Yarra Plenty Region Forum

The Next Yarra Plenty Region Heritage Forum will be hosted by Yarrambat Historical Society on Tuesday June 26 10.30 am - 12.30 pm.
This initiative which came out of the Local history and family history strategy has prooved to be very successful. Two representatives from each local history group plus some individuals are invited to come together and share news etc. Partnerships are being developed and strenthened as a result.
This Forum will include Katelyn Stanyer from the City of Whittlesea who will speak briefly about the Whittlesea Heritage Program (14 events of which YPRL are hosting).
Stephen Moschner from the Shire of Nillumbik will speak about the very recently published updated "Hertiage Nillumbik" flyer.

Montsalvat

New books about Montsalvat and its founder Justus Jorgensen have been added to the Local History collection at Eltham. These include:

Montsalvat Guide: a guide to the place and its founder by Michael Jorgensen
Justus Jorgensen: conversations and a memoir by Jenny Teichman
More Hats: men in hats enhanced: memories from a childhood growing up in the 1930s and 1940s by Michael Jorgensen.

East Ivanhoe Uniting Church history

A new addition kindly donated recently to the local history collection at Ivanhoe library is a little different to the traditional church histories we have in the collection. Through many coloured glass: a history of the stained glass windows in the East Ivanhoe Uniting Church Heidelberg-East Ivanhoe Parish, stories collected and edited by Stephanie Berry offers a glimpse into the history behind the windows and the people of the Parish who supported and are represented by the windows. The newly published work is illustrated with coloured photographs of the beautiful stained glass windows.