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Main Title: Eltham District Historical Society: newsletter 2008-
Collation: Periodicals in box. Electronic issues available on library computers (pdf files): July 2012 onwards.
Subject: Eltham District Historical Society (Vic.)
Historical societies - Periodicals
Eltham (Vic.) (Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country)
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JAN 2008: Eltham, England revisited p2. Harry and Sue Gilham named citizens of the year p2. Geoff Braithwaite 1913-2007 p2. Shillinglaw family history p3.

MAR 2008: AOS6 and the Bird family orchard p2. Opening of the viewing platform at Kangaroo Ground p2. Eltham's homeless p3. Shillinglaw family history conclusion p4.

MAY 2008: Death of Audrey Cahn p3.

No. 181 JULY 2008: The Shillinglaw trees p2. Brougham Street Bridge p3.

No. 182 SEPTEMBER 2008: Birch Cottage 1969 (photo) p3. History in stamp collecting / Diana Bassett-Smith p4. Reminiscences of Pat Baddeley cont. p5.

No. 183 NOVEMBER 2008: Vale: Bob (Robert) Bruce p2. Concluding Pat Baddeley story p3.

No. 184 JANUARY 2009: Greensborough: Main Street from the Plenty River Bridge, early 20th century (photo) p3. Kangaroo Ground Store (photo) p3. Eltham omelette joust p4. News from the Andrew Ross Museum p4. Celebrating Nillumbik’s women: Lois Loftus-Hills 1927-2006 p5.

No. 185 MARCH 2009: Black Saturday bushfires p2. Celebrating Nillumbik women: Audrey Cahn 1905-2008 p4. Eltham district from a report in 'The Argus' 26/7/1856 p5.

No. 186 MAY 2009 Black Saturday bushfires: Kinglake, St Andrews p2. Black Friday 1851 p3. Harry Gilham p5.

No. 187 JULY 2009: Josephine Gordon 'Jo' McCormick 1925-2009 p2-4. County of Evelyn 1864 / report of the Collector of Agricultural Statistics, John James p5-8.

No. 188 SEPTEMBER 2009: September meeting and Eltham Cemetery excursions p2. September heritage walk p2. Joh Ebeli, artist: memories p3-6. Eltham, England p6.

No. 189 NOVEMBER 2009: The streets of Little Eltham p2. Donation of painting 'Old school house Eltham' [but identified as an old cottage that once stood in Ely Street] painting by Ronald Coudray, donated by his daughter Lesley Rickards p4.

No. 190 JANUARY 2010: Eltham district (from The Argus 24th July 1856) p2-4. AGM p5. Historical society program for 2010 p6.

No. 191 MARCH 2010: They're racing at .. Eltham! P2. The Thomas Sweeney walk p2. Kangaroo Ground excursion p3. Eltham the DIY years / Diana Bassett-Smith 2003 p3-7. Book launch: Eltham's Serious and their neighbours / Ken Eckersall 18th April p8.

No. 192 MAY 2010: The Shillinglaw Farm walk p2. Eltham RSL and war memorial p3. Edendale Farm p4.

No. 193 MAY 2010: Edendale walk p2. Local road and street names p2-6.

No. 194 SEPTEMBER 2010: Research [town] heritage walk p2. Eltham Cemetery visit p3. Distinguished life members: Peter Bassett-Smith and Jock Read p3. Jock Read: early history p4. Local road names: Bolton Street / Ryans Road p6. Reynolds Road p7.

No. 195 NOVEMBER 2010: Tom Orr's farm p3.

No. 196 JANUARY 2011: Celebrating Peter Bassett-Smith p2. Jock Read 1915-2010 p3. Opal Smith 1914-2010 p4. AGM p6.

No. 197 MARCH 2011: One Tree Hill Mine p2. Dinner plate nugget p2. Stokes Orchard: an incomplete history p5.

No. 198 MAY 2011: Eltham Lower Park walk p2. Eltham Railway Line (from 'The Argus' 12 Dec 1911) p3. Eltham North Bridge p3. Wingrove family p4. Nillumbik Heritage Strategy p5.

No. 199 JULY 2011: Montmorency Railway Station p3. Eltham [from the Victorian Gazetteer 1865] p5.

No. 200 SEPTEMBER 2011: Walk to 'Killeavey' [home of Sir William Irvine] p2. Peter Bassett-Smith 1911-2011 p2. Community Centre opening 1978 p3. Time capsule 1986 p4. Municipal amalgamation 1995 p5. How Eltham got its name p6. Walter Withers in 1903 p7.

No. 201 NOVEMBER 2011: A brief history of Bonds Road area, Lower Plenty p3.

No. 202 JANUARY 2012: J.B. North and the Meruka Estate p2. The society banner p5.

No. 203 MARCH 2012: St Margaret's Anglican Church, Eltham p2. Is this the first marriage in Montmorency? [William West and Mary Kierce] / Maureen Jones p5.

No. 204 MAY 2012: St Margaret's Anglican Church, Eltham p3. Recent works by Mick Woiwod p5. Mary Regan: life membership award p7. Eltham War Memorial Obelisk p8.

No. 205 JULY 2012: John Street mud brick precinct p2. 'Kooringoorama': an incomplete history p3. Eltham's war memorials p4.

No. 206 SEPTEMBER 2012: My recollections of Eltham past / Margaret Harding p4.

No. 207 NOVEMBER 2012: My mother Grace [Grace Mitchell] / Jenni Mitchell p2. November heritage walk: Research Valley views p2. Johannes (Joh) Abeli 1918-2012 p4. Award for Mick Woiwod p4. Research Primary School p5.

No. 208 JANUARY 2013: The Edendale [Farm] story p2. Past society excursions p3. Steel supports timber bridge [railway trestle bridge over the Diamond Creek at Panther Place, Eltham] p5. The Research horse trough p6.

No. 209 MARCH 2013: Laughing Waters Road stories p2. Karingal Yallock Creek walk p2. The old grinding stone p3. Courthouse safe p4.

No. 210 MAY 2013: Bridgeland Park walk p2. Eltham cultural heritage tour 1992 p3. Harry Gilham and Mary Regan p4.

No. 211 JULY 2013: Excursion: mud bricks, pise and other 'character houses' p2. Nillumbik Reconciliation Group plaques p3. Mac Ball [Professor William McMahon Ball] p4. Former hat factory [Sherbourne Road, Eltham] p5.

No. 212 SEPTEMBER 2013: The Laughing Waters property (photo) p1. Tim and Betty Burstall p2. Laughing Waters walk p2. Shire of Eltham pioneers photograph project p3. Vale: Joy Ness p4. Eltham Horse and Pony Club / Tony Brocksopp p6. From our railway files / Harry Gilham p7.

No. 213 NOVEMBER 2013: Shillinglaw Farm walk p2. Eltham Festival p2. Eltham Cemetery visit p3. 2 Bell Street, Eltham p4.

No. 214 JANUARY 2014: Book launch: history of St Margaret's Church, Eltham p2. Research State School: the missing honour board / Jim Allen p4. From Mount Morenzie to Milparinka [Montmorency Farm, William Seaville] / Maureen Jones p5. Headstone of Peter Lawlor returned to Eltham Cemetery p7.

No. 215 MARCH 2014: Reverend John P. Carney, catholic priest p1. Stanley Simpson Addison MBE p2. March excursion: Eltham South farms p3. Early Eltham [article from Australasian newspaper 1903] p4.

No. 216 MAY 2014: The 1901 Eltham Railway Walk p2. Vera Addison p3. Vale: John Cohen OAM p4. Eltham Library 20th anniversary p5. St Margaret's Church Eltham p5.

No. 217 JULY 2014: Fabbro Fields [2 Bell Street, Fabbro family] p1. Montmorency: the farm on the Plenty p2. Benjamin Wallis: a prominent early Eltham resident p3. Fires p4.

No. 218 SEPTEMBER 2014: Eltham Living and Learning Centre p1. Fabbro Farm art project p4. Eltham Library: 20th anniversary celebration p4. Henry Gilbert Jones: an early Eltham settler / Michael Aitken p5.

No. 219 NOVEMBER 2014: Remembering the Shire of Eltham: 20 years on. Madam Pietzcker [Maria Annunziata Groebner; Ballara] of Research. New book: Nillumbik tales: voices from our elders. Local history centre, 728 Main Road, Eltham [former Police Station]. At the movies [cinemas and theatres in Eltham]. Kangaroo Ground Tower of Remembrance.

No. 220 JANUARY 2015: Big Pond' [play about Yan Yean Reservoir] p1. A trip to Balee [train trip from Eltham to Wattle Glen 1910] / Richard Pinn p3. Fishing for a name [Greensborough Angling Club] / Maureen Jones p5.

No. 221 MARCH 2015: Benjamin Wallis and the Eltham Hotel / Russell Yeoman p1. Excursion: Belle Vue Farm walk p2. Walter Frederick Beard / Jim Allen p3. Ellis Cottage celebrates 150 years p4. More on the movies [cinema] / Maureen Jones p5. AGM report p6.

No. 222 MAY 2015: The Eltham Rural Group p1. May excursion: Murray's Farm, Eltham North p2. Farming in the Shire of Eltham p3. The Tower of Remembrance, Kangaroo Ground Memorial Park p5. Diana Bassett Smith - life membership p5. AGM report p6.

No. 223 JULY 2015: Eltham Racing Club p1. July excursion: Montmorency, the farm on the Plenty p2. Building and completion of St Margaret's [Anglican] Church 1860-2014 / Geoff Sandy p3. Miss Bessie Windgrove - that queer creature called a land lover / Maureen Jones p5. Eltham Avenue of Honour - launch of new markers / Jim Connor p7. Correction to 'Tower of Remembrance, Kangaroo Ground Memorial Park' p8.

No. 224 SEPTEMBER 2015: A currawong takes flight' sculpture. Research Aqueduct walk p2. The Wackett Brothers [Ellis Charles Wackett 1901-1984 and Lawrence James Wackett 1896-1982] / Jim Allen p3. Picnics at Wattle Glen / Richard Pinn p5. Back when the land was theirs [interview with the late Jim Murray of Eltham North in 1992] / Linley Hartley p7.

No. 225 NOVEMBER 2015: 1970 in retrospect / Jim Connor. Panorama Heights Estate walk p3. Book review: Montmorency: the farm on the Plenty by Maureen Jones / Jim Connor p4. A lively researcher from Research [Diana Joan 'Ding' Dyason 1919-1989] / Adrian Jones p5.

No. 226 FEBRUARY 2016: Every building has a history [Shillinglaw family] / Jim Connor p1. The Australian Blue Book: Eltham / Jim Connor p3. Old postcards of Eltham / Michael Aitken p4. Rob Roy Hill Climb [motor sports] / Jim Allen p6. Cranky Jimmy's Ghost p8.

No. 227 APRIL 2016: Eltham district - early history [based on an article in the Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser 21 Nov 1941] p1. An interesting little historical exercise [Main Road, Eltham - views 1910, c1967, 2015] / Michael Aitken p3. Eltham's inclined railway / Richard Pinn p4. 50th anniversary commemorations [Vietnam War] / Jim Connor p5. Kenneth Francis Pitts / Wendy Pitts-Butler p6. The Evelyn Observer newspaper 1873-1942 p7. Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Tower [The Age 21 Sep 1929] p8.

No. 228 JUNE 2016: Shoestring [Shoestring House] p1. Crossing the Yarra at Eltham / Russell Yeoman p3. One hundred years ago- Eltham and District- January-June 1916 / Liz Pidgeon p5.

No. 229 AUGUST 2016: The society's 50th anniversary 2017 [Eltham District Historical society 50th anniversary] / Russell Yeoman p1. Heritage excursion-Maroondah Aqueduct walk-Saturday 3rd September [Maroondah Aqueduct] p2. Eltham District's early history p3. Coming of age [21st anniversary of Eltham Public Hall] p3. The Eltham Barrel p4. Eltham taps run dry [Water shortage 1951] p5. A footnote of shoestring [A house called shoestring] p6. The little church in St Helena / Maureen Smith p7.

No. 230 OCTOBER 2016: Our history [history of the Eltham historical society and 50th anniversary] / Jim Connor p1. Heritage excursion: Killeavey walk and talk [history of Killeavey] p2. The festive reason [Eltham festival the Apex years] / Mal Harrop p3. History of Maroondah Aqueduct pipe bridge over the Plenty River at Greensborough / Anne Paul p8. One hundred years ago: Eltham and district July-December 1916 / Liz Pidgeon p9. From the Hurstbridge Advertiser 2 March 1923 p10. Refurbishment of our local history centre p10.

No. 231 DECEMBER 2016: Our past, present and future [history and future of the Eltham Historical Society] / Jim Connor p1. A Peal of Bells [memories of Mal Harrop about Eltham and Jazz] / Mal Harrop p2. Eltham's first policeman [Peter Paul Lawlor] / Jim Allen p4. Eltham NSW-Railway cottage / Richard Prim p7.

No. 232 FEBRUARY 2017: The Shillinglaw legacy [historic Eltham cottage] / Russell Yeoman p3. Eltham racecourse / Brian Membrey p5. The Eltham report [Argus newspaper, 26 July 1856] p6.

No. 233 APRIL 2017: Audrey Josephine Cahn / Richard Pinn p3. Stanley Simpson Addison p4. …the story continues [the Eltham barrel] p5. The Christmas Hills motorcycle scramble track / Jim Allen p6.

No. 234 JUNE 2017: A hotel or two? [hotels in Eltham] / Jim Connor p1. Whatever happened to jailhouse rock? [police stations] / Marueen Jones p3. Round the Bend Conservation Co-operative Ltd (The Co-op) / Neil Harvey p6.

No.235 AUGUST 2017:9th August meeting-the Shallards of Montmorency p2. Montmorency guiding memories / Jean Ryan p3. Percy Leason an artist's life / Russell Yeoman p4. Russell Yeoman / Jim Connor p5. 40 years of environmental living [Bend of Islands and Neil Douglas] / Janet Mattiske p6. Wellers Hotel of Kangaroo Ground-part 1 / Jim Allen p8.

No.236 OCTOBER 2017: The Easter rooster lunch / Ann Constable p3. Vale- Don Kinsey AM / Jim Connor p4. Eltham and District Historical Society [50th anniversary and Peter and Diana Bassett / Jim Connor p5. Commemorative service at St Margaret's Church Eltham / Kathleen Toal p6. Eltham in Victorian Railways weekly notices / Richard Pinn p7. Wellers Hotel of Kangaroo Ground-Part 2 / Jim Allen p8. Monash Bridge at Hurstbridge-100 years old in 2017 / Pam Lawson p10. Our Eltham-artistic recollection / Jim Connor p11.

No.237 DECEMBER 2017: 50 years ago…1967 / Liz Pidgeon p3. Eltham 1950-childhood reminiscences-part 1 / Ann Constable p5. A squatters' life on the Plenty River at 'Wanstead' the 1837 diary of James Louis Willis / Anne Paul p6.

No.238 FEBRUARY 2018: Eltham 1950s-childhood reminiscenes part 2 / Ann Constable p3. Williams Shillinglaw's homework book p4. My early Eltham recollections part 1 / Alex Smith p6. Neil Douglas / Wendy Wilson p8. News of Eltham England / Russell Yeoman p9.

No.239 APRIL 2018: Eltham 1950s-childhood reminiscences part 3 / Ann Constable p3. Eltham trestle bridge / Richard Pinn p4. Eltham community care opening p8.

No.240 JUNE 2018: Eltham 1950s-childhood reminiscences part 4 / Ann Constable p3. Lavender Park Road mysteries / Heather Eastman p4. Was the David Clark "Victoria's Mayflower" / Irene Kearsey p5.

No.241 AUGUST 2018: Finding a home [Eltham District Historical Society, 20th year in Local History Centre] / Russell Yeoman p1. Eltham 1950s - Childhood Reminiscences - Part 5 / Ann Constable p3. Land for sale at Little Eltham (New townships of Little Eltham) / The Times 12/4/1851 J.M. Holloway / Russell Yeoman p5. The county of Evelyn / Russel Yeoman p6. An enlightening tale [wages journal 1954 onward, lamplighter A.E Saville / Mick Woiwod p8. The Andrew Ross Museum / Mick Woiwod p8. Kangaroo Ground - Centre of the Shire / Mick Woiwod p8. On the thirsty road to the Diggings [gold, September 1851, Scottish farmers of Kangaroo Ground / Mick Woiwod p9.

No.242 OCTOBER 2018: A part of our history [903-907 Main Road Eltham] p1. Eltham 1950s-childhood reminiscences-part 7 / Ann Constable p3. Discord at Yarrambat / Richard Pinn p4. Eltham's first rate books given to Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) p5. Life in Eltham / Shirley Corneille p7. Eltham justice precinct / Jim Connor p9.


No.243 DECEMBER 2018: Sunday school 1950s / Ann Constable p3. Kooringorama Guest House / Richard Pinn p4. Life in Eltham part 2 / Shirley Corneille p6. It is with deep regret [Abington and the death of G.E Castledine son of Annie Castledine] / Peter Pidgeon p8.

No.244 FEBRUARY 2019: A playful history [Eltham North Reserve adventure playground] / Jim Connor p1. Early days recalled at Eltham p3. Montmorency Progress Association-1927 p6. An Eltham Road-1911 [track running through local state school] (The Argus July 21 1911) p6. An Eltham old resident [Miss Edith Harper] (Advertiser 19 August 1932) p6. Eltham Cemetery stories [William Bravery Andrew, Alfred Patrick Armstrong] p7.

No.245 APRIL 2019: The Carrucan dairy / Russell Yeoman p1. May excursion-John Street mud brick precinct p2. Empire Day / Ann Constable p3. …More than a family reunion [180th anniversary of the arrival of the David Clark] / Irene Kearsey p4. Eltham District Welfare Committee-a history / Jenny Ellis p5. My people: Alan Marshall talks about Eltham in the early days / Ala Marshall p7. Eltham cemetery stories [William MacMahon Ball, George Bird] / Richard Pinn p8.

No.246 JUNE 2019: Still a part of our history [World War Two memorial complex] / Jim Connor p1. George Coop photograph collection / Peter Pidgeon p3. The garden of the wilderness [Alistair Knox and his experience of the Wilderness] / Alistair Knox p4. One hundred years ago [Private Wm Barrett, First Port Melbourne Troop of Australian Imperial Boy Scouts spent the holidays in Eltham, honouring Mr Overman, Spanish Flu, memorial for Sgt GA Williams, party for returned soldiers at The Bend, Eltham Rechabite Hall reception for returned soldiers, death of Caroline Wingrove, J Jarold and Vivial Thomas returned home] p5 / Liz Pidgeon p5. Eltham cemetery stories [Beatrice Wanliss Irvine, Anton Brinkkotter] / Richard Pinn p8.

No.248 OCTOBER 2019: November excursion: a meander in Montmorency p2. Glen Park Railway Station / Richard Pinn p3. Eltham Reminiscences / R.D Taylor p4. The end of an era [Justus Jorgensen, Montsalvat and his son Sigmund Jorgensen's death in 2019] p6. Sigmund Jorgensen / Ann Constable p7. Eltham cemetery stories [Peter Paul Lawlor, Myles Archibald Lyons] / Richard Pinn p8. Eltham Community and Reception Centre p9.

No.249 DECEMBER 2019: In the blink of an eye [25 years since Shire of Eltham ceased to exist and Shire of Nillumbik created] p1. Memories of my life growing up in Eltham / Beryl Bradbury p2. Unveiling of the Eltham war memorial / Liz Pidgeon p4. Horses p6.Mr Parker [Len Parker] / Grace de Visser p7. Mosaics in Were Street, Montmorency p8. Eltham cemetery stories [David George Clark, William Crozier] / Richard Pinn p9.

No.250 FEBRUARY 2020: Memories and anecdotes of Mario (Maurie/Maurice) Fabbro / Hans Gregory [mentions properties owned by him including hill on the corner of Falkiner and Ely Streets, large creek-front paddock on Bell Street called Fabbro Fields and most farmland along Diamond Creek] p3. Early settlers house, Ely Street, Eltham p5. Our town - part 1 / Sue Bennett [recollection by author of her parents building and moving into a house in Eltham] p7. Eltham cemetery stories / Richard Pinn [Guido Quarto Fabbro & Gordon Craig Ford] p9.

No.251 APRIL 2020: The Eltham court house / Jim Connor p1. Our town- part 2 / Sue Bennett p2. Our billycart / Ann Constable p4. My recollections of Eltham past / Margaret Harding p5. Early market gardening in Eltham p7. Eltham cemetery stories [Richard Edward Gilsenan, Peter Glass] / Richard Pinn p9.

No.252 JUNE 2020: An historical experience [Spanish Flu] / Jim Connor p1. Our town- part 3 / Sue Bennett p2. Eltham Shire Memorial Park p4. Matcham Skipper's proposal [statue of Alan Marshall] / Michael Wilson p6. The 2nd Eltham Sea Scout Group p7. Evelyn Colin Falkiner / Richard Pinn p8. Eltham Cemetery stories [Anne Jane Hunniford, William Hill Irvine] / Richard Pinn p9.

No.253 AUGUST 2020: Interesting times [COVID] / Jim Connor p1. Our town- part 4 / Sue Bennett p2. To the Blacks' Spur (The Age 5th September 1908) p4. Making history [portable timber lock-up] / Jim Connor p6. Signs of our times [Alan Marshal statue dressed up for COVID] p6. Recollections and reflections of a Garbo / Frank Taylor p7. Eltham Cemetery stories [John Jarrold, Justus Jorgensen] / Richard Pinn p9.

COVID supp: COVID

No.254 OCTOBER 2020: Vale Mick Woiwood p1. Walking in Eltham with history and COVID / Russell Yeoman p2. Eltham pool / Sue Bennett p4. Little wall-big story [bluestone walls in Eltham] / Richard Pinn p5. Sunnybrook-romantic-charming (Diamond Valley Local 31/03/1954) p6. Recollections and reflections of a garbo / Frank Taylor p8. Eltham cemetery stories [Richard George Kaylock, George Knapman] / Richard Pinn p9.

No.255 DECEMBER 2020: Well…things have been somewhat different [2020 summary and COVID] / Jim Connor p1. More thoughts about COVID experiences [Wendy Wilson, Kitty Green, Rose Dunmaresq] p2. Eltham Pool [Gayle Blackwood, Frank Taylor, Ann Constable, Russell Yeoman] p5. Vale Max Dimmack 1922-2020 p6. It has been some coincidence [Neil Webster, Cape Webster- surveyor] / Jim Connor p7. Eltham Cemetery Stories [Alistair Samuel Knox, William Morris] / Richard Pinn p9. Our Eltham, our history [works undertaken at the lake around Eltham Cemetery] / Julia Drew p11.

No.256 FEBRUARY 2021: Our Coronavirus pandemic year [COVID-19] / Liz Pidgeon p3. Mud brick in the Nillumbik Shire / Frank Taylor p5. …From dust to dust ['Montsalvat'] / Neil Douglas p6. Willilam (Jock) Frater / Peter Glass p7. Eltham cemetery stories [John Wright Murray, Thomas Henry Orford] / Richard Pinn p9.

No.257 APRIL 2021: Eltham in modern times: from pioneers and painters – one hundred years of Eltham and its shire p2. Iso chooks [Joan Denison, Iso chook art project, COVID-19] / Liz Pidgeon p5. 24 Kerrie Crescent, Eltham [mud brick construction] / Frank Taylor p6. Farewell to the Eltham community craft and produce market / Jim Connor p8. Eltham cemetery stories [Phillip Shillinglaw, Thomas Sweeney] / Richard Pinn p9.

No.258 JUNE 2021: Eltham court house [major repair and restoration project] / Jim Connor p1. Fifty years ago in Eltham south [a historic tree planting] / Michael Aitken p2. A mud brick meander [guided walk by Russell Yeoman] / Jim Connor p3. Eltham watering place reserve p4 .Eltham Wurundjeri history / Jan Aitken p6. A well deserved award of merit [RHSV award to Peter Pidgeon] / Jim Connor p7. Eltham cemetery stories [ Pauline Therese Toner; Bertram Barney Wainer] / Richard Pinn p9.

No. 259 AUGUST 2021: Former hat factory [197 Sherbourne Road, Eltham, Fayrefield Hats] / Jim Connor p2. The Wilsons and the Kinloch barn / Michael Wilson with Liz Pidgeon p3. The Peters of Peter street / Jim Connor p5. Thoughts on mud brick [originally published in the Grass Roots Earth Builder’s Companion 1981] / Alistair Knox p7. Eltham cemetery stories [Benjamin Oliver Wallis, Christopher Watson] / Richard Pinn p9.

No. 261 DECEMBER 2021: Well….things have been somewhat different….again! [covid] / Jim Connor p1. A Christmas Tale / Richard Pinn p2. First Open Air Gallery in Australia: part 2 / Liz Pidgeon p3. The Mercury / Jim Connor p4. The Wilsons and the Kinloch Barn: part 2 / Michael Wilson with Liz Pidgeon p5. Eltham insights: part 2 / Pam Robinson p6. Brougham Street Bridge / Peter Pidgeon p8. Eltham Cemetery Stories [about the lives of people interred at the Eltham Cemetery by Robert David Taylor] / Richard Pinn p9.

No. 262 FEBRUARY 2022:
Well….how time flies! [covid] / Jim Connor p1. Heritage excursion - Eltham cemetery - Saturday 5 March 2022 p2. That was then…..[Eltham Shire 100 years ago (1921)] / Liz Pidgeon p3. Local road and street names / Russell Yeoman p4. A 1863 halfpenny! / Calum Ryan p7. Frederick Edward Falkiner (1820-18810) / Peter Pidgeon p8.

No. 263 APRIL 2022: Heritage excursion along the Aqueduct [Maroondah aqueduct built 1886-91 to transfer water from Watts river to Preston reservoir] p2. Eltham courthouse officially reopened [built 1860, totally restored and reopened on 23 March 2022] / Jim Connor p3. Murray's bridge to be replaced by late April 2022 / Jim Connor p4. Shire of Eltham [extract from Wikipedia] p5. A 21st celebration? [pre-fabricated lock up has been at Eltham justice precint for 21 years] / Jim Connor p6.- Eltham cemetery stories [Elizabeth Agatha (Betty) Erickson nee Carrucan 1915-1990 p7.

No.264 June 2022: Fifty five years ago [1967-2022] p1. Those Wile Aqueduct days [construction of the Maroongah Aqueduct 1855-1891] p3. Eltham progressing - 1925 p5. Drowning in Aqueduct [Jacqueline Duncan, Lynette d'Herville. August 1951] p7. Register of Significant Trees [1993] p8. Eltham Cemetery stories [Memorial to Stillborn babies] p9.

No.265 AUGUST 2022: Gordon Ford, 1918-1999 - Landscape designer / Barry Pearce p3. Annie Chases a Tinker [Thomas Maher, Charles Symons Wingrove] p5. Health Inspector report from Eltham Shire Council meeting 1932 p6. J.H. Clark - photographer / Peter Pidgeon p7. Harcourt Hill [John Harcourt - local builder] / Carlota Quinlan p8. Eltham Cemetery stories [Margaret Sweeney, nee Meehan] / Liz Pidgeon p9.

No.266 OCTOBER 2022: Sibbel Builders - a rich history / Jim Connor p3. Reminiscences of 1930 Eltham p5. Reflections of Growing Up research / Lyn Hardiman (nee Dodkins) p8. Eltham Cemetery stories [Mary Currucan] / Liz Pidgeon p9.

No.267 OCTOBER 2022: Eltham Railway Line [1911] p7. Railway Trestle Bridge, Eltham p7. Eltahm races p8. Eltham Cemetery stories [Herriet Agrita Falkiner 1848-1923 - Eltham pioneer] p9.

No.268 FEBRUARY 2023: Eltham Horse and Pony Club / Tony Brocksopp p3. Gotdon Ford: my garden rocks / Richard Pinn p4. Shire of Eltham Pioneers photograph collection / Liz Pidgeon p5. The recearch Historic Horse trough / Jum Connor p6. Eltham district - 1856 p7. Eltham Cemetery stories [Harriet Wilson (nee Morris) 1842-1874, Eltham Pioneer/ / Liz Pidgeon p9.

No.269 APRIL 2023: Vale Harry Charles Gilham [former President] p3. Eltham Hotels [Fountain Hotel, Evelyn Hotel] p4. Rob Roy Hillclimb Revival p5. Northern Territory Reconnaissance Unit [Donald and Dorita Thompson] p6. Yemmerrawannie [origin of the name: Eltham] p7. Eric Rooks Farm: The Nillmbik gift / Liz Pidgeon p7. Alan Marshall [internationally reowned author] p8.

No.270 JUNE 2023: Recording our history [Gutenberg's printing press] p1. What's happening [Eltham Roll of Honour Board at the Eltham Library, Eltham Bookshop relocating, Eltham Gateway Project completed work commenced on the site of the former Hassells Gallery] p3. Frank's new shoes [Burgoyne's general store MAin Road] p4. A catalogue of Killings / Richard Pinn p6. Early Land Sale documents p8. Eltham Cemetery stories [Anne Hunniford (Burgoyne) nee Hamilton 1813-1899 - Pioneer, Anne JAne Hunniford 1855-1927 - Post Mistres] p9. Monuments preservation and restoration [Annie Lyon and Helen Bird, Nina Mikhailovna Christesen and Clement Byrne Chistesen] p11.

No.271 AUGUST 2023: Writing local history in Florence / Dierdre Pirro p3. One hundred years ago [5 September 1923 - opening of the Montmorency Station] / Jim Connor p4. Sands and McDougall directories / Jin Connor p4. The men behind the names - Eltham Roll of Honour Board, part 1 / Terry Beaton p5. Judge Book Village: from Willandra to St Vincent's [Clifford Book] / Richard Pinn p7. Showfall memories [1951 and 1986] / Peter Pidgeon p8. Eltham Cemetery stories [Agnes Somerville Irvine nee Wanliss 1867-1954, First Lady] / Liz Pidgeon p9. Community banking - our local story [1998 the Minyip/Rupanyup Bendigo Bank Community Bank opened] / Malcolm Hackett OAM p11.

No.272 OCTOBER 2023: Vale Sue Law 1937-2023 p1. Eltham films [1971 "Stork"] / Richard Pinn p3. Serendipity in Eltham [Dorian Le Gallienne] p4. Alan Marshall [publisher] p5. Nillumbik Historical Society 50th anniversary p6. Eltham East Primary School 60th anniversary p6. The men behind the names - Eltham Roll of Honour Board, part 2 / Terry Beaton p7. Local History Centre Room names [Barak, Wingrove, Lawlor, Clark, Withers Gallery] p9. Eltham Cemetery stories [Beatrice Wanliss Morrison (nee Irvine) 1899-1989, Naturalist and Community volunteer] / Liz Pidgeon p10.

No.273: DECEMBER 2023: Tim Burstall - pioneer film maker / Marguerite Marshall p3. Threats to Kangaroo Grounds / Richard Pinn p5. Local mother's incredible support in WW2 [Annie Barratt] / Terry Beaton p6. 60years ago at Eltham East Primary / Stephen Corneille p7.

No.274 FEBRUARY 2024: The beginning of local government in Eltham / Jim Connor p3. Alan Marshal - an anniversary p4. Montsalvat people [Justus Jorgensesn 1893-1975, Betty Roland 1903-1996] / Richard Pinn p5. Two Eltham women served in WW1 [Edith Caroline Monckton Miller, Frances MAry Miller, Rhonda Miller] / Terry Beaton p6. Brief comparison between WW1 and WW2 / Terry Beaton p7. Recollection of Marcus Skipper [Tim Burstall, Alan Harkness, Gerard Vandenberg, Patrick Ryan] p8. Eltham Cemetery stories [Lena Cooper Skipper, nee Wilshire 1889-1970 - painter and Montsalvat founder] / Liz Pidgeon p10.


Result Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Electronic Resources Library Computers Periodicals folder Available From July 2012 Held electronically from 2023
Periodicals Main Library P 994.51 ELTH ELT Available Not for loan