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RSL annual dinner

Dinner recognised community leaders, veterans, volunteers and recipient of this year’s Anzac Day Community award Gill Scrase.

Annette Oswin

29 Oct 2024

History

An unsolved island crime

Missing money never found: a major crime that occurred on Phillip Island back in 1973, that to this day has not been solved.

Annette Oswin

07 Jan 2022

Maritime History

The finding of the S.S. Coramba

December 3, 1934 is remembered by Phillip Islanders (of the time) as the day of the Coramba storm. The coastal vessel of that name, under Captain John H Dowling, en route from Warrnamool to Melbourne, approached Port Phillip Heads when the storm was...

Annette Oswin

07 Jan 2022

History

How to build a rock wall in less than ninety days

Donald Dixon, a grandson of Island benefactor WE Thompson, passed away last month. He was an island dairy farmer at Ventnor for sixty plus years. But in his younger days, he, with other islanders, was responsible for the construction of the...

Annette Oswin

30 Dec 2021

News

Take the Pledge - Plant a Tree

When business and the environment work together, it’s a win for us all.

Annette Oswin

01 Sep 2021

News

Last Island Shire Boss Fare-welled

The last CEO of the Shire of Phillip Island, Barry Hayes, has died.

Annette Oswin

01 Sep 2021