Volume 47 No. 3 – Volume 50 No. 2

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

2020 Vol. 47 No. 3 March

Cover photo: Made in Moe exhibition signage 2018
Air CTI (Central Tyre Inflation)
Focus Laboratories
Givoni
Glovers
Moe Camembert Industries
Latrobe Cake Supply
Moe Dairy Co-operative
Moe Footwear

2020 Vol. 47 No. 4 June

Cover photo: Made in Moe exhibition signage 2018
Made in Moe Part II
Rotary and a Story of Korea
New State Savings Bank
Obituary Mrs Julia Ann Hitchins
A Harrowing Experience

2020 Vol. 48 No. 1 September

Cover photo: 1938 Back to Moe Queen Carnival participants
Stagg Family History
Spanish Flu Epidemic
Back to Moe Celebration Newspaper Articles
Rotary and a Story of Korea

2020 Vol. 48 No. 2 December

Cover photo: Jack Whitburn float, WWII Moe Victory Parade
Advocate Articles World War Two 1939-1946  

2020 Vol. 48 No. 3 March

Cover photo: Purvis wedding party
Public Meeting at Moe – Mechanics Institute Committee formed
Purvis Beck Wedding
Tanjil – the town that faded
Erica Mill Fatality
Bushfires – Moe West & Westbury
Miner’s Body Found
Obituary – W Beck Senr.
Korean Veterans Honoured
New Court House Moe 1957
Justice Without Gloom – New Moe Court House 1979
Barrister Bill White Bows Out
Acknowledgements

2020 Vol. 48 No. 4 June

Cover photo: Ted Scott
Ted Scott – A Man of Civic Service
Watersun’s
Street Names of Moe – the Aviation Theme
Buildings With History – the Moe City Offices
Photos – Haigh Bros 1897, A Marshall & Co 1897
Births, Deaths & Doctors

2021 Vol. 49 No. 1 September

Cover photo: Walhalla State School building
Early History of Moe & District Primary Schools Part One – Jericho, Edward’s Reef, Walhalla, Red Jacket, Aberfeldy, Pearson Town, (A) Narracan, (B) Narracan West, Thorpdale, Store Point, Coppermine, Albert Street, Albert Street, Darlimurla (formerly Narracan South), Narracan, Moondarra (formerly Lower Moondarra), Erica (First Upper Moondarra, the Harris State School), Willow Grove (First called La Trobe River State School), Osler’s Creek, Coalville (formerly Narracan Valley Coal Mine), Tanjil South, Jubilee (Cooper’s Creek), Hill End, Ten Mile Creek
The Moe Sewerage Authority
The Haunted Hills: A Terror to Travellers
Purvis Store, Moe – “The Rapid Wire Carrier” System
Obituary – William “Bill” Adams

2021 Vol. 49 No. 2 December

Cover photo: Coopers Creek State School building and students
Bundilla Annual Picnic date
Early History of Moe and District Primary Schools Part 2 – Fumina, Yulunga, Shady Creek (Moe Swamp West), Trafalgar East (Moe Swamp), Icy Creek (formerly Duggan), Duggan East, Gould, Yallourn North, Monett’s Saw Mill, Cooper’s Creek, Knott’s Siding, Yallourn, Moe West, Northern Timber Mills, Mount Erica (Dargoville), Hernes Oak, Newborough, South Street, Newborough East, Yallourn South, Elizabeth Street, Newborough North
Appendix – John Mitchell (from p3)
Obituary – Mr Thomas Symons Treloar  
Bush Fires – 100 Fighters Out 1932
A Motor Run Over Haunted Hills 1918

2022 Vol. 49 No. 3 March

Cover photo: Haigh Brothers Blacksmith Shop, George Street Moe
The Dilemma of Local Indigenous History
My Arrival in Australia – Martin Mohr junior
Newspaper extracts – Haigh Brothers1897 p5, A Bad Accident 1903 p6, Shot in the Head 1910 p6,
Two Children Murdered 1906 p7, Army Veteran dies after operation 1911 p8,
Men Badly Scalded 1912 p8, The Moe Lioness1915 p9, New Masonic
Temple Moe & Drouin 1926 p10, Bush Fires 1932 p10, Bull Shatters window
1934 p11, New Yallourn Picture Theatre 1938 p12, 1,000th British Migrant
1950 p14, Timber Mill Burnt 1953 p15, Wooden Leg baffles natives 1969 p16,
Death of Dr Coto 1962 p17
Who Are They? – unknown, links to White family of Westbury
Vale – Bernie Ipsen

2022 Vol. 49 No. 4 June

Cover photo: Martin Dyt
This is My Life – Martin Dyt
Foundation Meeting of Moe Historical Society
Newspaper Extracts: American Fleet Entertained in Moe 1925
Planning Committee Meets 1946
Moe Groups 1945
Improved Train Services 1949

2022 Vol. 50 No. 1 September

Cover photo: Moe Bush Nursing Hospital building
Rex Dairies
Willow Groves First Settlers – Thomas Irvine, Margaret Baird
Moe Bush Nursing Hospital
Moe Bush Nursing Hospital Established
Obituary – Jessie Campbell Robinson
Dedication Ceremony, Moe Bush Nursing Hospital (Mrs. Henry Robinson)
The Great Flood
The Moe Masonic Lodge
Obituary – Mrs. Ethel May Vorbach
Graham Goulding – Life Member
Society Publications

2022 Vol. 50 No. 2 December

Cover photo: Herbert Martin home, Moore St Moe
Fatal Accident at Yallourn – Mr Herbert Martin
Victory!
Newborough Celebration
Nancy Bechaz – Local sporting identity
Willow Grove Hall Destroyed
Bonfire Night
Westbury – Willow Grove, Electricity Scheme