Club Formation 1890’s The Evelyn Observer reported in the Friday 30th June 1893 edition that the first match of the recently formed Greensborough Football Club took place on Saturday last (24th June 1893). It was played against Diamond Creek and resulted in a draw. Greensborough played various games during the period 1890- 1910 but not […]
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Greensborough 1912
From Para Road corner at Greensborough, looking north over the Railway Bridge towards Apollo Parkways. The lamp in the foreground is a carbine lamp. Carbide granules were placed in a sealed container and water was dipped into the carbide to generate gas. The lamp lighter placed his ladder against the step on the side of […]
Whatmough Park
This land in Greensborough was owned by Jonah Britnell and then William Poulter however the orchardists Robert and Emmett Whatmough leased the land for many years and lived on the property for a while hence the name. The Partington family took possession of the property in about 1946 and replaced an existing building with a […]
Diamond Valley Sports and Fitness centre
Planned in 1974 to cost $600,000 and built in 1976 in Civic Drive, adjoining the Civic Centre, Greensborough at a cost of one million dollars, the complex provides two courts for basketball, four badminton courts, six squash courts and eight table tennis tables. Soon after, more courts and a mezzanine floor were added. In 2008 […]
Greensborough Swimming Pool
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 […]
Greensborough Outdoor Swimming Pool
The following article was contributed by Rachel Lowe, Community developer and ethical photographer who made a short film on DVD “Wet Feet Walking” – The People’s History of Greensborough Outdoor Swimming Pool. The pool was opened in 1964 and closed on about 2010. Rachel can be contacted at: thebigbrassyvoice@hotmail.com I was one of the thousands […]
Plenty River Bridge
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 […]
Greensborough Pioneer Grave Site
The following article is partly based on an article in 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 […]
Pipe Track across the Plenty River
In 1927 the Maroondah Reservoir, on the Watts river at Healesville came into service. This flooded the 1891 weir. The open channel aqueduct coped with the increased flow but all the pipe sections were duplicated. These pipes on the Plenty River trail at Greensborough show the on the right the original pipe from 1891 showing […]
Greensborough Cemetery
Like most cemeteries around the world Greensborough Cemetery was created out of necessity due in part to the harsh conditions experienced by pioneers of the township and though infant mortality was common they didn’t have it on their own. William Poulter Snr owner of land along the Plenty River donated an allotment on the corner […]