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 […]
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The Libraries of Eltham Township 1930s – 1994
The following was written in 1994 when Eltham Library opened. People who use the current library in the Shire Office building may think that the new Eltham Library is the first replacement library in Eltham. However this is not the case. The records show that children’s and adult’s books have been available in various forms of private […]
Movie making in Eltham
In 1928 a short film was filmed in Eltham called “Borrowed Plumes”. Local houses for the on location film shoot and local people were featured in the film according to press reports in “The Advertiser”. It was produced by local resident Mr E. C. Lyall and his Kooringarama films company probably named for an Eltham […]
Sonia Skipper
Sonia Skipper, a founding artist of Montsalvat died in 2008. A Retrospective of her work was held at Monstsalvat, Eltham in January 2009. The paintings span a lifetime of work and include pieces from her early paintings under the tuition of Justus Jörgensen to recent pastel works on paper. Sonia grew up around Ivanhoe and […]