Volume 29 No. 3 – Volume 32 No. 2

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2002 Vol. 29 No. 3 March

Editorial
A Town like Gould – by Carol Burkett
Annual picnic at Bundilla 2002
Yallourn Technical School
The Bush Barber
Obituary – Mr Fredrick Duncan Dodd
Councillor F.E. Gregory installed as Mayor – The Advocate 1964

2002 Vol. 30 No. 1 September

Editorial
President’s Report
Purvis Stores
Humphries Store
The W.A. Purvis Stores Pty Ltd
The Grave Over the Gum Tree – Retreat Hotel Westbury 1963
Coalville’s Glory – Black Coal
The Contuing Story of Jacob Brache – Civil and Mining Engineer
Moe High School proposal 1949
Mail Bag – Yallourn Technical School and other interesting articles by Rob Edwards
Obituaries – Mr George Ernest Seears, Mr Harry Lane
Saxton Timber & Trading Pty Ltd 1931
Man of Many parts – Ivan Saxton
The Name of Westbury
We Came with Nothing – Book review

2002 Vol. 30 No. 2 December

Editorial
Presentation College Moe
Eulogy for Harry Leonard Ralph Lane
Growing Up in Moe – by Phyllis Lester
Obituary – Mrs Flora Annie Hunter
Condolence to Mrs Pat Hopkins
A Brief History of Latrobe Valley Village Inc. – by Kath Ringin
Search on Mt Erica for four people – by Bill Lay
Yallourn Memories fuel Author’s Passion – Launch of ‘Our Yallourn‘ by Lauris Stanger Brill
Moe – a Poem byLocal Poet, Shirley Shelley
Last wedding at St Matthew’s Coalville Church

2003 Vol. 30 No. 3 March

Editorial
Coming Events
Special Award to Andy and Kath Ringin – Christmas Breakup
Moe High School Silver Jubilee 1953-1978
“Lead Jointing” Presentation – by Graeme Tamme
Living & Growing Up in Moe from the 1920s – 1939-1945 by Phyllis Lester
Mailbag
Kokoda Track – by Warrent Officer 2: W.J. Banner B.E.M. 1995
Obituary – Mrs Gloria Margaret Earl

2003 Vol. 30 No. 4 June

Editorial
Fortieth Anniversary of Historical Society – Memoirs by Andy & Kath Ringin
“There was Movement at the Club Rooms” – a Poem by Kath Ringin
History of the Edward Hunter Heritage Bush Reserve
History of the Coopers Creek Post Office
Living and Growing Up in Moe from the 1920s – 1929-1945 by Phyllis Lester
Obituary: David Victor Eric Savige 1908 – 2002
Mail Bag
From Our Collection – “Digging People up for Coal“

2003 Vol. 31 No. 1 September

Editorial
Presidents Report 2003
First “Coach News” Editorial – September 1973
A Tribute to 30 Years of Coach News
The Woodcutters of Walhalla
Living & Growing Up in Moe from the 1920s – 1946-1948 by Phyllis Lester
Moe South St Primary School
History of the Anglican Church in Gippsland – The Parish of Moe, from ‘Light and Life” by I.T. Maddern
Back to St Matthews in Narracan Valley
Newborough’s Short But Brilliant History
Call for Articles
Mail Bag
From Our Collection – Moe Football Club Ladies Membership Ticket 1939

2003 Vol. 31 No. 2 December

William Henry Burrage Senior
Travel Through Gippsland
The Golden Era of Coopers Creek
Middleton & Manings Gippsland Directory 1884 – 1885
The Platina Accident September 14th, 1915
Obituary: Mr Robert Geoffrey (Bob) Watts
From Our Collection – Top hat and box
Mailbag

2004 Vol. 31 No. 3 March

Editorial
William Henry Burrage Junior
Living and Growing Up in Moe from the 1920s – by Phyllis Lester
Middleton & Manings Gippsland Directory –Tanjil
The Golden Era of Coopers Creek Part II
Highlights of the History of Albert Street State School No 2142
From Our Collection
Mailbag

2004 Vol. 31 No. 4 June

Editorial

Moe & District Historical Society Web Site
William Mervyn Burrage Senior Family History
Programme for the Royal Visit to Yallourn 1954
Last W.A. Purvis Stores Employee – Vern Verhagen
Living & Growing Up in Moe from the 1920s – by Phyllis Lester
New Infant Welfare Centre
A Brief History of the Westbury Tennis Club – by Barton Griffin
From Our Collection – A Coalminer’s Letter – from Coalville
Mailbag
Obituary: Mr Alfred Thomas Henry (Tom) Adams

2004 Vol. 32 No. 1 September

Editorial
President’s Annual Report 2004
Coming to Moe in the 1950s – by Martin Mohr
Beginnings of Lowanna College
Middleton & Maning’s Directory – Narracan 1884-1885
From Our Collection – Letter sfrom Joseph and Sarah Ashton
From Our Photo Collection
Mailbag
Obituary: Mrs Gwynneth Ann Trainor

2004 Vol. 32 No. 2 December

Editorial
Discovering Moe & Gippsland in the 1960s – Hans Faubel
The Great Flood – 1934 – extracts from The Advocate
Immense damage at Yallourn
Flooding of Latrobe River – 1934 – SEC Log
Middleton & Manings Gippsland Directory – Westbury 1884-1885
Mail Bag