Lalor’s remarkable history as a housing co-operative has been brought vividly to life by Australian National University academic Moira Scollay in a new book entitled Lalor: The Peter Lalor Home Building Co-operative 1946-2012. Faced with a chronic housing shortage, returned serviceman from the Australian Army Pay Corps set up a building co-operative in 1946 to help young families fulfil their dreams of home ownership. “Returned . . . more »

Join the Eltham District Historical Society for a heritage excursion Saturday March 3rd. Meet at 2.00 pm a tthe Local History Centre, 728 Main Road, Eltham. The Eltham Gateway is the name adopted for the section of Main Road Eltham leading from the roundabout at Fitzsimons Lane to the Eltham town centre. The name has its origin in a 1987 planning report for Eltham Shire . . . more »

As Australia remembers the 3rd anniversary of Black Saturday today - Eltham Library will present Kinglake 350 author Adrian Hyland in conversation with Arnold Zable on Tuesday 14 February at 7.00pm Kinglake 350 is a very readable story of what took place in the Kinglake community on Black Saturday through the eyes of local policeman Roger Wood. If you want to know what actually happened . . . more »