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From the archives

From the archives – Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessors.

10 years ago

March 7, 2012

Change of art. Inside the west’s key artistic hubs.

20 years ago

March 6, 2002

Trucks will be banned from using Francis Street in Yarraville as a thoroughfare at night and on weekends.

30 years ago

March 11, 1992

Footscray and Altona traders have rebelled against Sunday trading and will only open on four of the designated 10 Sunday trading days this year.

40 years ago

March 9, 1982

A 75-year old pensioner was bashed and robbed in her Footscray flat last Thursday week. Mrs Ollie Dawson walked into her Droop Street home unit and was pounced on by a man who, with a young woman, was ransacking the flat.

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