Newsletters
- Mountain Tales: Issue 09
March 2026 No.9. The push for “area schools” in Victoria found its way into the hills in the 1940s. Read all about it at p.4. The caption on this postcard from 1913 reads: `Mt. Dandenong North. Showing “Mountjoy.” 1 February…
Occasional Articles
- Occasional Tales from the Mountain No. 07
Memorialising war: how the hills honoured their WW1 Diggers. How Australians memorialise wars and conflicts in a physical sense has shifted over the years and continues to change. In the hills after World War 1, as elsewhere, settling on an…
Society
Explore how we share historical stories and artifacts that highlight the unique culture and history of our beloved district
Books
- The Mount Dandenong Volcano
Mt. Dandenong is the remains of an ancient super-volcano. It is quiet enough now, but it was once part of a series of eruptions that were some of the most destructive on the planet.
Maps
Find out where things were
We are actively creating modern maps based on historical records. It requires painstaking research and considerable technical expertise. Maps available to the public are a small subset of those available to members.