From the Archives

40 years ago

Star Weekly looks back at the pages of our predecessors.

40 years ago

October 19, 1982

For the first time in 13 years, Carlton and United Breweries beer is flowing through the taps of the Plough Hotel in Footscray.

30 years ago

October 21, 1992

Hundreds of refugees, many of them young and well educated, are starving and homeless in Footscray, Sunshine and St Albans.

20 years ago

October 23, 2002

The outlook for 354 West Footscray workers is bleak, following last week’s news of National Forge Limited’s receivership.

10 years ago

October 24, 2012

Hundreds of western suburbs teachers who walked off the job on Friday for better pay have vowed to keep fighting.