As gold supplies dwindled, industry diversified, and orchards and vineyards were established. Today Eltham is the gateway to the more than 55 vineyards of the Yarra Valley.
Eltham's natural beauty has inspired the works of artists since the Heidelberg School. The landscape painter Walter Withers , nicknamed 'The Colonel', took advantage of the opening of the railway to move to Eltham where he painted The return from the harvest. From painter William 'Jock' Frater and cartoonist Percy Leason often camped and painted in the area. Clara Southern and May Vale, landscape painters and students of Frederick McCubbin, settled in the region, Vale residing at Diamond Creek and Southern at Warrandyte, where an artistic community developed.
Artist Max Meldrum arrived in Eltham in Built mainly from mud brick and stone, the complex remains an important space for visual and performing arts. Montsalvat was constructed by Horrie Judd who in the s had moved into Eltham's oldest earth building, dating back to He built many mud brick houses in the area after environmental builder Alistair Knox persuaded the Eltham Council to approve earth building in In Knox was responsible for Australia's first mud brick community centre in Eltham.
The library sits in the riverside park that is dedicated to Alistair Knox, adjacent to Shillinglaw Cottage and one of the few remaining timber railway trestle bridges c. Students are reminded of the link with our missionary background via the House System — the Houses are named after four men who devoted their lives to their work as missionaries: David Livingstone and Robert Moffat in Africa, William Carey in India and James Chalmers in Papua New Guinea.
The chapel remains an important symbol of our heritage. It is the spiritual heart of the school with daily worship led by the Chaplain, the Headmaster, other staff and visiting speakers.
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