Features
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Brimbank & North West from the archives – September 20, 2016
FROM THE ARCHIVES Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate 40 years ago September 22, 1976 Local Government Minister…
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Community Calendar – September 13, 2016
COMMUNITY CALENDAR Up to the highest height … The best time and place to go fly a kite this year is at Delahey in…
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From the archives – September 13, 2016
FROM THE ARCHIVES Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate 40 years ago September 15, 1976 The Western Region…
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Kevin Hillier: In the doghouse – September 13, 2016
■ Deer Park Football Club has written itself into WRFL history by winning its fourth division-one premiership in a row in emphatic fashion last Sunday…
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Sunshine resident Karen George on becoming “the coffee lady”
You’re never too old to learn new tricks. A Sunshine resident of more than 30 years, Karen George tells Ben Cameron how she quit her…
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Tokyo, jam-packed city of delights
By Alexandra Laskie I witnessed something very unusual on a sunny winter’s day in Tokyo earlier this year – in a city of 13 million…
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From the archives – September 6, 2016
FROM THE ARCHIVES Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate 40 years ago September 8, 1976 Cr Herbie Hollingworth…
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Community Calendar – September 6, 2016
COMMUNITY CALENDAR Garden into golden age Love gardening? Then you’re invited to the latest Sunshine Golden Age Garden Club get-together at the Glengala Community…
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Aziz Aziz on always opening his door to other new arrivals
Aziz Aziz emigrated from Cyprus to Australia 65 years ago. He moved about before settling in Sunshine two years later, and has lived there ever…
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Kevin Hillier: In the doghouse – August 30, 2016
■ With no AFL this week the spotlight turns to local comps. It is grand final week in the WRFL’s divisions 2 and 3, with…
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Tokyo in the winter is just as pretty
By Alexandra Laskie I witnessed something very unusual on a sunny winter’s day in Tokyo earlier this year – in a city of 13 million…
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Your guide to pronouncing Melbourne’s tongue twisters
Names are tricky … and prominent Australian linguist and current Chair of Linguistics at Monash University Professor Kate Burridge is one of the first to…
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From the archives – August 30, 2016
FROM THE ARCHIVES Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessor, The Advocate 40 years ago September 1, 1976 The western suburbs…
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Community Calendar – August 30, 2016
COMMUNITY CALENDAR Festival shifts to Sunday The date of the Sunshine Lantern Festival has been moved to Sunday, September 11. Originally scheduled for September…
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Michelle Newland on giving inspirational talks about survival
Michelle Newland has come to personify determination and courage. She talks to Ben Cameron about how she suffered a brain injury at the age of…















