Eltham Pioneers Collection

Photo: SEPP_0049 Loading fruit for market, Kinglake (Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph collection)

Eltham District Historical Society kicks off its 2015 program of events on Wednesday 11 February highlighting photos from the Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph collection.  This collection of over 400 photos in total includes a large geographic area extending from Kinglake to Lower Plenty.

It is hoped that interested audience members will share their own memories, recollections and further insight about the photos that will be shown.  All welcome.

EDHS meets at the Eltham Senior Citizen’s Centre, Library Place, Eltham.  Wednesday 11 February at 7.30 pm.

Local pioneers listed on newly digitised records

The passenger list of the 1839 voyage of "David Clark" has been digitised as part of a pilot program at the State Records of NSW. Many of these passsengers settled in the Kangaroo Ground area, including the Bell family of Gulf Station, Yarra Glen.

State Records of NSW have released part of a pilot project to digitise the microfilm copies of the Persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists), 1838-96; Persons on bounty ships arriving at Port Phillip, 1839-51,and Germans on bounty ships, 1849-52.

Scroll through the digital copies of these lists, ship by ship, just as you would if you were going through a microfilm in the reading rooms. Please note however, that these digital copies are being provided as reference copies only.

State Records of NSW welcome feedback.