To mark 160 years of Dandenong Star Journal, PHILIP SALAMA-WEST is taking a then-and-now look at the people, places and events that have formed Dandenong’s modern history. This week, it’s the emotive issue of felling the area’s endemic, emblematic River Red Gums when they ‘stand…
Saving a ‘beautiful tree’

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Hope begins with a welcome
Hope travels light. It carries a small suitcase, a few cherished photos, and a quiet prayer: “May this be the place where I am safe…