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Shops in Rowville

 While going through some old records recently I came across notes I had made of a conversation with the late Frank Finn in November 1999. Frank was disputing an article I had written about the Gilligan family having established Rowville’s first shop at...

Smith Arthur

Arthur Smith travelled across the continent from Western Australia to find that his future rested with Gail Fitzgerald in Melbourne. The story of their life together is one of devotion, hard work and wonderful generosity.  Arthur and Gail Smith were ...

Stamford Park

In 1868 James Quirk sold his 424 acre property bounded by Stud Road, Wellington Road and Dandenong Creek to Frederick Row for one pound and ten shillings an acre. Frederick Row was a wealthy wool broker who was moving up in colonial society. He bought the p...

Stamford Park

Stamford House The front (north side) of Stamford House in the 1950s. Driveway leading to Stamford House The cypress trees were probably planted by Wish Drummond in the 1940s. Official Opening of the Ehrenfried Exner Gates a...

Steininger Mahdi

Mahdi Steininger (1936-1994) Obituary  Mahdi was born in Hawksburn in 1936, the daughter of Keith and Linda Murtagh. The family moved to Dandenong and Mahdi was educated at West Dandenong Primary School and Dandenong High School. Mahdi worked as an insuranc...
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