Greenprint

Sept. 2021 - Newsletter to Members and Friends

Dear Members and Friends of Save the Dandenongs League Inc.

It has now been more than two years since we had our last Annual General Meeting, and unfortunately due to ongoing Covid restrictions we're still not sure if we'll be able to meet any time soon.

Despite the lockdowns, your committee has continued working and planning. So this is an update of what has been keeping us busy over the past 12 months or so. A lot has been happening, but I have tried to summarise as much as possible.

Recollections on the 60th Birthday of The Save the Dandenongs League

My wife and I live in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges at the gateway to the beautiful Lysterfield Valley, in the home that we created 60 years ago and where we still live. I first became involved with the save the Dandenongs League when a group of local residents opposed the development of yet another basalt-rock quarry in that valley. There was already a plethora of quarries in the area – one at Upper Ferntree Gully and another in Lysterfield. With help from the Save the Dandenongs League we managed to overcome the proposed new quarry, some councillors lost their seats, and Sherbrooke Council became more environmentally friendly.

Presidents Page 2009

We have been involved in a number of issues throughout the year 2008. However, the small number of committee members has at times limited our activities. The first two items below are wins and the second two are losses.
SHIRE OF YARRA RANGES HOUSING STRATEGY
BACK PACKERS HOSTEL PROPOSAL, MONBULK
HISTORIC STAIRCASE, LILYDALE
MONBULK COMMUNITY HUB

Presidents Page 2007

We have reached the fiftieth edition of our newsletter which we currently call “Greenprint”. This has grown from very humble beginnings, nearly thirty years ago, to a more substantial version that we have today. It includes articles, press releases and photographs about the Dandenongs, and feedback from our readers suggests that many people enjoy its contents. Carolyn Ebdon has now taken on the task of being editor and is doing a fine job, following in the footsteps of Betty Hotchin who enhanced the publication with her own distinctive style.
Application for the “Castle” in Olinda.
The Warburton Trail.

Presidents Page 2006

Firstly I apologise that the League only managed to produce one newsletter last year (No. 48). We are hopeful that this situation may improve later this year. We have a fairly small Committee and most of its members are still in the work-force which makes their time to help us very limited. Nevertheless we have met fairly regularly during the past year and continued to monitor Shire Council agendas, local papers, respond to letters, telephone calls, e-mails etc. and attend meetings on behalf of the League. I wish to thank most sincerely the office-bearers and members of the Committee for their support and various contributions over the year.

Birdsland 21st Birthday Celebration
Cr. Robyn Hale

May Moon MBE

May Moon together with Prof. John Turner called a public meeting in October 1950 that was attended by 200 people. Save the Dandenongs League was formed at that meeting. She was the league's secretary for 27 years.

Dandenong Ranges News - June 1973

Official newsletter of the Save the Dandeongs League
Tree Planting ceremony celebrating the official opening of Kalorama Park on Sunday April 29th.
Official Vandalism 1973 - Once again Olinda village has been attacked by a team of Council employees wielding chain saws.