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Students on a voyage of discovery

BELGRAVE students are reaping the rewards of a cultural exchange with a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory.

Force of the future

A MURDER in the 1860s sparked fear among Lilydale residents and prompted calls for a police station. Now the gateway to the Yarra Valley, Lilydale was then a rural outpost policed by a single constable stationed in Healesville.

Storyteller brings the lessons to life

STUDENTS at a Ringwood East school were treated to a lesson in Aboriginal culture during a visit from indigenous author Boori Monty Pryor last week.

Party bashing sparks family's anger

Hefty tag for fire-proofing

Brother, friend farewelled

'Ugly' parents on a warning

Tintern bids to sell off school land

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GALLERY: Freak storm hits Melbourne suburbs.

Wide spread hail damage and flooding across the region.

GALLERY: Staff photographs of the week

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SPORT

Games go wishy-washy in the rain

WILD weather hampered the final day of Yarra Valley Cricket Association home and away action, with almost every game abandoned.

Rams tune up for finals push

WINDY Hill by name and nature as Ringwood put paid to Essendon in the last round of Premier Cricket home-and-away action.

Upwey bowlers leave Gully in doldrums

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Full throttle in Adelaide makes it one big party

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No room for a woman's best friend

A BAN on pets on long-haul train and bus services has stranded a Chirnside Park woman.

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