Historical information

Contents:
• Voting changes by Jim Connor
• Next meeting – 2:00pm Saturday 17th October 2026
• Heritage Excursion – 2:00pm Saturday 7th November – Eltham Cemetery Remembrance Tour
• October 2026 is Local History Month
• 55 years of Pioneers and Painters by Liz Pidgeon with Russell Yeoman
• A memory from John Withers’ Auto by Brendan Joseph Evans
• Eltham South Pre School – 80th Anniversary by Jim Connor
• History of Taraganda by Michael Aitken
• Yarra Plenty Heritage Group Network by Liz Pidgeon
• Eltham – 1926
• Committee Member Profile: Russell Yeoman

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)