Jul 31, 2020 | Latest News
Keith Grandy joined the Armoured Division during World War Two in 1941 and was ready to deploy to Libya when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour in December that year. Instead, Mr Grandy served in the Northern Territory ensuring supplies of food, fuel and munitions to...
Jul 31, 2020 | Latest News
Two years ago, Bairnsdale RSL Sub-branch had 37 members who served during World War Two. There are now just 19. Among them are 96-year-old Tom Smith from Wiseleigh, Margaret ‘Peggy’ Thorne, also 96, who lives at Nicholson, and Eagle Point’s John ‘Jack’ Macartney,...
Jul 31, 2020 | Latest News
Ask 98-year-old Rose Jackson what she remembers about the end of the Second World War and she’ll tell you about the bells ringing, car horns honking, people hanging out of windows and streets crammed with happy revellers. Mrs Jackson, who grew up in Seaspray and lives...
Jul 31, 2020 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
A dangerous intersection just outside of Glengarry will be redesigned with a roundabout to improve road user safety. The Federal Government is committing $3 million to replace the T-intersection at the Traralgon-Maffra Road and Glengarry West Road with a roundabout....
Jul 28, 2020 | Latest News
One of Gippsland’s newest men’s sheds has just moved into its new home – and has received a double grant bonus of more than $10,000 to start fitting it out with essential equipment. The Twins Rivers Men’s Shed has been operating for around 18 months, but until earlier...
