Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service - Eltham Library
Library in Nillumbik

Check out our release First your family history tip sheet and list of resource guides. Get a Library Card The library is a vast store to connect! Loading fruit for market, King lake (Shire of Eltham Pioneer Photograph collection). Search our Image Collection of historic and contemporary images and more. Check out our list of local resource guides. It covers the time span from customary Aboriginal occupation and hasty European settlement through to the hasty twenty beginning century. It includes a abundant amount of material relevant to the give City of Banyule and Shire of Nillumbik. The Collection of approximately 300 items includes a range of printed materials including the Diamond Valley Leader from 1964. Main themes represented in the collection include: Early settlers, development of local townships and communities Local institutions and organizations schools, hospitals, churches, sports clubs Urban development and housing, including the development and construction of shopping center and other community facilities. The focus of the collection is the Shire of Nillumbik, but it is primarily on the area covered by the preceding Shire of Eltham, including King lake and portion of the offer City of Banyule. The collection covers the time span from traditional Aboriginal occupation and hasty European settlement, through to the early twenty beginning century. The collection of approximately 300 items includes a range of print materials, and also the literature of author and local resident Alan Marshall. Main themes represented in the collection: Hasty settlers, development of local townships and communities. The Community Portrait collection includes documents, maps, plans, photographs, portraits, certificates relating to the past Shire and City of Whittlesea Council, its residents and places including local churches, properties, transport and oral histories. Establishment and maintenance of Can Bean water supply system. Multicultural communities, including the early German community at Westgarthtown Planning issues of recent and vogue urban development, including impact on environment, and the provision of services.