Rodney grew up around world war 2. Rodney got 8 years of education in his late teens studied art at Melbourne R.M.I.T for several years. In school there were no male teachers because all the males where involved in the war and not able to work. Finding a job for Rodney as a young boy […]
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Daryl Morrow
Nicknames: Dazza, Turner, ‘o’ wise one, OD. DOB:2/2/1941 – born in Colac. Parents Names: Molly (Marry)- Mum Les (Leslie)- Dad Siblings:2 Brothers – Skeet (Terrence) – William (Bill) GROWING UP Daryl claimed it was very difficult growing up. They had no electricity, no radio, no TV and didn’t even know about TV’s. They had a […]
Brian Holt
Brian is 75 years old growing up in Sydney attending school at Fairfield secondary. and now lives in Eltham. Brian is a member of quite a large family having 4 brothers and 4 sisters, His father was a part of the war and was held in a prison from 1942-1945 he met his father in […]
Writing the War Exhibition
Throughout August 2016 Yarra Plenty Regional Library hosted the Writing the War travelling exhibition from State Library Victoria at Eltham Library. The exhibition traces WWI through personal accounts from seven Australians. Nurse, bank clerk, farmer, sports master, journalist, artist, and activist and included archived diaries, letters, artefacts and visual materials relating to World War One. […]
The Great European War Eltham Honour Roll at Saint Margaret’s Anglican Church Eltham
Introduction On the south wall of the 1861 Church of Saint Margaret at Eltham is an Honour Roll of those men and women from the Eltham district who served in the Great European War from 1914 to 1918. Many were directly connected to Saint Margaret’s. It is inscribed Eltham Honour Roll 1914 Great European War […]
Eltham: a pretty little township
ELTHAM Eltham is a pretty little township on the Yarra Flats road, about 14 miles east north- east of Melbourne, from which place there is communication by way of Heidelberg. It has a population of nearly 400 inhabitants, but in addition it is the centre of a large district extending over about 203 square miles, having a population of 2344. The […]
Racecourses of the north : Eltham
The site for a village at Eltham was first gazetted by the Colonial Secretary’s Office in Sydney on 9 January, 1851. The first race meeting noted came on 24 December, 1855 – like most of the early meetings, prizemoney was determined on the sweepstake basis with the entry fees providing part of the prize and […]
Farming in the Shire of Eltham
by Ross MacMillan This article first appeared in the Eltham District Historical Society May 2015 newsletter and is reproduced here with permission of the author The area known originally as the Shire of Eltham lies on the wooded southern slopes and along the valleys of the Great Dividing Ranges. It is drained by the Plenty and […]
Eltham Cricket Club
Photo of two teams: Eltham Cricket Club versus a District combined side taken at Eltham Park at the conclusion of a match between Eltham Club and a team made of players from various District clubs. The photograph was taken by Mr. Beaumont the then well known photgrapher of Hawthorn. Local identities in the photo inlcude […]
World War 1 : Women in Uniform
The City of Brunswick : Elizabeth Gertrude FLEMING Annie Frances GRIFFIN Mabel Lucy HUTCHINSON Linda FLOWER Alice Elizabeth KITCHEN/KITCHIN Blanche Catherine KILSBY Charlotte Joan McALLISTER (O.B.E) Flora MELVILLE Elvina Mary OVEREND BLANCHE Lily RICKETTS Sarah Jane PROCTER Olive Mary ROSE Florence WILLANS Blodywn Elizabeth WILLIAMS The Town of Coburg : Milanie Treleavan AMBLER Octavia Ione […]