Star Weekly takes a look back at our predecessor, the Werribee Banner.
40 years ago
May 29, 1974
Watton Street residents have claimed that a council proposal to reclaim riverbank land in the heart of Werribee will cause flooding of their property. Council’s plan was to fill the land on the west side of the river between the railway bridge and convert the area into park and gardens. Residents claimed that the filling would cause a rise in the river level at flood time.
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30 years ago
May 30, 1984
A verbal brawl broke out at the Werribee council meeting on Monday night when East Riding councillors fought to delay a planning permit application. The application was an edible-rendering works at Laverton North. Cr Stuart Southwick refused to “rubber stamp” council officers’ reports and threatened to walk out.
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20 years ago
May 25, 1994
A railway underpass at Derrimut Road will be completed by 1996. Following recent announcements that the federal government had $2 million on offer to match the Werribee council’s $1.5 million to build the underpass, the state government finally agreed last week to allocate the additional $3 million needed to allow traffic to drive under the busy railway lines.
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10 years ago
May 26, 2004
Werribee detectives say there is no evidence to link the recent spate of school fires in Wyndham, following a fourth suspicious blaze in three months. The library and an office in the administration block at Galvin Park Secondary College were torched last weekend, after suspected arsonists broke windows before lighting two fires. About $200,000 damage was caused.
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