User Profile

Phil Kettle

About the Red Cliffs District Historical Society

THE society was formed following a public meeting in 1984 to fulfil the role of preserving and recording the history of Red Cliffs and district. Initially the meetings were held at the town’s RSL but in 1994 members were granted...

10 Nov 2024

News

Family remembers contribution

REMEMBERANCE Day from this year on, will have significantly more meaning for the descendants of Archilles John Lawrence Daunt. Linda Hickey, who is one of Mr Daunt’s grandchildren who have made the trip back to Red Cliffs to present...

10 Nov 2024

News

A familiar voice to many

PAT Silcox, the newly appointed operations co-ordinator at Mildura’s 106.7 Hot FM, describes himself as being a radio nerd for as long as he can remember but with an unbridled passion for the airwaves. “I’ve always had a love for...

26 Oct 2024

Community

Making a difference with bat and ball

GROWING up in the 1960s in Cardross, my summers, for me and like a lot of others that I grew up with were totally dominated by cricket. The Cardross Cricket Club was an intrinsic part of our community, as I’m guessing it was for all the other teams...

13 Oct 2024

Community

Water life to world stage

“I ALWAYS knew there was something more than just being born, growing up, getting married, having kids, then dying.”For Trevor Perry there has been and still is. Mr Perry is living a life that even he as a young boy couldn’t have...

08 Sep 2024

Arts & Entertainment

From the local Eisteddfod stage to Broadway

“Without doubt I owe a lot to the teachers and members of the Preforming Arts Community of Mildura,” said Earl Marrows. He was born in Mildura in 1995, the middle child of Mark and Jo Marrows.“My two brothers and I had the most amazing life growing...

25 Aug 2024

Business

Leading the charge of corporate change

ANNE Ward says that she owes a lot of what she has achieved to her parents who would always tell her that being a girl meant that there were no limitations or restraints on what she could achieve. She grew up on a fruit block at Cardross, attended...

18 Aug 2024

Community

Keen on making things green

Mildura’s resident green thumb, Gail Mottram discusses her life and passion for the environment with PHIL KETTLE. BORN in Manangatang in the late 1940s, Gail Mottram lived and grew up in Robinvale.“I had a very happy childhood, free to...

11 Aug 2024

Community

A long way from the White House

Who in their wildest dreams could have ever imagined that growing up in Mildura would lead them to working in The White House in Washington DC. Yet that’s exactly what happened to Dr Bruce Rodan. He explains to PHIL KETTLE. MILDURA has over the...

28 Jul 2024

Community

Proudly sharing his culture

Ivan Johnson is a man making a difference as a teacher, artist and playing an important role as member of the Mungo National Park advisory board. Now the proud Barkindji man discusses his life and times with PHIL KETTLE. IVAN Johnson was born in...

21 Jul 2024

July 2024

Proudly sharing his culture

Ivan Johnson is a man making a difference with the teacher, artist and playing an important role as member of the Mungo National Park advisory board. Now the proud Barkindji man discusses his life and times with PHIL KETTLE. IVAN Johnson was born in...

20 Jul 2024

Community

Old school sports fan still going strong

James Aloysius Walder is well-known not only to people in Mildura and Australia, but also to the many friends he has acquired while travelling to various parts of the world to watch the Australian cricket team. Walder, who has watched more Test...

14 Jul 2024