Richard Bassett Upper Yarra Pioneer From Hazel Glen, Richard was born in Cornwall, England, in 1838 and coming to Australia in 1859 first went to Brunswick, where he worked at the quarries for a year, then to Darebin Creek as a farmer, and thence to Greensborough. He then selected land at Hazel Glen, where he […]
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Pioneer Reserve, Greensborough
The Pioneer Reserve Picnic Shelter, on the corner of St Helena Road, Greensborough is a tribute to the district’s pioneers and it was built as a joint project by the Shire of Diamond Valley and the Nillumbik Historical Society. The bluestone was recovered from the southern arch of Greensborough’s first Plenty River bridge built in […]
The Greensborough Shoeman
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 […]
Diamond Valley Library – 40 years
Diamond Valley Library celebrated 40 years on the 7 December 2013. The Library’s official date of opening was 6 December 1973. Open ceremony was performed by the Member for Greensborough R.M. “Monty” Vale M.P. The original building the library was housed in, is now the Shire of Nillumbik Council Offices. A new and separate building […]
Greensborough Public Hero, No 1
Hurstbridge Advertiser, 9 April 1937 Mr. Joseph Evans, Anzac – that speaks for itself. The spirit of Anzac, once born in the heart of Australian, years ago now, is still a living thing. It was shown last Sunday, when, without a moment’s hesitation, Mr. Joseph Evans of Greensborough went to the rescue of Betty Thomas, […]
O’Neill’s Greengrocer’s Main Street, Greensborough
My parents Mavis (May) and William (Bill) O’Neill had a Greengrocer’s shop in Main Street next to Bob Willett’s Butcher’s shop from 1953 until 1969 approx. Bill and Bob had a reciprocal deal whereby they provided each other with weekly supplies and no money needed to change hands. Dad got up at 2 am three […]
Greensborough Bushfire
In 1965 I was 15 years old and on my way home from Zercho’s Business College in Melbourne when the train was stopped at Macleod and the passengers told there was a fire and the train would go no further. No arrangements were made and we were expected to make our own way home so […]
World War 1 Casualty : Malcolm Stuart Kennedy (Greensborough)
Malcolm Kennedy was the highest ranking officer from the Shire of Heidelberg to be killed during the war. His sacrifice is commemorated on the Greensborough War Memorial, but his link to the area appears tenuous and his background proved one of the most difficult to trace. His father was noted at “St. Cliens”, Greensborough when […]
World War One Casualty : Benjamin Alfred Starling (Greensborough)
Benjamin Alfred Starling was a member of a well-known from Greensborough and a qualified civil engineer (University of Melbourne) working on railways in the Federated Malay States; but just before war broke out, he was called to England to testify in a legal case, after which he volunteered and served as a Second Lieutenant with […]
Diamond Valley Library
Diamond Valley Library is managed by Yarra Plenty Regional Library and is one of two libraries in the Shire of Nillumbik. It is located beside the Shire of Nillumbik Civic Centre, Civic Drive, Greensborough. The original Greensborough Library was first opened in December 1973 by Member for Greensborough R.M. “Monty” Vale M.P. It was the […]