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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Women's cricket in Dandenong Park back in 1905.

At the time the Dandenong Sunflowers were the only team to beat The Coldstreams, Cricket was a serious game even for a small town.

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Friday, January 29, 2016

Aerial views of Dandenong in 2003 and 2013.

What a difference 10 years can make when urban renewal take hold. With Dandenong Train Station in the bottom left corner, Lonsdale street running up the right side and Walker Street (George street after it passes Robinson Street) running across the top. Some dramatic changes have taken place.

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Lonsdale Street from the Clow Street intersection in 1971,

A colourful view looking up Lonsdale Street from the Clow Street intersection in 1971, Waltons was still a store a prominence, and yellow was the colour of choice for pedestrians.

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Lonsdale street, Dandenong in 1925

Lonsdale street, Dandenong in 1925, looking from near the Clow street intersection towards the Town Hall.

Image supplied by  Patrick Stacey

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Noble Park Public Hall, Undated.

Noble Park Public Hall, although signed as being erected about 1925, the original hall was constructed in 1917 on land donated to the people of Noble Park.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Parade, Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, 1959.

A parade for the proclamation of the City of Dandenong in 1959, it does capture a wonderful moment and reminds us of the spirit which people once embraced this lovely town of ours.
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The jaunty Dandy Pig neon sign was first erected in the 1950s

The jaunty Dandy Pig neon sign was first erected in the 1950s on the Princes Highway, Dandenong, Victoria, for the Gippsland Co-operative Bacon Curing Company. After closure of the factory in 1983, the much loved pig languished in storage before being restored and re-erected in 1993. The Dandy Pig was acknowledged by Greater Dandenong Council in 2013 for the sign’s social, cultural and historical significance to the community.

Picture/Information credit goes to Isaac Wang


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Monday, January 25, 2016

Church Of Christ, 17 Robinson Street, Dandenong, in 1905

The original Church of Christ building was constructed in 1904 and officially opened on 28 August after an 11 week construction period on the corner of Robinson and George Street (before George street was realigned to meet the end of Walker street in the early 2010s).

In early 1918 through voluntary labour the Sunday School hall was added to the rear of the church, further working bees resulted in the lining of the hall and construction of the kitchen.

In September 1957 a newly built brick chapel on the corner of Mason and Walker Streets was completed (Presently occupied by Cornerstone Contact Centre since 1992), The church moved in 1990 to new premises at 139 David Street, outside the CBD area, ending its involvement in the centre of Dandenong.

The 1904 church building pictured was occupied by the Dandenong Assembly of God until 1977 when it was sold to the United Pentecostal Fellowship. It later became occupied by the Church of the Word. The building would survive into the 21st century before being demolished as part of the Revitalization of Dandenong, Presently the new A.T.O. building occupies this site.


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Dandenong Creek looking into town, Undated

This was before reformation and concreting started to affect the natural appeal of the creek as it wound through Dandenong.


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