Community celebrates

Men walk on the Moon

IN a fairy-tale but real live story to Earth, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin signalled they had left the Moon this morning after a two-hour walk there. They were 50 miles up at 4.05am. They blasted off at 3.53am...

12 Oct 2020

Royal Visits

Prince and Princess of Wales visit has Mildura captivated

THE Prince and Princess of Wales captivated Mildura when they visited the city in October 1985. Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana were given a warm Mildura welcome by an...

25 Sep 2020

Community celebrates

The Governor proclaims Mildura a City

Originally published August 30, 1934
IF there was some unconscious prompting of patriotism that induces respect for vie-Royalty, only a winning personality and truly democratic bearing could give birth to the spontaneity with which the citizens of Mildura have...

09 Dec 2020

Community celebrates

Back to Mildura celebrations

Originally published October 5, 1970
THE space age, more than any previous era, is a time looking to the future, but until October 18 Mildura will look into the past as the “Back-to-Mildura” celebrations envelope the city. The “Back-To” will mean much to Sunraysi...

07 Dec 2020

Community celebrates

Centenary celebrations for Mildura

Originally published August 11, 1987
ONE hundred years ago, this flourishing city that 18,000 people call home was a drought stricken sheep station which could scarcely give life to one sheep per 30 acres. It was an isolated and desolate...

28 Nov 2020

Community celebrates

Warm welcome as Prime Minister Bob Hawke and wife Hazel arrived in Sunraysia

PRIME Minister Bob Hawke and wife Hazel arrived in Sunraysia to a warm welcome as thousands turned out to greet the couple. Celebrating her 60th birthday at Wentworth, Mrs Hawke planted the first of a billion trees her husband...

21 Nov 2020

Community celebrates

Wentworth Centenary

WENTWORTH was embarrassed by the terrific response to its Centenary procession when an estimated 14,000 people crowded the old town. At midday it was impossible to obtain food in the cafes, and many were...

18 Nov 2020

Community celebrates

Mildura Golden Jubilee

AMID scenes of enthusiasm, and the plaudits of the crowd of visitors, “home-comers”, and residents who packed the Mildura Town Hall to its capacity, Mr. G. L. Goudie, MLC, Minister for Public Works...

15 Nov 2020

Community celebrates

Prime Minister visits our region

AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard jetted into Mildura virtually unannounced as he began a flying visit to drought-ravaged south west New South Wales. A veil of secrecy surrounded Mr Howard’s visit and only a handful of...

29 Oct 2020

Community celebrates

The Duke of Gloucester first royal to visit Mildura

ROYALTY arrived for the first time in Mildura with the visit of Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester. His visit to Australia was primarily to help celebrate Melbourne’s centenary, however the son of the sovereign...

15 Oct 2020

Community celebrates

Ouyen’s Great Vanilla Slice Triumph

THE overall winner of the Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph might have come from Halls Gap, but the people of Ouyen were no less jubilant for...

30 Sep 2020