News
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Black Saturday tragedy strikes home
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD TONY Jones tried calling Brian Naylor at his Kinglake West property but no one picked up. It was 7 February 2009 and…
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Stories keep the score
By CASEY NEILL BRUCE and Alan Collard have kept every story about the Greater Dandenong Band they’ve found in the Journal’s pages since 1965. They…
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Quiet man had depth of strength
By NARELLE COULTER BARBARA EDWARDS said with a laugh that she knows more about her father, Harold Tulloch, from the pages of the Journal than…
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Still feels like home
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD MOTHER and daughter pair Barbara Haw and Julie Timms share more than just a family bond. Barbara and Julie have both worked…
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Cars built for the long haul
By CASEY NEILL PATTERSON Cheney is this year celebrating 100 years since its birth in Flinders Street, Melbourne. The car and truck dealership has been…
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Star’s guest appearance
By NARELLE COULTER ON 26 MARCH 1975 the Journal announced an exciting new pop column, Pop Corn, to be penned exclusively by singer Ronnie Burns.…
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Up there with the best
IN A time when newspapers are dropping in popularity it is rare to find one celebrating 150 years of production and I congratulate the Dandenong…
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Advertising on display
ADVERTISING has been the lifeblood of the Journal for 150 years, paying for staff wages, printing costs and, once the paper became free, its distribution.…
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City’s colourful character
FORMER Dandenong mayor Frank Holohan has long been an avid reader of the Journal. He was first featured in the paper when he and wife…
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Standing in line to support my paper
Long-time reader Lynette Crouch wrote to the Journal about her how important the paper has been in her life. “I was born at the Dandenong…
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Homes are where the heart is
WHEN Daryl Rayner started selling real estate in the early 1980s, brick veneer homes in North Dandenong and Hallam sold for between $35,000 and $45,000.…
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In prime position
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE Facey name has been in central Dandenong for more than 100 years – and for several years was famous for its…