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Includes My Wyndham and My Brimbank feature columns.

My Place: Rayna Fahey

Radical crafter Rayna Fahey has plenty of love for Braybrook, celebrating a diverse community with a lot of heart.   What is your connection with Braybrook?   I’ve...

My Place: Claudia Funder

Claudia Funder is best known for founding the Swing Patrol dance classes, yet she holds hidden talents inspired by more ancient forms of music...

Peter Knight blows Seddon’s trumpet

Living in the inner-west has heavily shaped the music and outlook of award-winning Seddon musician and composer Peter Knight. What is your connection with Seddon?   We...

My Place: Jos Van Hulsen

West Footscray sculptor and furniture designer Jos Van Hulsen tells Benjamin Millar he gets a real buzz seeing faces light up as they watch...

Williamstown’s Blandina Stecca shares puppy love

What is your connection with Williamstown? Efrem – my husband – and I love green areas and wanted to live close to the ocean. Moreover,...

Adam Chalabi on why he has settled in Seaholme

Adam Chalabi, who started playing violin at age four, is the first violinist with Tinalley String Quartet and performs for audiences across the world. He...

Yarraville’s Will Larsen on his Melbourne Fringe Festival show

Award-winning Yarraville percussionist, drummer and composer Will Larsen tells Benjamin Millar his Melbourne Fringe Festival show has something special in store for music and...

Giuseppe “Joe” Inserra on living in Laverton since 1964

Giuseppe “Joe” Inserra has lived in Laverton since 1964. He will be promoting the Victorian Seniors Festival in October, which is when he turns 80. He...

Author Maxine Beneba Clarke on publishing her memoir

Yarraville author Maxine Beneba Clarke has just published her memoir, and has a children’s book due out soon, but she tells Benjamin Millar she...

Lachlan McCracken on his passion for social justice

Seaholme’s Lachlan McCracken, 18, has been chosen as one of this year’s World Vision youth ambassadors. He tells Goya Dmytryshchak about his passion for social...

Marilyn King dedicates herself to mature-age unemployed

Marilyn King has dedicated herself to supporting mature-age unemployed workers and their families, but she tells Benjamin Millar she still finds the odd moment...

Geoff Mitchelmore on his passion for the environment

Altona North’s Geoff Mitchelmore is a former industrial chemist who has devoted his life to greening Kororoit Creek. He speaks with Goya Dmytryshchak.   What’s your connection...

Yarraville artist Erika Gofton on her passion for the arts

Yarraville artist Erika Gofton, part of the passionate team behind The Art Room, tells Benjamin Millar the new Footscray space offers a world of...

My Place: Mario Del Grosso

Williamstown’s Mario Del Grosso is pursuing his love of art later in life. What’s your connection to Hobsons Bay? I was born in Williamstown. My...

Chieko Hester immerses herself in Gisborne’s art scene

Japanese-born origamist Chieko Hester tells reporter Matt Crossman it wasn’t until she moved to Gisborne that she immersed herself in the art world.   How long...

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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,...