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Eltham
Art and Culture
Montsalvat
constructed by Horrie Judd
1930s
by mud brick and stone
Medieval Style
Walter Withers
'The Colonel'
painted The return from the harvest
History
Indigenous custodians
Wurundjeri-Willam clan
region "Nillumbik"
shallow earth
Joseph Tice Gellibrand
1st European
Gold
1851
55 vineyards of the Yarra Valley
Eltham Barrel
Built in 1960s
Burnt down by arson in 1989
Geography and Nature
farm and parkland
Melbourne's green wedge
endangered species
Charming and the Rosella Spider Orchids
the Powerful Owl and Masked Owl
the Eltham Copper butterfly
20 km from CBD
Laughing Waters park
bushland
named after the sound of the kookaburras and water running over rocks
Community and Social Services
mud brick community centre
In 1988 by Alistair Knox
Eltham Library
designed by Greg Burgess
mud brick and recycled timbers
RAIA Institutional Architecture Award 1995
Diamond Valley Railway
largest ridable miniature railway in Australia
Eltham Farmers Market
Eltham Trestle Bridge
built in 1902
timber-pier and timber-beam construction
longest curved wooden bridge for commuter railway in the southern hemisphere.
Still in regular use
