150 years of Ellis Cottage

Nillumbik Historical Society are celebrating 150 years of Ellis Cottage, Diamond Creek on Sunday 22 March 2015 1pm to 4pm

 

A Guest speaker at 2PM is Associate Professor Don Garden

President of the RHSV on “Melbourne 150 years”

 

Afternoon tea will be provided

 

Ellis Cottage is at 10 Nillumbik Square Diamond Creek

There is off street car parking by entering Memory Lane from Main-Hurstbridge Road, Diamond Creek opposite the Nillumbik Nursery.     Melways Ref:  12 F 5

All welcome.

Alan Sartori exhibition

Nillumbik Historical Society will this weekend host an exhibition of paintings from the late local artist Alan Sartori.

Mr Sartori passed away in August 2007 and was a local resident of Diamond Creek and prior to that Greensborough. He enjoyed painting the landscape of where he lived and beyond painting all over Victoria and New South Wales. His paintings are held in collections in every Australian state as well as internationally.

You can also visit the new display of chainsaw sculpture done by Rob Bast depicting a miner. This has been carved into an Elm tree which was more than 100 years old. The Elm had been removed from the Main Road in Diamond Creek to make way for a set of traffic lights.

Ellis Cottage was built of local stone in 1864. The heated Barn which also houses many historic artifacts and photos of the area is a nice place to have a cup of tea or coffee with cake.

The exhibition will be held at
Ellis Cottage,
Hurstbridge Road,
Diamond Creek

August 15 and 16 2009
11.00am – 5.30 pm