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MARIBYRNONG | HOBSONS BAY

My Neighbourhood

Includes My Wyndham and My Brimbank feature columns.

My Place: Craig MacCallum

Laverton resident and Hobsons Bay SES unit controller Craig MacCallum says he finds peace sitting by the sea and watching the world go by....

My Place: Cuc Lam

Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, community leader and former Maribyrnong councillor Cuc Lam tells Benjamin Millar she wants young women to...

My Place: Gail Lines

Gail Lines, of Altona Yacht Club, is a woman on a mission to get people in the water and learning to sail. She is...

My Place: Max Cooper

From Sir William Angliss dropping by to collect the rent, to rugby-tackling thieves as they raced down the street, nonagenarian Max Cooper of M...

My Wyndham: Louise Thompson

If you’ve had a baby at Werribee Mercy Hospital, chances are you’ve met Louise Thompson. The maternity department nurse unit manager was there when...

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...

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...

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: Initially NO

Working with her partner to turn their historic home into a gallery, poet and artist Initially NO tells Benjamin Millar she has found her...

My Place: Ronel Langley

When Ronel Langley moved from South Africa to Australia, she decided to call Altona home. Now living here with her partner, Marius, and their...

My Place – Rino Vari

When Rino Vari took the reins at a beloved West Footscray family fruit and vegetable business, he knew he had big shoes to fill....

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: 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: Ann Marie Harris

A Hobsons Bay resident for about 15 years, Ann Marie Harris is a tireless advocate for the rights of people with a disability. She...

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...

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Glory appoint O’Dell

New Yarraville Glory coach Andy O’Dell was itching to get back into coaching. O’Dell was set to coach Whittlesea United this year and had gone...