History

  • Ringing in a huge milestone

    It there’s one thing you can count on in Colac, it’s that the church bells will ring out at 10.57am every Sunday.

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  • Charting the history of the Otways

    Otways history buffs are set to unveil the results of a major research project, coinciding with the centenary of a local hall.

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  • COPACC is still the ‘jewel in the crown’ after 20 years

    Theatre, gallery, meeting place, cinema, council chambers, emergency hub and COVID vaccination site. Colac’s arts centre has been all this and more.

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  • Squiz sets the record straight

    “I really made it my priority and I just wanted to be happy with what I did.  I kept telling the family ‘It’s not going to write itself’ as I disappeared into the shed during Covid.”

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  • Gold detector turns to history

    A lust for gold has turned into a hobby for history for a Colac man bearing a metal detector.

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  • Warrion rules the cricket pitch

    There might never be a team in Colac district sport that rivals the dominance of Warrion Cricket Club in the late ‘80s and 1990s.

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  • Family mystery leads to Colac

    A Yarrawonga woman is hoping someone in Colac can help shed some light on the lives of her mysterious great-aunts Johannah and Maggie Smith.

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  • Swimmer powering through

    Not even the coronavirus pandemic can stop Tristan Read’s incredible run in Lorne’s Pier to Pub.

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