Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, Late 1960s

Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, Late 1960s

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Dandenong Council Offices, 1967

Photo taken by Graham Southam.
The building as it was then has seen many changes creating the building that now stands, but you can still see some of the original design showing in the present building.

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Dandenong Sewerage Authority, 205 Thomas Street, Dandenong, 1968.

Although not the most exciting place to work at, many did this job, and did it well, from it's earliest inception the authority played an important role in creating and maintaining what we today take for granted. Sewerage was first controlled by a committee in the local council, before the authority was created.

But perhaps the foreground distracts you too much, we can't help but wonder how it happened.

Dandenong Sewerage Authority became Dandenong Springvale Sewerage Authority then taken over by MMBW to become South East Water. 

Photo taken by the wonderful Graham Southam.

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Walker and Langhorne Street, Dandenong, 1950-60

This view shows the intersection of Walker and Langhorne streets between 1950 and 1960, with Walker street running from left to right and Langhorne street running from top to bottom. On the lower corner can be seen the Wessex, with Maggs following at the bottom. The name of the business between Maggs and Wessex is unknown to us at this time.

The small hut on the upper corner was the Rest Hut (built in 1943), until late in 1953, the local branch of the R.S.L. met here. In November of 1953 they officially moved to their new rooms further up Walker Street. Sadly with the extensions of the Capital Centre, forming the Dandenong Plaza, Westwood was demolished, now forming part of the carpark.

With little tables, chairs, couches and easy chairs grouped about it, and a fire place in the centre of the room, the hall had been very comfortably furnished and was much admired. The land was supplied by Mr. Tom Caroll, as a generous offer of the use of the land on which the hut stood “to do as they liked, for as long as they liked.” With the locals working on it every Saturday afternoon for the four months it took to build.

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New World (Coles) Supermarket, Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, early 1960s

The store was built where the present store stands between the Princes Highway and Cleeland Street, Opposite the Dandenong Market. When first built the Dandenong Store included the iconic rocket and glass panels along the highway side wall, featuring pictures of old Dandenong

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Anzac Day Parade, Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, 1963.

With the National Bank, Rockmans, Ewarts, Vanity Court, Woolworth and Coles all within one view. The history and the atmosphere of the day collide in one beautiful scene.

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Masonic Lodge, 5 Mason St, Dandenong, in 1967

The 1919 township plan of Dandenong shows a cottage on Lot 12, the site where the Masonic Hall is now built. No documentation could be located on the date of its demolition.

The history of the Masonic Lodge in Dandenong commenced in 1876 when the Lodge of Sincerity (then 1701 of the English Constitution) now no. 179 on the register of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria, was consecrated. 64 The first meeting to consider the forming of the Lodge of Free and Acceptable Masons was held on 3 September 1876 but the lodge was
closed in 1881.

It wasn’t until 1896 that the re-opening of the Lodge was reconsidered. Members from the original Lodge joined this new Lodge of Sincerity and brought with them regalia, furniture and money. The new Lodge was consecrated on the 24 August 1896, and meetings were held on a monthly basis at the Lodge Room of the Mechanics Institute at the Shire Offices. The Lodge was known as the Lodge of Sincerity no. 179 under the United Grand Lodge of Victoria.

In December 1907 members decided to set aside part of the members dues and initiation fees for the future construction of a Masonic Temple. In the 1920s, the Lodge was struggling for space due to a large increase in memberships and on the 7 September 1922 the Lodge held a meeting to discuss the possibility of building. A contract was entered with Bro. G. Snell to have plans and specifications drawn up for the cost of £2,800. Tenders were called and a building contract was signed with Bro. N. A. Taylor for the total sum of £2,530.

The building was completed in 1923 with all furniture and fittings for the supper and lodge room donated by members.

On 22 December 1923, the Lodge held their first meeting in the new building. On the 16 August 1924 a ceremony of dedication was held and the foundation stone was unveiled. In 1931, £274 was spent for concrete rendering and other improvements. In 1940, 1955 and 1979/81 alterations were made to accommodate and upgrade female and male toilets.

In 1991 the Dandenong Masonic Temple as well as those in Springvale, Mordialloc and Chelsea closed. They all amalgamated to use a new building in Keysborough.

In 1992 the building was used by the “Recycle Workshop”. By September 1996 the building had been acquired by Mick and Rosa Valenti. In December 1996 they leased the building to the Spanish Christian Church for three years with Guillermo Esquivell as the Senior Minister. The building is now vacant as remodeling and construction of neighboring land takes place..

Information courtesy of Greater Dandenong Heritage Study
http://www.greaterdandenong.com/document/25296/city-of-greater-dandenong-heritage-study
Image origins unknown at time of posting.

EDIT; This building is still standing proudly, present plans see it becoming an art gallery, securing its future for more generations to come. Precently it is shadowed over by Quest Apartments on one side and the new energy building behind it.

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Hugh Murray & Son, 1 Pickett Street, Dandenong, 1960s?

Picture was dated as 1960 but appears to be earlier..

Hugh Murray was born just outside Geelong. In about 1898 he started business in Buln Buln as a general black smith, by 1903 he had changed to focus on the manufacturing of harrows, the company moved to Dandenong in 1915. Initially specializing in Harrows, they spread into other agricultural equipment.

At the time of opening in Dandenong in 1915, the Gippsland and Northern Selling Company had a butter box manufacturing factory next door. The Buln Buln business was bought by Mr. J. Mathews, who took up the shoeing and more general work of the trade. In 1929 they extended the factory from 1,500 square feet to 6,000 square feet.

In the early 1920s, the Essex Dairy, who also made ice, was located next door (opposite side of pickett). This was followed by the Dandy Preserves (Company) which in the 1920s was already and old-established business in foster street, they made primarily cordials at the time. In 1937 the Essex Dairy premises were sold and a cheese factory took over. Grendas bus depot was located next to the cheese factory.

He had one son named Leslie, sadly Leslies wife Doris passed away in 1939. Hugh retired in the early 1930s, the company converting into a propriety with Mr Taylor and Leslie Murray partnering. Hugh and his wife celebrated their diamond jubilee in 1951, he died in October 1954 at the aged 84.

The area around Railway Parade was at the time known as the Station Estate. In a 1920 advertisement over 100 residential lots were being sold at an auction, helping to form the station edge of Dandenong and Dandenong West. Earlier sales having been held as early as 1913, when the estate was subdivided. Other estates also made up for the remainder of Dandenong west.

In about 1996, The Murray family chose to divest in the company and sell to the Taylor family, Thus ending over 90 years of involvement in the company. The Taylor family continue from when Leslie Taylor took partnership with Leslie Murray upon the retirement of Hugh Murray in 1930.

The modern form of the company, now trading as Murray Agricultural Equipment, still operates from the same site in Pickett street, Dandenong. In this photo you can also see the bulk of what was the Station Estate around and behind their building.

The Dandenong Journal - Mon 4 Jul 1932

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David Street, Dandenong. December 1960.

New Weatherboard Houses in David Street, on the left are the gates to the Council Tip (former quarry for the Ordish Brickworks) In the background, the hills were to become part of the future Endeavour Hills Suburb.

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The Grange was the name of the property owned by the navy’s Captain David Ross in 1866. The estate ran from the Princes Highway along Clow Street/Kidds Road down to the Dandenong Creek and it followed the creek up to Heatherton Road.
I have it on good authority that the first home was situated off what became Ross and Lebanon streets and the second more grand home was built in Stud Road, near where May Court runs in off Ingrid Street.
Captain Ross’s youngest son, Herbert, married Ann Ross (no connection). When the property was later subdivided, Herbert named numerous streets in Dandenong after his wife, family and friends.
Ann Street was named after his wife, and Bruce, David, Herbert and Robert after his sons. Melbe Crescent was named after his sister and Margaret and Olive for his daughters.
Stewart Street was named in honour of an old friend of the Ross family, and Cleeland and King after the executors of his father’s will. The second home was demolished in 1964.
Captain Ross allowed access on his property and that track became Stud Road.
Stud Road was named after the police horse stud in the Police Paddocks.
Police Road was named after the police depot, also at the Police Paddocks. Clow Street was named after the Reverend James Clow, who settled in Dandenong in 1838.
This fascinating list was put together by Jenny Ferguson of the South Eastern Historical Association.
http://seha.org.au/

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Douglas Street, Noble Park, late 1960s

Postcard of Douglas Street in Noble Park looking towards the Heatherton Road intersection,

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New World (Coles) Cafeteria, 23-26 Princes Hwy, Dandenong, 1963

This wonderful shot of the New World (coles) Supermarket Cafe, shows a touch of mid-century Americana that came to Dandenong along with all the bells and whistles of the time. 

The store was built where the present 24 hour store stands between the Princes Highway and Cleeland Street, Opposite the Dandenong Market. When first built the Dandenong Store included the iconic rocket and glass panels along the highway side wall, featuring pictures of old Dandenong.

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Dandenong South Primary School, Kirkham Road, Dandenong, 1963.

The school opened in 1961, after pressure mounted for a number of previous years due to increasing student numbers at the main school in Dandenong.

Photo supplied by: Kay McCaul‎

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Hades Hot Bread, Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, 1960s.

Hades was a favourite of many locals and has remained as a fond memory. Facing onto Lonsdale street, Hades fared better than Hannahs, which was down the alley. Do you remember eating freshly made food from Hades?

Picture courtesy of D.D.H.S.


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Princes Highway, Heading towards Dandenong, 1969

On the left is the former G.M.H. plant, further down the highway, towards Dandenong, the former Heinz and International Harvester plants completed the big three. Manufacturing saw a boom in Dandenong during this period.

The entrance from the Gippsland side of Dandenong was marked by these manufacturing giants with smaller local industry filling in the gaps. Sadly G.M.H. and Heinz have moved on, with International Harvester becoming IVECO, which still operates from the same site.

The Shell service station on the left was run by the Harnn family in 1969. The block on the other side was the lower paddock of the Lyuellen family farm. This photo was likely taken opposite the entry to the old clay quarry which became the present entry point to the freeway in the 1970s.

PHOTOS SUPPLIED BY: Penny Harris Jennings‎

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Peninsula Ambulance Service, Stud Road, Dandenong, 1964.

Peninsula Ambulance Service, Stud Road, Dandenong, 1964.

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Dandenong Hospital, David Street, Dandenong, 1968.

This was the construction of one of the three new buildings which would form the core of the larger/new hospital.

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Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, Late 1960s

Taken from the McEwans side of the Walker street intersection, showing the old National Bank on the corner, with Woolworths and Coles still in their original locations and the old Bank of Australasia on the corner of Scott street. Vanity Court had been built replacing the old building used by the Tharle Brothers for many years as a butchers.

The Tharle family and the Journal have been intertwined throughout their time in Dandenong. Both arrived 150 years ago and Dandenong and District Historical Society member Rodney Edwin Tharle remains a regular reader today. His great grandfather, Barton Barnaby Tharle and his wife Louisa Jane Bradley migrated to Australia shortly after they wed on the Isle of White in 1863.

They settled on land on Dandenong-Frankston Road, Dandenong, in early 1864 and later moved to McCrae Street. They had nine children, including Barton Barnaby junior, who became a farmer and auctioneer. He in turn had seven children with wife Emily Jane Hunt and ran slaughter yards in Power Road, Doveton, and a butcher’s business in Dandenong.

In 1919 they brought their home in Macpherson Street from Jeffrey Macpherson. It had housed the private Dandenong Grammar School, which Mr Macpherson ran. Their eldest child, Barton, known as Bart, married Alva Sayers who played with the Dandenong Croquet Club for 40 years.

Bart started in the meat trade at the age of 14 and with brothers Frank and Victor (Vic), ran a butchery business in Foster Street after their father and uncles sold their butcher’s business in Lonsdale Street. When Frank and Vic decided to leave the business, Bart carried on and at one stage operated four shops.

Photo supplied by: David Smith‎

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Damon Bros Market Garden, Noble Park. 1962.

Fred Damon was the second son of Ted and Florrie Damon who, together with their children, ran a successful 15 acre market garden on Waverly Road for many years. His siblings were Albert, Harold, Allan, Alma and Keith. All the Damon siblings attended Mt Waverly State School.

In 1928, with a team of 14 horses, the family had moved a weatherboard house to their property from near Jordanville Station, giving them the honor at that time of being known to deliverymen as "the fourth house on the left from Warrigal Road".

By 1956 most of the Waverly Road property had been sold and the property in Noble Park had been purchased and he and his brothers had entered into a partnership in 1955. In 1963 their father Ted passed away at the age of 64 years old.

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Lonsdale Street, Dandenong. Picture dated between 1950 and 1960.

This section of Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, shows the Old Post Office alongside the Town Hall. The centre median strip trees are a few years after the palm trees had been removed. In the distance one can also see the Cenotaph still in its original position opposite the Post Office.

Of interest is the fact that in 1916 the St Mary's school concert was held in the Dandenong Town Hall to accommodate the large audience numbers which had completely surpassed the abilities of the school building at that time.

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Jack Jennings Garage and Service Station, Keysborough, article 1962.

Jack Jennings Garage and Service Station, Keysborough, Originally Chandler Road, Keysborough in 1947, later years on Cheltenham Road, Keysborough. Article from 1962.

Jack arrived in Keysborough in 1947 with his tools and mechanical knowledge, pretty soon he had set up business in the building in the top picture. His mechanical skill were quickly recognized among the farmers of the area and his business grew quickly.

As his business expanded so did his premises. As well as the workshops, he built with his own two hands, a two-bay standard type outlet to market Caltex products, (see bottom picture in article). Jack worked very hard building his business up to six mechanics and two lubrication hands, attributing his success to his own hard work and the assistance given to him by Caltex staff.

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