40 years ago
November 2, 1977
The question of whether Werribee Shire should be classified as Metropolitan or country with regard to packaged beer has been raised before the Liquor Control Commission. Werribee Shire Council has initiated moves to have Werribee Shire included in the metropolitan area for the purposes of the packaged beer pricing by the Liquor Control Commission.
30 years ago
28 October, 1987
When a man and his two companions pass quickly and quietly through Werribee, not many people would take much notice. But Ralph Orme deserves to be more than noticed because he is on his way to Cairns on a walk-a-thon he hopes will raise enough money to at least make some progress in leukaemia research.
20 years ago
October 29, 1997
The State Government will pour more than $400,000 into repairing damaged and dilapidated primary and secondary schools in the City of Wyndham, but some will still need extra work. The State Minister for Education, Mr Gude announced last week Wyndham schools would receive $415,000 of an extra
$20.1 million earmarked for school repairs.
10 years ago
October 31, 2007
Wyndham Council last week postponed its legal action against the six remaining boatshed occupiers at the Werribee South Foreshore Reserve yet to sign one of its three-year licences. However, the council has set a new deadline of July 1 next year, after which, it says, the occupiers will no longer have any legal entitlements to remain on the site.
