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HMAS Warrnambool in 1941 before being commissioned. HMAS Warrnambool (J202), named for the city of Warrnambool, Victoria was one of 60 Bathurst -class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). [1] Warrnambool sank after she hit a mine in the Great ...
The Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic cycling race is a one-day road bicycle race. The race started in 1895 and is Australia's oldest one day race and the world's second oldest one day race, after the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Classic. Historically until 1938 the race started in Warrnambool and finished 165 miles (266 km) later in Melbourne.
The Pulp and Paper Workers Federation of Australia (PPWF) was an Australian trade union which existed between 1913 and 1991. The PPWF represented workers in the pulp and paper industry. History. The union was federally registered in 1913 as the Australian Paper Mill Employees' Union, at which time it represented workers in Victorian paper mills ...
In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965. Daily newspapers. The Australian (broadsheet) The Australian Financial Review; The Guardian Australia (online only) The New Daily (online only) Weekly newspapers. The Saturday Paper; The Weekly Times; Bi-weekly and monthly newspapers
V/Line train crossing the Breakwater Bridge, 2006. The Warrnambool line was originally built by the private Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company and opened on 25 June 1857, the line being sold to the Victorian Railways in 1860. [3] The line was designed by English engineer Edward Snell, and built as a single track.
The Rome Daily American was an English language daily newspaper published in Rome, Italy which operated from 1946 to 1984. History [ edit ] The Daily American was started by three GIs taking advantage of the discontinuation of the publication in Europe of Stars and Stripes , the American military newspaper which had been published there during ...
The Manawatū Standard (formerly the Evening Standard) is the daily paper for the Manawatū region based in Palmerston North.The Manawatū Standard has been recognised as one of the best in New Zealand being a finalist in the 2008 Qantas Media Award (renamed to Voyager Media Awards after Voyager Internet Ltd stepped in as naming sponsor for the 2018 awards) for best regional daily newspaper ...
Today ceased publication on 17 November 1995, the first long-running national newspaper title to close since the Daily Sketch in 1971. The last edition's headline was 'Goodbye, it's been great to know you". The editorial said: "Now we are forced into silence by the granite and unforgiving face of the balance sheet".