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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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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.…