District benefits from federal funding boost

Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson with Birregurra Community Group’s “I have a hall in my heart” project manager Fiona Brandschield, Birregurra Senior Citizens’ Wendy James, Birregurra Mechanics Hall committee member Brian Lawrence and Colac Otway Shire councillor Kate Hanson.

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by A Staff Reporter August 4, 2017

A project aiming to transform the Birregurra Mechanics Institute has received a $245,500 funding boost from the Federal Government.

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