,
- william pelling,
- alistair knox,
- harold bartlett,
- gerald yunken,
- edwin oswald pelling,
- charis meta alexander pelling
