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Carrying on the legacy
By Narelle Coulter “The Swords held garden parties here. They used to play croquet on the lawn. If I close my eyes I…
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Centre of celebration and protest
Residents of Noble Park celebrated the opening of their new public hall with a two-day carnival in July 1925. According to the City…
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Changing views on main street
Sue Jarvis was born and raised in Dandenong. Her father was former Dandenong mayor Maurie Jarvis. In 1972 Sue published a thesis about…
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Newspaper preservation project
By Narelle Coulter Work for the Dole participants are learning vital job skills while helping to preserve old editions of the Dandenong Journal.…
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Bible is a testament to family’s history
By Helen Velissaris Tucked away in a filing cabinet in a Dandenong op shop lay a valuable piece of Ballarat history. A family…
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Market built an inspiring future
By Narelle Coulter ‘The weekly market for the sale of horses, cows, pigs, poultry, etc., has been commenced at Dandenong, at the newly…
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Brickworks laid industry’s foundation
By Narelle Coulter Visitors to Valley Village Mews often look quizzically at manager Cynthia Mack and ask her about the two loose pale…
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The men from Uncles
By Casey Neill Uncles Smallgoods is the last man standing in what was once a bustling foodie strip in Dandenong. “These shops along here in…
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Old Dandenong revealed
The recent blaze that damaged two buildings in Dandenong’s Lonsdale Street burned off their modern facades and revealed the history beneath. Watch out for Monday’s…
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Blaze burns into the past
By Narelle Coulter When fire damaged two buildings in Lonsdale Street in September the flames revealed hidden sections of Dandenong’s history. The fire…
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News delivered to the archives
Alfie Goldburg calls himself the “world’s oldest paperboy”. Alfie, 91, delivers copies of the Journal to the rooms of the Dandenong and District…
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It’s the best of British
By Casey Neill Rob Boyle’s British butcher shop has been a Dandenong fixture for 26 years this November. “I used to work for a firm…
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