A new book “Ratbag, Soldier, Saint – The real story of Sergeant Issy Smith VC” has been published. Written by a granddaughter, Lian Knight, this is a great book about […]
The first suggestion of a public War Memorial in Essendon was raised by W. Basham, one hundred years ago. Walter James Basham operated a Real Estate Business from premises at […]
It could be argued that the City of Moonee Valley was born in 1995, but it was not until three years later that we had a democratically elected Council. Two […]
The Essendon Football Club is celebrating its 150-year anniversary in 2022. This year also marks 100 years since the football club returned to Essendon in controversial circumstances. On 20 October […]
On 18 February 1922, the Harold Jones Band Rotunda was officially opened by the Essendon Mayor, Cr. John B. Hunt. It was erected by the voluntary efforts of the Essendon […]