
This blog is dedicated to the life of Andrew Dowd, an old friend of mine who was brutally murdered in Melbourne on December 09 2009.
The life and times of Andrew Dowd -- a chest of memories.
"Andrew was an intelligent, talented, and popular man who was always fun and entertaining to be around."Sadly Andrew died on December 09 2009. Rest in peace Andrew, and I hope that in some way this site will help those that knew you to come to terms with your passing.

This blog is dedicated to the life of Andrew Dowd, an old friend of mine who was brutally murdered in Melbourne on December 09 2009.

During this time Andrew attended Brighton Grammer school, which is where I first met him. He was definitely one of the "naughty" ones, which I liked straight away. During this time he made friends such as Simon Kain and Rob Howard with whom he formed a band called "the relatives".
Simon maintains a blog site on the relatives and

During this period, I remember the Eat Restaurant in St Kilda.
The run down "Mansion" in St Kilda shared with Mic Taylor and various others.
The "No Tomorrow" night club run by Andy and rob, was a brilliant idea and opened with an extravaganza of multi-media artwork, including video images overlaid on the presented artworks. It was here that Rob and Andy met a young Moya Delany a stunning platimum blonde artist and I also remember "Buffy" the secretary and Hermi Rabl registering people on the door.
Has anyone still got a membership card ? please send a photo if you do.

I don't really know much from this period, except that Andrew fell on hard times and tragically died on December 09, 2009.
Googling "Andrew Dowd" will find the find the latest news items on this.
hi all, I just found this article on the web, apparently the court case has finally happened and the 22 year old that killed andy has been jailed for 14 years.
It seems that he thought that Andy had stolen some marihuana from him, although there was no evidence to suggest this.
Here is a link to the article.