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