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Are you the next community-backed independent candidate for the State electorate of Footscray?

By Anna Roberts Voices of the Inner West of Melbourne, a Community Independents’ group, is inviting Expressions of Interest from people interested in standing as...

Williamstown’s brutal convict ships a ‘terror to evil-doers’

Conditions on the prison hulks anchored at Williamstown were extremely harsh for prisoners including Ned Kelly.

Recommended reading – April 26

Books reviewed this month include The Sunbird, Bird Deity, The Boy and the Dog Tree, Departure (s) and My Body is for Kindness.

‘She was like the lizard that fell into the water and became a crocodile’

Hayley Millar Baker's exhibition is an opportunity to connect deeply with the work of an Aboriginal artist of Gunditjmara, Djabwurrung and Anglo-Indian descent.

An exploration of grief and gratitude in Footscray exhibition 110 Days

Local artist Jo Lauritz explores themes of grief, hope and gratitude through her latest exhibition 110 Days.