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 […]

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Lone Pine at Eltham High

In 1998, Eltham High School students had the opportunity to plant a Lone Pine sapling, a descendant of the original tree from Gallipoli. A plaque was based nearby: The Lone Pine (descendant of the original tree from Gallipoli) in memory of those who sacrificed so much for our country Planted by Eltham High School Students […]

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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. […]

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