By Arthur B.W. Yong JP, Cr Frank Merlino and Maureen Corrigan OAM (2009) In 2009, Arthur Yong got hold of a press release entitled “Huge Funding Boost for Northern Health Project”, which announced funding to go towards the Northern Health Academic and Research Precinct. The flowering of the Epping health precinct around the Northern Hospital […]
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Diamond Valley Community Hospital
The Diamond Valley Community Hospital was established in 1942 in Grimshaw Street Greensborough. Prior to the hospital, health services had been limited. There had been a baby health centre in operation since 1932, which had been very popular with residents from the surrounding areas and as far away as Research. Previously, there was a small […]
Arthur’s Creek Mechanics’ Institute and Free Library
The following is an extract from a paper prepared for Mechanics’ Institutes World Conference 2004 by Ken Murphy and Bruce Draper. On the 11 March 1886 a public meeting of persons interested in erecting a hall was held at the Arthur’s Creek School. Present at the meeting were Fred Simms, H. Plant, Angus McDonald, Owen […]
Sutherland Homes for Children
The first part of the following article is extracted from the booklet: “Selina M Sutherland – Her Life Story and Work” by J C Jessop and contributed by Neisha Forbes Plenty Historical Society Miss Selina Sutherland was the significant person who set up the Sutherland Homes for Children, prior to the organization moving out to […]
Redleap Stables
Albert and Septimus Miller Albert and Septimus Miller’s Redleap Stables were built in 1892, the year of Redleap’s famous victories in the VRC Grand National Steeplechase and Grand National Hurdle at Flemington and the VATC Australian Steeplechase at Caulfield. The stables and adjacent training track, which cost nearly £7,000, were said to be the best […]
Honeymoon railway of 1912
When a Mr and Mrs Edgerton were married in 1911 their honeymoon destination was a tiny wooden work cabin in the Eltham railway yards. The groom was a brand new civil engineer fresh out of the R.M.I.T. and his first job was Engineer in charge of the Eltham/Hurstbridge rail extension. The bride soon made the […]
Greensborough Railway Station
The following article is reproduced by permission of Noel Withers and extracted from “Banyule City Council Spring Outdoors Programme 2008: Greensborough & the Plenty River Pioneer Trail With Dennis Ward & Noel Withers. A ramble from the lower part of town and along the river bank learning about historic sites and the pioneering families that […]
Bear’s Castle
Sphinx-like, its story it would hide as anchored fast in time’s own tide, it stands above the northern shore of Melbourne’s oldest reservoir. Is it a folly born of a chance remark, an ornament in a rich man’s park a flippant thing, its history insignificant, at best an egotistic monument? Or, could it be, a […]
Worlingworth
During 2005 Nillumbik Shire Council and the Literary Reference Group invited members of the community to respond to these questions, to show us the history and flavour of your place – then and now – in a 500 word anecdote. The original title of this article was: “The story of Worlingworth” The property known as […]
Willis Vale
The following article is reproduced by permission of Noel Withers and extracted from “Banyule City Council Spring Outdoors Programme 2008: Greensborough & the Plenty River Pioneer Trail with Dennis Ward & Noel Withers. A ramble from the lower part of town and along the river bank learning about historic sites and the pioneering families that […]