Dandenong Hospital, 1970-75.

We don't have the exact year on hand at present, but the new buildings are well underway in this photo, so it does give an indication.

The old Dandenong Technical School can be seen in the lower right, with Dandenong Noth Primary School opposite the hospital in the upper right.

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Rowville prisoner of war camp buildings, 1945.

Tony Cosentino writes:

Rowville prisoner of war camp buildings, from the Argus newspaper collection of war photographs, World War II, originally captioned ‘Rosehill (Dandenong) camp 1945. Between December 1944 and August 1946, over 2,600 Italian prisoners of war passed through the camp. 

The Rowville hostel was a low security facility and, unlike other camps, was not enclosed by a wire fence or gated entrances; instead, it was surrounded by a farming fence consisting of a single strand of wire. Rodolfo Bartoli, a 26-year-old Italian soldier from Florence, was shot and killed by the camp commandant, Captain Waterston, on 30 March 1946.

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Lonsdale/Walker Street intersection, Dandenong, 1970s/80s?

An old postcard looking from in front of the Town Hall, across the intersection of Lonsdale and Walker Streets, towards Target/Hanover Arcade, and beyond. This corner is no home to the Civic Centre/Library.

Photo of postcard supplied by Yvonne Jago.

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Cranbourne Railway Station, 1993.

Cranbourne Station, and the South Gippsland Highway level crossing, looking in the down or Leongatha/Yarram direction in November 1993. Not long before Electrification works started.

Photo credit goes to Graham Edwards.

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Stud Road, Rowville, 1903.

Tony Cosentino writes:

This is a Charles Hammond photograph of some Melbourne Hunt Club horses on the Stamford Park property on Stud Road in 1903. This image was taken just prior to the locality name of Rowville.

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McCrae Street Bridge, Dandenong, 1939.

Looking south, south easterly, across McCrae Street bridge, down the Dandenong Creek. The roadway was single lane at this time.

Photo credit to the River Basin Management Society.

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Princes Highway, heading into Dandenong, 1969.

On the left-hand side is the former G.M.H. site The Princes Hwy had only been duplicated to a point close to where Doveton Avenue meets the Hwy in Eumemmering.

Photo credit goes to Penny Harris Jennings.

The South Gippsland Fwy would later be built, underneath you, from the perspective of this photo. The old Princes Hwy does look a little rough and bumpy compared to now.

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Bridge Hotel, Lonsdale Street, Dandenong

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The formerly-known Bridge Hotel on Lonsdale Street Dandenong. It was later known as Old Dandy Inn, Jim Dandy Hotel and is still standing all be it to the rear of a horrendous front renovation.

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Town Hall, Lonsdale/Walker Streets, Dandenong, Late 1800s/Early 1900s.

Looking up Walker Street, on the right-hand side of the Town Hall. The clock faces were added to the tower in about 1934.

This photo, from the late 1800s/early 1900s, shows what the Town Hall looked like in its original form, before numerous alterations were made over the years.

Photo credit goes to City of Greater Dandenong.

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Lonsdale/Walker Street intersection, Dandenong, 1959.

Looking from in front of McEwans, across the intersection of Lonsdale and Walker Streets towards Vanity Court and Woolworths.

Photo credit to The Herald.

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McCrae Street, Dandenong, 1980s.

Looking from near Walker Street up towards the Clow Street intersection.

Lonsdale Street/Prices Hwy is in the distance.

Photo credit goes to John Blackhall.

This section of McCrae Street, as the new Palm Plaza pedestrian mall we all know now, was opened as such in April 1991, having previously been a fully functioning street as seen here.

Palm Plaza was opened with a three-day festival of entertainment such as country-and-western, rock-and-roll and square dancing at The Hub, furry celebrities like Humphrey B Bear and Fat Cat, and three days of Scrabble competitions on a giant Scrabble board.

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Opening of Green Slopes State School, Lyndale (Dandenong North), 1963-1964.

Supplied by Shane Wilson

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Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, 1902.

Looking down Lonsdale Street, towards Dandenong Park, at the intersection of Lonsdale and Foster streets 123 years ago. In the distance, on the right of the park, you can see Londale Street rising up as it crosses the old stone bridge. On the left you can see the old park gates and fence. 

I have provided a closeup of the gates below.

And the old Stone Bridge.

This photo was taken by Charles Hammond, a well-known photographer who set up a studio in Dandenong in the early 1900s. He would later move to a new studio on Londale Street next the newsagent run by H. Ross. This studio was located at 279 Londale Street.

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Cheltenham Road, official name change, July 1970.

Supplied by Penny Harris Jennings

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Westminster Carpets Fire, corner Princes Highway and Gladstone Road, Dandenong, March 1987.

Taken from the servo on Gladstone Road, this photo shows an impressive view of the fire remembered by so many who lived nearby at the time, the smoke could be seen a long distance away.

Photo supplied by: Wayne Bishop

Englishman Jack Dewes established Westminster Carpets at Dandenong, Victoria in 1948-49. The company initially produced low priced rubber bonded carpet for the floors of motor cars, but quickly adopted for use in homes and offices.

The manufacturing process produced carpet directly from carded wool, eliminating the spinning and weaving processes. Its 'Westminster' brand was a haircord floor covering initially made from 80% goat hair and 20% highland wool on a rubberized hessian backing, and produced in a large range of single colours. In 1954 the factory also released carpet tiles, 10 inches (25cm) square, in a similar colour range.

Photo source unknown.

By 1965, Westminster carpets were being produced in 26 different single colours on 40-inch-wide rolls and were being made from a combination of goats' hair and man-made fibers like nylon and Evlan.

In the late 1970s the company was renamed Minster, removing the West from its street facing signage. Bunnings built a warehouse on the site in the 2000s, later moving to a former Masters site on the former GMH grounds, near the South Gippsland Freeway.

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