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OAM has a good ring to it
By Kath Gannaway Boxing has been a life-time passion for Lilydale’s Kelvin Bryant, starting as a young boy in Balmain in Sydney to the world…
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Top honour
By Peter Douglas A lifetime of dedication to strengthening the relationship between Australia and Indonesia has earned an Emerald local one of the nation’s top…
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OAM for proud producer
By Derek Schlennstedt “We dedicate this station to the full service of the community.” That was it. Eleven simple words, six decades ago to declare…
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Those magnificent men and their steam engines
By Derek Schlennstedt At 2.30pm in 1961, five 16-year-olds from Camberwell High School met and held a formal meeting, where they adopted a constitution, elected…
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Walking for the OAM
By Derek Schlennstedt Robert Goodwin is very much at home when walking the many tracks around the Dandenong Ranges. The CFA member of almost 30…
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$1 million gift
By Peter Douglas A $1 million donation to The Basin community has left the public in awe over a popular couple’s lifetime of generosity. In…
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Designed saves lives
If there’s one thing Upper Ferntree Gully CFA volunteer Darren Johnson wants to protect as much as his community, it’s his fellow firefighters. Darren has…
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Journey of empowerment
By Peter Douglas With November’s state election looming, one of the region’s most important not-for-profit organisations could capitalise on the many commitments being rolled out…
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Nomination for compelling novel
By Peter Douglas Upwey-based author Lia Hills has entered the company of Australia’s literary elite, after earning a place on the 2018 Longlist for the…
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Day to treasure gardens
By Peter Douglas An estimated 1600 nature-lovers helped to celebrate Botanic Garden Day on Sunday 27 May at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens. Visitors from…
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Tahj takes it to England
By Derek Schlennstedt Sassafras 16-year-old Tahj Kensely, is on his way to the UK to play Cricket, but the total cost to fund this experience…
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Rise like a phoenix
By Derek Schlennstedt The 2018 Dandenong Ranges Open Studio’s wrapped up on 10 May and it was Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan who took out the People’s…
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