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    Peter Dewar

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    The west is my lifelong home, and I love writing about its people, history and places of interest.

    HOW A SHOPPER’S PARADISE HELPED FOOTSCRAY OVERCOME A STINKY REPUTATION

    Trips to Footscray shopping centre were part of the fabric of living out west.

    A HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS ACTIVISM IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS

    This year we revisit the same question of an Indigenous Voice. Ancient history, salty side of the Yarra.

    MEET FOOTSCRAY’S ELON MUSK AND HIS INTREPID, PRESENT DAY CHRONICLER

    Each day his email inbox contains an enquiry, response or new lead about the Buckingham.

    FROM GORDON STREET TO GRANDE DAME IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD

    "She was always a fierce defender of someone she loved (often those whom society reviled) and was never afraid to call out hypocrisy."

    THE FAMOUS TRUE-CRIME MYSTERY AND IT’S UNLIKELY LINKS TO OUR INNER WEST

    Fans and amateur sleuths can expect a compelling and revealing read from, ‘Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man’.