In 1928 a short film was filmed in Eltham called “Borrowed Plumes”. Local houses for the on location film shoot and local people were featured in the film according to press reports in “The Advertiser”. It was produced by local resident Mr E. C. Lyall and his Kooringarama films company probably named for an Eltham […]
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The Cradle of St Andrews
Around 1977, a St Andrews local, Reg Evans, made a wooden cradle for his friends’ baby. The cradle is built from 200 year old cedar collected from a forest in New South Wales (which no longer exists) and more recent Victorian timber. Beautifully carved antique chair backs form part of the cradle. Other carvings are […]