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    WILLIAM COOPER CAME TO FOOTSCRAY AND DEMANDED A KING’S SUPPORT FOR AN INDIGENOUS VOICE

    A referendum is necessary to enshrine an Indigenous Voice in the legislative process.  We’ll discover if modern Australia now shares a similar dream as Cooper’s.

    THE WEST’S OWN TRU-GO

    Today the game of Trugo is a mixed gendered, cross-generational sport with players ranging in age from their early 20s to their mid-90s.

    THE HISTORY OF MELBOURNE’S WEST WAS BUILT ON MIGRATION

    The influence of post WW2 immigration on the west has played a strong role in the area’s prosperity and everything we enjoy about it today.

    THE FORGOTTEN FOOTSCRAY PUBCRAWL

    Footscray and the west have a thriving pub and bar scene now that seems to get better each day.

    THE UNLIKELY INNER WEST LEGEND YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF

    Blink and you miss the elevated marble statue half-obscured by trees on a median strip adjacent Footscray Primary School.

    TWEDDLE FOOTSCRAY – FROM FOOTSCRAY BABY HOSPITAL TO STATEWIDE PARENTING CENTRE

    Tweddle, has been synonymous with Footscray and babies since the building of the Baby Hospital began over the road from Whitten Oval in the early 1920s.

    WALKING ON SUNSHINE – THE INNER WEST MELBOURNE SUBURB ON THE UP AND UP

    What an incredible legacy and a wonderful suburb with a rich history and a wonderful future.

    YIASOU YARRAVILLE – FROM HEARTACHE TO HEROES

    Each story is unique and holds local historical significance.

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