One of the most advanced residential centres for mentally handicapped children in Australia, at the time of opening in Greensborough in 1967, the St. John of God centre, Churinga, off Diamond Creek Rd, Greensborough opened in July of that year. The centre was moved from Cheltenham to make way for Southland. It provided residential care […]
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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 […]
Rosanna Views
Particulars of Sale of Freehold land at Heidelberg All that piece of land being part of Crown portion 5 Parish of Keelbundora County of Bourke and being lot 13 on plan of subdivision No 4658 lodged in the Office of Titles together with a right of carriage way over Heidelberg Avenue* shown on said plan’. […]
Orient Theartre
The Orient Theatre was the only picture theatre in Heidelberg. It was situated in Yarra Street one house block away from Mount Street and the Heidelberg Station. The theatre was independently owned, unlike the Hoyts chain of theatres, one of which was at Ivanhoe. The Orient opened on 21 December 1933 and closed in 1966. […]