Grassmere land sales, October 1888.

Brian Adam notes:

There was an opportunity to purchase land at Grassmere, with sales held in October 1888, offering various allotments ranging from 1 to 20 acres. The sale was conducted by Munro and Baillieu, Estate Agents.

Interestingly, a proposed railway line was planned to connect the Dandenong line to Ferntree Gully — sadly, it never came to fruition.

Grassmere land sales, October 1888.

I’ve always liked the name of the area — whether it’s Grassmere or Dandenong Heights.

The Shire of Berwick eventually held a meeting to address the naming issue surrounding Grassmere. It turned out there was already another locality in Victoria with the same name, a small rural settlement near Warrnambool. To avoid confusion, the decision was made to rename Grassmere to Doveton.

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Dandenong Technical School, 1961, form 1 C & D.

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Dandenong Technical School, 1961, form 1 C & D

The below list of names is not in the same order as the photo above, but these are the students that were in form 1 C and form 1 D in 1961.

Form 1C and form 1D students in 1961.

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Carnarvon Estate, Dandenong, c. 1888.

The Carnarvon Estate was a sale of land in the late 1880s. Interestingly it makes reference to the Eumemmering horse race filed, long lost to time. The track was adjacent to the Eumemmering Hotel, which was located near the site that the Prince Mark Hotel now occupies, near the corner of Princes Highway and Power Road. 

Carnarvon Estate, Dandenong, c. 1888.

On early maps Power Road is often marked as crossing the Eumemmerring creek and joining Princes Highway where Lace Street is. This leaves open the question about which side of the creek the old Eumemmerring Hotel actually was on. Most researchers say the Prince Mark Hotel site.

The Argus, Wednesday 14 March 1888, Page 2.

Michael Hennessy, the long time publican of the Eumemmerring Hotel, along with Henry Wilson, were race starters on the Eumemmerring Races programs. The race course was running from as early as 1951. We do know that races were still being held in 1910, but by the 1950s it was no longer a racecourse.

So what was the original course of the Eumemmerring Creek near power road?

South Bourke and Mornington Journal, Wed 9 Mar 1881, Page 3

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Map of Dandenong & surrounds with major land holders 1885.

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Old Dandenong Town, 1958.

This short video shows Lonsdale Street back in 1958, on Market Day. Tuesdays were always busy in Dandenong when everyone came into town for the Market. Can you recognize anyone in this video?

Film courtesy of Keith Wagstaff and Arthur Brown.

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A few old Hampton Park memories

.Ray Willis Writes:

A few old Hampton Park memories.

Cricket grand final day in March ‘76 at the Dandy south oval. Lyndhurst Hampton Park 1st X1 openers Graeme Himbeck (he was projectionist at the old Mayfair cinema in the early 60s, and Wonthaggi cinema late 60s, family lived on the highway in Harrisfield@ Himbeck court: brother to Ernie, Dorothy (Willis, my mum), Barry, Jean & Fay. Yes, we won with Rob Murray & Graham piling on a big score. 

The footy photo is Hampton Park premiers in ‘75 (2nds) with dad (Ron Willis/ President) in the white outfit. It’s the 70th anniversary of HP FOOTY club this year, and to top it off they won the 1sts flag in the bayside comp 2nd division. Go the mighty REDBACKS.

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Eiffel Tower Motors, Corner Lonsdale and McCrae Street, Dandenong, early/mid 1960s.

This is an interesting shot looking down Lonsdale Street from the Clow Street intersection. There are a few names along the street that have been lost to the progress of time. Next to Eifel was the E.S.&A Bank, and next to this was the old Maples Store, with the sign partly showing in the left-center of the photo.

Photo supplied by Brad Farrell.

Michael Fielder notes:

Long before it was Eiffel Tower Motors, in the 50s, it was a Ford dealer ship called Brown & Andrews Motors. My Father-in-Law, Gordon Oakenfull worked there before he opened Oakenfulls Garage up on Stud Rd. In 1953.

Mick Cleary notes:

Eiffel tower motors had a purpose-built workshop, in princess Hwy dandy, east side of Carac speed shop, closer to Cranbourne rd, not sure of the date but mid to late sixties.

O.D. Note: 

Eifel moved in the md-late 60s, to the side mentioned above, after this Guests Furniture moved int eh corner building by 1967.

Guests Furniture in 1967.

O.D. Note:

By 1967, this corner site was occupied by Guests Furniture. Later it would be home to Dandy Sound, Douglas Hi-Fi, Dandy Discounts and Bendigo Bank. More recently it was home to O'Brien Real Estate and Buy Sell Rent Property Group.

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Dandenong Hospital around 1942, Not long after it was completed.

.In 1939, as World War II broke out and Dandenong was beset by fires and other upheavals, a committee took a unanimous decision that was backed by local doctors. Their mandate was to buy five acres in Cleeland Street for a hospital.

The land, part of the Ross estate, cost £300 and many people said the site was ideal. And so the Dandenong and District Hospital was set up, a place to go if one needed healing.

Before the Dandenong and District Hospital was built, Alf Oldham and Ian Hart were two of the doctors who had run the Murray House Private Hospital at the corner of Scott and Thomas streets.

On the corner of Wilson and Langhorne streets, near St James Anglican Church another private hospital operated from Merlin House, which still stands today.

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