In 2022, the Bendigo Bank Doncaster East Community Bank Branch office was refurbished. Carly Kluge, from the Community Bank sought assistance from Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society and Ben Frawley for images to create a mural behind the tellers depicting life in the area. The mural displayed in the bank was put together from these images by Ray Burtt, a Member of the Inverloch Historical Society
2. Westfield Doncaster 1976 Main entrance and tower of Doncaster Shoppingtown facing Williamsons Road. DP0114
3. View from Shoppingtown 1971: Taken from the Westfield Shoppingtown tower looking south over the intersection of Doncaster and Williamsons Roads. Palm trees are a feature of the margin of Williamsons Road. Old buildings shown are: the Primary Producers bank at the corner of Doncaster Road and Carnarvon Street; Laurie Smith's house in Elgar Court; The Model Dairy draught horses at the south-east corner of Doncaster and Tram Roads. DP0111
4. Doncaster District Brass Band 1920: The band played on Sunday afternoons at Federal Park, at the rear of the Doncaster Primary School. The musicians include Alf Petty, Fred Tolly junior, Harrold Smith, Ralph Corbett, Ernie Aumann, Archie Crouch, Jack Hewish, J. Smith, Horrie Corbett, Mr Plunkett [Band Master], Fred Tolly senior, Ted Bienvenue, Roy Tully, and Philip Tolly. DP0106
5. Central Doncaster Shops 1992 opposite the fountain. Built on the site of the old Doncaster Post Office. DP0140
6. Doncaster Tower and Tower Hotel c1910: The hotel was built in 1895 to replace the original hotel building that was destroyed by fire. The 285 feet high tower was built in 1879. Just below the first landing of the tower is a sign advertising Latham's Prize Ales. DP0170
7. Serpell's corner store 1911 at the north-east corner of Doncaster and Williamsons Road. Built 1890, this two-storey polychromatic brick building became known as White's Corner in the 1940s. The verandah roof is painted with the current tenant's name, Wilkins the Si----. The Doncaster Tower is in the background on the right. Telegraph poles adjacent to the store. DP0009
8. New Shire Hall, and council offices, Doncaster c1957 post card. DP0167
9. Park Orchards Chalet 1980. Formerly the club house of the Park Orchards Country Club,in Park Road. It was built in the 'Spanish Mission' style in 1929. DP0072
10. East Doncaster Store 1958. Mr and Mrs Charlie Dixon's store, was opposite the East Doncaster Primary School in Blackburn Road. It was built by Mr Sykes and run by Mrs Sykes. DP0601
11. East Doncaster Cricket Club Members 1922 in their cricket whites outside the clubrooms. A handwritten note gives details: Back row standing from left: Umpire Frank Rhodes, Sam Maggs, Jim McKinley, Tighe, E White, Eric Sloan, Tom Buck, Jack Snell, George McKinley, Harry Zerbe, Charlie Uebergang. Smoking umpire unknown. Front Row seated from left: Aubery Johnson, George Speers, Joe Finger, Ted Johnson. Standing with hat Bill Duxon. DP0607
12. Shopping Centre, Doncaster between 1956 and 1966. Post Card.
13. Box Hill to Doncaster Tram 1890s. Poster advertising outings to the Doncaster Tower by means of the train from Prince's Bridge Station to Box Hill and thence by tram to Doncaster. DP0175
14. Templestowe Primary School 1974. DP0830
15. Doncaster East School 2096. Grades 5-8 1935. Top/Back Row: 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-Jim Wright, 6- Upper Middle Row: 1-Grace Wright, 2-Edith Burrows, 3-, 4-Betty White, 5-Joan Sell, 6-Betty Maggs, 7-Ruby Wright, 8-June Ireland, 9-Kath Schafter, 10-Alice White?, 11-Val McKenzie. Lower Middle Row: 1-Rosemary Crouch, 2-June Mahoney, 3-Beryl Craig, 4-Joyce Sell, 5-Gwen Snell, 6-Beth Ireland, 7-Margaret Beavis, 8-Evelyn Sell, 9-Lilian Ancona, 10-Marie Herdersyde, 11-Evelyn Schafter. Kneeling Row: 1-, 2-, 3-Alan Mays, 4-, 5-Beavis, 6-, 7-Russell White, 8-Frank White, 9- Front Squat Row: 1-, 2-Harry Neal, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7- Donated by family of Albert & Edith Sell
16. Holy Trinity Church, Doncaster 1971 after the additions. DP0097
17. South Eastern freeway looking east from Punt Rd overpass.
18. Tower Hotel built in 1881 by Alfred Hummel. The building on the right contained bedrooms and a large entertainment room. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1895 and a new brick hotel built in front of the guest accommodation. DP0156
19. Opening day arrival at Doncaster Terminus, 14 October 1889 of the first electric tram in Australia. Arthur Arnott is at the controls, Thomas Draper and William Masters are on the running boards to his left and right, Benjamin J. Fink, with hands clasped, is standing halfway along the side of the car, and William Meader, the company Chairman, is third from the right. In the background is Edward Gallus' farm. Made its last trip January 6th, 1896. DP0751
20. Doncaster Doncaster Aquarena and Aquatic Centre Swimming Pool c1970. Opened in 1970. DP0060
21. Templestowe Swimming Team. Head Master, Mr Dyson. School swimming races were held in Fred Zerbe's large dam in George Street, East Doncaster until the pool at East Doncaster Primary School was built in 1927. DP0388
22. Walter Neal's bootmaker's shop 1919. Walter Neal's bootmakers shop and residence, Doncaster Road, with kerosene street lamp outside. The double-gable house and shop were built in the 1890s and were demolished in the 1960s. DP0757
23. E. S. & A. Bank in Doncaster Road. The centre section was built for Max Schramm as a home and school in 1864. About 1872, it was purchased by the Education Department for use solely as the Doncaster Primary School. About 1887 the new school was built nearby and the old school was sold to the bank. In 1909 the Bank added a timber banking chamber to the front and a residence at the rear. A picket fence marks the boundary line along Doncaster Road. DP0127
24. City of Doncaster & Templestowe Proclaimed on 28 Feb 1967. Commemorative Coin Medallion
25. Doncaster looking towards Box Hill 1920. Elgar and Tram Roads met at a point at Doncaster Road. Showing the former tram shelter and refreshment room (then used as a private dwelling), a horse-drawn fruit wagon in foreground, and a power pole in Tram Road. The refreshment rooms were built by Edward A. Gallus during the period of the ill-fated Box Hill to Doncaster electric tramway. On the east side of Elgar Road can be seen the residences of William Behrens, and Ernest Hanke, while on the west side at the corner of Wilsons Road is the residence of Ernest Wittig. The photo was taken from an upstairs window of Richard Serpell's corner shop. DP0034
26. Mr Oswald H. Smith's garage and engineering works, Doncaster Road c1930. DP0798
27. Tennis pavilion and players of the Templestowe Tennis Club c1920. Location later used as a bowling green. Mr Searby, the Head Master of Templestowe Primary School (1914-1928), is the elderly gentleman at the back, and Miss Dora Bogle is the young lady at the left hand end of the front row with the hat. Olive Williamson and Isabel Margaret ['Girlie'] Williamson are 2nd and 3rd from the left hand end of the front row. Dora Bogle's sister Gladys is front row fourth from the left hand end. Ted Sheahan, who was a carpenter, built the tennis pavilion as his first job after his return from military duties during WW1. Ted Sheahan is in the back row, third from the left, between the two ladies wearing hats. It is believed the photo was taken on the opening of the pavilion in 1920. DP0529
28. Fordson tractor Ploughing ground at Templestowe. The man is Bert Uebergang. DP0433
29. Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria 1934. Thiele. Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria. This is to certify that Everard Thiele Esq was an exhibitor at the Melbourne Centenary Royal Show which was officially opened by H R H The Duke of Gloucester on 19th October 1934
30. Doncaster hotel 1905. A large number of men, women and children, all dressed in their best clothes, assembled in front of Stutt's Doncaster Hotel, corner of Main [now Doncaster] Road and Bismarck [now Victoria] Street, Doncaster. Probably, dinner held in the hotel following the opening of the Government Cool Stores on Thursday 16 March 1905. The men are wearing small shields pinned to their coats. There is a large lantern mounted on the wall near the entrance to the bar [presumably], and painted over the door are the words W. Stutt, Licensed Victualler. The building is the oldest part of the hotel, and the photo clearly shows the slated roof and the three chimneys. At the left is the function room which was added later. DP1122
31. Park Orchards Golf Course. A group of golfers at the Park Orchards golf course. William Domeney, the caretaker of the club, is on the left. DP0378
32. Doncaster Post Office 1907 during the time of Mr E. J. Symons. The building was built by Joseph Pickering in 1866. Mr Symons became post master in 1907. DP0130
33. Victorian Railways horse-drawn coach/ bus 1886 resting outside the Morning Star Hotel, Doncaster Road near Koonung Creek. Driver in driver's seat with passenger alongside. Coach is drawn by two horses. Lamp prominent in front of hotel. Caption states bus is thought to have run from the Kew Post Office to the Doncaster Hotel (corner Doncaster Road and Victoria Street. DP0042
Individual Photos:
1. Doncaster Bicycle Riders: Wilfred Crouch and brother Ethelbert in racing togs and racing bikes at the Crouch orchard in Williamsons Road, Doncaster. DP0298
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9. Park Orchards Chalet 1980. Formerly the club house of the Park Orchards Country Club,in Park Road. It was built in the 'Spanish Mission' style in 1929. DP0072
27. Tennis pavilion and players of the Templestowe Tennis Club c1920. Location later used as a bowling green. Mr Searby, the Head Master of Templestowe Primary School (1914-1928), is the elderly gentleman at the back, and Miss Dora Bogle is the young lady at the left hand end of the front row with the hat. Olive Williamson and Isabel Margaret ['Girlie'] Williamson are 2nd and 3rd from the left hand end of the front row. Dora Bogle's sister Gladys is front row fourth from the left hand end. Ted Sheahan, who was a carpenter, built the tennis pavilion as his first job after his return from military duties during WW1. Ted Sheahan is in the back row, third from the left, between the two ladies wearing hats. It is believed the photo was taken on the opening of the pavilion in 1920. DP0529
32. Doncaster Post Office 1907 during the time of Mr E. J. Symons. The building was built by Joseph Pickering in 1866. Mr Symons became post master in 1907. DP0130
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