Volume 41 No. 3 – Volume 44 No. 2

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2014 Vol. 41 No. 3 March

Cover photo: Lloyd Street Moe, shopping area
Growing Up in Westbury – Mena Dodd 1940s & 50s
The Life of a Dairy Farmer’s Wife, In the 1940s & 1950s – Mena Dodd
Naval College Success, Moe Cadet Wins Grand Aggregate – Chief Cadet Captain Geoffrey W. Furlong 1954
Robinson Arcade, Lloyd Street Moe 1953
George Francis Nethercote – from ‘Nethercote & Pell, The Emigrants’ by Stephen J Nethercote,1800s
Memories of Moe District – Arthur Hutchinson
Moe Theatrical Society Formed 1954
New Holland – photographic record
Obituaries Mena Dodd, Mary Huxley, John Gavin
Centenary Start of WWI – request for articles
Mailbag – ‘Pev’ Soft drink bottle, Main Drain bridge, Mike Bowyer Moe memories

2014 Vol. 41 No. 4 June

Cover photo: Private Les Stagg at Mena Camp, WWI
World War One – Advocate articles and photos
Mr N. Bohnholtzer: Life Membership of RSL 1953
Moe Plane Crash – Mr Alan W. Davis 1951
Obituary – Mrs Alice Savige 1939
Yarragon Textile Mills (formally Rocklea Spinning Mills) opening 1960
The Victorian Gazetteer – Moe entry 1870
Memories of Moe District – Arthur Hutchinson
Robinson Arcade, Origin of Name – by Kevin Shine

2014 Vol. 42 No. 1 September

Cover photo: Presbyterian Church, Fowler Street Moe
Moe and District WWI Soldiers – alphabetical listing by place of birth
Letter Home WWI – Tom Robinson
Martin Robert McGregor 1859-1936 – by J.D. Adams
Mechanic’s Hall Outgrown
Moe Civic Theatre to Close 1965
Obituaries – Mr George Bell 1916, Miss Nellie Walker 1932
Timber Town – a poem by Ted Logan
Snakes at Moe 1910
The Adamson Family and the Moe Presbyterian Church – by J Alex Lyne
President’s Report 2014
Mailbag – High Street houses
Correction – Light Horse Regiment photo correction

2014 Vol. 42 No. 2 December

Cover photo: Saxton Mill at Tanjil Bren, 1939
Buffalo – a Poem by Ted Logan
Death in Moe 1862 – Constable Patrick Conaty
Moondarra Dam and Gould
The Saxton Family – timber industry icons
Moe Monuments, Memorials, and Plaques – Moe & District War Memorial, Yallourn War Memorial, Walhalla Railway Plaque, G.C. Purvis Memorial Fountain, Yarragon Textile Mills, T. B. Drew Park, Gatehouse Gardens, Zonta Rose, Plaque Honouring Local Citizens, Kristy Olsen Memorial Plaque, Joe Carmody Athletic Track & Bob Whitford Cycling Track, Joe Tabuteau Reserve, Yallourn Hospital and Medical Society / Dr Andrews, Reg Biggs Lions Club Adventure Playground
Haunted Creek – Historical Novel Based on Tanjil District – by Ann Cliff
Mailbag – Norm Holmes history

2015 Vol. 42 No. 3 March

Cover photo: Saxton Mill at Tanjil Bren, 1939
Anzac Day – history of early Moe services
The Last Narrow Gauge Train – a poem by Ted Logan
1939 Bush Fires – Coroners Court report

2015 Vol. 42 No. 4 June

Cover photo: Moe State School 1926
William Alexander John Buckland – WWI Soldier
Neil Bohnholtzer – WWI Soldier
Royal Visit to Yallourn-March 3rd 1954 – a poem by Ted Logan
The State Saw Mill is Destroyed-September 1953 – a poem by Ted Logan
Albert Street State School Fire 1926
Murder at Shady Creek 1868
Random Newspaper Articles 1909 – Moe Racing Club, death of seven year old Charles Gulley, death of Mr W.S. Gould from Cecil Inn, death of Daniel Espie
Eagle Inn – Eagle Hotel – Moe River – 1862
The Fascinating Story of Toc H
Mailbag – Kelsen’s Electrical from Carl Kelsen

2015 Vol 43 No. 1 September

Cover photo: Fairsky Drive In Cinema
History of the Fairsky Drive-In Moe 1967-1998 – by Rodney Donnelly
Obituary – Mrs Burrage 1917
Moe & District World War One Soldiers & Nurses
Obituary Walter Savige – 1917-2015
Mailbag – spelling correction

2015 Vol. 43 No. 2 December

Cover photo: Western entrance to Monash Road Newborough
World War One Service Men & Women continued
Some Early Memories of Newborough – Andy Ringin
THE MOE – 1885
History of Donelly’s Piggery
Childhood Memories of Gold Mining Days – Mrs Ann Milne
Bull Shatters Window 1934
Farewell Socials – Mrs Moore 1934
Obituary – John David Adams

2016 Vol. 43 No. 3 March

Cover photo: Early photo of Moe Dairy Co-operative building
Moe’s Social History
Moe Dairy Co-operative – New Butter Factory 1923
TROVE – newspaper articles
John Mutsaers Projects – Moe’s Cartoons, Myacre Project, Moe Folklife Project
Pioneer Corner – Some Early Residents of Coalville – by Colin Manley
Local Hotels – advertising for Moe Hotel & Retreat Inn Westbury
Book Launch, Revised History of Moe and Newborough – Settlement to City, A History of Moe & Newborough
Westbury Map showing location of Retreat Inn

2016 Vol. 43 No. 4 June

Cover photo – Dr Andrew and Claude Staff laying the foundation stone of the new Latrobe Valley Community Hospital
End of an Era – Moe City Ford
Selling new cars in Moe – List of Car Retailers in Moe and Newborough with photos and advertisements
Buildings With History – Latrobe Valley Community Hospital, Yallourn and Moe
Visit of American Fleet, 257 Officers and Men at Moe – 1925
Radio Licence 1957
Opening Programme for the new Moe High School – 1953
Scout Map – sketch of Timber Mills and Railway to Walhalla 1930s
Moe Business advertising 1963
District Residents Farewelled – Ferrari family from Westbury 1953

2016 Vol. 44 No. 1 September

Cover photo: Alf and May Donelly
Older Moe & District Families – The Donelly Family – by Rod and Max Donnelly
An Australian Icon: A Moe Legend – Memories of Bill Collins’ (O.A.M.) Early Days – by Arthur Pearce
100th Anniversary of death – Arthur Charles George Horley Horsnell
Annual President’s Report 2016
Mailbag – information on Moe garages and car dealerships

2016 Vol. 44 No. 2 December

Cover photo: William and Jane Beck
Moe & District Family Histories – The Beck Family
The History of Older Moe & District Residents – Max Donelly
GIPPS LAND – The Diggings north of Moe – by Geo T. Imes, The Argus 1859
Memories of Moe People – Charlie Tiecher – by Bob Moore
History of Moe – Narracan Shire Advocate 1955
Mailbag – The Ace High Service Station, The Epex-Foster Coin Operated Petrol Pump, Moe cars