Volume 50 No. 3 – Volume 53 No. 1

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2023 Vol. 50 No. 3 March

Cover photo: Coach at Old Gippstown entrance
Coach Ride Back To 1865!
50th Anniversary of Opening of Gippsland Folk Museum
Horsing Around…. Official opening by The Premier of Victoria, Mr Hamer
Museum is Important to Gippsland Scene
A Baw Baw Odyssey – story of George Toye’s ski trips
Church Buildings Open at Newborough – the Roman Catholic Church, School and Convent
Meet Russ Savige, a real good old Scout

2023 Vol. 50 No. 4 June

Cover photo: Moe & District Historical Society honour board
60th Anniversary of Moe & District Historical Society
Centenary of establishment of first Bowling Club in Moe
New Bowling Club History
The Collingwood of the Bush

2023 Vol. 51 No. 1 September

Cover photo: Embroided Silk Postcard
Finding Janet Elaine Allen
Coming to Australia – William Komesaroff
Postcards From the Past – By Jean Santowiak (nee Robins) re. Ivy Gladys May Robins
The Star Newspaper – 1946-1950
Moe State School Committee Meeting – 1948
Vale – Harry van Moorst
Start on update of Rutherglen Road – 1952

2023 Vol. 51 No. 2 December

Cover photo: Moe Coronation parade 1901
Moe, the Monarchy and the Advocate
Obituary – Mr. William Beck Senr.

2024 Vol. 51 No. 3 March

Cover photo: Newborough Village sign listing businesses
Newborough Bulletin, Official Organ of the Newborough Chamber of Commerce 1961
Migrant Survey –Settlers of the Latrobe Valley” Dr. Jerry Zubrzycki 1964
Early Newborough Community Organisations – Newborough Fire Brigade; Newborough Tennis Club; Newborough Football Club; Cricket; The Newborough C.W.A. Younger Set
Newborough State School 4650
Some more prominent businessmen – Chas. Rutter; Kevin Wakefield; Ken Steele
Newborough Businesses – Advertisements and images of former businesses 1960s
Mud Map of Newborough CBD circa1960
Ray Broeren – by Pat Esse and Rod Donnelly

2024 Vol. 51 No. 4 June

Cover photo: M3 Light tank WW2
Operational tanks in Australia during and after WW2
Moe Memorial Park Cemetery Reserve Survey Map – 1905, Caleb Thomas Government Surveyor
Caleb Thomas – Government and Mine Surveyor
Plan of the Garden Gully Reef – Mr. Caleb Thomas, C.E.
Thorpdale Railway to close – 1958

2024 Vol. 52 No. 1 September

Cover photo: Haigh Brothers Blacksmith Shop, George Street Moe
Opening of the Gippsland Road (the Moe Inn) – by A.W. Gregg 1913
Proposed Bacon-Curing Factory 1895
The Moe Bacon Curing Factory 1899
Haigh’s Corner and Barrabool House
Drowning accident at Gould 1926
“Shadow Borough Council” Formed 1952
Press Unites in 4 Key Towns of “Power Valley.” 1957
The Moe Lioness – sighting 1915
Struck by a Cartwheel – accident to Mr George Bell 1906
Obituaries – Denise McKnight, Nancy Bechaz, Wilfred Everard (Pat) Bartholomeusz
President’s Report 2024 AGM

2024 Vol. 52 No. 2 December

Cover photo: Cobb & Co Coach
Icons of Moe – John Mutsaers; Tony Wyke; Bill Collins; Herbert George Toye – from various newspapers and Bruce King
The Story of Cobb & Co.
Melbourne to Rosedale by Cobb & Co. Coach – from Odd Australian History by Annie O’Reilly
Hot spot sparks a row in Moe regarding replacing the Police Residence 1973
Fire guts Newborough shop, managed by Mr Clive O’Donnell 1973
New Timber Industry for Moe Planned – Saxton’s Timber and Trading Company 1958

2025 Vol. 52 No. 3 March

Cover photo: Early Yallourn Hospital (later LVCH) buildings c1930
Yallourn Hospital; Latrobe Valley Community Hospital Yallourn 1950; Latrobe Valley Community Hospital Moe; Moe Bush Nursing Hospital, Annexe of Latrobe Valley Community Hospital 1929-1976 – by Shelia Mangan
Report of Moe Ladies’ Hospital Auxillary 1966-1975
Yallourn North Ladies’ Hospital Auxillary
The Blue Rock Dam – A Retrospective – by Noel Erbs

2025 Vol. 52 No. 4 June

Cover photo: Blue Rock Dam
Moe Memorial Park – Cemetery Walk – Rod Donnelly
“Flying Orange” – Passes over Moe
A Picture Gallery of the Construction of Blue Rock Dam Part 2 – by Noel Erbs
“Can’t ask for better home than Moe” – by M. Tudor

2025 Vol.53 No. 1 September

Cover photo: Jack Davey
Walter Aitken – Life story and obituary
Supplementary Information – Robert and Susan Aitken
George Aidan Errey – family history
Radio Times Including Quiz Kings & National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA)
Memories of a Nursing Career – By Judy Redman
The Life Story of Dawn Cowley – by Wendy Sestokas
Moe Contour Drain – Moe Swamp

2025 Vol. 54 No. 2 December

Cover photo: Original Moe Post Office
Ollerton Avenue Bushland Reserve compiled by Pat Esse
Moe Street Names
More stories of Tanjil Valley men – Raynham Thornton “Bob” LAY 1880-1954 – by Noel Erbs
Moe Shooting – Phillip Wilcocks 1925
Tragic drowning 1951, Ian Cocksedge, 14 years old in the Edward Hunter Swimming Pool
50 Telephones By 1953
Work Begins on Swimming Pool 1958