My Place: William McKenzie
Altona Meadows’ William McKenzie was named Hobsons Bay’s young citizen of the year on Australia Day. The 16-year-old has also won the Hobsons Bay...
SPECIAL: Colour Box Studio thinks outside the square
"It was a bit of a dream and this place was a bit of a dump,” says Amie Batalibasi, founder and director of Colour...
From the Archives: Nov 25- Dec 1
Footscray Advertiser
November 25, 1964
The manager of Footscray municipal baths, Mr Wal Brierley, is all in favour of bikinis … provided they have a strap...
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Gamers welcome
Challenge the best at a free Magic: The Gathering gamers’ tournament at Sunbury library on January 20 from noon until 4pm. Create a...
My Place: Peter and Lola Anderson
Anyone who enjoys a visit to the urban oasis that is Yarraville’s Cruickshank Park can thank Peter and Lola Anderson for their tireless campaign...
Year in Review: Our biggest sports moments
In our year-in-review special, Weekly sports reporter Lance Jenkinson looks back at 10 big sports moments of 2013 ...
And after you read on, check...
BEACH: Kids prove swimming’s cool
Christian and sister Charlotte braved the cold water at Williamstown beach to help launch the VICSWIM Summer Kidz Program this week.
More than 7500 children...
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Car boot sale
Hobsons Bay Men’s Shed is holding a car boot sale and sausage sizzle from 10am-3pm on January 24. Sites $10 and free...
FILM FESTIVAL: Setting Sun starts Friday in Yarraville
The west’s very own short film festival lights up the silver screen in Yarraville this weekend.
The inaugural Setting Sun Short Film Festival starts at...
My Place: Louise El Ali
Altona North’s Louise El Ali says volunteering is the most rewarding of her roles. She talks to Goya Dmytryshchak.
What’s your connection to Hobsons Bay?
I...
My Place: Sandra Willis
Williamstown’s Sandra Willis conceived the idea for Australian Opera’s multi award-winning production, The Rabbits, a story of white settlement in Australia and the effect...
My Place: Maxine Elliott
Community-minded Maxine Elliott loves the vibrancy and harmony of the Maribyrnong melting pot, but she tells Benjamin Millar that she sees potential for a...
My Place: Uncle Roy Alexander
Uncle Roy Alexander, a member of the stolen generation, never knew his family. Yet Maribyrnong’s Citizen of the Year tells Benjamin Millar a quiet...
Faces are Paul’s forte
An esteemed St Albans artist is hoping his latest portrait will inspire a new generation across the west at his burgeoning art school.
Paul Borg’s...
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Altona Star
February 19, 1975
The Housing Commission has lodged an appeal against the refusal by the Board of Works to approve a proposed residential development...
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Milisavljevic into hall of fame
Former Footscray JUST star Jim Milisavljevic is the latest inductee to the FV Hall of Fame.
Milisavljevic dedicated a lifetime to football as a player,...
