A sample from our "Relections of Diamond Valley" photo collection at Diamond Valley Library. We have a series of photos showing the Diamond Creek in flood in 1985, this from the Allandale Bridge, Diamond Creek. There is a lot more urban development in this area now. . . . more »

The newly formed Greensborough Historical Society Inc. present an historic walk in Greensborough. Join Dennis Ward & Noel Withers at 1pm on Saturday 19th June Poulter Avenue Greensborough opposite the station for 2 hours or so. Learn about our pioneer families, where they lived and what they got up to. Limit to 30 people so please book in on 9435 4513

Ivanhoe and Diamond Valley libraries are currently displaying a large map of the County of Bourke in 1866. Bring your magnifying glass to read actual names on this map of pioneer settlers to Victoria. Red more about the County of Bourke

The next heritage walk organised by Eltham District Historical Society is on Saturday 3rd July will visit Edendale Farm and nearby areas of interest. It will start from the Edendale car park in Gastons Road at 2pm and will take about two hours. Gastons Road runs off Wattletree Road between the Eltham North bridge and the railway crossing (Melway ref. 22 A2) Edendale Farm now . . . more »

More than 35 festivals, events, tours and activities are included in the Whittlesea Cultural Heritage Program that runs from June until November. Yarra Plenty Regional Library is a partner in the program and is hosting a number of events. Highlights of the program include an heirloom and antique discovery day, family history research day, multicultural food fest, public art and heritage tour, photo preservation workshop, . . . more »

A new memoir has been added to the local history collection in Ivanhoe Library. A Tribe of Angels: coming of age in Melbourne by Russell Beedles is an "evocation of daily life in Melbourne during the 1940s and 1950s". Part one of this autobiographical memoir centres on his childhood in Ivanhoe. Photos from the Beedles Family collection living in Ivanhoe are in the collection of . . . more »

Andrew Lemon, author of "Australian Horse Racing" and President of the RHSV will introduce well known local author Mick Woiwod at Eltham Library Community Gallery, Panther Place, Eltham on Sunday 18th July at 2.00 pm, when Mr Woiwod will talk about his new book The Christmas Hills Story or Once around the Sugarloaf 11. Hear how the first farmers faced the forest with axe and . . . more »

The Next meeting of the Heidelberg Historical Society is a talk entititled Finding Fairy Hills: Using local records for Historical Research by Susan Reidy on Tuesday 8th June 2010, 8pm Uniting Church Community Centre, Seddon St, Ivanhoe. Fairy Hills is a small residential place in the south-western corner of Ivanhoe. The name referes to just a few streets above the junction of the Yarra River . . . more »

Does your local history group need some extra funding? Each year, Shire of Nillumbik (and other councils) awards grants to sports, arts and cultural, youth and volunteer groups that want to plan and develop new programs for people living, working or playing in the Shire, and to budding athletes who compete at state level, or above. To help applicants apply for grant submissions, an information . . . more »

2010 is the 175th anniversary of the founding of Melbourne, the first European settlement in what became the State of Victoria. The Victoria 175 History Grants provides grants of up to $12,000 to community organisations to preserve and commemorate the origins and founding stories of Victoria's many and diverse communities.

Richard Ellender maintains a great blog of beautiful photographs he takes in and Around Eltham. . . . more »

The Whittlesea RSL has received funding to restore the Whittlesea War Memorial.