40 years ago
August 31, 1977
Werribee Shire Council would like to see several changes in the operation of the Board of Works and will make a submission on these suggested changes to the board of inquiry into the Board. The facets of the Board’s operations council would like to change include those relevant to the Board’s chairman, to its planning functions and to its lack of co-ordination between its own departments.
30 years ago
August 26, 1987
One of Werribee’s oldest and most historically valued buildings, the Beamish Homestead, went under the hammer on Friday for $1.27 million. A crowd of about 150 and a small media contingent waited in silence at the Synnot St property for what could have been called the municipality’s “sale of the year”.
20 years ago
August 27, 1997
Werribee ambulance officer Tony Pearce spoke last week about his role in the rescue of Mr Stuart Diver – the sole survivor of the Thredbo landslide. In the same week that the coroner opened the inquest into the deaths of 18 people in one of Australia’s worst natural disasters, Mr Pearce described working at the site as an “emotional rollercoaster”.
10 years ago
September 26, 2007
Werribee Football Club is set to begin a new AFL alignment with the Kangaroos after a shock split with the Western Bulldogs last week. The end of the alliance between the Tigers and the Bulldogs was reported exclusively in last week’s
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