Congratulations to the newly formed Greensborough Historical Society. Though not wanting to put boundaries on history it is envisaged that the society would cover Greensborough, Briar Hill, St Helena, Watsonia and parts of Bundoora.

Eltham District Historical Society will conduct a heritage walk on Saturday 1st May. It will follow the boundaries of the original Shillinglaw Farm in central Eltham. This will be a short walk with a large number of stops to look at early photos and maps of the farm. It will start at 2.pm in Panther Place outside the Eltham Library (Melway Ref. 21 J5). The . . . more »

Whittlesea Historical Society cordially invites you to a talk by Lindsay Mann entiteld "Tales of Old Melbourne Town!" Wednesday 14 April 2010 at 8 pm Christ Church Hall, Wallan Road, Whittlesea (behind the Church) What was Melbourne first called? Not what you might think. Which official had to beg, for a departmental dunny door? Where was Melbourne's magnificent manure heap situated? Which condemned men rode . . . more »

A Bring back the Eltham Barrel group is on Facebook. Join it here The Eltham Barrel resturant was situated in Main Road, Eltham. There are photos in the collection at the State Library of Victoria but unfortunately we do not have any here at Yarra Plenty. A recent listings in the local real estate pages describes Natalie Mews, Eltham. "Old-timers might scratch their heads and . . . more »

David Weatherill will be speaking on 'Victorian Local Cemeteries' at the April meeting of the Heidelberg Historical Society on Tuesday 13th April 2010 at 8.00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Uniting Church Community Centre, Seddon Street Ivanhoe and visitors are very welcome.

Over a year later images of Black Saturday still have an impact. Visit Black Saturday : photos from St Andrews to view photos. A huge Bushfires collection on Flickr has a lot to explore. A media release from the State Government today announces communities will share in more funding from the Bushfire Appeal Fund. Projects that have been approved includes one out of Whittlesea with . . . more »