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 settled there from 1840 onward.”
The Heidelberg to Eltham railway extension was opened on 5th June 1902 after the Sandridge (Port Melbourne) station, a wooden & corrugated iron building was transported to Greensborough to serve as its first ticket office. The original proposed rail line did not include Greensborough however the local Progress Association lobbied hard to change the route which put the town on the map.
From then on the district became a popular destination for church groups, walking clubs, school outings and everyday picnickers over the following years many of whom being so impressed with its bush like environment they made Greensborough their home.
