Call to give Albert Jacka two extra Victoria Cross medals
AUSTRALIA’S first Victoria Cross winner deserves two more, according to the family of Albert Jacka.
But the Winchelsea hero was a victim of “injustice” for...
Anzac: Our angel Kitty defied risks of wartime
By NOEL MURPHY
COLD, hunger, disease, even discrimination by senior officers – the foes faced in war can be much more than deadly shells and...
Kasey Chambers: Made for all styles
By NOEL MURPHY
EVER wonder why music can be fun, moving, emotional, driving, soaring? Well, go see Kasey Chambers playing -- or maybe just listen...
DOUBLE TAKE: Cops, Cats, live take …
GEELONG police are under investigation - but of a very different kind to their ethical standards department.
Controversial US artist Spy Emerson, pictured, is in...
Geelong Anzacs: The Storrers
By BARRY ABLEY
EAST Geelong’s Storrer St is only a short throughfare, situated between Bourke Cres and Fitzroy St, but it represents a significant part...
Anzac legend Roy Longmore, an underground survivor
By NOEL MURPHY
THEY bred them tough a century ago when Aussies threw themselves into the shocking conflagration that was Gallipoli.
The last Victorian veteran –...
Glenn Shorrock back for the Good Times
By NOEL MURPHY
NOT too many Aussie rock stars can lay claim to 10 major hits in the US, a couple of ARIA Hall of...
Anzac Day services guide
ANZAC Day services across Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast include:
Geelong
Johnstone Park commemorative service and wreath-laying ceremony, Geelong Peace Memorial, 4:15am
Lara RSL,...
Book to restore WWI vets’ memories
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WITH the passing of Australia's World War I veterans, keeping their service records straight is more important than ever.
That’s the opinion...
New trawler to ‘minimise’ deaths of dolphins, seals
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
KILLING dolphins and seals was unavoidable but would be minimised, proponents of controversial freezer trawler Geelong Star said yesterday.
Speaking as the...
Geelong artist Streeton and the hidden beauty of Great War battlefields
By NOEL MURPHY
IMAGES of war often focus on the brutal, the horrifying and shocking carnage of ripped and shattered humanity -- mangled bodies, surreal...
Barwon Health faces $640 million ‘cut’, claims Labor
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BARWON Health would lose $642 million over the next 10 years from federal cuts, Premier Daniel Andrews warned yesterday.
But Federal Liberal...
Standing in solidarity
Hundreds gathered together at the break of dawn on July 7 to stand with Wadawurrung Traditional Owners in collaboration with Barwon Coast for a...
