The area of Eltham around Diamond Street to the west of the Diamond Creek is one that contains all of the elements of what is often referred to as the “Eltham Character”. They include the hilly terrain, extensive indigenous tree cover, some unmade streets and a significant proportion of “character houses”, many of which are […]
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Ships as street names in Diamond Creek
Although land locked Diamond Creek township does have nautical connections in twelve of its street names. Galatea Street was named by surveyor Barge when he mapped out Diamond Creek in 1867: The war ship “Galatea” carried Queen Victoria’s son, Prince Albert, on the first Royal visit to the Australian colonies in 1867. The name Galatea […]