The following was written by Kevin Patterson following an interview and photo essay Kevin conducted with Michael in July 2010 Michael Gouralnik has been a shoe and bag repairer in Greensborough for 22 years. Michael, a former electrical civil engineer, arrived in Australia from the Ukraine in 1988, 2 years after the Chenobal disaster which […]
Category: Banyule
Ivanhoe Presbyterian Church
A prime piece of real estate in Noel Street, Ivanhoe (now part of Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School) was donated to the Ivanhoe Presbyterian Church by Mr R. W. Kennedy of “Ravenswood”, Lower Heidelberg Road in December 1914. It was “of sufficiently large dimensions to serve the cause for all time”. The church which was founded […]
Heidelberg City Band
This photograph was taken by photographer Howard Brown, Eden Studios, 285 Little Collins Street, Melbourne. The Band were the winners of the Centenary C. Grade championships for 1935. With the photo taken to commemorate the occasion, The Age reported that representatives of he Band, accompanied by Mr. Olney M.L.C. “waited upon Heidelberg Council last night […]
Melbourne’s Infancy and Growth: Heidelberg
The Argus, 6 December, 1884 “Heidelberg, which will be the last suburb dealt with in these articles, is eight miles north-east from Melbourne. It has been said that, next to Melbourne, this township is the oldest in the colony, older even than Geelong. At any rate, Heidelberg must be the oldest suburb of Melbourne. There […]
Banyule Senior: Nelun Tirimanne
City of Banyule resident, Nelun Tirimanne, has been volunteering with Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) for over 5 years spending approximately 15 hours per week volunteering her time and skills. During that time, she has become increasingly involved with seniors’ activities, both within the branches and outreaching into the community. She is involved with science […]
Melbourne’s historic homes: Banyule
The following is from an article (one in a series on Melbourne’s Historic homes) on Banyule Homestead published in The Age 28 April 1933. Completed in 1846, this was the home of Joseph Hawdon, overlander and pioneer settler The walls made of sandstone 3 feet thick were quarried on the site. There are no windows […]
Ivanhoe R.S.L.
This building was originally constructed for Fitzroy timber merchant Wallace Stone, by builder John W. Brown, in 1913-14 and was known as “Clairvue” Ivanhoe RSL acquired the building in August 1951. The building has been an important feature of the Ivanhoe landscape and is of local architectural significance. Perhaps the grandest of the early Queen […]
Heidelberg 1888
The following is a description of Heidelberg published in Victoria and its metropolis, Volume 2 in 1888 p 732-733 by Alexander Sutherland “Heidelberg shire has an area of 41 square miles, and a population of 3000 persons. The district is cultivated for market gardening and vine and fruit growing, considerable dairy-farming being also carried on. […]
Memoirs of Early Ivanhoe
The following article was published by the Heidelberg Historical Society in one of their early newsletters in the late 1960’s. Samuel Grey King who came to Australia early in the 1850’s and founded the business of King, King & Co. – importers of Errol St., Nth Melbourne – was my grandfather. On the 31st […]
Ivanhoe War Memorial
In August 1914, Len Everitt, aged 20 became the pride of the Heidelberg Shire when he won the five mile handicap race at the local athletes’ meet. In 1915 he was still the pride of Heidelberg. Quarter-Master Sgt Len Everitt became the first Heidelberg man to be killed in what was to become known as […]