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Candles for bushfire victims
By Kath GannawayA ROLL-CALL of the men, women and children who died in the 1939 bushfires was held at St Marys Anglican Church in Warburton…
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Badger Creek was Eve’s Eden
obituary Evelyn Frogley Born: 12 February 1917 Died: 9 December 2008 GARDENING, cooking and, of course, family, were the threads which connected Evelyn Frogley to…
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Fire horror remembered
By Kath GannawayFORESTS Commission employees Charles Demby from Toolangi and John Barling from Pascoe Vale were the first of 71 people to perish in the…
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Sky the limit for farewell
Above: Mr Jones was joined by By Kath Gannaway LEAVING school was an uplifting experience for Healesville Primary School principal Howard Jones. There were tears,…
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Looking back at the year that was, the Mail this week takes a look at what was making headlines in A
POLICE continue their search for missing bushwalker Warren Meyer who went missing on Dom Dom Saddle on Easter Sunday. YARRA Ranges Shire calls on the…
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Man killed in bike head-on
By Monique EbringtonTWO motorcycles collided on the Black Spur last Wednesday killing a 49-year-old Mooroolbark man and leaving his 45-year-old wife and a 32-year-old Ivanhoe…
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From the
By Kath GannawayVICTORIA was in the grip of a hot, dry summer when in the second week of January 1939 the state erupted into flame.…
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Tourists attacked
By Kath GannawayLILYDALE Criminal Investigation Unit is appealing for witnesses to an alleged assault in Queen’s Park in Healesville in December to come forward. Senior…
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Book in for rhythm
By Kath GannawayTHE inaugural Rhythm and Red concert was a sell-out success in December and Healesville’s newest music event is, it seems, on a roll.…
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Lions’ pride dented
THE Lions Club of Healesville will have to dip into hard-earned funds to replace a trailer stolen between Christmas and New Year. The trailer and…
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Call for speed change
By Kath GannawayTHE DEATH of a 57-year-old Eumemmering truck driver on Wednesday has led to renewed calls for a reduction of the speed limit on…
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Brigades had baptism of fire
It was Sunday 8 January 1939. Forest Officer John Barling went to check on a fire, which had been burning for several days near Toolangi.…
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