Dandenong House Hotel, 50 Foster Street, Dandenong.

The Dandenong House Hotel, a majestic 40 room guest house with dining room, ground floor tea rooms and an underground kitchen, first opened at 50 Foster Street in 1911.

The growing need for over night accommodation became obvious with the population swell brought on by market day. The site was destroyed by fire in 1977.

A portion of land, now a car park, at the rear of this property was sold been sold by previous owners in 1907 to enable the railways to dig a large trench and create a turn pike for railway engines to be turned around and point back toward Melbourne.

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Lonsdale Street between Scott and Walker streets, 1912

Lonsdale Street between Scott and Walker streets, 1912

Image courtesy of State Library Victoria


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The intersection of Cleeland, Clow and McCrae Streets in Dandenong

On the corner behind/opposite (Clow/McCrae) the Produce Market is South Eastern Timber, Owned the Mr Mills, he sold out in 1958 and started Arkana building supplies opposite the park on the corner of Lonsdale and Foster Street in 1960, were he worked until 1978 when retired, Les Mills is still with us at 95 years old.

Photo from Les Mills personal collection
Supplied by his son Rod Mills.

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Aerial view of Dandenong looking from the North East, taken around 1953.

Aerial view of Dandenong looking from the North East, taken around 1953.

Image supplied by Patrick Stacey‎

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Walker Street Dandenong from the former AMP building looking past the Town Hall in the mid 1970's

A wonderful shot of Walker Street Dandenong from the former AMP building looking past the Town Hall in the mid 1970's.

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.

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The white building in the front was the original Mechanics Institute of Dandenong, built in 1863

The white building in the front was the original Mechanics Institute of Dandenong, built in 1863. Before the Town Hall was built on the corner, The Mechanics Institute built a single story brick building (in 1876) right where the Hall would later stand (In front of the white building). The Town Hall was built in 1891.

Dandenongs original Library was hosted in the Mechanics Institutes white building and moved to their brick one. When the Town Hall was built the Mechanics Institute got rights to the upper floor as part of the settlement for handing the land to council for use for a Hall.

Image supplied by Patrick Stacey‎

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Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, 1938

Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, 1938

 

Image courtesy of State Library Victoria

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Dandenong Town Hall, around 1960 with McEwans in the background.

Dandenong Town Hall, Lonsdale St Dandenong circa 1960. This picture features in a booklet that was created as part of travelling exhibition which consisted of 10 picture panels and historical recordings of life in Dandenong after the second world war. Post war Dandenong became an area of massive growth and industry.

Photo source: Destination Dandenong. The making of an industrial city. 1945-1960. LRM collection.

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Aerial view of Dandenong in the 1950's,

Part of a larger aerial view of Dandenong in the 1950's, What can you see in this section?

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Old postcard of the Dandenong Town Hall has no date,

This old postcard of the Dandenong Town Hall has no date, but the words scrawled upon it tell a story of life a long time ago, leaving us with curious questions about the people involved.

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Lonsdale Street, Dandenong in 1910

View of Lonsdale Street, Dandenong in 1910, is looking from the Foster Street end towards the Town Hall.

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