CONTENTS:
List of councillors pvi. Jimmy Finn and the Upper Yarra Hotel p9. Patrick Sheahan and the Templestowe Hotel p9. Local government: Templestowe Roads Board p21-8. Horticulture, fruit industry, orchards, coolstores p29-36. Gold mines and mining: Anderson’s Creek goldfield p37-9. Local government: Shire of Bulleen p39-44. Shire of Doncaster p41. Shire of Templestowe p43. Uniting again to form the Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe (1926) p44. Religion p44. Schools, education p46. Templestowe Mechanics’ Institute (mention only) p48. Doncaster Athenaeum p49,50. Public library p50. Warrandyte Mechanics’ Institute p50. Horse racing p50. Cricket p51. Transport: railways and tramways p53. Tram, Tram Road p54. Cars p56. Bus service p56. Withers and Son buses p57. Street lights p57. Electricity p58. Water supply p58. Infant welfare, maternity services p59. General development 1900-1945 p60. Park Orchards p60. Flood 1934 p61. Fire brigade p62. Bushfire 1939 p62. Expansion p63. Suburbanisation 1950s p63. Roads, road problems p64. Severence (of council ridings) debate p70. Becomes a city 1967 p73. Bushfire 1962 p74. Town planning p75. Ruffey Lake Park p77. Traffic problems p77. Proposed railway line p78. Doncaster and Templestowe Historical Society p82. Schramm’s Cottage p82. Warrandyte State Park p83. Chronology p95. Index p99.

ILLUSTRATIONS:
Map of City of Doncaster and Templestowe: inside front cover. Map of cities and shires in the area: inside back cover. Major Newman: first homestead at Templestowe p3. Von Schramm’s cottage in its original position in Doncaster Road p4. ‘Friedensruhe’ residence of the Thiele family p6. Doncaster Road in the 1860s looking east p8. The original Upper Yarra Hotel p11. Upper Yarra Hotel with the additions built by James Finn p13. Gold recovery from the river bed at Warrandyte 1865 p15. Quartz crusher at Warrandyte p19. Memorial cairn at Warrandyte on the spot where gold was discovered by Luis Michel in 1851 p22. Doncaster Road looking west from the tower in the 1890s p24. Early view of Templestowe looking towards Heidelberg p27. Daniel Harvey: blacksmith and coach building shop in Templestowe p30. Doncaster Road looking west from the crest near the municipal offices about 1914 p32. Templestowe Cool Store in Fitzsimon’s Lane in the mid 1920s p35. The Morning Star Hotel at the junction of Doncaster Road and High Street p37. Early quartz crusher operated by a horse moving in a circular track p40. Entrance to the tunnel at Pound Bend, Warrandyte p43. Methodist Church in East Doncaster p45. Church of Christ, Doncaster: the original church is the timber structure in the background p47. The old State School at Warrandyte p49. Templestowe Post Office and Bakery p51. The first tram on the Box Hill-Doncaster line p52. Sylvester Mullen: blacksmith shop in Templestowe p54. Templestowe store p56. E.S.&A. Bank, Doncaster, now demolished p59. The old timber bridge at Warrandyte p61. View from the old tower at Doncaster looking across Mitcham to the Dandenongs about 1900 p66. View from Shoppingtown tower looking across Mitcham to the Dandenongs 1970 p67. White’s Corner at Doncaster in 1910 looking towards the southwest and Box Hill p70. White’s Corner at Doncaster in 1970 looking towards the southwest and Box Hill p71. Original office of the Shire of Bulleen about 1875 (drawing) p76. Map of the City of Doncaster and Templestowe showing proposed routes of railway p79. Holy Trinity Church, Doncaster p80. Athenaeum Hall, Doncaster p82. Doncaster township in 1905 with council offices in the foreground p85. Memorial Hall, Templestowe p87. Municipal Swimming Centre, Williamsons Road p88. Bookmobile of the Doncaster-Templestowe and Box Hill Regional Library Service p90. Warrandyte Bridge in 1974 p93. M.J. McKenzie Library, East Doncaster p94. Maternal and Child Health Centre, Park Orchards p97.

NAMES FROM THE INDEX:
W.H. Algar. F.G. Andrew. James Anderson. – Aumann. John Batman. Elizabeth Blair. E. Bona. Angela Booth. George Bullen. Governor Bourke. W.C. Brackenbury. T.N. Bride. R.F. Brown. William Burnley. L.J. Cameron. Billy Cannon. John Chivers. John Clay. T.C. Cole. Colonel Collins. J. Colman. Alan Croxford. T. Cunningham. W. Darke. L. De Compte. J. Delaney. – Dehnert. – Dickson. T.E. Downward. Alexander Duncan. Henry Elgar. John Pascoe Fawkner. A. Fenwick. J. Field. Misses Finch. – Finger. James Finn. Alfred Ford. H. Frenchman. – Fromhold. John Gardiner. L. Grant. Irvine Green. Muriel Green. William Habberlin. R.A. Harle. J. Harrison. D. Harvey. J. Henke. Edward Henty. J. Hewish. T. Hicks. M.H. Hoare. Robert Hoddle. C. Hodgkinson. John Hodgson. G. Holloway. Hume and Hovell. A. Hummel. Dr E.M. Inglis. Arthur Ireland. John Ireland. H. Kent. J. Kent. A.T. Knee. Robert Laidlaw. Governor La Trobe. E. Lawford. J. Mahon. W. Malcolm. I.R. Marsden. M.J. McKenzie. J. McKindlay. B. McMurray. Louis Michel. – Milne. F. Moore. Stephen Mullens. Sylvester Mullens. John Murray. Charles Newman. T.R. Nutt. T. O’Brien. J. O’Neil. James Palmer. F. and H. Petty. Tom Petty. Joseph Pickering. Dawn Phillips. F.A. Powlett. W.L. Raden. James Read. R. Reynolds. Sydney Ricardo. V.C.C. Rush. J.E. Russell. J. Seemar. Captain Selby. W. Sell. Richard Serpell. Hannah Sheahan. Patrick Sheahan. S.K. Shepherd. J. Smedley. George Smith. J.E. Sparkes. H. Stiggants. Cr Stutt. E. Tatham. Alfred Thiele. Frederick Thiele. Gottlieb Thiele. Oswald Thiele. J.W. Thomson. George Tortice. John Tully. R.J. Tully. Thomas Tully. J. Turner. F.W. Unwin. M. Von Schramm. J. Walliker. H. Waterfield. J. Webb. W. Westgarth. R.D. White. John Whitten. J.S. Williams. A. & R. Wilson. Robert Wilson. F. Winter. J. Winter. – Zerbe.

FULL INDEX available on library computers: Electronic resources \ Indexes \ Doncaster

PLACENAMES, INSTITUTIONS etc., FROM THE INDEX:
Anglicans. Athenaeum Hall. Australian Assistance Plan. Blue Moon Co-operative. Shire of Bulleen. Ward boundaries. Bus services, horsed. Bus services, motor. Bushfires. Church of Christ. Churches. City, declaration of. Civil Defence. Cold storage. Cricket. Doncaster, origin. Doncaster Fruit Growers Association. Doncaster Fruit Growers Co-operative Company. Doncaster Post Office. Shire of Doncaster. Education Act. Electricity supply. Expansion. Fire brigades. Floods, 1865, 1934. Football. Fruit Growing, start of. Gold, discovery of. Gold diggers licence. Goldfield, Victoria. Gold reward. Horse racing. M.J. McKenzie Library. Library, regional. Lutheran Church. Maternal and Child Health Service. Methodist Church. Park Orchards. Peach varieties. Post Office, Doncaster. Post Office, Templestowe. Post Office, Warrandyte. Presbyterian Church. Railways. Recreation. Refrigeration. Regional development. Ringwood Cool Store. Roads Boards. Road District, Templestowe. Road construction. Road statistics. Roman Catholic Church. Schools. Statistics 1876-77. Street lighting. Templestowe, origin of. Templestowe Hotel. Templestowe Post Office. Templestowe Road District. Templestowe Shire. Templestowe-Eltham Bridge. Toll gates. Town planning. Traffic counts. Traffic problems. Tramways. Upper Yarra Hotel. Victorian Fruit Growers Association. Victoria goldfield. Victorian Vineyards Corporation. Warrandyte, gold mining 1869-1910. Warrandyte, origin of name. Warrandyte Post Office. Warrandyte Riding. Warrandyte State Park. Water supply. Williamsons Road. Yarra Mining Companies.