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From the Archives: Werribee Banner, October 28

By Adem Saban

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

 

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40 years ago

November 5, 1975

Demands for a bridge to replace the Cottrell Street ford are mounting following the tragic drowning of a young Werribee boy last Wednesday. However, estimates of such a bridge have been placed as high as $700,000 which council would have to bear alone.

 

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30 years ago

October 30, 1985

Prime Minister Bob Hawke has the power to turn the ageing Hercules parked at the Laverton RAAF base into a mini airforce for the UN in Africa. Boomtown Rats singer and Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof is the man who could persuade him to do it.

 

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20 years ago

November 1, 1995

Werribee Football Club will fight the Victorian State Football League decision to expel the Tigers from its state-wide competition next year. The club has urged Wyndham residents to attend a rally at Chirnside Park on Friday night in a bid to convince the VSFL to reverse its decision.

 

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10 years ago

November 2, 2005

The last thing Glenn Bunker remembers before waking up in a hospital bed with multiple head fractures is someone yelling out to him. The 30-year-old Werribee father of three has spent the past seven days piecing together his memory of a vicious assault on the night of Tuesday last week.

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