The next walk of the Eltham District Historical Society is a walk to "Killeavey" “Killeavey” was the home of Sir William Irvine, Victorian and Federal Parliamentarian and Supreme Court Judge. Later it was the home of his daughter Beatrice Morrison, a significant personality in the Eltham community. The original house was destroyed by fire and its replacement has been demolished by Parks Victoria. The site . . . more »

The Victorian Veterans Virtual Museum has recently been launched. This website contains a number of new resources including: Victorian War Heritage Inventory The Victorian War Heritage Inventory was developed in partnership with Heritage Victoria. It is a searchable online database containing information and images of places relating to Victoria’s war history including war memorials, avenues of honour, places of commemoration and former defence sites. Users . . . more »

On August 17, 1971, the Premier of Victoria - The Hon. R. J. Hamer opened the original Eltham Library in Main Road Eltham. The Library formed part of the Shire of Eltham Shire Offices building. That building has since been demolished and Eltham’s current library building was built in 1994. The photograph above shows Librarian - Miss Jean Truebridge and Cr. G. C. Dreverman with . . . more »

Ev Hales – A Work in Progress “When I decided to write this book I wanted to create something I would like to read. I wanted the book to have my voice as well as my images. What has evolved is something quite unexpected. I did’nt expect to learn about myself from this project…” Few books are written by the artist about why they . . . more »

The National Library of Australia is pleased to announce the newspapers that are scheduled to be digitised through the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program over the coming year: Through Trove, the national resource discovery service, there is free online access to over 5 million pages from over 130 Australian newspapers. All of the digitised newspapers are fully text-searchable and users can enrich and enhance the data . . . more »

Sunday 28 August, 10am – 4pm Celebrate local heritage, environment and community - Celebrate our early rail history as spring approaches and the wattle blooms in the quaint township of Hurstbridge in the Shire of Nillumbik. Ride the old K-class steam train or Cobb & Co horse drawn coach, see displays of vintage cars and local history, enjoy food and wine, art and craft, family . . . more »