"Fusion" is the newsletter of the Brunswick Community History Group.

Below is a listing of the articles contained in each issue.

No.1 DECEMBER 1985: A history of the Merri Creek / Jane Bathgate p2-3. A community history centre for Brunswick / Jane Bathgate p3. Brickworks and potteries p4-5. Hoffman's whistle / Les Barnes p5. Local clay industries / Marjorie Glew p5. For a better life we came / Paul de Angelis p6-7. Brunswick South Primary School p8.

No.2 MAY 1986: Housing styles. A history of the Merri Creek part 2: the settlers move in p4. Hungry 72 mob (gang), larrikins p5. Free speech fight p6. Brunswick Baths: a personal history / Bob Broadley and Matt Grounds p7.

No.3 OCTOBER 1986: The clothing industry / Carmel Boyce p1-2 . A unique man of the twenties [Cyril Bright] / Les Barnes p3. Dancing / Laurie Cunningham p4-5. Harrison family p6. End of two old establishments [Coles store and Brunswick Hotel] / Les Barnes p7. Brunswick at the M.C.G. / Laurie Cunningham p8.

No.4 APR 1987: Albion Street, West Brunswick c1920 (photo) p1. Street names p1, 8. Thomas Manallack and Manallack Street p1. Housing styles continued p3. Bodgies and Widgies p6. History in streets / Les Barnes p8.

Vol.2 no.1 APRIL 1988: Padua Picture Palace p1,4-6. Houses in the lane [Martins Lane] / Les Barnes p7. Brickfielders win the flag [football, Brunswick vs Prahran 1909 grand final] / John Cunningham p8.

Vol.3 no.1 JANUARY 1989: Empire Picture Theatre p1,2,4,5,6. Hard cases p3. Unemployed Single Men's Group p7-8.

Vol.3 no.2 APRIL 1989: Rock and roll 1955-59 p1. Sammy's Star Cafe p1. Empire Theatre continued p4. The Philipstown Hotel p6. Characters / John Madigan p7.

Vol.3 no.3 AUGUST 1989: Protecting Brunswick's heritage p1. Football: the Sydney Road premiership (Brunswick vs Coburg 1974) p2. Railway p6. Empire Theater part 3 p7.

Vol.3 no.4 DECEMBER 1989: Empire Theatre part 4 p1. Memoirs of Patricia Cunningham Puiu p2. Markets p5. Les Barnes journal p6.

Vol.4 no.1 MARCH 1990: Upfield Railway Line p3.

Vol.4 no.2 JUNE 1990: Lyric Picture Theatre [now Brunswick Club] / Les Barnes p1,4-6. Madigan's: the story of a hall [old Manchester Unity Hall turned into nightclub] / Les Barnes p6-7.

Vol.4 no.3 AUGUST 1990: Italian settlement in Brunswick [Italians] / Charlie D'Aprano p1,7-8. The Downs Cordage Works (rope) p3-6.

Vol.4 no.4 DECEMBER 1990: Greek settlement in Brunswick [Greeks] p1-2. The Brunswick Estate p3-6. The coaching saga of 1949 (football) / Laurie Cunningham p7.

Vol.5 no.1 APRIL 1991: Brunswick Baths p1-3. 459-475 Sydney Road (building) p3. Dancing days [Dances, dancing] / Laurie Cunningham p5-7.

Vol.5 no.2 AUGUST 1991: The temperance movements in Brunswick. The dance hall as library / Anne Laffin p8.

Vol.5 no.3 DECEMBER 1991: How Brunswick was named (name) p1. Brunswick's historic environment p7. Melville House p8.

Vol.5 no.4 APRIL 1992: Labor's hundred years [history of labor in Brunswick] p1-4,7. Two pioneers: Frank Anstey and J.R. (Jimmy) Jewell p3-4. The Alhambra Picture Theatre p5-6. Whelan the Wreckers demise p7.

Vol.5 no.5 AUGUST 1992: Passing of the Brunswick R.S.L. p1-2,6-7. The red door / Patricia Cunningham p3-4. Upgrading and the heritage of the Upfield Line [railway] p4-5. Brunswick heritage bike ride / Chris Johnston p5-6. Football reminiscences p8.

Vol.5 no.6 DECEMBER 1992: Austin's Hotel (Phoenix, R.J. Hawke, Candy Store Tavern, Paris Tavern) p1-4,8-9 / Laurie Cunningham. Irish in Brunswick / Les Barnes p5-8. Street names / Les Barnesp9. Football reminiscences p11-12.

Vol.6 no.1 MARCH 1993: The Retreat Hotel - 100 and 150 years / Les Barnes p1,2,8. The great stadium fight [boxing, Charles Browne Parker] / Laurie Cunningham p3-6. Paddy Hannon p7.

Vol.6 no.2 JUNE 1993: Progress report: history of Brunswick book / Helen Penrose p1,2. Reminiscences of Alan Windley p2. Brunswick's house of stoush [boxing at the former Lyric Theatre, now Brunswick Club] / Laurie Cunningham p3-5. When modesty won: a true story of a dance competition [ballroom dancing] / Les Barnes p6-7. Update on Upfield line heritage / Anne Laffan p7.

Vol.6 no.3 OCTOBER 1993: Progress report of 'A history of Brunswick' book / Helen Penrose p3-4. The history of the section on nineteenth century health to be published in 'The history of Brunswick' / Helen Penrose p4-5.

Vol.6 no.4 DECEMBER 1993: Child's play: towards a history of children in Brunswick / Helen Penrose p1-2. The old tin shed in Tinning Street [John Pender's Horseshoe Nail Factory used as first theatre and for boxing] p3-4. Historical discovery [in Garnet Street, Brunswick] / Helen Penrose p5. Marjorie Nunan 1911-1963 / Bill Barnes p5. Vale: Hoffies [Hoffman (Hoffman's) Brick Company p6.

Vol.7 no.1 APRIL 1994: The Cornwall Arms [Cornish Arms Hotel] / Laurie Cunningham p1-3. Growing up in Brunswick: reminiscences of Bill Barnes p3-4. Brunswick's pioneering woman pharmacist : Sarah Ann George / Helen Harris p4-5. Breaking new ground with the history of Brunswick / Helen Penrose p5-6. The Brunswick I knew: reminiscences: Rev. Father L.F. Foster p6-7.

Vol.7 no.2 AUGUST 1994: Vale: Les Barnes 1905-1994 / Elisabeth Jackson p1-2. End of an institution: Friendly Society Lodge / Les Barnes p2-3. Brunswick in the 1950s / Ann Stuart p3-5. Camp Pell days [Royal Park] / Laurie Cunningham p5,8,9. Two views of the Grand View Hotel p9-10. My memories of the Grand View Hotel / Kath Keehan p10-12.

Vol.7 no.3 DECEMBER 1994: Woman on the Railway Gates / Dick Curlewis p1. A pleasing discovery [Pender's Horseshoe Nail Factory, Tinning Street: praised by Mark Twain] / Laurie Cunningham p3. Brunswick Gasworks: a short lived project / Les Barnes p4. Upon reflection: reminiscences of Christina Ryan p5. Pender's Hall / The Oxford Theatre / Laurie Cunningham p6-7.

Vol.8 no.1 MARCH 1995: Battle of the brass bands: Brunswick vs Collingwood 1925-7 p1-3. Community history in Brunswick / Helen Penrose p3-4. Western Picture Theatre, Melville Road (now Estonian House) / Laurie Cunningham p4-7. A miser's hoard, discovered at an auction [Donald McLennon] / Helen Harris p5.

Vol.8 no.2 AUGUST 1995: Brunswick's pioneering Methodist women / Banda Dagher p1,2,6,7. Parkside Table Tennis Association 1935-1960s / Tom Morgans p3. June Webster / interviewed by Bill Barnes p3. Rambles in Brunswick (from the Brunswick and Coburg Medium 3/10/1885) / research by Laurie Cunningham p4.

Vol.8 no.3 DECEMBER 1995: Transport in Brunswick 1839-1995 / William F. O'Donnell p1,2,7. Camp Pell / Flora Georgiou p3-4. Brunswick's intrepid missionaries / Banda Dagher p5,7.

Vol.9 no.1 APRIL 1996: Dalton family history / Beverley Burke and Marley Goodman p1-2. Jimmy Hegarty: Brunswick's wild colonial boy part 2 / Laurie Cunningham p2-3. Transport in Brunswick part 2 / William F. O'Donnell p4-7.

Vol.9 no.2 AUGUST 1996: My dad's bus / Dorothy Bull p1-2. A fallen hero [Jackie O'Brien] / Laurie Cunningham p3. Memories of Harry / Una Gratton p4. Memories of Uncle Les / Bill Barnes p5. Guidelines for writing fusion articles / Helen Penrose p6. Letter from Francesca Folk-Scolaro regarding John Warburton and the Mayor's Room for the history group p7.

Vol.9 no.3 DECEMBER 1996: First Wesley Chapel 1840 / John Ficarra p1. Working at Miller's Rope and Cordage Works / Edna Sinclair p2. Brunswick Harriers p2. Albion Street p3. North West Brunswick Kindergarten p3. St Joseph's Parish, West Brunswick p4. Brunswick Scottish Society p5. The sands of time [Sarah Sands Hotel] / Laurie Cunningham p6-7. West Brunswick Methodist Football Club premiers 1924 (group portrait) p12.

Vol.10 no.1 APRIL 1997: What goes around comes around [George and Annie Garland] / Phillip Garland p1. Sunday nights at Grandma's [poem] / Ted Black p1. Brunswick schools / John Ficarra p2. MMTB Depot [trams]: 807-813 Sydney Road, Brunswick / John Ficarra p3. This is my life / Thomas Henry Morgans p4. John Curtin: from Brunswick to the Lodge / Laurie Cunningham p5-6. Annie and Susie Garland: missionaries to China / Banda Dagher p6-8.

Vol.10 no.2 AUGUST 1997: The life and times of Robert Darragh: a notable citizen of Brunswick in the early 1900s / Neville Darragh p1-3. West Brunswick 1922-1990 / Dorothy Bull p3-6. A family history / Thomas Gargan p6-8.

Vol.10 no.3 DECEMBER 1997: Where Barkly Street meets the Merri Creek / Eric L. Unthank p1. The shifting sands: continuing the story of the Sarah Sands Hotel / Laurie Cunningham p2-3. Carryings on up the lane, or, Go West, young punter! [SP Bookies] / Tom Sheridan p4. Interview with Harry Culpin / Bill Barnes p5. Hoffman's Brickworks: from industrial to residential / Anne Laffan p6-7.

Vol.11 no.1 APRIL 1998: Hoffman's Pottery: reminiscences: Alan Davis p1-2. The Joseph Allison story / Bill Barnes p2. Rambles in Brunswick (from the Brunswick and Coburg Medium 10-10-1885) [Brunswick Mechanics' Institute, Town Hall] p3. Remembering the Brunswick Women's Amateur Athletic Club / Beverley Car p4. Gone, but not forgotten / Jeffrey Beer p5. D. Teodoro Shoe Store / Bill Barnes p5. Rotten Row [shops on the corner of Union Street and Barry Street] / Laurie Cunningham p6-7. Carrying's on up the lane part 2 / Tom Sheridan p7.

Vol.11 no.2 AUGUST 1998: Vale: Bill Barnes 1930-1998 p1-3. A Crow's nest in Brunswick: reminiscences 1940s: Ruth Crow p4-5. The Wesleyan beginnings of Brunswick / Norma Martin p5-6. A Coal field at Brunswick / Laurie Cunningham p6. Margaret Power and her cow / Laurie Cunningham p8.

Vol.11 no.3 DECEMBER 1999: Blue turns to green: Union Street through my years / Patricia Cunningham p1-3. Sydney Road, circa 1920 / Ted Black p3-4. Brunswick Hotel changes it name 1928 [Butcher's Arms becomes Hotel Carrington] / Laurie Cunningham p4. Brunswick war games / Tom Sheridan p4-5. Incident a quarry, boy severely injured [George Sheppeard] 1932 / Laurie Cunningham p5. Christ Church Anglican Church / Banda Dagher p6-7.

Vol.12 no.2 AUGUST 2009: A visit to Gran's / Kathy Shiels p1-2. Brunswick Council memories / Elisabeth Jackson p2-3. Orphan Phyllis' romantic wedding 1937 / Ruth Crow p4. The school we went to [St Ambrose's Catholic School] / Ted Black p5. Looking back / Eveline Campain 5. The Salvation Army in Brunswick: the early years / John Cleary and Leslie Rusher p6-7.

Vol.12 no.3 DECEMBER 2009: A eulogy for Arthur Symons / Darryl Elias p1-2. Albert Street, circa 1934 / Ted Black p2-3. Living in Brunswick / Elisabeth Jackson p4-5. The Salvation Army in Brunswick: the interbellum period / John Cleary and Leslie Rusher p6-7.

Vol.13 no.1 APRIL 2000: Working at Crofts' Stores / Tom Morgans p1. A eulogy for John Faulks 1912-1999 p2. A eulogy for May Flynn 1922-2000 p2-3. Dust-ups in the old days / Ted Black p3. Growing up in Cornwall Street / Clarrie Butcher p4. Murders in Brunswick in the 1890s Depression / Betty Hayes p5. The Salvation Army in Brunswick: the music ministry and the tragedy of World War Two / John Cleary and Leslie Rusher p6-7. Robert Chisholm and George Chisholm p8.

Vol.13 no.2 AUGUST 2000: My pocket of East Brunswick / Edith Benzie p1-2. Magpie memories no.1: how Alec Gillon changed our Sundays [football] / Laurie Cunningham p2-3. Brunswick and the Maltese immigrant / Manuel Bonello p4-5. The Salvation Army in Brunswick: 1945-1975: 'we contact or we contract' / John Cleary and Leslie Rusher p6-7.

Vol.13 no.3 DECEMBER 2000: The railway line that never came to be [Flemington Bridge to Pascoe Vale through West Brunswick and Coburg (never built)] / Laurie Burchell p1-2. Moreland Road subdivision map 1888 p3. A precious bit of ivory [Harry Ivory] / Laurie Cunningham p4-5. Old Pioneers Social Club 1947 p5. The Salvation Army in Brunswick: response and renewal / John Cleary and Leslie Rusher p6-7.

Vol.14 no.1 APRIL 2001: A Brunswick childhood / Peter Davidson p1-3. Brunswick's Federation celebrations / Emma Balkin p4-7. Another hot-headed Hegarty [Daniel Hegarty] / Laurie Cunningham p7-8.

Vol.14 no.2 AUGUST 2001: Alex Dick, businessman and Mayor of Brunswick / Ian Whitelock p1-2. A milk carter in Brunswick in the 1930s / Jack Stanley p3. Hennessy's Bakery off Sydney Road 1948 p3. East Brunswick heritage / Norma Martin p4-6. People living in Rosebud from Brunswick that I have met / Clarrie Butcher p6-7. Brunswick's first theatre ['Brunswick Theatre' in the Cumberland Arms Hotel 1860] / Laurie Cunningham p7-8.

Vol.14 no.3 DECEMBER 2001: Memories of rural West Brunswick during the 1930s / Valda Strauss p1-3. J.J. Dowling Pty Ltd, corner of Victoria Street and Sydney Road, replaced by Fletcher Jones and Staff Pty Ltd factory and retail store 1970 p4. Theodotus John Sumner and East Brunswick heritage / Norma Martin p4-6. A brief history of the Raeburn / Reaburn family / Marilyn Watson p7.

Vol.15 no.1 MAY 2002: Brunswick memories / Bob Hammon p1-7.

Vol.15 no.2 AUGUST 2002: Growing up in Brunswick / Theo Allport p1. Noel Counihan 1933, Brunswick changes the law / Robert Smith p2,8. Brunswick Cycling Club / Cameron Clark p3. A tribute to the mayors of Brunswick organised by the Brunswick Community History Group / Betty Hayes p4,6. The Phillips family of Brunswick / Val Chatwin p5-6. Brunswick Football Club p7.

Vol.16 no.2 DECEMBER 2002: North Brunswick State School days / Graham L. Hall p1-2. Conscription and women in World War One / Laura Donati p3-6.

Vol.17 no.1 APRIL 2003: Visit to Melbourne University Archives p1. Restoration of Federation House from Brunswick relocated to Shoreham / Ann and John Larkin p2. Campbell Turnbull Library / Wallace Kennedy Turnbull (Kenn) p3. Table tennis 1938-1960s / Tom Morgans p4.

Vol.17 no.2 JULY 2003: Vic Little: heart and conscience of the Brunswick community / Mike Hill p1-2. Preserving our heritage in Park Street p2. Gillbrook Pottery p3. Why study history? / Kathy Shiels p4-5. Recollections of Parkville part 1 / Ralph Sutton p5. Launch of book: 'Faith of our fathers: the Churches of Sydney Road Brunswick' p6. Dot Patterson: a one-eyed supporter of the Brunswick Football Club p6. Brunswick Kindergarten (letter) p7.

Vol.17 iss.3 NOVEMBER 2003: Vic Little continued p1-2. West Brunswick circa 1948-9 / Barry Bannister p3. Recollections of Parkville part 2 / Ralph Sutton p4-7. Marjorie Nunan p7. Brunswick Community History Group (20th anniversary), Olive York p8.

Vol.18 no.1 FEBRUARY 2004: Brunswick Football Club 1956-1966 / Kevin Dillon p1-8. Brunswick Football Club: the last chapter and verse - Brunswick / Broadmeadows F.C. p3. A tribute to Dennis Goddard / Annette Goddard p5. A BFC supporter's story / Mrs Pat Allen p6. Ted Allen / Mary Bell p7. Memories of Brunswick Football Club / Anthony McNamara p8.

Vol.18 no.2 JUNE 2004: The Walker family connections with Brunswick: John Walker 1825-1895 / Marion Eskdale p1. Book launch: 'A fair and honest game' p2-3. Meeting with Counihan curators and Moreland Council staff / Pam Matthews p3.Visit to Shoreham / Odette Stuckey p4. Letter from the front: Captain Harry O'Loughlin 1916 p5-7. Closure of Carrington Hotel p8.

Vol.18 no.3 AUGUST 2004: Roy Gardener, sportsman / Clarrie Butcher p1. Roger Rooman: Melbourne composer and Brunswick resident / Gerald Gentry p2. Thomas William Averill 1888-1936 p3. John Bunckle's short lived dream [John Buncle; Milano (house), Cohuna Street] / Laurie Cunningham p4. Walker family connections with Brunswick [Sarah Walker (nee Currie) 1834-1903] / Marion Eskdale p5. John Sinclair Walker 1869-1937 p5. St. Ambrose's School, Dawson Street / Jeremy Johnson p7-8.

Vol.18 no.4 NOVEMBER 2004: Eulogy: Marjorie Alice Glew [includes Padua Theatre] / Wendy Harvey (Hall) p1-4. Sydney Road gas pipe explosion (photos) p5. Letter from Jan Amos regarding the Strickland family and Sarah Sands Hotel p6. Recollections of St. Ambrose's Boys' School / Maurice O'Malley p7. Moreland historical societies to merge? p8.

Vol.19 no.1 Index to Fusion.

Vol.19 no.2 JUNE 2005: Brunswick Heritage Festival opened p1-2. A passion for trams - Yarra Trams / Leona Clarke and Scott Stevenson p3. East Brunswick / Lorraine Barr p3. Polio epidemics of the 1930s, 40s and 50s / Dr Bryan Speed (notes taken by Marion Eskdale) p4. John Hutchinson: 100 years of recorded music / Dorothy Scott p5. Alan Windley: theatre historian / Dorothy Scott p6. Alan Windley's history and heritage talk on Brunswick cinemas / Laurie Cunningham p6-7. An afternoon with a 1970s Brunswick Mayor [Loreto York] / Rita Camilleri p8. The Cornish contribution to Victoria with a focus on Brunswick / Prof. Richard Snedden p9.

Vol.19 no.3 SEPTEMBER 2005: Letter to the Mayor / Judith Hayward (Walker) p1. The battle of the bridge [Brunswick Road Bridge] / Laurie Cunningham p2-4. Edith Benzie 100th birthday p4. David McKenzie Barry 1831-1903 / Ronald Strickland p5. An overview of migration to Australia p6-7. Walkerden family history / Sue Walkerden (nee Edwards) p8. NOV 2005: Letter from Barry York re: his father, Loreto (Larry) York p1. The Victoria Hotel p2. Thomas Francis Culhane 1891-1969 p6. Vic Belcher p8.

Vol.19 no.4 NOVEMBER 2005: Letter to the Mayor / Barry York p1. The Victoria Hotel, Brunswick / Janet Parr p2-4. Tom Culhane: Gaelic scholar down under / Ita Collard p6-7. Father Joseph Ciantar SDB p6. Vic Belcher / Bill Dawson p8. Letter / Ron Mck. Strickland p9.

Vol.20 no.1 MAY 2006: Moreland City Council tenth anniversary p1. Book launch: 'Remember the Carrington: a Brunswick working man's pub' p3. Joseph and Sarah George, Pharmacists of Brunswick / Dr Janette Bomford p4,5. Recollections of St. Ambrose's School, Brunswick by Mitzi Hocking 1940s p6-7. Vale: Walter Delaney p7. Letter: origins of the Sarah Sands Hotel / Laurie Cunningham p8. Letters: Hoffman's Brickworks p8-9. Marjorie Nunan Homes for the Aged p10. Letter from Maureen Pascoe re her mother p11.

Vol.20 no.2 AUGUST 2006: Text of address to Moreland Council, by Robin Vowels, on 24th May 2006, in an attempt to save the mansion 'Milano' at 18 Cohuna Street, West Brunswick, from inappropriate development p1. Remembering the Rawleigh's man / Laurie Cunningham p2-3. A brief history of Brunswick Technical School from 1916 to 1986: a 70 year history and my recollections as a student 1936 to 1938 / Leslie McLean p4-7. Notes on James Aloysius Forster, his parents and grandparents p10.

Vol.20 no.3 NOVEMBER 2006: A brief history of St John's Anglican Church, West Brunswick / Mardi Hatherell p2-4. Recollections of my childhood by Judith Hayward p5-6. Recollections of my childhood by Lorna Newman p7-8. Lieutenant William John Symons / David Thompson p9.

Vol.21 no.2 APRIL 2007: Book launch: 'Pillars of our land: Brunswick citizen pioneers' p1. Violet's story / Sandy Sondreal p2-5. A paper boy's war: swearing off grog / Ted Egan p6. Lyndhurst Hall / Anne Lorimer Sheppard p9. Letter to the editor: Brunswick Technical School / Monica Jacomb, Teacher-Librarian, 1979-80 p10.

Vol.21 no.3 AUGUST 2007: Air-conditioned mill at Brunswick [Hilton Hosiery Co. Pty Ltd] ('The Herald' 14/4/1937) p1. Industrial art deco in Brunswick / Steven Barlow p2-4. Memories of the Empire Theatre p5. Padua Theatre p6. Staff of the Brunswick Technical School 1944 (photo) p8. Letter: Reaburn (Raeburn) family (from Des Taylor) p9. Dazzling Kevin Dillon / Laurie Cunningham p11.

Vol.21 no.4 NOVEMBER 2007: Oil in Brunswick: Penrite Oil Company Pty Ltd: established 1926 / Roberta Mecoles, told to Francesca Folk-Scolaro p1-3. Mayoral speech: Kennedy McDermott reunion Brunswick 8/7/2007 p4-5. Olive's story: Barry York relates the special experience of interviewing his mother for the library's oral history collection p6-8. Memories of a 'great way round' / C.D. Gavan Duffy [railway, Heidelberg-Fitzroy] 1949 / Tom Rigg p9-10. The commemoration of George Milner Stephen / Laura Donati p12.

Vol.22 no.2 APRIL 2008: The old trainer’s wisdom (poem) / Stewart (the Silver Fox) Bradley p1. A walk through East Brunswick 1940s-1950s: recollections of a paperboy / Albie Matthews p2-3. Letter from Stewart Bradley p4. Magpie memories no.1: Modest ‘Gabby’ Nolan / Laurie Cunningham [football] p5-6. Ottavio D’Aprano remembers p7-8. Honouring women in Moreland awards 2008 [Ruth Crow AM 1916-1999; Sarah George (Wilkinson) 1839-1919; Sister Elizabeth Hartnett 1857-1931; Marion Kermonde; Vida Little; Marjorie Nunan 1911-1963; Glennys Romanes] p9. Letter to the editor (reminiscences) Graeme Paton? p10.

Vol.22 no.3 AUGUST 2008: A personal experience: St Ambrose’s Parish, Brunswick / Father Frank Little p1-2. A personal experience: St Joseph’s Parish, West Brunswick / Fr Spillane: Parish Priest 1971-1986 p2. St Joseph’s West Brunswick part 2 / Helen Hogan p4. Magpie memories no.2: Whispering Jimmy Whiley / Laurie Cunningham [football] p6. Messrs Thomas Mitchell and Company Pty Ltd: the G.A.V. Trade Council spend an interesting morning watching the manufacture of millet brooms and general brushware (from the Australasian Grocer 20/8/1927) p7. Brunswick Foundry / R.A. Vowels p9.

Vol.22 no.4 NOVEMBER 2008: Musical discovery: Percy Grainger 'Three gothic pieces (c1937)' p1. Passing of former Mayoress: Ethel Florence Phillips (nee Francis) 1956 p2. The cars on Brunswick roads: Herbert Austin, founder of Austin Motor Company p3. Brunswick City Baths 1928 p6. Brunswick resident slays stray leopard (J.C. Lacey) 1914 p7. Emily Lenny and Henry Grainge Biggs p8. Sennit's Ice Cream / Brian Watson p9. Brunswick Technical School staff 1944 (group portrait) p10. Brunswick Football Club 1938 p10.

Vol.23 no.2 MAY 2009: The Callahans and the Murphys come to town [riot at the showing of the film 'The Callahans and the Murphys' at the Empire Theatre, Brunswick 1927] / Peter Wolfenden p1-3. Frances Lydia Alice (Minnie) Knorr 1867-1894 p4. Photos and reminiscences from Robert Cockerell on early Brunswick p5-6. Reaburn family / Albert Raeburn Reynolds p7-8. St Ambrose School tribute 6-12-2008: reminiscences of Brother John O'Halloran and Leo Bull p9-10. Remembering St Ambrose's Girls' School / Fenisia D'Aprano Giglio p11. Reminiscences of Francesca Folk-Scolaro (nee Frances Folk) p11. St Ambrose's School reminiscences: Peter Cormick, Dawn Hughes p12.

Vol.23 no.3 AUGUST 2009: City of Brunswick centenary celebrations 1839-1939 p1-6. Early Brunswick industry / with thanks to Damien J. Hynes p7. Brunswick hero [Leslie Francis Webb] / with thanks to the Fire Services Museum p8-9. Brunswick incinerator p10. A museum for Brunswick! p11.

Vol.23 no.4 NOVEMBER 2009: The Brunswick War Memorial p1-2. Doug Hayes: Brunswick's champion full forward p3-4. History of the Brunswick Congregational Church: recollections as a child and young adult of Norma Callen p4. Book launch: The Mayor's address on the occasion of Brunswick's 170th birthday and the launch of 'Our tribute to our school - St Ambrose and Trinity College' p5. Early Brunswick hotel families / with thanks to Jan Amos and Elayne Whatman [Strickland, Hoof, Pickering] p6. The Union Hotel celebrates 150 years of history p7. School group photos: 1930 Brunswick State School; 1951 Brunswick Primary School grade 3 p8. Letters to the editor [R. Brown furniture shop, Tipper O'Brien by Tom Rigg; St Ambrose School and other memories by Louise Carmody] p9-10. Former Mayor of Brunswick, Grahame George Kermonde dies p10. Report of Mayor, Lambros Tapinos on visit to Brunswick Community History Group p10. Farewell dear friends [deaths]: Sydney Davidson; Brian Healy; John Johnson; Grahame Kermonde; Loreto York. President's report 2008-2009 / Marion Eskdale p12