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From the Archives: Werribee Banner October 21

By Staff Reporter

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, the Werribee Banner

 

21_10 1975

40 years ago

October 22, 1975

Werribee Shire president Cr Neville Hudson has assured the Banner that immunisation campaigns will continue as in previous years, with the only alteration being the manner of financing the operation.

 

21_10 1985

30 years ago

October 23, 1985

A delay in obtaining a permit from the Defence Department is preventing a Western Suburbs group from starting work on an international-class shooting complex off Ballan Rd. While the group waits for over-shooting rights from the department, it is holding a $40,000 overdraft which it cannot start to pay off until the centre opens.

 

21_10 1995

20 years ago

October 25, 1995

Wyndham is the second-fastest growing area in Victoria – and Australia’s 14th most prosperous municipality. A study by Price Waterhouse, MapInfo and Business Review Weekly, released this month looked at Australia’s 1300 localities and identified the top 50.

 

21_10 2005

10 years ago

October 26, 2005

Wyndham residents are set to benefit from $6.3 million of bus improvements – including two new routes – that will be implemented across four years. Announcing the upgrade, Transport minister Peter Batchelor said it would provide better links between suburbs, shopping areas and railway stations

 

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