This early view, from sometime after 1915, shows how much smaller Dandenong was over 100 years ago. Looking from below the railway line towards the town centre. What landmarks can you recognise?
-Below is an excerpt from Reminiscences of Early Dandenong by G.F.R., 1932.
Who named the town? The honour is generally ascribed to Captain Lonsdale, who, in an official report on the district, in 1837, spelt the name “Dan-y-nong.” The original surveyors spelt it “Tangenong” when they made the first survey in the 1840’s. Captain Lonsdale wrote that it was always most difficult to catch the sound of native names as spoken by aborigines, who rapidly ran over “d” and “t,” making it difficult to catch either consonant, but he thought that “Dandenong” sounded, more euphonious, so there we have it. The native name was, as nearly “Dandenong” as the authorities could make it, so the name was bestowed upon the creek, district and township.
-Below is an excerpt from Reminiscences of Early Dandenong by G.F.R., 1932.
Who named the town? The honour is generally ascribed to Captain Lonsdale, who, in an official report on the district, in 1837, spelt the name “Dan-y-nong.” The original surveyors spelt it “Tangenong” when they made the first survey in the 1840’s. Captain Lonsdale wrote that it was always most difficult to catch the sound of native names as spoken by aborigines, who rapidly ran over “d” and “t,” making it difficult to catch either consonant, but he thought that “Dandenong” sounded, more euphonious, so there we have it. The native name was, as nearly “Dandenong” as the authorities could make it, so the name was bestowed upon the creek, district and township.
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