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    FORGOTTEN SHED OF MEMORIES

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    Who doesn't have a memory of Festival Hall?
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    AND THE WINNERS ARE: BAPTIST PASTOR, LESSON IN GANG VIOLENCE, AND THAT TUNNEL…

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    Some minor players and unheralded episodes from the pages of local history
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    LOST SHOPS OF FOOTSCRAY: COLES VARIETY STORE

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    The first Coles Variety store to open was in Footscray
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    WHY DID SIR JOSEPH BANKS HATE BANANAS?

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    An alphabetical stroll through the first years of white settlement in Australia's history
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    FROM STINKY CINDERELLA TO PARKS, A HOSPITAL AND BUSTLING CBD

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    The history of Footscray is a rags-to-riches story
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    YARRAVILLE REVISTED

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    Growing up in Yarraville past
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    CELEBRATING 80 YEARS OF THE YARRAVILLE MOUTH ORGAN BAND

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    A short history of the Yarraville Mouth Organ Band
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    WHAT’S THE STORY ABOUT BRAYBROOK?

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    A short history of Braybrook

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