Diamond Creek District articles

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The Nillumbik Shire Council website has a page dedicated to our Local History where you can find details and links for local history societies and groups, reconciliation group and others, plus the interactive Nillumbik Heritage Guide. Click on any highlighted words or add this link to a browser www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au/Council/About-the-Shire/Local-history

In April 1885, residents from Diamond Creek District met at the Literary Institute to discuss the establishment of a District Rifle Company. Mr. E.M. Bill, schoolmaster of Nillumbik State School, chaired the meeting and read a letter from the Minister of Defence, that urged residents not to be behind other districts in showing their willingness […]

The 1891 Women’s Suffrage Petition   A momentous event for the women of Victoria took place in 1891 and 21 ladies form Diamond Creek contributed to it. Throughout 1891 a small but dedicated group of women took to the streets of Melbourne and across Victoria, travelling by train and foot, to collect signatures for the […]

The Godber family were early Diamond Creek settlers, first recorded in the district in the 1850’s. Two sons and a daughter of Job and Mary Godber were living in Diamond Creek and had married into local families during the late 1850’s and early 1860’s. Rosamond Godber married William Wilson, who had been in the district […]

William Gray – Allwood Upper Diamond Creek   William Gray, who married Frances Hurst, added cider making to his business growing, selling and exporting fruit trees at “Allwood” Upper Diamond Creek after using the shared government plant of cider making equipment in 1905. William’s brother Owen produced cider at their parent’s property “Cleir Hills’ Back […]

November 1888-January 1889 – A Band is Formed   A public meeting was held on Monday, 8th November 1888 to take steps to start a brass band at Nillumbik. It was convened by Thomas Collins and reports of the meeting show the interest from the local community with twenty-six men agreeing to join the proposed […]