Dobson Collection

Jack McIntyre came to Rowville from Heywood in the 1940s with his brother Lou and sister Anne. Jack married Margaret ("Maggie") Martin. They lived on her property at the south-east corner of Taylors Lane and Kelletts Road.

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Charles Dobson, Gordon's father, in the milk cart drawn by Minnie. Photo taken at Rowville looking east over the Police Paddocks.

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Taken at the Dobson farm in Scoresby in about 1921.

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Taken at Rowville about 1960.

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This was taken in about 1926. Gordon Dobson's sister, Mabel, is in the third row from the front and is the fifth child from the left. In later life she married Gordon's brother-in-law, Lou McIntyre.

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Ray Dobson was the eldest son of Charles and Charlotte ("Queenie") Dobson. Doug was a great rider and played with the Corhanwarrabul Pony Club founded by Lieutenant Colonel George Knox. The team played its matches at the Knox family property, Kent Park. Ray and Alan Keogh were both presented with polo ponies by the Governor of Victoria. Ray's horse was named Negress; (his own polo pony was Tony). This photo was taken at Lynburn, the home of Queenie Dobson's parents in Ferntree Gully Road, Ferntree Gully.

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Ann was a member of the Taylor family of Lysterfield who were no relation to the Taylors of Rowville. Ann married Doug Dobson in 1940.

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Wedding photo of Doug and Ann Dobson (nee Taylor) taken in 1940. They were the first couple to be married in the Boronia Presbyterian Church.

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Ann Dobson (nee Taylor), photographed about 1994.

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Gordon Dobson's cart horse, Merrijig.

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Charles, Gordon and Doug Dobson cutting maize on the flat at Rowville. The horses are Prince and Dick.

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Jean was Gordon and Anne's only child. This photo was taken at their property on the north-east corner of Stud and Police Roads in about 1949.

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A patriotic photo taken about the time of the end of the Great War. Sydney was killed in an accident as a young man.

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Old Sandy, Gordons' faithful cattle dog, is in the foreground.

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Photo taken at the family farm in Rowville in the 1930s.

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Lou McIntyre (left) and Doug Dobson pressing hay on the flat that is now in the vicinity of the Rowville football ground.

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He is cutting on the flat land around about where the Rowville Football Club ovals now are. The horses were Waltzing Lily, Dick and Prince.

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Taking a break while building a haystack at Rowville. Charles Dobson (standing), Gordon and Doug Dobson, Barbara McIntyre (Lou's niece) and Lou McIntyre.

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This photo was taken at his property in Rowville in the 1950s

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Mrs Charlotte (Queenie) Dobson with her sister, Violet (Mrs Odgers). Photographed at Queenleigh, Scoresby Road.

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Charles Dobson with Dick and Darkie the cow.

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Old Sandy, a brown cattle dog, who saved Gordon from the bull's attack.

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The cart horse

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Gordon was Charles's fourth son. This photo was taken in Sydney when Charles and Gordon went to Young, New South Wales, to visit Charles's sister, Elsie Penguin.

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Charles Hill Dobson, son of Thomas Dobson (Jnr). Charles was the stock agent for Scott and Co for many years. This photo was taken in Sydney when Charles and his son Gordon went to Young, New South Wales, to visit Charles's sister, Elsie Penguin.

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Gordon Dobson (left) with brother-in-law Louis (lou) McIntyre. The Clydesdales were (from left) Nugget, Prince and Sam.

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Lou McIntyre (who married Gordon Dobson's sister, Mabel) and Gordon Dobson (who married Lou's sister Ann)! Horses are "Judy", "Bess", "Don" and unknown.

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Doug Dobson in army uniform. He served in the transport corps of the 7th Division in Crete and then in North Africa where he was one of the famous Rats of Tobruk.

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