Volume 38 No. 3 – Volume 41 No. 2

For purchase of any of these editions, contact the Moe & District Historical Society

2011 Vol. 38 No. 3 March

Cover photo: Elijah Stranger, teacher Narracan State School
World War I letter – Tom Bennett
A History of the Moe Youth Club – by Pat Fordham
Burglaries in Moe – 1893
Obituary – Mrs Victoria Margaret Staff
Notes By the Way – In and Around Coalville
Incidents in the History of Thorpdale and District
Unique Paper Industry Thrives in Moe
From Our Collection – First Prize to Clara Cope in 1894
Mailbag – Centenary Train
Obituaries – Jack Vines, Betty Collins, Edith Goode

2011 Vol. 38 No. 4 June

Cover photo: Moe Mechanics Institute building, George Street
Buildings With History – Moe Mechanics Institute, Part One
The Temperance Movement
Memories of Early Moe City History
Roly Barrett’s Sand Dredge at Westbury – by Noel Erbs
Magnificent Gesture of Cr & Mrs Staff – presentation of gold mayoral chain to the City of Moe
Pioneer Corner – Coalville Residents by Colin Manley
The Haunted Hills, Where Trees Wear Skins
Cards for sale – Moe Walhalla railway line in 2010

2011 Vol. 39 No. 1 September

Cover photo: Moe Mechanics Institute Committee members
Buildings With History – Moe Mechanics Institute Part 2
Roly Barrett’s Sand Barge – by Marj. Gale
The Work of a Moe City Engineer, Mr B R Boon
Valibilt Industries, In memory of Doug Cooney – by Bob Pugsley and Sue Cooney
Demolition Cobb & Co Building – by By Fred Halden
Gippsland Railway Line, Last Steam Train
Holy Trinity Church of England Construction
Mailbag – Moe Mechanics Hall, Mrs Phoebe Ashton

2011 Vol. 39 No. 2 December

Cover photo: Boolarra Avenue Newborough
Driving Newborough History – Norm Holyoak
How It Came to Pass – Peter Butcher
St Mary’s Parish – The Early Days – By Leo Scholtes
The Moe Versus Newborough Pool Story
Snakes – February 1937

2012 Vol. 39 No. 3 March

Cover photo – Irene and Ernie Moore, members of the Moe Dramatic Society, 1930s.
Moe Bank Robbery, Bank of Australasia at Moe, 1879
Notes by the Way – in and around Coalville
Moe, A Little Country Town – by Charles P Jacobs, Barrister and Solicitor
60 Years Ago this Year – Monash Estate, Herbert Martin
Obituary – Ronald Evelyn Nation

2012 Vol. 39 No. 4 June

Cover photo: Transporting pre-fabricated houses to Moe, post WWII
Moe in 1950 – Growing Pains and Civic Affairs – by Lorraine Proctor
Memories of Visiting Gould – by June Diamond (nee Judson)
Strange Animal shot near Moe, 1934
Rotary and the Pioneers
DVD Launch – One Hundred Years of History of the Moe Walhalla Railway
New Holland, photos – Dutch residents in Newborough – by Leo Scholte and Henk Van Tholen
Unemployed Youth’s Camp – Toc H, 1937

2012 Vol. 40 No. 1 September

Cover photo: Narracan Township, looking south towards Narracan Creek c1920s
A special edition on the Development of the Narracan Valley as written by Fred Halden in 1910 and published in the Advocate newspaper – by Robt. N. Auchterlonie
The Rail Tracks at Moe – by Joan Fitzgerald

2012 Vol. 40 No. 2 December

Cover photo: Andy Ringin
Vale – Andy Preston Ringin
Bush Fire Moe 1898
Hotel Licenses 1879
The Photographic Service with the Most – Adrian Van Houts
Obituary – Mr Geo J Bennett 1917
Air Raid Precautions WWII – Advice to Householders
Jubilee Train – Moe 1951
Moe – Cyclopaedia of Victoria Volume III 1905
Obituary – William Mervyn Burrage

2013 Vol. 40 No. 3 March

Cover photo: Sir Edmund Herring, declaring Moe as a City
The Moe City Story – the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the City of Moe
Address by Bob Pugsley – 2013 Anniversary Dinner
Mountain Glen Pastoral Run – Lloyd’s Subway & underpass
Memorial to Bushfire Victim – James Vague 1934
Obituary – Albert (Bert) Summerton

2013 Vol. 40 No. 4 June

Cover photo: Honour Guard for the Declaration of the City of Moe, John Hutchinson in charge
Ron Bowley – 50th Anniversary Dinner – Recollections of the Declaration of the City of Moe
John Hutchinson presentation for the 2013 Anniversary Dinner
Time Capsule Letter with Foundation Stone, Moe City Offices from 1962 – by Hector George Stoddart
Gippsland Blue Metal & Fuel Ltd Quarry Trafalgar East – by Noel Erbs
William Calder – Calder Bridge Moe
Put the Moe Rail Underground, but is it possible? – 1965
From our Collection – from Gladys Burrage, small folding card which granted membership to soldiers on their return from the war

2013 Vol. 41 No. 1 September

Cover photo: Moe City Water Trust and Sewerage Authority building, Albert Street
History of the Moe Waterworks Trust
President’s Annual Report 2013
Obituary – Madge Vinnell

2013 Vol. 41 No. 2 December

Cover photo: Saint Kieran’s Catholic Primary School
50 Anniversary Edition
Anniversary Memoirs of Moe & District Historical Society – A & K Ringin
There was Movement at the Clubrooms – a poem by Kath Ringin
New Catholic School Opened – St Kieran’s 1950
Moe Squatting Runs – ‘Victorian Squatters’ by Speadborough and Anderson, published in 1983 the 1800s
The Memoirs of J. J. O‘Connor – by Mary O’Callaghan
Town Saved by Change of Wind – Audrey Bennett Reporting – Erica Fires 1932
The Tragedy of Erica , Funerals of Five Men, 1932
Mail Bag – letter from Mary Leahy Stewart, photo from Moe Bush Nursing Hospital