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100 - Nov 1990

• FORDHAM Connie Fordham Remembers

101 - Dec

• HEADING Jim Heading Remembers

102 - Feb 1991

• TAYLOR Alf Taylor Remembers

103 - Mar

• McQUEEN Arch McQueen Remembers

104 - Apr

• GILLIGAN Irene Gilligan Remembers

105 - May

• DUNSCOMBE (nee GOLDING) Jean Dunscombe Remembers (Part 1)
• McQUEEN Arch McQueen

106 - Jun

• DUNSCOMBE (nee GOLDING) Jean Dunscombe Remembers (Part 2)

107 - Jul

• DOBSON Gordon Dobson Remembers

108 - Aug

• Heany Park

109 - Sep

• It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time!

110 - Oct

• FORDHAM Frank Fordham 1907 -

111 - Nov

• DOBSON Ann 1909 -
• RAYMOND Harry and Rose Raymond Remember

112 - Dec

• Scouting in Rowville - The Early Years

113 - Feb 1992

• TRESISE Max and Sally Tresise Remember
• History of the Dandenong Valley Metropolitan Park Area

114 - Mar

• D'ANDREA The D'Andrea Family of Heany Park Road

115 - Apr

• BERGIN The Bergin Family of Rowville

116 - May

• TAMPE Albert Tampe

117 - Jun

• Stamford Park in the 1920s

118 - Jul

• TAMPE Albert Tampe

119 - Aug

• GILLIGAN Lawrence Joseph Gilligan
• ASTON Michael and Moya Aston Remember

120 - Sep

• Fox Hunt at Rowville

121 - Oct

• 50th Anniversary of the Rowville Fire Brigade (Part 1)

122 - Nov

• 50th Anniversary of the Rowville Fire Brigade (Part 2)

123 - Dec

• ROW The Row Family of Stamford Park

124 - Feb 1993

• Dandenong Police Paddocks

125 - Mar

• Name Origins of Places in Rowville and Lysterfield
• DUNSCOMBE Jean Dunscombe 1929 -

126 - Apr

• The Native Police Cemetary

127 - May

• Name Origins of Some Places in Rowville

128 - Jun

• JENKINS (nee DRUMMOND) Betty Jenkins Remembers

129 - Jul

• Stamford Park Dairy

130 - Aug

• History of Lysterfield and District (Part 1)

131 - Sep

• History of Lysterfield and District (Part 2)

132 - Oct

• Rowville Military Camp

133 - Nov

• RAYMOND Harry Raymond 1907 -

134 - Dec

• Rowville Preschool, Wellington Road (1969 -)

135 - Feb

• BOLCH Grace Bolch Remembers

136 - Mar

• GIBB Harold Gibb Remembers

137 - Apr

• POWELL Bill Powell Remembers

138 - May

• History of the 1st Rowville Guide Company

139 - Jun

• Discovering the History of Rowville and Lysterfield (Part 1)

140 - Jul

• Discovering the History of Rowville and Lysterfield (Part 2)

141 - Aug

• Discovering the History of Rowville and Lysterfield (Part 3)
• PURVES John Purves
• McINTYRE (nee Martin) Margaret McIntyre 1886 -
• GILLIGAN Martin Joseph

142 - Sep

• STEININGER Mahdi Steininger (1936-1994)
• GILL (nee McINTYRE) Violet Gill Remembers

143 - Oct

• GREENLAND (nee BAILEY) Eve Greenland Remembers (Part 1)

144 - Nov

• GREENLAND (nee BAILEY) Eve Greenland Remembers (Part 2)

145 - Dec

• The History of the Rowville Junior Football Club

146 - Feb 1995

• GILL Nellie Gill Remembers

147 - Mar

• DOBSON (nee TAYLOR) Growing up with Anne Dobson (Part 1)

148 - Apr

• DOBSON (nee TAYLOR) Growing up with Anne Dobson (Part 2)

149 - May

• Dedication of Second World War Monument

150 - Jun

• MEURS Chris Meurs Remembers

151 - Jul

• The Gallipoli Lone Pine Lives On

152 - Aug

• The Landowners of Rowville (Part 1)

153 - Sep

• The Landowners of Rowville (Part 2)

154 - Oct

• TAYLOR Alf Taylor 1918 -
• ALBERNI Market Gardening with the Albernis (Part 1)

155 - Nov

• ALBERNI Market Gardening with the Albernis (Part 2)

156 - Dec

• DOOLAN Pat Doolan Remembers

157 - Feb 1996

• Lysterfield Progress Association Hall

158 - Mar

• Lysterfield Primary School - the early history

159 - Apr

• PIKE (nee WILLIAMS) Alma Pike Remembers

160 - May

• Rowville Red Cross Unit

161 - Jun

• FAELLA Phil Faella Remembers (Part 1)

162 - Jul

• FAELLA Phil Faella Remembers (Part 2)

163 - Aug

• A History of Lysterfield
• A Right to Heritage
• Historic Lysterfield Avenue of Honour

164 - Sep

• Tirhatuan: Stories behind the Rowville-Lysterfield Ward Names

165 - Oct

• TAYLOR: Stories behind the Rowville-Lysterfield Ward Names

166 - Nov

• BAILEY The War Diary of Herbert Bailey (1)

167 - Dec

• Friberg: Stories behind the Rowville-Lysterfield Ward Names

168 - Feb 1997

• LYSTERFIELD QUARRIES Jack Smith Remembers

169 - Mar

• Knox Council Elections - Candidates' Policy Statements

170 - Apr

• VANCAM Lois and Ray Vancam Remember

171 - May

• CLOW Rev. James Clow Writes to Governor La Trobe (Part 1)

172 - Jun

• CLOW Rev. James Clow Writes to Governor La Trobe (Part 2)

173 - Jul

• Pictures from the Past

174 - Aug

• Pictures from the Past

175 - Sep

• FAIRBAIRN John and Eileen Fairbairn Remember
• Peregrine Reserve

176 - Oct

• FINN Frank and Kath Finn Remember (Part 2)

177 - Nov

• FINN Frank and Kath Finn Remember (Part 2)

178 - Dec

• HOBBS Hedley Hobbs Remembers (Part 1)

179 - Feb 1998

• HOBBS Hedley Hobbs Remembers (Part 2)
• POWER Bryan Power

180 - Mar

• Lightwood Park Sub-Division

181 - Apr

• STURROCK (nee BICKERTON) Mary Sturrock Remembers (Part 1)

182 - Apr

• STURROCK (nee BICKERTON) Mary Sturrock Remembers (Part 2)

183 - Jun

• Dairy Farming in the 1950s

184 - Jul

• Brief Account of the Aborigines of Australia Felix

185 - Aug

• RIMINGTON Frank Rimington Remembers

186 - Sep

• Rowville Primary School - Paul Quinlivan Remembers

187 - Oct

• CLOSTER Frank Closter Remembers (Part 1)

188 - Oct

• CLOSTER Frank Closter Remembers (Part 2)

189 - Dec

• The Rowville Progress Association

190 - Feb 1999

• GILLIGAN Irene Gilligan

191 - Mar

• ARNOTT Darren Arnott Remembers

192 - Apr

• HILL Ivy and Jim Hill

193 - May

• BEILHARZ Kurt Beilharz Remembers (Part 1)

194 - Jun

• BEILHARZ Kurt Beilharz Remembers (Part 2)

195 - Jul

• SMITH Arthur Smith Remembers (Part 1)

196 - Aug

• SMITH Arthur Smith Remembers (Part 2)

197 - Sep

• Beliefs of the Aborigines (Part 1)

198 - Oct

• REID Sue Reid

199 - Nov

• BAILEY The War Diary of Herbert Bailey (2)

200 - Dec

• Introduction for the Rowville-Lysterfield History Project

201 - Feb 2000

• Albert Golding Writes About the Old Days

202 - Mar

• Connie Fordham Remembers - Again! (Part 1)

203 - Apr

• Connie Fordham Remembers - Again! (Part 2)
• William Farr

204 - May

• The Rowville & Lysterfield Military Camps

205 - Jun

• Long-time Distributors of the R-LC News

206 - Jul

• Frank Rimington & Ernie Ashwin Remember (Part 1)

207 - Aug

• Frank Rimington & Ernie Ashwin Remember (Part 2)

208 - Sep

• Michael Stevens Remembers (Part 1)

209 - Oct

• Michael Stevens Remembers (Part 2)

210 - Nov

• A Walk Around Stamford Park

211 - Dec

• ?

212 - Feb 2001

• Bernard Milton Seebeck

213 - Mar

• The Rowville Water Syndicate

214 - Apr

• Beliefs of the Aborigines (Part 2)

215 - May

• Allen Conduit Remembers (Part 1)

216 - Jun

• Allen Conduit Remembers (Part 2)
• Obituary: Peter Nugent
• Obituary: Frank Finn

217 - Jul

• Keith Hobbs Remembers

218 - Aug

• Beliefs of the Aborigines (Part 3)

219 - Sep

• Reprint of articles from the first edition of the R-LC News

220 - Oct

• The Starlight Reserve

221 - Nov

• The War Diary of Herbert Bailey

222 - Dec

• The Native Police Corps in Rowville (Part 1)

223 - Feb 2002

• The Native Police Corps in Rowville (Part 2)
• Obituary: Rosemary Raymond

224 - Mar

• George Gill Remembers (Part 1)

225 - Apr

• George Gill Remembers (Part 2)

226 - May

• George Gill Remembers (Part 3)

227 - Jun

• Clare Davison (nee Wright) Remembers (Part 1)

228 - Jul

• Clare Davison (nee Wright) Remembers (Part 2)

229 - Aug

• Death of a Young Man Near Dandenong Creek
• Obituary: Diane Williams

230 - Sep

• Exner and Mosig families

231 - Oct

• Dandenong Water Supply Polluted at Heany Park by Shaggy Dog

232 - Nov

• Herbert Baily Remembers (Part 4)
• Obituary: David Mitchell

233 - Dec

• Growing Up in Lysterfield in the 1930s
• Obituary: Clara Davison
• Obituary: Ted Drane

234 - Feb 2003

• Centenary of Rowville - 2003 or 2005?

235 - Mar

• The 1973 Bushfire in Lysterfield and Rowville

236 - Apr

• William Saurin Lyster (Part 1)

237 - May

• William Saurin Lyster (Part 2)

238 - Jun

• William Saurin Lyster (Part 3)

239 - Jul

• Ruth Wright Remembers (Part 1)

240 - Aug

• Ruth Wright Remembers (Part 2)
• Obituary: Harry Dunscombe

241 - Sep

• Vern Sullivan Remembers (Part 1)

242 - Oct

• Vern Sullivan Remembers (Part 2)
• Obituary: Lois Vancam

243 - Nov

• Stewart Finn Remembers (Part 1)
• Rowville Cricket Club - The 50 Year Team

244 - Dec

• Stewart Finn Remembers (Part 2)

245 - Feb 2004

• David Long Remembers
• Obituary: Jenny Cain

246 - Mar

• Brian Seymour Remembers
• Nellie Gill Turns 100

247 - Apr

• No history article
• Obituary: Marlene Mann

248 - May

• Attempted Murder in the Police Paddocks
• Obituary: Benu Prahad Adhikari
• Obituary: George Buttigieg

249 - Jun

• No history article

250 - Jul

• No history article

251 - Aug

• Nellie Stewart (Part 1)

252 - Sep

• Nellie Stewart (Part 2)

The committee of the News had long held the hope that these stories would one day be published in a single collection, and the awarding of a grant through the Commonwealth Government's Federation Community Projects Program provided the means of realising that dream.

The release of these stories and photographs in three media: website, CD-ROM and book is a small but not insignificant part of our nation's celebration of 100 years of achievement since Federation.

Peter Nugent, MHR for Aston, Bryan Power, President of the R-LCNews and Cr Emmanuelle Cicchiello, Taylor Ward representative for the Knox City Council, at the launch of the RLHP at the Rowville Community Centre on 26 October 2000. Photo by Geoff Inkster.

The origins of RLHP as told by Bryan Power

Bryan Power, founder of the Rowville-Lysterfield History Project, is interviewed by historian, Craig Bellamy. You will need a RealAudio compatible player, or download the free RealPlayer.

When did you first move to Rowville?

How did you develop an interest in the history of the region?

How long's the newspaper been going for?

How did you develop the idea for the Web version of this project?

What do you think are the most important historical events that happened in the region?

What can you tell us about the POW camp?

Using this site

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Credits

The Rowville/Lysterfield History Project is a community, not-for-profit website produced for the Rowville/Lysterfield Community News.

Produced by Toy Satellite.
Hosted on Community Communications Online.
Powered by the MoveableType publishing system.

All content was originally published in the Rowville-Lysterfield Community News except where otherwise acknowledged.

Compiled and edited by Bryan Power.

Producer/Creative Director: Andrew Garton
Web Builder: Justina Curtis
Programmer: Grant McHerron
Designers: Andrew Thomas, Kim Bounds
Design Consultant: John Power

Acknowledgements

This project would not have been possible without the generous support of the Federation Community Projects Program and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (formally known as Cinemedia).

This site rebuild would not have been possible without the support and commitment of APC.au Ltd (c2o/Toy Satellite).

You will be well rewarded when you spend some time exploring the stories and the photographs of the Rowville-Lysterfield History Project.

Do you have a question or a comment about the stories or photos? Contact Bryan Power at bryanp2 at bigpond.com. Due to excessive spam attacks, we have closed the comments system until further notice.