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 […]
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Greensborough Pioneer Grave Site
The following article is partly based on an article in 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 settled there […]
Heidelberg business’ in the 1940s
This article by Dorothy & Bill Lemin written in 2006 was originally titled: “Business in brief – Heidelberg 1940s”. ‘Heidelberg was much a slower place. The saying was that you could fire a canon down Burgundy St and not hit anyone. Ivanhoe was a more up market place and closer to town. Lack of transport […]
The Gasworks, Heidelberg
For many years the two large gasometers (gas holding cylinders) on the south side of Banksia Street stood as distinctive Heidelberg landmarks. The Heidelberg Gasworks was bounded by Banksia, Dora and Yarra Streets and started in 1887as a private enterprise by Messrs Tipping and Wright. It was bought by the Shire Council in 1899 then […]
Pipe Track across the Plenty River
In 1927 the Maroondah Reservoir, on the Watts river at Healesville came into service. This flooded the 1891 weir. The open channel aqueduct coped with the increased flow but all the pipe sections were duplicated. These pipes on the Plenty River trail at Greensborough show the on the right the original pipe from 1891 showing […]
Greensborough Cemetery
Like most cemeteries around the world Greensborough Cemetery was created out of necessity due in part to the harsh conditions experienced by pioneers of the township and though infant mortality was common they didn’t have it on their own. William Poulter Snr owner of land along the Plenty River donated an allotment on the corner […]
Living in Banyule Road
I enjoy living in Banyule Road because there are so many benefits. I have have friendly neighbours, a primary school, easy access to ViewBank College, Residential Age Care Respite care and a bus service across the road and a Shared Trail close by. Since I moved into Banyule Road many years ago, one of my […]
Holiday at Cockatoo
The following article was contributed following a reminiscences session held at Watsonia library June 2008, on the topic “Holidays”. It was around the year of 1938. I was about 8 years old at the time. We were living in a small rented home in Collingwood and there was very little money. My mother was a […]
Ern and Lil’s homes
The following article came out of a Reminiscence session held at Watsonia Library 10 March 2009 with long time residents Ern and Lil. Compiled by Lynne Siejka Ern told us about his parent’s house. They had bought the Californian Bungalow in 1925 for eight hundred pounds (which was about 5 year’s wages) on Derby Street […]
Elder Street, Greensborough
In 1971 when we moved to Elder St Greensborough to the house that we had built at the East end, the road was unmade. I looked at an old survey map and saw that we were in the original Elder St which was from Henry St down to the creek. In 1971 the street from Henry […]