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50 years ago: Havoc at Dandenong Hub

23/07/2025

To mark Dandenong Star Journal’s 160 years of publication, 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, the spotlight is on Dandenong Hub retail-office complex, which opened to great fanfare with TV…

Noble Park locked and loaded

Purchase this photo from Pic Store: 520678 Noble Park (7/121) can begin preparations for a finals campaign in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association after locking…

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Outlook says farewell to the warmth, laughter and love of Nicole

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Car ramming leads to firearm seized in Cranbourne East

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Coalition to scrap activity zones

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50 years ago: Havoc at Dandenong Hub

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Noble Park locked and loaded

Swans pass first pressure test with rematch on the cards

Sweet taste for battling teams as things even up in SWGDL

Champs make move in highlight performance of round four

Dasun earns recognition

More News

Bears and Bucks win big

New Casey Local Law now in place

Colours fly at Holi Festival

How is school-based crime comparable across Casey, Greater Dandenong and Cardinia?

Parklet future under review

Outlook says farewell to the warmth, laughter and love of Nicole

Land release alone won’t lower house prices, expert warns

Car ramming leads to firearm seized in Cranbourne East

Wetland clean-up to the ‘fore’

Coalition to scrap activity zones