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Issue #250 – Feb 2020

• 250 and still going strong !Our Next Meeting – Wednesday 12th February 2020
• March Excursion – Eltham’s Hidden Creek
• Memories and anecdotes of Mario (Maurie/Maurice) Fabbro by Hans Gregory
• Early Settlers House, Ely Street, Eltham by Russell Yeoman
• Our Town – Part 1 by Sue Bennett
• Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn
  o Guido Quarto Fabbro
  o Gordon Craig Ford
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

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Issue #249 – Dec 2019

• In the Blink of an Eye by Jim Connor
• Memories of My life Growing Up in Eltham by Beryl Bradbury
• One Hundred Years Ago; July-December 1919 by Liz Pidgeon
  o Unveiling of the Eltham War Memorial
  o Opening of St Andrews Gold Battery at Smiths Gully
• Horses
• Mr Parker by Grace de Visser
• Mosaics in Were Street, Montmorency
• Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn
  o David George Clark
  o William Crozier
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #248 – Oct 2019

• An Excursion or Two by Jim Connor
• Our Next Meeting – Wednesday 9th October 2019
• November Excursion – A Meander in Montmorency
• Glen Park Railway Station by Richard Pinn
• Eltham Reminiscences by R.D. Taylor (The Early Days – Second Installment)
  o Business Places
  o Big Market Trade
  o Eltham Market
  o Eltham Common
  o Conclusion
• The End of an Era by Jim Connor
• Sigmund Jorgensen by Ann Constable
• Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn
  o Peter Paul Lawlor
  o Myles Archibald Lyons
• EDHS Local History Week Activities
  o EDHS Open Day – Sunday 13th October – 2.00pm – 4.30pm
  o EDHS Eltham Cemetery Walk – Saturday 19th October – 2.00pm
• Eltham Community and Reception Centre
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #247 – Aug 2019

• Russell Yeoman – our Secretary for 50 Years by Jim Connor
• Our Next Meeting – Wednesday 14^th August 2019
• September Excursion – Culla Hill Walk
• The Value of History Statement
• Eltham Reminiscences by R.D. Taylor
• Australia post: Gold brought life to the township
• Postmaster-General’s Department of Australia
• Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn
  • Patrick Carrucan
  • Nina Mikhailovna Christesen
• Our Recent Heritage Excursions by Jim Connor
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #246 – Jun 2019

• Still a Part of Our History by Jim Connor
• Our Next Meeting
• July Excursion – Exploring Lower Plenty
• George Coop Photograph Collection by Peter Pidgeon
• The Garden of the Wilderness by Alistair Knox
• Alistair Knox – Author
• One Hundred Years Ago by Liz Pidgeon
• Our Collection
• Association of Eastern Historical Societies – Regional Conference 2019
• Office Bearers 2019-2020
• Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn
  o Beatrice Wanliss Irvine
  o Anton Brinkkotter
• RHSV Award of Merit
• Vale – David Johns
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #245 – Apr 2019

• The Carrucan Dairy by Russell Yeoman
• Our Annual General Meeting
• May Excursion – John Street Mud Brick Precinct
• Empire Day by Ann Constable
• . . . . More Than A Family Reunion by Irene Kearsey
• Eltham Scouts
• Eltham District Welfare Committee – a history by Jenny Ellis
• My People: Alan Marshall talks about . . . . Eltham in the early days
• Alan Marshall
• Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn
  o William McMahon Ball
  o George Bird
• Annual general Meeting
• Vale – Dr Malcolm Harrop OAM
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #244 – Feb 2019

• A Playful History by Jim Connor
• Our February Meeting
• March Excursion – Return to Research
• You May Notice
• Early Days Recalled At Eltham (Eltham and Whittlesea Shires Advertiser, 21 Nov 1941, p4)
• Montmorency Press association – 1927 (Advertiser, 12 Aug 1927, p4)
• An Eltham Road (The Argus, 27 Jul 1911, p5)
• An Eltham Old resident (Advertiser, 19 Aug 1932, p6)
• Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #243 – Dec 2018

• Historical Societies are Significant by Jim Connor
• Our Christmas Function – Wednesday 12th December 2018
• The Man History Forgot by Vivienne Worthington reviewed by Russell Yeoman
• The Ringing of the Bell by Jim Connor
• Sunday School 1950s by Ann Constable
• Kooringorama Guest House by Richard Pinn
• Life in Eltham – Part 2 by Shirley Corneille
• It is with Deep Regret by Peter Pidgeon
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #242 – Oct 2018

• A Part of Our History by Jim Connor
• Our Next Meeting – Wednesday 10th October 2018
• November Excursion – Along the Diamond Creek
• Eltham 1950s – Childhood Reminiscences – Part 7 (6) by Ann Constable
• Discord at Yarrambat by Richard Pinn
• Our Christmas Function – Wednesday 12th December
• Eltham’s first Rate books given to Public Records Office Victoria (PROV)
• Life in Eltham – Part 1 by Shirley Corneille
• Eltham Justice Precinct by Jim Connor
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #241 – Aug 2018

• Finding a Home by Russell Yeoman
• Our Next Meeting – Wednesday 8th August 2018
• Open Day at our Local History Centre – Saturday 1st September 2018
• Eltham 1950s – Childhood Reminiscences – Part 5 by Ann Constable
• Land for Sale at Little Eltham by Russell Yeoman
• The County of Evelyn by Russell Yeoman
• An ‘enlightening’ tale by Jim Connor
• The Andrew Ross Museum by Mick Woiwod
• Kangaroo Ground – Centre of the Shire by Mick Woiwod
• On the Thirsty Road to the Diggings by Mick Woiwod
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #240 – Jun 2018

• Past, Present, Future by Jim Connor
• Our Next Meeting – Wednesday 13th June 2018
• July Excursion – Along the Diamond Creek
• Eltham 1950s – Childhood Reminiscences – Part 4 by Ann Constable
• Lavender Park Road Mysteries by Heather Eastma
• Was the David Clark “Victoria’s Mayflower”? by Irene Kearsey
• Jalna Yoghurt by Wendy Wilson
• Office Bearers 2018-2019
• Subscriptions
• Andrew Ross Museum
• New Life Members by Russell Yeoman
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #239 – Apr 2018

• Every place has a history by Jim Connor
• Annual General Meeting – 11th April 2018
• May Excursion – Edendale Environs
• Eltham 1950s – Childhood Reminiscences – Part 3 by Ann Constable
• Eltham Trestle Bridge by Richard Pinn
• My Early Eltham Recollections – Part 2 by Alex Smith
• Connect with us
• Eltham Community Centre Opening by Russell Yeoman (Newsletter No.1, May 1978)
• Annual General Meeting Notice
• Hamish Knox and Associates
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #238 – Feb 2018

• 2018 Nillumbik Community Group of the Year Award to the Eltham District Historical Society
• February Meeting
• March Excursion – Eltham cemetery Artworks
• Eltham 1950s – Childhood Reminiscences – Part 2 by Ann Constable
• William Shillinglaw’s Homework Book by Richard Pinn
• Early Eltham Shire Boundaries by Russell Yeoman
• Wanted – a Treasurer
• My Early Eltham Recollections – Part 1 by Alex Smith
• Members On-line Survey – December 2017
• Neil Douglas by Wendy Wilson
• News of Eltham England by Russell Yeoman
• Webster Survey Group
• ….and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #237 – Dec 2017

• The Carnival is Over….well just about! By Jim Connor
• Society Christmas Function
• 50 Years ago…..1967 by Liz Pidgeon
• Our 50^th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
• Eltham 1950 s– Childhood Reminiscences – Part 1 by Ann Constable
• A Squatter’s Life on the Plenty River at ‘Wanstead’: The 1837 Diary of James Louis Willis by Anne Paul
• 80^th Anniversary of Rob Roy Hill Climb
• Montsalvat
• Our Sponsors
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #236 – Oct 2017

• The Times They Are a Changin by Jim Connor
• 11^th October Meeting – A 50^th Anniversary Panel of EDHS Members
• Heritage Excursion – Saturday 4^th November – Shillinglaw Farm Walk
• The Easter Rooster Lunch by Ann Constable (Vaughan Johnson)
• Vale – Don Kinsey AM by Jim Connor
• Eltham District Historical Society by Jim Connor
• Peter and Diana Bassett-Smith
• Commemorative Service at St Margaret’s Church, Eltham by Kathleen Toal
• Eltham in Victorian Railways Weekly Notices by Richard Pinn
• Wellers Hotel of Kangaroo Ground – Part 2 by Jim Allen
• Monash Bridge at Hurstbridge – 100 years old in 2017 by Pam Lawson
• Our Eltham – Artistic Recollections by Jim Connor
• Eltham and District Community Bank
• Our Sponsors
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #235 – Aug 2017

• History Matters by Jim Connor
• 9th August Meeting – The Shallards of Montmorency
• Heritage Excursion – Saturday 2nd September – An Eltham South Ramble
• Montmorency Guiding Memories by Jean Ryan
• Percy Leason: An Artist’s Life by Margot Tasca – Book review by Russell Yeoman
• Eltham District Historical Society: Russell Yeoman by Jim Connor
• 40 Years of Environmental Living by Janet Mattiske
• Membership Subscriptions
• Wellers Hotel of Kangaroo Ground – Part 1 by Jim Allen
• Morrison Kleeman Real Estate
• Our Sponsors
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #234 – Jun 2017

• A Hotel or two! by Jim Connor
• 14th June Meeting – Walter Withers in Eltham
• Heritage Excursion – Saturday 1st July – Eltham Lower Park – Walk and Talk
• Some Important Changes – Please Note
• Whatever happened to Jailhouse Rock? by Maureen Jones
• Support from Eltham Rotary
• Eltham District Historical Society: Alistair Knox by Jim Connor
• Round the Bend Conservation Co-operative Ltd (The Co-op.)
• Not Far Away
• Subscriptions
• Office Bearers 2017-2018
• One Hundred Years Ago: Eltham and District – January-December 2017 by Liz Pidgeon
• Victorian Collections
• Our Sponsors
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #233 – Apr 2017

• With a little help from our friends by Jim Connor
• Annual General Meeting – Wednesday 12th April 2017
• May Excursion – Eltham South Ramble
• Don’t Forget
• Audrey Josephine Cahn by Richard Pinn
• Eltham District Historical Society: Stanley Simpson Addison
• . . . . the story continues! by Jim Connor
• The Christmas Hills Motorcycle Scramble Track by Jim Allen
• What Were They Like? by Joan Castledine
• Annual General Meeting (Notice and Agenda)
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #232 – Feb 2017

• 1967 – A Year of Change by Jim Connor
• Our Next Meeting – Wednesday 8th February (Trivia Night)
• Open Day at Our Local History Centre – Saturday 4th March
• The Shillinglaw Legacy by Russell Yeoman
• Eltham District Historical Society by Jim Connor
• Eltham Racecourse by Brian Membrey
• The Eltham Report 1856
• 2017 Program
• Victorian Collections
• … and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #231 – Dec 2016

• Our Past, Present and Future by Jim Connor
• A Peal of Bells by Mal Harrop
• Eltham’s First Policeman by Jim Allen
• Eltham NSW – Railway Cottage by Richard Pinn
• Our Christmas Function
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #230 – Oct 2016

• Our History by Jim Connor
• Our Next Meeting – Wednesday 12th October
• Heritage Excursion – Kileavey Walk and Talk – Saturday 5th November
• The Festive Reason by Mal Harrop
• History of Maroondah Aqueduct Pipe Bridge over the Plenty River at Greensborough by Anne Paul
• One Hundred Years Ago: Eltham and District – July-December 1916 by Liz Pidgeon
• From the Hurstbridge Advertiser 2 March 1923
• Refurbishment of our Local History Centre
• … and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #229 – Aug 2016

• The Society’s 50th Anniversary 2017 by Russell Yeoman
• Our Next Meeting – Wednesday 10th August; ‘Creators, Makers and Shakers’
• Heritage Excursion – Maroondah Aqueduct Walk – Saturday 3rd September
• Eltham District’s Early History
• The Eltham Barrel by Jim Allen
• Eltham Taps Run Dry
• A Footnote on Shoestring
• Membership Subscriptions
• The Little Church in St Helena by Maureen Smith
• St Katherine’s Church in St Helena
• Beauty Spots
• … and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #228 – Jun 2016

• ‘Shoestring’ by Jim Connor
• Our Next Meeting – Wednesday 8th June
• Heritage Excursion – Back-track walk to Fitzsimons Lane – Saturday 2nd July
• Crossing the Yarra at Eltham by Russell Yeoman
• One Hundred Years Ago: Eltham and District – January-June 1916 by Liz Pidgeon
• Recent Book Releases
• Subscriptions
• Office Bearer 2016-2017
• … and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #227 – Apr 2016

• Eltham District – Early History
• Annual General Meeting – Laughing Waters
  Road: Art, Landscape and Memory in Eltham with Jane Woollard
• Heritage Excursion – Eltham War Memorials Walk – Saturday 7th May
• An Interesting Little Historical Exercise by  Michael Aitken
• Eltham’s Inclined Railway by Richard Pinn
• 50th Anniversary Commemorations by Jim Connor
• Kenneth Francis Pitts by Wendy Pitts-Butler
• Notice of Annual General Meeting
• The Evelyn Observer
• Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Tower
• … and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #226 – Feb 2016

• Every building has a history by Jim Connor
• February Meeting – Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photo Collection
• Heritage Excursion – Saturday 5th March – Eltham Cemetery
• The Australian Blue Book by Jim Connor
• Old Postcards of Eltham by Michael Aitken
• Rob Roy by Jim Allen
• Cranky Jimmy’s Ghost
• 2016 Program
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #225 – Nov 2015

• 1970 in Retrospect by Jim Connor
• November Meeting – A Virtual Eltham Literary Tour
• ANZAC Centenary interpretive signage
• November Excursion – Panorama Heights Walk
• Young History
• Book Review – Montmorency – The Farm on the Plenty by Jim Connor
• Our new banner and the Eltham Festival
• A Lively Researcher from Research by Adrian Jones
• Our Christmas Function
• ….and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #224 – Sep 2015

• A Currawong Takes Flight
• September Meeting – Nillumbik Tales: Voices of our Elders
• September Excursion – Research Aqueduct Walk
• The Wackett Brothers by Jim Allen
• Picnic at Wattle Glen by Richard Pinn
• Murray’s Land
• ….and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #223 – Jul 2015

• The Eltham Racing Club
• July Meeting
• July Excursion – Montmorency – the farm on the Plenty
• Building and Completion of Saint Margaret’s Church 1860-2014 by Geoff Sandy
• Miss Bessie Wingrove – that Queer Creature Called a Land Lover by Maureen Jones
• Eltham Avenue of Honour – Launch of New Markers by Jim Connor
• Membership Subscriptions
• ….and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #222 – May 2015

• The Eltham Rural Group by Jim Connor
• May Meeting – Eltham Libraries
• May Excursion – Murray’s Farm, Eltham North
• Farming in the Shire of Eltham by Ross Macmillan
• The Tower of Remembrance – Kangaroo Ground Memorial Park
• Diana Bassett Smith – Life Membership
• Annual General Meeting
• ….and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #221 – Mar 2015

• Benjamin Wallis and The Eltham Hotel by Russell Yeoman
• March Meeting – Annual General Meeting
• March Excursion – Belle Vue Farm Walk
• Walter Frederick Beard by Jim Allen
• Ellis Cottage Celebrates 150 Years
• More on the Movies by Maureen Jones
• Annual General Meeting – Agenda
• Our new online presence
• …..and also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

Issue #220 – Jan 2015

• Big Pond by Liz Pidgeon
• February Meeting
• News from Eltham UK
• A Trip to Balee by Richard Pinn
• Fishing for a Name by Maureen Jones
• 2015 Program
• Book Review – Montsalvat by Sigmund Jorgensen

Issue #219 – Nov 2014

• Remembering The Shire Of Eltham – 20 Years On by Russell Yeoman
• November Meeting
• November Excursions
• Madam Pietzcker by Jim Allen
• Nillumbik Tales – Voices of our Elders
• Local History Centre, 728 Main Road, Eltham
• At the Movies by Maureen Jones
• Kangaroo Ground Tower of Remembrance by Amy Shaw
• Can you identify this Building?
• Nillumbik ANZAC Book Project
• Our Christmas Function

Issue #218 – Sep 2014

• Eltham Living and Learning Centre
• September Meeting
• September Excursion – East of Eltham Walk
• Have you discovered Trove? by Liz Pidgeon
• Fabbro Farm Art Project
• Eltham Library – 20th Anniversary Celebration
• Henry Gilbert Jones: an early Eltham settler……..and an amazing coincidence by Michael Aitken
• Street by Street

EDHS-NL_217 – July 2014

• Fabbro Fields
• Next Meeting
• Heritage Excursion – Walter Withers drive yourself excursion
• July Meeting – Montmorency; The farm on the Plenty
• July Excursion
• Benjamin Wallis; a prominent early Eltham resident by Russell Yeoman
• Fire
• Local Bushfire History
• Facebook by Jim Connor
• Member Subscriptions
• And Also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

EDHS-NL_216 – May 2014

• Welcome Home Medal by Jim Allen and Jim Connor
• Next Meeting
• Heritage Excursion – The 1901 Eltham Railway Walk
• May Meeting – Maps, Manuscripts and Menus; telling stories via heritage collections (Liz Pidgeon)
• May Excursion – The 1901 Eltham Railway Walk
• Subscriptions
• Vera Addison
• Vale John Cohen OAM 19/9/1919-18/3/2014
• Mayoral Chain of Office
• Eltham Library – 20^th Anniversary
• St Margaret’s Church Eltham
• Office Bearers 2014-2015
• And Also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

EDHS-NL_215 – March 2014

• An Answer to the Mystery
• Next Meeting – Annual General Meeting
• Heritage Excursion – Eltham South Farms
• Annual General Meeting
• March Meeting – Stanley Simpson Addison M.B.E.
• March Excursion – Eltham South Farms
• 2014 Program
• Early Eltham
• Do You Have One of These Medals? By Jim Allen
• Members’ Projects
• And Also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

EDHS-NL_214 – January 2014

• New Newsletter Format
• 2013 Eltham Festival
• The Grinding Wheel
• Next Meeting
• Heritage Excursion
• February Meeting
• Book Launch – A History of Saint Margaret’s Church Eltham
• Annual General Meeting
• 2014 Program
• Research Sate School; the missing Honour Board by Jim Allen
• From Mount Morenzie to Milparinka by Maureen Jones
• Incorporation Matters
• A Pleas from Harry Gilham
• And Also
• Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society

EDHS-NL_213 – November 2013

• Next meeting, A Local History Trivia Quiz
• November Meeting
• Shillinglaw Farm Walk
• Eltham Festival
• Eltham Cemetery Visit
• Christmas Function
• Notice of Special General Meeting
• 2 Bell Street, Eltham
• Mick Woiwod – Paradise Lost
• Subscriptions
• And Also

EDHS-NL_212 – September 2013

• Next meeting, Panel Presentation: Tim Burstall’s Eltham Characters
• September Meeting
• Laughing Waters Walk
• Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photo Project
• Vale Joy Ness
• A Generous Donation
• Eltham Horse and Pony Club by Tony Brocksopp
• From Our ‘Railway’ Files by Harry Gilham
• Local History Month
• And Also

EDHS-NL_211 – July 2013

• Next meeting, Presentation: Main Road Eltham 1968…..And Now
• July Meeting
• July Excursion – Mud Bricks, Pise and Other ‘Character Houses’
• Nillumbik Reconciliation Plaques
• A Busy Time for Enquiries, Donations and Other Things
• Mac Ball
• Former Hat Factory
• Avenue of Honour
• And Also

EDHS-NL_210 – May 2013

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Samantha Westbrooke: Nillumbik Heritage Advisor
• May Meeting
• May Excursion – Bridgeland Park Walk
• Eltham Cultural Heritage Tour 1992 by Bettina Woodburn (From Newsletter No. 85)
• The Retro Eltham Show
• Subscriptions
• Office Bearers 2013-2014
• Harry Gilham and Mary Regan
• And Also

EDHS-NL_209 – March 2013

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Jane Woollard: Laughing Waters Stories
• Laughing Waters Stories
• Annual General Meeting
• March Excursion – Karingal Yallock Creek Walk
• The Old Grinding Stone
• Safe in the Courthouse
• School Days
• And Also

EDHS-NL_208 – January 2013

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Jim Connor: The Edendale Story
• The Edendale Story
• 2013 Program
• Some reflections on Past Society Excursions
• Steel Supports Timber Bridge by Harry Gilham
• The Research Horse Trough
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_207 – November 2012

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Jenni Mitchell: My Mother Grace
• Jenni Mitchell – My Mother Grace
• November Heritage Walk – Research Valley Views
• Eltham Cemetery Visit
• Christmas Function
• Johannes (Joh) Ebeli 1918-2012
• Award for Mick Woiwod
• Researching Research
• Joint Meeting with Greensborough Historical Society
• And Also

EDHS-NL_206 – September 2012

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel: Local Farm Stories
• September Meeting – Local Farming Stories
• September Excursion – Eltham Gateway Southern Walk
• Laughing Water Project
• Eltham Literary Tours
• My Recollections of Eltham Past by Margaret Harding
• And Also

EDHS-NL_205 – July 2012

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Jim Connor: A Muddy History
• July Meeting
• July Excursion – John Street Mud Brick Precinct
• Kooringorama – An Incomplete History
• Eltham’s War Memorials by Harry Gilham
• And Also

EDHS-NL_204 – May 2012

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Kevin Patterson: Centenary of the Eltham-Hurstbridge Railway
• May Meeting
• May Excursion – Eltham Gateway Walk (rescheduled)
• June Excursion – St Margaret’s Church Tour
• An Eltham Gateway Story
• Recent Works by Mick Woiwod
• Some Interesting Connections
• Subscriptions
• Office Bearers 2012-2013
• Mary Regan – Life Membership Award
• And Also

EDHS-NL_203 – March 2012

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Dr Geoff Sandy: St Margaret’s 150^th Anniversary
• Annual General Meeting
• St Margaret’s Church
• March Excursion – Eltham Gateway Northern Walk
• Is This the First Marriage in Montmorency? By Maureen Jones
• Montmorency (From Newsletter No. 50, September 1986)
• And Also

EDHS-NL_202 – January 2012

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Liz Pidgeon: Family and Local History at the Library
• 2012 Program
• February Meeting
• B. North and the Meruka Estate
• The Society Banner 1986
• Annual general Meeting
• And Also

EDHS-NL_201 – November 2011

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Mike Ridley: Montsalvat Revisited
• November Meeting
• Lower Plenty River Red Gum Walk
• Eltham Cemetery Visit
• Christmas Function
• 200 Newsletters – More to Come
• A Brief History of the Bonds Road Area, Lower Plenty (From Newsletter No. 3, September 1978)
• Grant from the Bendigo Bank
• From Our Newspaper Files contributed by Harry Gilham
• And Also

EDHS-NL_200 – September 2011

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel: Houses with History
• Welcome
• September
• September Excursion – Walk to ‘Killeavey’
• Peter Bassett-Smith 1911-2011
• Community Centre Opening (From Newsletter No. 1 May 1978)
• Recent Events (From Newsletter No. 46, January 1986)
• Recent Activities (From Newsletter No. 58, January 1988)
• Whroo and Chateau Tahbilk by Bettina Woodburn (From Newsletter No. 100, January 1995)
• Municipal Amalgamation and the Future of Our Society (From Newsletter No. 100, January 1995)
• The Eltham Connection (From Newsletter No. 135, November 2000)
• Walter Withers in 1903 (From Newsletter No. 150, May 2003)
• And Also

EDHS-NL_199 – July 2011

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel: Memories of Eltham
• July Meeting
• July Excursion
• Montmorency Railway Station
• Harry’s Research
  • Heidelberg Baptism Records
  • Eltham, The Victorian Gazetteer – 1865
• The Famous Draper Apple Cake
• And Also

EDHS-NL_198 – May 2011

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Ross McDonald and Bruce Draper: The McDonalds and the Drapers; two significant Nillumbik families
• May Meeting
• Eltham Lower Park Walk
• Eltham Railway Line
• Eltham North Bridge
• Room Names at Our Local History Centre
• Nillumbik Heritage Strategy
• Subscriptions
• Office Bearers 2011-2012
• And Also

EDHS-NL_197 – March 2011

• Next meeting, One Tree Hill Mine; DVD film presentation introduced by Gaye Ponting
• Annual General Meeting
• One Tree Hill Mine
• Dinner Plate Nugget
• March Heritage Walk – Orchards and Butterflies
• Local History Centre Room Names
• Stokes Orchard – An Incomplete History
• And Also

EDHS-NL_196 – January 2011

• Next meeting, Celebrating Peter Bassett-Smith
• February Meeting – Celebrating Peter Bassett-Smith
• Jock Read 1915-2010
• Opal Smith 1914-2010
• 2011 Program
• Other News
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_195 – November 2010

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Mike Ridley: Montsalvat; The Place and the People
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• November Heritage Walk – Tom Orr’s Farm
• Eltham Cemetery Visit
• Recent Activities
• Other News
• RHSV Award of Merit

EDHS-NL_194 – September 2010

• Next meeting, Slide Show and Discussion led by Jim Connor: The Changing Face of Eltham
• September Meeting
• Research Heritage Walk
• Eltham Cemetery Visit
• Distinguished Life Members by Jim Connor
• Jock Read’s Early History
• Local Road Names; The North-South Roads
• More News

EDHS-NL_193 – July 2010

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Sue Law and Russell Yeoman: Jo McCormick and ‘Belle Vue’
• July Meeting
• Edendale Walk
• Local Road and Street Names by Russell Yeoman
• The Christmas Hills Story
• More News

EDHS-NL_192 – May 2010

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Ken Eckersall: Tales from the 1930s
• May Meeting
• The Shillinglaw Farm Walk
• Eltham RSL and War Memorial
• Edendale Farm
• Subscriptions
• Records Workshops
• Office Bearers 2010-2011

EDHS-NL_191 – March 2010

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Dr Andrew Lemon: They’re Racing at . . . Eltham!
• Annual General Meeting
• They’re Racing at . . . Eltham!
• The Thomas Sweeney Walk
• Kangaroo Ground Excursion
• Eltham – The DIY Years by Diana Bassett-Smith
• Book Launch; “Eltham’s Serious and Their Neighbours” by Ken and Laurel Eckersall
• Donations to the Society

EDHS-NL_190 – January 2010

• Next meeting, Panel Presentation: Stories from Our Files
• February Meeting
• 2010 Program
• An 1856 Story from Our Records
• More News
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_189 – November 2009

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Russell Yeoman: The Streets of Little Eltham
• The Streets of Little Eltham
• Cemetery Walk
• Christmas Function
• Donation
• In the News
• More News

EDHS-NL_188 – September 2009

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Harry Gilham: Stories from the Eltham Cemetery
• September Meeting and Eltham Cemetery Excursions
• September Heritage Walk
• Joh Ebeli’s Story
• Eltham, England
• More News

EDHS-NL_187 – July 2009

• Next meeting, Panel Presentation: Stories from Our Files
• July Meeting
• July Heritage Walk
• Josephine Gordon McCormick 1925-2009
• More News
• Another Story from Our Files
• Items for Your Diary

EDHS-NL_186 – May 2009

• Next meeting, Slide Presentation by Anne Paul; The Lower Plenty River; It’s history and heritage
• May Meeting
• May Heritage Walk
• Black Saturday Bushfires
• Black Friday 1851
• Eltham England Contacts
• Office Bearers 2009-10
• Harry Gilham, Society President 1993-2009
• Subscriptions
• Other News

EDHS-NL_185 – March 2009

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Marguerite Marshall: Nillumbik Now and Then
• Annual General Meeting
• Nillumbik Now and Then
• ‘Black Saturday’ Bushfires
• Celebrating Nillumbik Women
• The Eltham Report 1856
• Other News

EDHS-NL_184 – January 2009

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Noel Withers: Historic Greensborough
• February Meeting
• President’s Findings by Harry Gilham
• The Eltham Omelette Joust
• News from the Andrew Ross Museum by Diana Bassett-Smith
• Celebrating Nillumbik’s Women
• Other News
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_183 – November 2008

• Next meeting, Panel Presentation: The Centenary of Women’s Suffrage in Victoria
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Vale – Bob (Robert) Bruce by Jim Connor
• Concluding Pat Baddeley’s Story
• Nillumbik Now and Then
• President’s Findings
• November Heritage Walk
• Andrew Ross Museum by Diana Bassett-Smith
• Other Coming Events
• Other News

EDHS-NL_182 – September 2008

• Next meeting, ‘This Old House – Birch Cottage’; a video presentation from the Andrew Ross Museum
• September Meeting
• Coming Events
• President’s Findings
• History in Stamp Collecting by Diana Bassett-Smith
• Continuing Pat Baddeley’s Story
• Andrew Ross Museum
• Other News

EDHS-NL_181 – July 2008

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Lesley Alves: Everybody has a Story to Tell
• July Meeting
• The Shillinglaw Trees
• Brougham Street Bridge
• Walks Program
• President’s Report
• Other News

EDHS-NL_180 – May 2008

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Dr Ken Eckersall: Bunjil of the Wurundjeri
• May Meeting
• Mud Brick Walk
• Audrey Cahn
• AEHS Annual Conference
• President’s Report
• Office Bearer’s 2008-9
• Subscriptions
• Other News

EDHS-NL_179 – March 2008

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Harold Bird AOM: An Illustrated Talk on AOS6 and the Bird Family Orchard
• Annual General Meeting
• AOS6 and the Bird Family Orchard
• Opening of the Viewing Platform at Kangaroo Ground
• Centenary of Women’s Suffrage in Victoria
• Eltham’s Homeless by Sue Law
• Shillinglaw Family History
• More Coming Events

EDHS-NL_178 – January 2008

• Next meeting, Slide Show: Eltham England Re-visited
• Eltham England Re-visited
• Nillumbik Citizen of the Year
• Geoff Braithwaite 1913-2007
• Celebrating Nillumbik’s Women
• Shillinglaw Family History
• Other News
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_177 – November 2007

• Next meeting, Panel Presentation: The Eltham Gateway
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Some Other Events
• Recollections of Eltham by Pat Baddeley

EDHS-NL_176 – September 2007

• Next meeting, Panel Presentation: Eltham People – Stories from our Files
• September Meeting
• Fortieth Anniversary Celebrations
• A Church was Erected at Nillumbik: a sketch paper by Kenneth Eric Eckersall
• Other News

EDHS-NL_175 – July 2007

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Andrew Mackenzie: Walter Withers in Eltham
• Fortieth Anniversary Celebrations
• Anniversary Lunch
• July Meeting
• Forty Years in History by Harry Gilham
• Other News

EDHS-NL_174 – May 2007

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Kristin Otto: Yarra; A Diverting History of Melbourne’s Murky River
• May Meeting
• President’s Report
• Pat Baddeley’s Story (continued)
• Fortieth Anniversary Celebrations
• Office Bearers 2007-8
• Subscriptions
• Other News

EDHS-NL_173 – March 2007

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Graeme Butler: Nillumbik Heritage Study – Recent Investigations
• Annual General Meeting
• Graeme Butler
• School Days in Eltham by Jeff Prentice
• Moor-rul Viewing Platform
• Heritage Walks
• Eltham Lower Park History

EDHS-NL_172 – January 2007

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Tony Trembarth: Recent Acquisitions to the Nillumbik Art Collection
• February Meeting
• Charis Meta Alexander Pelling 1920-2006 by Diana Bassett-Smith
• 2007 Program – 40^th Anniversary Year
• Annual general Meeting

EDHS-NL_171 – November 2006

• Next meeting, Slide Presentation: To Eltham by Road and Rail
• November Meeting
• Special General Meeting
• Christmas Function
• President’s Notes
• Other News
• Pat Baddeley’s Story

EDHS-NL_170 – September 2006

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel: 150 Years of Education in Eltham
• September Meeting
• Eltham Primary School Celebrations
• Lois Loftus-Hills 1927-2006
• Library News
• Andrew Ross Museum by Diana Bassett-Smith
• Ivy’s Memories – continuing Ivy Reynold’s story as edited by Mick Woiwod
• Plenty of Other News

EDHS-NL_169 – July 2006

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Michael Wilson: The Barn; a unique Eltham home
• July Meeting
• An Historical Finding by Harry Gilham
• Eltham Primary School
• The Reynolds/Prior Photograph Collection
• Ivy’s Memories edited by Mick Woiwod
• Award of Merit
• More News

EDHS-NL_168 – May 2006

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Liz Pidgeon: Local History Librarian
• May Meeting
• The Reynolds/Prior Photograph Collection
• Office Bearers 2006-7
• Walking with Henry Dendy
• Subscriptions
• President’s Notes
• Mystery Painting
• Other News

EDHS-NL_167 – March 2006

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Heath Paynter: Bohemia on the Urban Fringe
• Annual General Meeting
• Heath Paynter
• A Cottage History
• Nillumbik Combined History Groups
• Other News

EDHS-NL_166 – January 2006

• Next meeting, Panel Presentation: The Eltham Justice Precinct
• February Meeting
• President’s Notes
• Nillumbik Citizen of the Year
• 2006 Program
• Invitation
• Wingrove Cottage Update
• Other News

EDHS-NL_165 – November 2005

• Next meeting, Panel presentation: Councillors Making History
• November Meeting
• Special General Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Invitation
• Armistice Day Commemoration Service Kangaroo Ground
• Combined Historical Societies Projects
• Heritage Places in the News
• Good News and Bad News

EDHS-NL_164 – September 2005

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Raelene Marshall: Shaping of the Australian Cultural Landscape; a talk about the role of dry stone walls in Australian history
• September Meeting
• Eltham Justice Precinct
• Notice of Special General Meeting
• News from the Andrew Ross Museum by Diana Bassett-Smith
• Society Notes
• Other Local News

EDHS-NL_163 – July 2005

• Next meeting, Local Heroes; A musical evening with Anne Williams
• Local Heroes
• Some Other Local Heroes
  • Joseph Anderson Panton (1831-1913)
  • Sir William Hill Irvine (1858-1943)
• Other Brief Items

EDHS-NL_162 – May 2005

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Michael Aitken: Postcards from Eltham
• May Meeting
• Stanhope
• Gwendoline Margaret Baker nee Bowes 1928-2005
• 66 Susan Street
• Combined Nillumbik History Groups
• Annual general Meeting
• What Else?

EDHS-NL_161 – March 2005

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Peter Dougherty: History in a Word
• Annual General Meeting
• Peter Dougherty
• February Meeting and the Flood Connection
• Art Streams
• The 1934 Floods at Eltham by Harold Bird
• Nillumbik Combined History Groups
• What Else?

EDHS-NL_160 – January 2005

• Next meeting, Discussion Evening on Current Topics
• February Meeting
• President’s Notes
• Plenty Historical Society
• 2005 Program
• Australia Day Awards
• Local Heroes
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_159 – November 2004

• Next meeting, Slide Presentation: Significant Trees, Wildflowers and Local Gardens presented by Russell Yeoman
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Shire of Eltham Memorabilia
• President’s Notes
• 500 Word Snapshot
• News in Brief

EDHS-NL_158 – September 2004

• Next meeting, Video Presentation: Main Stream Melbourne
• September Meeting
• Batman Trail Excursion
• President’s Notes
• Alan Marshall’s Bungalow
• Hurstbridge Wattle Festival
• News in Brief

EDHS-NL_157 – July 2004

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel: On the Heritage Trail
• Eltham Major Activity Centre
• Maroondah Aqueduct Across the Plenty River
• Eltham East Choir
• President’s Notes
• Alan Marshall’s Bungalow
• Robert Bruce Ness 1917-2004 incl Ness Family History by Joy Ness
• More News

EDHS-NL_156 – May 2004

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Nigel Lewis and Carlotta Kellaway: A New Perspective on Wingrove Cottage
• May Meeting
• Special General Meeting
• Nillumbik Heritage Week
• Some Events of Interest by Harry Gilham
• Annual General Meeting
• President’s Annual Report
• The Mt. Everard Connection by Doug Orford
• Tim Burstall 1929-2004
• Other Society Activities
• Still More News

EDHS-NL_155 – March 2004

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Harold Bird OAM: At Home in Eltham and Abroad with the National Boys’ Choir
• Annual general Meeting
• Harold Bird OAM
• Nillumbik Heritage Week 2004
• What Else?

EDHS-NL_154 – January 2004

• Next meeting, Discussion: Dirt Farming; ideas for Nillumbik Heritage Week
• February Meeting
• Society Program 2004
• Nillumbik Heritage Week 2004
• President’s Notes by Harry Gilham
• RHSV Resources
• Neil Douglas
• Annual General Meeting
• More News

EDHS-NL_153 – November 2003

• Next meeting, Eltham in Retrospect: A selection from the Society’s slide collection presented by Russell Yeoman
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Andrew Ross Museum
• Society Activities
• Wingrove Cottage
• Nillumbik Combined Historical Organisations
• More News

EDHS-NL_152 – September 2003

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel: Builders of the Eltham Tradition
• September Meeting
• Visitors to Eltham
• Spring Excursion – On the Trail of Walter Withers
• Acquisitions; A report by Harry Gilham
• Andrew Ross Museum
• Clement Byrne Christesen OBE, AOM 1911-2003
• More News

EDHS-NL_151 – July 2003

• Next meeting, guest speaker; John McCutchan: A Pioneer Hydro-electric Scheme
• July Meeting
• Tribute to Alan Marshall by Diana Bassett-Smith
• Eulogy for Blanche by Knowles Kerry
• More on Alan Marshall
• Lots of Other News

EDHS-NL_150 – May 2003

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Meera Govil: Eltham Literary Connections
• May Meeting
• Plenty Gorge Excursion
• War memorials in Australia
• Walter Withers in 1903
• Office Bearers 2003/2004
• Subscriptions 2003/2004
• Life Members
• Other News

EDHS-NL_149 – March 2003

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Max Dimmack: Researching the RSL
• Annual General Meeting
• Max Dimmack
• Coming Events
• 70 Years Ago
• Snippets

EDHS-NL_148 – January 2003

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Rosemary Aitken: Eltham Community Health Centre
• February Meeting
• 2003 Program
• Other News
• Blanche Shallard Memorial
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_147 – November 2002

• Next meeting, History Up To Date; a series of short talks on topical subjects in the local history scene
• November Meeting
• Christmas Barbecue
• Blanche Shallard
• Sandringham Excursion
• Josiah Morris Holloway
• Book Review: Catholic Ladies College; The first hundred years 1902-2002
• Books for Sale
• Some Newsworthy Items

EDHS-NL_146 – September 2002

• Next meeting, Jock Read and Friends: The Adventures of Jock the Baker or A Slice of Old Eltham
• September Meeting
• Special General Meeting
• Sandringham Excursion
• President’s Report
• From Idea to Reality
• Brief News Items

EDHS-NL_145 – July 2002

• Next meeting, Slide Evening presented by Russell Yeoman: The Alistair Knox Collection
• July Meeting
• Visitors from Sandringham
• Railway Centenary
• Alan Marshall Centenary
• Nillumbik Reconciliation Group
• Brief News Items

EDHS-NL_144 – May 2002

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Harry Gilham and Friends: Everything you need to know about the Centenary of the Eltham Railway
• May Meeting
• Celebrating the Railway Centenary
• Alan Marshall Centenary
• Office Bearers 2002
• Subscriptions 2002/2003
• Happenings

EDHS-NL_143 – March 2002

• Next meeting, guest speaker; George and Esme Barker: What An Act; the story of the Little Eltham Theatre
• Annual General Meeting
• George and Esme Barker
• ‘Escaping the Big Smoke’
• Bird Days at Eltham
• The Wards of Nillumbik
• What Else
• President’s Report, 34^th Annual General Meeting – Wednesday March 13^th, 2002

EDHS-NL_142 – January 2002

• Next meeting, Audio Presentation: Alan Marshall Speaking
• February Meeting
• 2002 Program
• Nillumbik Then and Now
• Eltham New Zealand
• The Re-Dedication Day, Thursday 8, 2001
• Roger Bird
• In Brief
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_141 – November 2001

• Next meeting, Slide Show by Russell Yeoman: A trip down the Diamond Creek
• November Meeting
• Christmas Celebration
• The Memorial Tower, Kangaroo Ground – Re-Dedication
• Eltham Festival
• 2002 Events
• ‘Escaping the Big Smoke’
• Kangaroo Ground Happenings by Diana Bassett-Smith
• Other Matters

EDHS-NL_140 – September 2001

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Harry Gilham: Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Update
• September Meeting
• Spring Excursion – The Diamond Creek
• Dunmoochin
• Nina Christesen AM 1911-2001
• Kangaroo Ground Events
• Volunteer Recognition Project
• Other News
• Kangaroo Ground Cemetery 1851-2001: 150^th Anniversary Celebrations

EDHS-NL_139 – July 2001

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Chris Marks: The Nillumbik Art Collection
• July Meeting
• Gawa Wurundjeri Aboriginal Resource Trail
• Society Happenings
• Andrew Ross Museum
• Some Other Brief News Items
• Poems and Writings of Gwendoline Margaret Baker – nee Bowes

EDHS-NL_138 – May 2001

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Richard Schurmann: The train is arriving at Eltham
• May Meeting
• Autumn Excursion
• Eltham, Eltham, Eltham and Eltham
• Office Bearers 2001
• Subscriptions 2001/2002
• ‘Stanhope’, Eltham
• Marjorie Smith Motschall
• Other Things You Should Know
• Kangaroo Ground Tower Advisory Committee; preserving the ‘Tower with a View’

EDHS-NL_137 – March 2001

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Vivien Williamson: Banyule Heritage Study
• Annual General Meeting
• Banyule Heritage Study
• Eastern Region Conference
• Other Events
• War Memorial News
• Eltham Family Connections
• Help Wanted
• Help Given
• Wurundjeri Signs Installed

EDHS-NL_136 – January 2001

• Next meeting, Video: Thomson of Arnham Land
• February Meeting
• The Eltham Connection (Continued)
• Annual General Meeting
• 2001 Program
• President’s Report
• Nillumbik Citizen of the Year
• Other News

EDHS-NL_135 – November 2000

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Lucy Ellem: The Plenty Station
• November Meeting
• Christmas Breakup
• Eltham Festival
• Unveiling of a Heritage Plaque
• The Eltham Connection
• Society News

EDHS-NL_134 – September 2000

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel: Personal Projects
• September Meeting
• Eltham Cemetery Visit
• Kangaroo Ground Boundaries
• Chronology
• ‘Not Just a Pretty Place’
• Family Histories of Eltham
• Other News Items

EDHS-NL_133 – July 2000

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Ken Eckersall: Eltham Inhabitants
• July Meeting
• Arthur Hewitt
• Society News

EDHS-NL_132 – May 2000

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
• Office Bearers 2000
• Subscriptions 2000/2001
• Social Activities
• May Meeting – The Twentieth Century and Beyond
• Kangaroo Ground Excursion
• President’s Report
• More Newsy Items

EDHS-NL_131 – March 2000

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Bruce Nixon: Charles Joseph La Trobe
• March Meeting
• Charles Joseph La Trobe
• Autumn Excursion
• Society Program 2000
• Colemans Corner
• Other News

EDHS-NL_130 – January 2000

• Next meeting, Literary Evening
• February Meeting
• Annual General Meeting
• Society Program 2000
• Hume and Hovell Update
• Other Activities
• Russian Cabbage Pie – Nina and Clem Christesen (Flavour of Eltham)

EDHS-NL_129 – November 1999

• Next meeting, The Society’s Map Collection; Introduced by Russell Yeoman
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Society Activities
• Tarcoola Press
• Museum Open Day
• Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Workshop
• The Shire of Eltham War memorial, Kangaroo Ground
• Other News Items

EDHS-NL_128 – September 1999

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel; Environmental and Conservation Groups
• September Meeting
• Spring Excursion – The Artists’ Trail
• Acquisitions
• President’s Notes
• Nillumbik Planning Scheme – Heritage Planning Controls
• Geoffrey Loftus-Hills
• Other News Items

EDHS-NL_127 – July 1999

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Mick Woiwod: The Wurundjeri of Nillumbik County; Out of the shadows towards centre stage
• July Meeting
• Gordon Ford
• Nillumbik Reconciliation Forums by Mick Woiwod
• Nillumbik Heritage Controls
• Society News Items
• Other News Items

EDHS-NL_126 – May 1999

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Andrew Mackenzie: The Heidelberg School Artists’ Trail
• May Meeting
• The Colour and Texture of Eltham
• Banyule Heritage Places Study
• Other News Items
• Kangaroo Ground Celebrations

EDHS-NL_125 – March 1999

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Harry Gilham: The War Memorial, Kangaroo Ground
• Annual General Meeting
• Autumn Excursion
• Society Program
• President’s Report
• Book Launch, Andrew Ross Museum
• H.S.V. Program
• Bits and Pieces

EDHS-NL_124 – January 1999

• Next meeting, The Nillumbik Arts and Heritage Trail; A workshop presented by Dennis Ward
• February Meeting
• Society Program 1999
• The Other Elthams
• Annual General Meeting
• Andrew Ross Museum
• The Eltham Railway Bridge
• Some Other Snippets
• 1976 ‘Save the Trestle Bridge’ Poster

EDHS-NL_123 – November 1998

• Next meeting, A Local Chronology; A presentation by the Society’s Committee
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Banyule Council Matters
• Nillumbik Council
• President’s Report
• Mud Brick Heritage Excursion – and the Future
• Other Brief Matters

EDHS-NL_122 – September 1998

• Next meeting, Hidden Heritage From the Shire of Eltham Heritage Study Introduced by Russell Yeoman
• September Meeting
• Eltham Mud Brick Heritage Excursion
• Eltham Local History Centre
• Acquisitions
• Other News Items
• Family History Resources in the RHSV Collection

EDHS-NL_121 – July 1998

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Peter Williams: The romance of S.T. Gill, colonial artist
• July Meeting
• President’s Special Report
• Eltham Local History Centre – Official Opening
• From Eltham to Eltham with Margaret by Clifford Crate (The Eltham Society)
• Subscriptions
• Various Matters of Interest

EDHS-NL_120 – May 1998

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel; Personal Projects by Members and Friends
• Nillumbik Gayip
• Lower Plenty Excursion
• Annual General Meeting
• Subscriptions
• 728 Main Road
• Coming Events, Happenings and Other News

EDHS-NL_119 – March 1998

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Wendy Baker: Finding people dead or alive
• Annual General Meeting
• Autumn Excursion
• Society Program
• Other News
• ‘Glen Ellen’ circa 1920 by David Jenkin
• Presidents Report; Eltham District Historical Society Incorporated, Annual General Meeting, Wednesday 11^th March 1998

EDHS-NL_118 – January 1998

• Next meeting, The Shire of Eltham Heritage Study; A review by Russell Yeoman
• February Meeting
• From Eltham to Eltham
• Society Program
• Society News
• Other Local News
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_117 – November 1997

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Keith Banks: Lighthouses of Eastern Victoria
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Visitors from Eltham
• Council Matters
• 728 Main Road – President’s Report
• Monument Hunting the Hume and Hovell Way by Diana Bassett-Smith
• Irvine Green OAM 1913-1997
• The Last Cry (Mick Woiwod)
• Some Other Matters

EDHS-NL_116 – September 1997

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Jock Ryan: Gold in the Valley
• 846-848 Main Road Eltham
• Society 30^th Anniversary
• Council Matters
• Visitors from Eltham
• September Meeting
• Spring Excursion
• The Heidelberg School Artists Trail

EDHS-NL_115 – July 1997

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel: Our Own History
• 30^th Anniversary Meeting
• 728 Main Road
• Constructing the Plenty Valley
• Sweeneys
• Andrew Ross Museum
• A Thank You by Gwen Baker
• Some Other News Items

EDHS-NL_114 – May 1997

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Jill Barnard: The Theme of the Place
• May Meeting
• Now Hear This
• Office Bearers for 1997
• Subscriptions
• Autumn Excursion
• Some Other Brief Items
• Andrew Ross Museum

EDHS-NL_113 – March 1997

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Russell Yeoman: Their Eltham
• Society Program
• Annual General Meeting
• Autumn Excursion
• Society Headquarters – 728 Main Road Eltham
• In Brief

EDHS-NL_112 – January 1997

• Next meeting, Eltham on Video
• 1997 Program
• Former Eltham Shire Office Site – Planning Appeal
• The “Shillinglaw Trees”
• Yarra River Punt, Warrandyte
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_111 – November 1996

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Robert Wuchatsch: Westgarthtown
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Society Headquarters
• President’s Report
• Spring Excursion
• Eltham Heritage Trail
• Nillumbik Heritage Study
• More News
• A Punt Across the Yarra at Eltham?
• Former Eltham Shire Office Site

EDHS-NL_110 – September 1996

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel; Eltham Architects (les Clarke, Geoff Watt, Bill Woodburn, Robert Marshall)
• September Meeting
• Spring Excursion
• Andrew Ross Museum
• President’s Report
• Demolition of Former Eltham Shire Offices
• A Visit to the Other Eltham by Russell Yeoman
• Library Display

EDHS-NL_109 – July 1996

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Glen Terry
• President’s Report
• On the Trail of Hume and Hovell: Bettina Woodburn’s report on the Autumn excursion

EDHS-NL_108 – May 1996

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Russell Yeoman: Hume and Hovell’s Victorian Trip
• May Meeting and Autumn Excursion
• Office Bearers 1996
• Furphy Festival
• Subscriptions
• Other Happenings

EDHS-NL_107 – March 1996

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Jock Read: My Eltham
• Jock Read
• Montmorency Footpath Mosaics
• Annual General Meeting
• The Eltham Society
• Alan Marshall Festival
• High School Birthday
• Society Program
• Notice to Members 19^th April 1996
  • Furphy Festival
  • Victorian Heritage Festival

EDHS-NL_106 – January 1996

• Next meeting, Eltham England, Audio-visual presentation by the Eltham Society
• Eltham, England
• Annual General Meeting
• Notice of Motion – Subscriptions
• Council Memorabilia
• Our 1996 Program

EDHS-NL_105 – November 1995

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Bruce Nixon: The Kangaroo Ground Collection
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• Exploring the Upper Yarra by Bettina Woodburn
• Benjamin Baxter
• Other News
• Sages Cottage Gardens, Baxter Provender Restaurant

EDHS-NL_104 – September 1995

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Ted Howard: Mud and Man
• September Meeting
• Exploring the Upper Yarra
• Alan Marshall Sculpture
• Other News

EDHS-NL_103 – July 1995

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel; Writers in Eltham
• July Meeting
• Society Name
• Autumn Excursion
• Plenty/Yarra Cultural Heritage Leap Project
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• Other Brief Items

EDHS-NL_102 – May 1995

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Mick Woiwod: Kangaroo Ground – the Highland Taken
• May Meeting
• Office Bearers 1995
• Subscriptions
• Special general Meeting
  • Life membership for Peter Bassett-Smith, Russell Yeoman, Sue Law
  • Presentation of the Recognition
  • Change of name of the Society
• Autumn Excursion
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• Shire History

EDHS-NL_101 – March 1995

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Dick Tooth: My Eltham
• My Eltham – Dick Tooth
• Annual General Meeting
• What’s in a Name?
• Society Program
• Fabbro House
• Other News
• Excursions 1995
• Other 1995 Events

EDHS-NL_100 – January 1995

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Harry Gilham: History of Eltham Primary School
• February Meeting
• Kangaroo Ground Launch Day
• Annual General Meeting
• Municipal Amalgamation and the Future of our Society
• Spring Excursion; Whroo and Chateau Tahbilk by Bettina Woodburn
• Society Program

EDHS-NL_099 – November 1994

• Next meeting, Eltham Shire Council; History, Memorabilia, etc
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Eltham Art in Public Places
• Kangaroo Ground Book Launch
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• Municipal Restructuring
• Other News

EDHS-NL_098 – September 1994

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel; The Performing Arts in Eltham
• September Meeting
• An Eltham Poem
• Spring Excursion
• Recent Bereavements
• Other News
• Whroo Historic Reserve

EDHS-NL_097 – July 1994

• Next meeting, Main Road, Eltham; Filling in the Map
• July Meeting
• The Shire of Eltham 1871-1994?
• The New Eltham Library
• The Warrandyte Mystery Tour May 29^th 1994 by Bettina Woodburn
• Should we do some forward planning on the past for the future? By Harry Gilham
• Other News

EDHS-NL_096 – May 1994

• Next meeting, Video Presentation; Short films of local and general historical interest
• May Meeting
• Subscriptions
• Warrandyte Excursion
• Office Bearers 1994
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• More News

EDHS-NL_095 – March 1994

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Nell Bell: My Eltham
• Nell Bell
• Annual General Meeting
• 1994 Program
• The Research Horse Trough
• Victorian Heritage Festival, Sunday 10^th – Sunday 24^th April 1994; Heritage on the Move
• Art in Public Places

EDHS-NL_094 – January 1994

• Next meeting, Old Fashioned Picture Show (with a modern twist)
• February Meeting
• Annual General Meeting
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• 1994 – A Preview

EDHS-NL_093 – November 1993

• Next meeting, Slide Presentation; Eltham’s Significant Trees
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Eltham, England
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• Other News

EDHS-NL_092 – September 1993

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel; Eltham Creations
• September Meeting
• Spring Excursion
• Conservation and Heritage Strategy
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• Other News

EDHS-NL_091 – July 1993

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel; Eltham Libraries – Past, Present and Future
• July Meeting
• Significant Tree Register
• Eltham Heritage Tour by Bettina Woodburn
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• Other News

EDHS-NL_090 – May 1993

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Mick Woiwod: Once Around the Sugarloaf: The story of Christmas Hills
• May Meeting
• Eltham Heritage Tour
• Annual General Meeting
• Subscriptions
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• Other News

EDHS-NL_089 – March 1993

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Grace Mitchell: My Eltham
• Annual General Meeting
• Grace Mitchell
• 1993 – Our Year’s Program
• Victorian Heritage Festival
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• List of things we need
• Other Matters
• Eltham Festival 1992 Eltham Discovery Walks

EDHS-NL_088 – January 1993

• Next meeting, Shire Heritage Study
• February Meeting
• Annual General Meeting
• 1993 – What’s Happening
• Kath Stephenson
• Victorian Heritage Festival
• Launching the Museum: Mick Woiwod
• Working at the Museum: Wendy Bradley
• Andrew Ross School House Museum Project

EDHS-NL_087 – November 1992

• Next meeting, Family History Project
• November Meeting
• Christmas Breakup
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• Joyce McMahon
• Other Society News
• Christmas Hills
• Eltham Community Festival
• Once around the Sugarloaf by Mick Woiwod

EDHS-NL_086 – September 1992

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Isabel Ellender: Shire of Eltham Aboriginal Heritage
• September Meeting
• Spring Excursion – Maryborough
• 25^th Anniversary Meeting
• More News Items
• Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum
• Eltham Festival
• Shire Heritage Study

EDHS-NL_085 – July 1992

• 25^th Anniversary 1967-1992
• Twenty Fifth Anniversary Meeting Panel: Images of Eltham with David Armfield, Piers Bateman, Wendi Henderson, Hilary Jackman and Lesly Martin
• Andrew Ross School House Museum Project
• Lots of Other News
• Eltham Heritage Mural
• 50 Year Residents’ Lunch
• Eltham Cultural Heritage Tour

EDHS-NL_084 – May 1992

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Carlotta Kellaway: Researching Eltham’s heritage
• May Meeting
• Eltham Heritage Tour
• Annual General Meeting
• School Residence, Kangaroo Ground
• Subscriptions
• Other Society News

EDHS-NL_083 – March 1992

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Gordon Ford: My Eltham
• Annual General Meeting
• Victorian Heritage Festival
• Society’s 25^th Anniversary
• Committee of Eastern Historical Societies
• Eltham Campers
• More Brief Items
• Nothing Ever Changes

EDHS-NL_082 – January 1992

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Bruce Bence: Kangaroo Ground Brigade Centenary
• February Meeting
• Society Program
• Photo Project
• Other Brief Items
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_081 – November 1991

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Victorian Archaeological Survey
• November Meeting
• Christmas Break-up
• Eltham Festival Parade
• School Residence Kangaroo Ground
• Andrew Ross Reminiscences

EDHS-NL_080 – September 1991

• Next meeting, Members’ Discussion Evening
• September Meeting
• Spring Excursion
• Reg Preston – Potter
• The Orford Family – Eltham
• Shire Environment Week
• Other Society News

EDHS-NL_079 – July 1991

• Next meeting, History on Tape and Other Topics
• Heritage Study Workshop
• July Meeting
• Family History Project
• Squire Family History
• Jack Shallard
• Odds and Ends

EDHS-NL_078 – May 1991

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Ross Young: Yarra Valley Metropolitan Park
• May Meeting
• Dunmoochin Trip
• Annual general Meeting
• Subscriptions
• Neil Blair
• Shire Heritage Study
• Planning Controls – Historic Buildings and Significant Trees
• Other Society News

EDHS-NL_077 – March 1991

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Max Spence: My Eltham
• Annual General Meeting
• Heritage Week – Water and Wetlands
• 1991 Photo Project
• Eltham R.S.L.
• Society Program

EDHS-NL_076 – January 1991

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Pat Vaughan, Environmental Officer, Shire of Eltham
• February Meeting
• Maroondah Aqueduct Centenary
• Annual General Meeting
• Eltham, England
• ‘Watershed’ Jackson
• Kangaroo Ground Fire Brigade
• Other News

EDHS-NL_075 – November 1990

• Next meeting, Panel Discussion and Film: Diamond Valley Orchards
• November Meeting
• Eltham Community Festival
• Christmas Breakup
• Yarra Track Excursion
• Clifton Pugh
• Other Society News
• Walter Withers Plaque

EDHS-NL_074 – September 1990

• Next meeting, Slide Presentation: Roads and Byways of the Shire of Eltham
• September Meeting
• Walter Withers Commemorative Plaque – Saturday 13 October 1990
• Yarra Track Excursion – Sunday 14 October 1990
• Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Open Day

EDHS-NL_073 – July 1990

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Andrew Mackenzie: The art of Frederick McCubbin
• Kangaroo Ground Schoolhouse
• Walter Withers Plaque Project
• Shire Conservation Strategy
• Recent Activities

EDHS-NL_072 – May 1990

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Jack Hodson: Digging up the past
• May Meeting
• Cemetery Excursion
• Annual General Meeting
• Subscriptions
• Recent Activities
• Kangaroo Ground Cemetery

EDHS-NL_071 – March 1990

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Clem Christesen: My Eltham
• Annual General Meeting
• Guest Speaker
• Regional Conference
• Heritage Week
• Society Program

EDHS-NL_070 – January 1990

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Margo Kroyer-Pedersen: Questions and Answers on local fauna
• Annual General Meeting
• Other Matters

EDHS-NL_069 – November 1989

• Next meeting, Speaker Panel: Land Development in the Shire of Eltham
• November Meeting
• Recent Activities
• Eltham Community Festival
• Flavour of Eltham
• Other Things You Should Know

EDHS-NL_068 – September 1989

• Next meeting, Slide Evening: Bridges and Waterways of the Shire
• September Meeting
• Daylesford Bus Trip
• Genealogical Open Day
• Requests for Information
• Plenty Valley Community Radio
• Other Happenings

EDHS-NL_067 – July 1989

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Margo Kroyer-Pedersen: Questions and Answers on local fauna
• Return to Research-Saturday 19 August 1989
• Recent Activities
• Other Odds and Ends

EDHS-NL_066 – May 1989

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Duncan King-Smith: Listening to the Landscape
• May Meeting
• Eltham to Kinglake Excursion
• Annual General Meeting
• Subscriptions
• Research primary School Centenary
• Heritage week
• Walter Withers
• Other Brief Items

EDHS-NL_065 – March 1989

• Next meeting, Slides from our local collection
• Annual General Meeting
• Society Program
• Eltham Heritage Walk
• Oral History Project

EDHS-NL_064 – January 1989

• Next meeting, Discussion Evening
• February Meeting
• Annual General Meeting
• Recent Activities
• The Gavel and Stand (Gift from the Eltham Society)

EDHS-NL_063 – November 1988

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Khaye Brown: Getting started on your family tree
• November Meeting
• Eltham Community Festival
• Christmas Function
• Walter Withers Plaque
• Bicentennial Poem
• Recent Activities
• Other Brief Items

EDHS-NL_062 – September 1988

• Next meeting, Film Night
• September Meeting
• Spring Gardens Trip
• Other Forthcoming Activities
• Other Brief Items

EDHS-NL_061 – July 1988

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Sandy Atkinson: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
• Recent Activities
• Eltham Courthouse
• Other Society Activities

EDHS-NL_060 – May 1988

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Kevin Patterson: The Tall Ships
• May Meeting
• Society Excursion
• Annual General Meeting
• Subscriptions
• Workshop Meeting
• Other Brief Items

EDHS-NL_059 – March 1988

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Andrew Lemon: Researching the wreck of the ‘Cataraqui’
• Annual General Meeting Agenda
• Andrew Lemon
• Eltham England
• Bicentennial/Heritage Week Display
• Records/Research Workshops
• Society Program
• February Meeting

EDHS-NL_058 – January 1988

• Next meeting, Discussion Evening and Videos
• Recent Activities
• Other Brief Items

EDHS-NL_057 – November 1987

• Next meeting, guest speaker; David Cameron, Botanist: The significance of the Eltham area for nature conservation
• Eltham Community Festival
• November Meeting
• Churchill Island Trip
• Christmas Break-up
• Twentieth Anniversary Functions
• Other Brief Items

EDHS-NL_056 – September 1987

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Bruce Bence: Local fires and floods
• September Meeting
• Twentieth Anniversary Functions
• Eltham Community Festival
• Bronze Sculpture Project
• Australian Bicentenary 1988
• Recent Activities
• Other Brief Items

EDHS-NL_055 – July 1987

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Andrew Mackenzie: Walter Withers in Eltham
• Anniversary Dinner
• Display of Society Acquisitions
• Society Incorporation
• Society Book Collection
• Society 20^th Anniversary
• Australia’s Bi-Centenary – 1988
• Other Brief Items

EDHS-NL_054 – May 1987

• Special General Meeting – Society Incorporation
• Book Night featuring books on local historical subjects
• Annual General Meeting
• Subscriptions
• Society Twentieth Anniversary
• Other Brief Items

EDHS-NL_053 – March 1987

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Dr Charlie Fox: Boosters, Bodies and Buildings; Exhibitions and the public bath
• Annual General Meeting Agenda
• Guest Speaker
• Records/Research Workshops
• Melbourne City Excursion
• Heritage Week
• Society Program
• Society Incorporation
• Time Capsule Certificates

EDHS-NL_052 – January 1987

• Next meeting, guest speaker; John Handfield: You never know what’s around the corner
• Society Calendar
• Society Incorporation
• Other brief items

EDHS-NL_051 – November 1986

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Ann Thomas: The Yarra Track-Eltham to Woods Point
• Eltham Community Festival
• November Meeting
• Christmas Function
• Banner Project
• Recent Activities

EDHS-NL_050 – September 1986

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Caroline Phillips; Gulf Station, Yarra Glen
• Bus trip
• Society Banner project
• St Andrews Church
• Eltham Community Festival
• Montmorency
• Alistair Knox
• Other brief items

EDHS-NL_049 – July 1986

• Next meeting, Film Night featuring films on historic homesteads ad others of historical and local interest
• Society Banner project
• Society Logo

EDHS-NL_048 – May 1986

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Mrs Judith Harley: Bessie Wingrove – An Eltham character
• May meeting
• Society Banner project
• Montmorency, France
• Subscriptions
• Office Bearers 1986
• Geelong trip

EDHS-NL_047 – March 1986

• Next meeting, guest speaker, Arthur Howard: Yarra River history – “The rise and fall of Rudder Grange”
• Annual General Meeting
• Arthur Howard
• Records/Research workshops
• Society Banner project
• Geelong bus trip
• Heritage Week
• Society Calendar

EDHS-NL_046 – January 1986

• Next meeting, Discussion Evening: Hidden houses
• Recent activities
• Wellers Pub
• Annual General Meeting

EDHS-NL_045 – November 1985

• Next meeting; Discussion Evening: local personalities
• Eltham Community Festival
• Time Capsule ceremony
• November meeting
• Portsea bus trip
• Christmas breakup
• 150^th Anniversary projects
• Montmorency, France

EDHS-NL_044 – September 1985

• Next meeting, guest speaker, Cecile Glass: Montmorency, France
• Records and Research workshops
• 150^th Anniversary projects
• Eltham Community Festival
• Portsea bus trip

EDHS-NL_043 – July 1985

• Next meeting, Film Night featuring film on Alan Marshall and other subjects of local and historical interest
• Montmorency, France
• 150^th Anniversary events
• Society bus tour
• Records and research
• Other brief items
• Time Capsule – suggestions for contents

EDHS-NL_042 – May 1985

• Next meeting, Discussion Evening: Early Eltham businesses
• Office Bearers 1985
• Subscriptions
• 150^th Anniversary events
• Other recent events
• Eltham Arts Council

EDHS-NL_041 – March 1985

• Next meeting, guest speaker: Cliff Green; A dramatist’s approach to history.
• Annual General Meeting Agenda
• Cliff Green
• Victoria’s 150^th Anniversary
• Heritage Week

EDHS-NL_040 – January 1985

• Next meeting; Discussion Evening: Victoria’s 150^th celebrations and other forthcoming activities
• Public tour
• Other 150^th events
• Heritage Week
• Society trip
• Eltham Court House

EDHS-NL_039 – November 1984

• Next meeting, Film Night: Featuring films on Alan Marshall and other subjects of historical interest
• Eltham Community Festival
• Christmas Barbecue
• Maldon trip
• Victoria’s 150^th anniversary
• Eltham, New Zealand
• Victorian Register of Memorials

EDHS-NL_038 – September 1984

• Next meeting, Discussion Evening; “Montmorency – Some personal memories” led by Marjorie North (rescheduled)
• Maldon trip
• Victoria’s 150^th

EDHS-NL_037 – July 1984

• Next meeting, Discussion Evening; “Montmorency – Some personal memories” led by Marjorie North
• Slab cottage, Warrandyte
• Historic cottage revealed
• Recent activities
• Maldon trip

EDHS-NL_036 – May 1984

• Next meeting, Marjorie Motschall will speak on her book “Wildwood Days at Panton Hill”
• Office Bearers 1984
• Subscriptions
• Visit by Williamstown Historical Society
• Recent activities
• Victoria’s 150^th Anniversary

EDHS-NL_035 – March 1984

• Next meeting, guest speaker; Peter Cuffley: Cottage Gardens
• Annual General Meeting Agenda
• Peter Cuffley
• Society excursion
• Historical photo collection
• H.S.V. visit
• Book news
• Victoria’s 150^th

EDHS-NL_034 – January 1984

• Next meeting: Historical Records workshop
• Some historical characters
• Annual General Meeting
• Alan Marshall
• Wellers Pub
• Andrews School anniversary
• Sold out

EDHS-NL_033 – November 1983

• Next meeting, guest speaker, Griffin Bartlett: Early flour mills
• November meeting
• Christmas Barbecue
• St Andrews School anniversary
• Book release
• Etlham Community Festival
• Coolart trip
• H.S.V. visit to Eltham

EDHS-NL_032 – September 1983

• Next meeting; Film Night featuring “The Prize” filmed in Eltham in 1959
• September meeting
• Excursion to “Coolart”
• Eltham Community Festival
• New local history publication

EDHS-NL_031 – July 1983

• Next meeting guest speaker, Jack McLean: The Hurstbridge Line; a brief history
• Falkiner Cottage, Ely Street, Eltham
• Subscriptions
• Hurstbridge Bank Building
• St Andrews School – 125^th Anniversary
• Kinglake National Park
• New Committee member
• “Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land”

EDHS-NL_030 – May 1983

• Next meeting; Discussion evening led by Russell Yeoman; Our local heritage – places to visit
• Annual General Meeting
• Subscriptions
• Falkiner Cottage – Ely Street
• Literary Guide to Australia
• Kyneton trip by Bettina Woodburn

EDHS-NL_029 – March 1983

• Annual General Meeting Agenda
• “Should tress have standing?”
• Kyneton trip
• Heritage Week
• Significant trees
• Eltham Lower Park

EDHS-NL_028 – January 1983

• Next meeting – Book reviews
• Annual General Meeting
• Kyneton trip
• Donations to the Society
• Falkiner House, Ely Street
• Yarra Valley Metropolitan Park

EDHS-NL_027 – November 1982

• November meeting – Film night: featuring Dr. Donald Thomson’s films of Central Australian Aboriginal tribal life
• Christmas break-up
• Eltham Community Festival
• “Healesville – History in the hills”

EDHS-NL_026 – September 1982

• Next meeting – “Something for everyone”
• Membership cards
• Kangaroo Ground Presbyterian Church
• Former Falkiner Cottage
• Requests for information
  • Victorian Mounted Rifles
  • The Status of Rivers
• Victoria’s 150^th Anniversary

EDHS-NL_025 – July 1982

• Next meeting – Examination and collation of historical photographs
• Former Falkiner Cottage
• Other Council matters
  • Former Lands Department building
  • Development of Council Pound site
  • Maroondah Aqueduct

EDHS-NL_024 – May 1982

• Next meeting – Film night: Featuring Board of Works films of local and historical interest
• Subscriptions
• Annual General Meeting
• Williamstown trip
• Former Falkiner House, Ely Street, Eltham

EDHS-NL_023 – March 1982

• Annual General Meeting
• Panel Discussion: “The Eltham Landscape”
• Williamstown trip
• Shillinglaw Cottage – an interim report

EDHS-NL_022 – January 1982

• Next meeting – Discussion evening
• Annual General Meeting
• Williamstown visit
• Procession Award

EDHS-NL_021 – November 1981

• Next meeting – Guest speaker Eric Harmer: Eltham, 1918-1981
• Christmas Barbecue
• Eltham Community Festival
• The Eltham and Hurstbridge railway line

EDHS-NL_020 – September 1981

• Next meeting – The Smiths and other pioneer families of Smiths Gully
• Eltham Community Festival
• Park name assigned
• Yarra Glen Historical Society
• Diamond Valley News
• The Shire of Eltham – a perspective

EDHS-NL_019 – July 1981

• Next meeting – Discussion evening – Early history of Kangaroo Ground
• Former Eltham Police Station
• Subscriptions
• Horse-0driven threshing machines, Kangaroo Ground

EDHS-NL_018 – May 1981

• Next meeting: Film Night – Films of local interest featuring Bill Wadeson’s “Allwood”
• Office Bearers 1981
• Subscriptions
• Proposed Williamstown visit
• A noteworthy death
• Recent events

EDHS-NL_017 – March 1981

• Annual General Meeting
• Discussion Panel – “Eltham Remembered”
• Heritage Week 23^rd – 29^th March 1981
• Maroondah Aqueduct tour

EDHS-NL_016 – January 1981

• Next meeting
• Annual General Meeting
• The Shire of Eltham Brass Band

EDHS-NL_015 – November 1980

• Next meeting: Lucky Dip – Examination of Council historical records
• Werribee Park excursion
• Eltham Community Festival
• Yarra Valley Metropolitan Park

EDHS-NL_014 – September 1980

• Gold fever with Nicholas Pelling
• Eltham Community Festival
• “Landscape”
• Donation to the Society
• The Diamond Valley Story
• Old cottage, Ely Street
• Kinglake Primary School No. 2188, 1879-1979; A centenary history

EDHS-NL_013 – July 1980

• Local Plenty Monastery – inspection
• Meeting venue
• Society Office Bearers
• Recent activities
• Subscriptions
• Information required
• Library reference sources
• Diamond Creek Basin Study
• Donations to the Society
• Committee meeting

EDHS-NL_012 – May 1980

• Society excursion Sunday 25^th May
• Membership drive
• Office Bearers 1980 – Notice of Special Meeting
• Subscriptions
• Peter Bassett-Smith
• Diamond Valley Story

EDHS-NL_011 –  March 1980

• Annual General Meeting Agenda
• A decade of history – some impressions of Eltham in the 1970s
• Eltham, England
• Nillumbik Historical Society

EDHS-NL_010 – January 1980

• February meeting
• Annual General Meeting
• St Margaret’s Church
• Historic Buildings Preservation Council
• Combined Historic Buildings Register

EDHS-NL_009 – November 1979

• November meeting
• Christmas function – Banyule Gallery
• Visit to Kerang
• Heraldry
• Early Eltham cottage, Ely Street
• Recent events
• Committee meeting

EDHS-NL_008 – September 1979

• September meeting
• Eltham Community Festival
• Old Bakery
• Preservation of historical buildings
• Research notes

EDHS-NL_007 – July 1979

• July meeting
• Eltham Community Festival
• Pioneers and Painters
• I. Turvey
• The National Estate

EDHS-NL_006 – May 1979

• May meeting
• Office Bearers
• Subscriptions
• Early settler’s house, Ely Street
• Eltham Community Festival

EDHS-NL_005 – March 1979

• Annual General Meeting
• Early land sale documents
• Recent activities
• Recognition of pioneers and local people
• Society speakers
• Committee meeting

EDHS-NL_004 – November 1978

• Next meeting
• Other coming events
  • Eltham Living Forum
  • Historical Exhibition
  • Smiths Gully Excursion
  • Committee meeting
  • Next year
• Early Eltham house, Ely Street
• Kinglake National Park
• Kangaroo Ground School
• Pioneers and Painters
• Railway Trestle Bridge, Eltham
• Local History Series
• Yemmerrawannie

EDHS-NL_003 – September 1978

• September meeting
• Society excursion – Folk and Old Trades Museum
• Recent activities
• Eltham Community Festival
• Local newspapers
• Some very local history
• History of Montmorency
• New members
• A brief history of the Bonds Road area, Lower Plenty

EDHS-NL_002 – July 1978

• Next meeting
• Kangaroo Ground Presbyterian Church
• Research notes
• Henry Dendy
• May Meeting – Tour of historic buildings, etc
• Subscriptions
• The importance of old papers
• Eltham Community Festival
• Coming events

EDHS-NL_001 – May 1978

• Newsletter format
• May meeting
• Office Bearers 1978
• Subscriptions
• Community Centre opening
• ‘Back to Eltham’
• Kinglake National Park