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Now and then and still here
By FORMER EDITOR PETER SIMCOCK Ten years ago when I wrote some words for the Journal’s 140th anniversary I commented that it was easy to…
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Your newspaper continues to speak out
IT IS with great pleasure that I congratulate the Dandenong Journal on its 150th anniversary. This historical milestone is a proud achievement and a testament…
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A newspaper for the ages
Congratulations to the Dandenong Journal from The Age! To reach 150 years is a remarkable achievement: it’s a tribute to the community which has supported…
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Pen and ink caused a stink
IN THE late 1940s the Journal published a series of cartoons by Alec Brierley under the heading Looking Back on the Good Old Days. The…
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Journal’s jeep hit the streets
By NARELLE COULTER THROUGH rain, hail and shine, Merle Leak ensured her neighbours received their weekly copy of the Journal for more than 20 years.…
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Murder on the city’s streets
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THEY were crimes that resonated throughout Greater Dandenong. Journal police reporter Lachlan Moorhead looks back at some of the darker stories that…
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Newshound on crime’s trail
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD HUGH Buggy was known as the ‘oracle’. So detailed were the crime reporter’s records of murder investigations that, after his death, police…
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Journal among the icons
THE Journal is one of a handful of institutions that have been constants in the life of Dandenong since the 1800s. The 20 years from…
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Market’s wide embrace
Dandenong’s iconic market and the Journal were founded a year apart. As the market gears up to celebrate its 150th anniversary next year, marketing manager…
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Printed photo saves the day
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH IF IT wasn’t for the Dandenong Journal, Helena and Richard Green would be without a photo from their wedding day. Married in…
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We loved our youthful adventures
Artist Sue Jarvis, one of former mayor Maurie and mayoress Gwen Jarvis’s four daughters, tells the Journal what Dandenong was like in her formative years.…
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Stories are printed into history
As Mayor of the City of Greater Dandenong, I, along with my fellow councillors, extend our sincere commendation and congratulations to the Journal on achieving…
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