Historical information

View looking southwest from near main road across Brougham Street, Eltham, c.1949.

The Eltham Higher Elementary School (1926-1949)/Eltham High School (1950 on) is visible in centre.

Images from the private collection of Mrs Noel Williams (nee Hughes)
Noel’s parents, George Elgar Hughes and Jean Alice Hughes had a combined milk bar and fruit shop in Main Road, Eltham. Noel worked in the shop after leaving Eltham High School aged 15 (1950), until she married George Williams in 1956, whose grandparents, Violet and Will Williams, owned the Bellevue estate in Livingston Road, Eltham. Her father, then sold the property. George and Noel raised 3 children on their farm in Kangaroo Ground and Noel, who turned 90 years old in July 2025, is a life member of the Andrew Ross Museum.

Physical description

Digital copy of original black and white print