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40 years ago

August 24, 1977

Werribee Shire Council is supporting moves to open Point Cook Beach for use by the public. The beach is at present owned to the high water line by the owners of the Point Cook estate, but the Board of Works has zoned the foreshore as park land.

30 years ago

August 19, 1987

A document leaked to The Werribee Banner on Monday has disclosed plans by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to sell off railway-owned land which is currently used by about 160 Werribee residents as extensions to their backyards. The document stated that the land would be declared surplus and sold and it listed several other suburbs earmarked for similar treatment.

20 years ago

August 20, 1997

Victoria’ newest prison could cost Wyndham millions of dollars in lost investment, a group of industrialists claimed this week. The new $60 million Port Phillip Prison for men in Laverton North was officially opened on Monday by the Minister for Corrections, Mr McGrath.

10 years ago

September 19, 2007

Werribee Football Club’s AFL alignment with Western Bulldogs is in tatters, with the Bulldogs set to sign a three-year agreement with cross-town rival Williamstown this week. However, a financially stricken Werribee is set to make a desperate bid with the Kangaroos to avoid extinction.

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