Then And Now
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Belles ring out for the ball
CARMEN POWELL is a life member of the Dandenong and District Historical Society. She grew up in Dandenong with three sisters. In the 1950s late…
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Breeding ground of footy talent
By Nick Creely The Noble Park Football Club has been a staple of the Dandenong area for as long as anyone can remember.…
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Long lost era comes back to life
Carmen Powell is a life member of the Dandenong and District Historical Society. She attended Dandenong East Primary School and Dandenong High School…
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Family Keys to the show
By Casey Neill William Keys was the Dandenong Show’s first president. His great, great, granddaughter Ann Keys is continuing the family’s involvement. She’s…
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Chip off the old ice blocks
Carmen Powell is a life member of the Dandenong and District Historical Society. She attended Dandenong East Primary School and Dandenong High School…
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Dance nights made runs for cricket
By Narelle Coulter In the 1950s the Dandenong Town Hall came alive each Wednesday night as young men and women, dressed to impressed,…
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One of the first with the news
The Dandenong Journal is one of Australia’s oldest newspapers. It was founded in 1865 by Irish immigrant Harvey Roulston. Mr Roulston had learned…
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Geoff hatches his history
By Narelle Coulter In the shed of his Noble Park home, amateur historian Geoff Wachter digs around in a cupboard searching for his…
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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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