Dandenong South Primary School, 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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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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R.S.L. (Westwood), 70 Walker Street, Dandenong, December 1988

Slowly reaching the end of time it had remaining, the RSL (formerly westwood) would in a number of years be removed along with other buildings, presently this site sits under the Plaza carpark.

Back in November 1953, the Dandenong RSL started using, for the first time, their new clubrooms at Westwood for monthly meetings on Friday nights. Before this meeting were held in Rest Hut at the corner of Langhorne and Walker Streets.

Photo supplied by; Greg Pedler‎
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Walker Street, Dandenong, 1977.

Looking up Walker Street towards where the Plaza now stands. After Myers was built but before the telephone exchange was extended/rebuilt higher blocking the view of Myers carpark. This is from a postcard and is dated 30/04/1977 by the sender, so we can assume it is from similar time.

Myer originally opened in Dandenong on November 4, 1974 as a four-level, standalone department store, with the Capital Centre opening in 1989. In the 1990's the Dandenong Plaza development, joining Myer to the Capital Centre, saw Myer reduce from four to three levels.

In late 2013, Myer closed it's store in Dandenong, leaving the space to be fully renovated into the Dandenong Plaza. Target now occupies the former ground floor opening into Dandenong Plaza. with varying other stores including Aldi occupying the upper floors.

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Kendalls Dairy, Corner Robinson and Rodd Streets, Dandenong, undated.

Who remembers the old dairy on corner of Robinson and Rodd Streets, it was later occupied by an engraving business in early 1960s, before it was pulled down to make room for flats.

Image supplied by: Hans Van Dyk

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Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, April 1978.

This view of Lonsdale Street shows the former Woolworths and Coles Variety Stores, in their original locations. Taken in front of the Town Hall on the corner of Walker Street.

Woolworths first moved opposite the Market, , after the takeover of Safeway, woo;worth was re-branded as Safeway in Victoria, this saw the closure of the Clow Street store, in recent years Safeway store were re-branded as Woolworth.. Coles moved to it's present Highway location, opening a second store in the Dandenong Plaza.

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Cheney, 15-23 Langhorne Street, Dandenong, undated.

Cheney once stood where the Dandenong Hub arcade now stands in Langhorne Street, opposite the Post Office. Later the business would merge with Patterson Motors to form the present business. The local Cheney was opened in 1949 at temporary premises in Pultney Street, later (by 1950) moving to this location in Langhorne Street.

Cheney was originally founded by Sydney Albert Cheney), car salesman, born on 22 March 1883 at Smithfield, South Australia, fifth son of Samuel Cheney, labourer, and his wife Mary Ann, née Goodger.

In 1920 Cheney decided to take up a Chevrolet agency, left his Adelaide company and founded S. A. Cheney Pty Ltd in Melbourne; he soon climbed Mount Buffalo in thirty-seven minutes in top gear to demonstrate what a Chevrolet could do. In 1922 in South Melbourne he set up the first assembly line in the Australian motor industry. However, when General Motors themselves opened assembly works in 1926, Cheney switched to selling Austin and Morris cars, launched an advertising campaign to 'Buy British and be proud of it!', and persuaded William Morris (Lord Nuffield) to visit Australia to see why his cars were unsuited to local conditions.

Early in the Depression, after successful efforts to place his employees elsewhere, Cheney closed down his business in good order, and had a year's holiday. He then began selling used cars and in 1932 took an agency for Vauxhall cars and Bedford trucks, which he continued until the late 1950s when he finally took a Holden agency. He had also operated Sanderson & Cheney Pty Ltd as a large service station enterprise. During World War II he was active, with governmental support, in promoting gas-producers and charcoal production. In Adelaide in 1965 he published his autobiography From Horse to Horsepower.

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Dandenong Railway Station - pre 1922

Dandenong Railway Station - pre 1922

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Steam Turntable, Dandenong Station, undated.

The Dandenong steam loco turntable and sheds were located on the former site of the Southern Aurora Hotel, Which now forms part of the Bus interchange and the adjacent carpark. The old signal box can bee seen in the background, which has also been removed.

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Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, 1971.

The favoured West side of Lonsdale street in 1971, Back before the controversy of the Plaza, Retailers preferred the western side of Dandenong, the East side remained full of houses very close to the main road until progressive attempts were made to change this, resulting ultimately in the failure of the West side as retailers jostled for proximity to the Plaza, Recent attempts have tried to correct the long term affects of this.

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