A District Remembers
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM AND RUSSELL BENNETT
MASSIVE crowds have gathered around the district to pay their dawn tributes to Australia’s Anzacs.
At the Pakenham service, Major...
Crash driver speeds off after argument
By CASEY NEILL
A DRIVER slammed into a stationary vehicle and sped away following what appeared to be an argument in Pakenham on Thursday morning.
Witnesses...
Wounded warrior was a gun recruiter
By GARRY HOWE
THE district’s first Gallipoli hero, Private Ernie Gardiner, fought back tears as he stood to address the crowd in a packed and...
Life ripped from the pages
By BEN CAMERON and DANNY BUTTLER
“They are getting killed all around me I have escaped so far ...“
This Tuesday 27 April, 1915 entry into...
Dairyman had his fill of war
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
“There is no glory in war. War, like old age, is not to be desired, but human nature being what it is...
Anzac Day – just carry on
LOCAL Anzac events will not be affected by the terror raids in nearby suburbs.
Counter-terrorism officers raided properties in Eumemmering, Narre Warren, Hallam and Hampton...
Harp among top designs
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A PAKENHAM student making headway in the state’s creative scene will exhibit his unique engineered art form at a highly esteemed exhibition...
Champion horse riders
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
CHAMPION Berwick horse riders have taken out first place at a recent national school equestrian event.
Year 11 Haileybury students Amelia Coad and...
Caring is his character
By GARRY HOWE
BRAD Waterhouse was trying to explain the care and character behind the extraordinary turnout at Maryknoll Recreation Reserve on Saturday to support...
No parade but the show goes on
NOT even heavy rain could dampen the spirits of visitors at Pakenham's Yakkerboo festival over the weekend.
As rain poured on Sunday morning, many still...
Worst nightmare
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
WHEN a Pakenham Upper family retired to bed last Thursday night, they never expected to be woken with the news that would...
Machine-gun preacher
The Gazette's Anzac Centenary special edition carries with it added significance for reporter RUSSELL BENNETT, whose great grandfather Charles Carey McPhee was a prisoner...
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Blackburn spares Berwick’s blushes
Poor kicking for goal spared Berwick from a significant margin of defeat against Blackburn at home on Saturday afternoon in the Eastern Football Netball...
