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Deakin celebrates 50 years

05/12/2024

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deakin_447773_01 — Eve Horan, 7, and dad Ben meet Toby the T-Rex. (pictures Mike Dugdale)

Deakin University celebrated 50 years with a community festival at its Waurn Ponds campus on Friday November 29 and Mike Dugdale took these photographs.

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