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Diamond Creek’s Hoodoo Level Crossing
This photo in the Nillumbik Historical Society collection of the level crossing at Diamond Creek was taken about 1920. It shows the road behind towards the ovals and bridges and it can clearly be seen that the road alignment is similar to today. The ‘dogleg’ in the road at the crossing has always been there […]
Looking down Chute Street in Diamond Creek around 1915
This historic photo is in the collection of the Nillumbik Historical Society. Taken from paddocks below Collins Street some time around 1915, it shows how much the village of Diamond Creek has evolved. The original Royal Mail Hotel, licensed to William Inglis in 1867, was located on the corner of Inglis and Chute Streets. It […]
The Pub with Three Names – Evelyn Arms – Halfway House – Tunnel Camp
The building that was on the road to Greensborough had three names during its sixty year history, each relating to a particular period of its operation and although it was outside the township boundary it was Diamond Creek’s first pub. It was first licensed as the Evelyn Arms Hotel to Isaac Hawkins on 31st January, […]