THE HILLIER VIEW: A sad indictment on imagination
I have to agree with the thoughts in some of the letters to the editor and comments on the Star Weekly website about the...
MY WYNDHAM: Jim Giddings, Hoppers Crossing
Almost 40 years after moving to Hoppers Crossing, Jim Giddings has found there’s still plenty to love about Wyndham.
What’s your connection to the local...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Banner | June 29-July 4
Star Weekly takes a look back at the Banner 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago.
40 years ago
July 3, 1974
Moves are being made in...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Werribee Banner | June 22-27
Star Weekly takes a look back at the Banner 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago.
40 years ago
June 26, 1974
A councillor claims that the...
MY WYNDHAM: Bob Fairclough, Point Cook
What’s your connection to the local community?
I lived in Hoppers Crossing for 28 years and now live in Point Cook. I’m Wyndham’s mayor and...
THE HILLIER VIEW: Sorry, but I’m over it
At least a dozen times a week my home phone rings and it is either silence or one of those annoying telemarketers. Many years...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Werribee Banner | June 15-20
Star Weekly takes a look back at the Banner 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago.
40 years ago
June 19, 9174
Werribee Shire’s new $2 million...
MY WYNDHAM: John Forrester, Werribee
John Forrester has called Werribee home for more than 30 years, writes Laura Michell.
What’s your connection to the local community?
My wife and I have...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Werribee Banner | June 8-13
40 years ago
June 12, 1974
Werribee Shire Council protested at the lack of privacy at Werribee’s Children’s Court and at the delay in building a...
MY WYNDHAM: Shirley Cameron, Werribee
Shirley Cameron has been a part of Wyndham’s kitchens since the first edition of her cookbook, Cookery The Australian Way, was published in 1966....
PROFILE: Kris Moller’s voyage to Wyndham
One of Wyndham’s newest residents, Kris Moller, fell in love with Australia in 1983, having sailed from his home in South Africa to the...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Werribee Banner | June 1-6
Star Weekly takes a look back at our predecessor the Werribee Banner 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago.
40 years ago
June 5, 1974
The booking...
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Banner | May 25-30
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...
SHITBOX RALLY: Father and son hit road to fight cancer
On the morning of May 31, Brunswick resident and The Weekly Review sports reporter Daniel Paproth, along with his dad, Peter, of Werribee, will...
MY WYNDHAM: Gary King, Werribee
Werribee resident and zoo volunteer Gary King says he wasn’t really an animal lover before starting work for the zoo. “Now it has changed...