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  • Our Diggers come to life

    Our Diggers come to life

      By JESSE GRAHAM THE LIVES of World War I soldiers are currently on display at Healesville Library, with personal stories from Diggers on the…

  • Daughter amazed at courage

    Daughter amazed at courage

      By PETER DOUGLAS EVEN today, Anni Atkinson still finds it difficult to grasp the hardships her Steels Creek-born father endured during the World War…

  • Other ways to remember

      By JESSE GRAHAM DAWN services and marches on Anzac Day are just a few of the ways that the community will stop to remember…

  • Stories to reflect upon

      FOR this Anzac Centenary souvenir edition of the Mail, our editorial team has compiled an invaluable array of feature stories and historical material. We’ve…

  • Battling for Anzac glory

    Battling for Anzac glory

    FOOTY teams from across the valley will face off in an annual Anzac showdown this weekend, with Healesville and Warburton-Millgrove battling it out for a…

  • George’s war of hardship

    George’s war of hardship

      By KATH GANNAWAY “JUST a line or two to let you know how things are going with me.” Private George Muir’s letter to his…

  • Powerhouses flex muscles

    Powerhouses flex muscles

    Division 1 seniors Belgrave 22.24 (156) d Yarra Glen 12.7 (79) BELGRAVE won comfortably but it looked nothing like that at quarter time as Yarra…

  • Honour is well flagged

    Honour is well flagged

    By KATH GANNAWAY STUDENTS from schools throughout Upper Yarra placed flags on the 34 trees that make up the Yarra Junction Anzac Avenue of Honour…

  • A true leader of men

    A true leader of men

      By KATH GANNAWAY IT MAY seem cliched, but Captain George Ingram proved himself to be a leader of men. There are plenty of stories…

  • Deep connection with soldiers’ stories

    By TONY SMITH MHR ONE often overlooked fact of World War I is the first shot of the war was fired in Australian territory. Another…

  • Our Diggers come to life

    Our Diggers come to life

      By JESSE GRAHAM THE LIVES of World War I soldiers are currently on display at Healesville Library, with personal stories from Diggers on the…

  • Private George Alexander Terrick

    Private George Alexander Terrick

      Private George Alexander Terrick was born in Healesville in 1897. He was one of a number of Healesville’s Indigenous men, who included James Harris…

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