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From The Archives

Pages from historic issues of Werribee Banner and The Advocate (Sunshine).

FROM THE ARCHIVES

40 years ago January 14, 1976   A confidential state government report on Sunshine council, prepared by a special local government investigator and sent to the Minister...

From the Archives: The Advocate, November 27

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate   40 years ago November 26, 1975 The Advocate office was evacuated by Sunshine police last Wednesday...

From the Archives: The Advocate, November 17

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate   40 years ago November 19, 1975 Anti-Whitlam demonstrators have attacked Australian Labor Party campaign headquarters...

From the Archives: The Advocate, November 10

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate   40 years ago November 12, 1975 A petite, blonde detective has been appointed to Sunshine...

From the Archives: The Advocate, November 3

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate   40 years ago November 5, 1975 A woman doctor has accused Melton council of “complete...

From the Archives: The Advocate, October 27

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate   40 years ago October 29, 1975 A St Albans ex-councillor has claimed he was offered...

From the Archives: The Advocate, October 20

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate.   40 years ago October 22, 1975 Monica Bannikoff, Sunshine’s $25,000-a- year director of welfare and...

From the Archives: The Advocate, October 15

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, the Sunshine Advocate   40 years ago October 15, 1975 A major rift involving Sunshine councillors has occurred in...

The Advocate: September 30

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate   40 years ago October 1, 1975 A threat to evacuate 2000 people from the West...

FROM THE ARCHIVES

40 years ago July 16, 1975 An independent investigation will be sought into allegations that a Keilor City councillor was improperly involved in property development schemes...

From the archives: The Advocate

Forty years ago July 2, 1975 The western suburbs will get a 251-hectare ‘Albert Park’ as a result of Keilor council’s purchase of the Sydenham Park...

From the Archives: The Advocate

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate   40 years ago June 25, 1975   Sunshine is to get six new kindergartens by the...

From the Archives: The Advocate

40 years ago June 18, 1975 A Sunshine councillor has thrown out a challenge to council’s caucus. Cr Howard Brown said he would not be ‘gagged’...

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