Historical information

Contents:
• Historical Societies add value by Jim Connor
• Next meeting – 2:00pm Saturday 8th August 2026
• Heritage Excursion - Thursday 13th August – Local Remix, Montsalvat
• Female Suffrage: Eltham Council’s Attitude by Richard Pinn
• ….from our collection
• The Evelyn Store, W. & C. Page, General Merchants by Peter Pidgeon
• On the Thirsty Road to the Diggings by Mick Woiwod (reprinted from the August 2018 newsletter)
• Slaughter Yards in Eltham Shire by Richard Pinn
• Land for Sale at Little Eltham by Russell Yeoman (reprinted from the August 2018 newsletter)
• Memories of Wattle Glen by Lynette Millar
• Commons
• Committee Member Profile: David Taylor
• Life Among the Headstones by Julia Drew

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 (Digital and A4 photocopy)