LAUNCH OF T.G. NEWTON COLLECTION EXHIBITION
The latest exhibition curated by History Monash Inc features the collection of T.G. Newton & Co., a prominent real estate agency in the Oakleigh region. This company had its origins in an earlier real estate agency in Oakleigh offering land subdivisions in and around the area for sale from 1875.
HEALING THE HEARTBREAK STREETS
The “Heartbreak Streets” was the name popularly given to newly-opened sub-divisions in post-World War 2 Melbourne and at the time applied to areas of north and south Oakleigh and Clayton. They were called this because of the dearth of amenities in these areas, such as unmade roads and lack of
VISIT BY PROBUS CLUB TO “OUT OF THE ARCHIVES” EXHIBITION
Mount Waverley Combined Probus Club visited History Monash Inc on 13 May 2025 to view the “Out of the Archives” exhibition. Visitors were particularly interested in the collection of old school readers and arithmetic books, many of which they had used as children. HM President Edda Williams spoke to the
EATON MALL
Eaton Mall has undergone radical changes throughout its history, not without accompanying controversy, but today it is the street by which Oakleigh is best known across Melbourne. Eaton Mall has become the heart of Greek café culture in Oakleigh and it now resembles an Australian variant of the Greek village