From the archives

1993

30 years ago

April 7, 1993

Bacchus Marsh council has applied to the Housing Department for a demolition order to pull down an old miner’s cottage which nearby residents say has become a potential death trap for local children.

25 years ago

April 1, 1998

Underbank Lodge, the historic 153-hectare horse stud overlooking the Western Highway near Bacchus Marsh has been sold.

20 years ago

April 1, 2003

Sixty new staff might be employed at Djerriwarrh Health Services (DjHS) during the next five years to provide new health services, health professionals from Melton and Bacchus Marsh heard at a meeting last Wednesday.

15 years ago

April 1, 2008

The Victorian Electoral Commission has recommended that Melton Shire be split into three wards, two represented by two councillors, and the other by three.