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25.01.2022 Some good news in this week’s bowls report with all sides recording wins. Read more - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5221

25.01.2022 A Total Fire Ban (TFB) has been declared for the Mallee, Wimmera and Northern Country regions tomorrow, 28th November 2020. https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5202

24.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, October 28: 1726 - "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift is published by Benjamin Motte in London. 1916 - Australia's first referendum on conscription fails. The question ‘Are you in favour of the Government having, in this grave emergency, the same compulsory powers over citizens in regard to requiring their military service, for the term of this war, outside the Commonwealth, as it now has in regard to military service within the Commonwealth?’ Whi...le a majority (4 out of 7) states voted in favour, for a referendum to pass, a majority of total votes must also be gained, and this did not happen on this occasion. 1940 - Mussolini’s army, already occupying Albania, invades Greece in what will prove to be a disastrous military campaign for Italian forces. This would also lead to many local Victorian troops to be transferred from fighting in North Africa to Greece, including the 2/8th Battalion which was commanded at that time by Tarranyurk-born Lieutenant Colonel Jack Mitchell. 1952 - Premier of Victoria John McDonald retired from office having served 855 days, after the opposition threatened to block supply, and is replaced by Thomas Hollway who had also previously served as Premier between 20 November 1947 and 27 June 1950. This proved to be the shortest Government in Victorian history as it only lasted for 4 days until October 31. 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis ends, after bringing the world to the brink of nuclear warfare. 1967 - Actress Julia Roberts is born. 1995 - Australia defeats England to win the eleventh Rugby League World Cup. 2018 - A Closure Mass is held at St Augustine’s Catholic Church in Jeparit. The first Catholic church in the town was moved from Lillimur in 1917, and the current building (below) was opened in November 1959. See more

24.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, 5th January: 1802 - A Group of Chinese prospectors find a gold nugget at Dunolly in Victoria, which became known as ‘The Precious’, and yielded 50.418 kg of pure gold. 1802 - John Murray names Port Phillip Bay. 1809 - The Treaty of the Dardanelles was concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom. The treaty ended the Anglo-Turkish War. It restored extensive British commercial and legal privileges in the Ottoman Empire in return for the ...United Kingdom’s promise to protect the integrity of the Ottoman Empire against the French threat. The treaty also affirmed the principle that no warships of any power should enter the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus. 1843 - An Act for the Government of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land was proclaimed which restructured the Legislative Council and increased formal representation for the residents of Port Phillip (what is now known as Victoria) to six elected members. 1891 - Australia's great shearers' strike, which led to the formation of the Labor Party in Australia, begins. 1941 - British pioneering aviatrix Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, disappears after bailing out of her plane over the River Thames, and is presumed dead 1975 - The Tasman Bridge in Hobart is struck by bulk ore carrier ‘Lake Illawarra’, killing 12 people. See more

24.01.2022 Today is Steve Irwin Day - an annual international event honouring the life and legacy of the Crocodile Hunter. 1769 - James Cook takes formal possession of New Zealand. 1791 - Australia's first successful grapevine is planted. 1891 - Erwin Rommel, the German commander known as the Desert Fox for his cunning in North Africa during World War II, is born.... 1913 - Richmond football legend Jack Dyer is born. 1920 - Forty-one nations open the first League of Nations session in Geneva. 1940 - During the Blitz, the German air-force bombs the city of Coventry, almost completely destroying it. 1966 - Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean. 1971 - Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004. 2001 - A stowaway cat nicknamed "Colin's" accidentally begins an epic journey from Port Taranaki in New Zealand to South Korea aboard a tanker ship. 2019 - Over 170 Dimboola residents assemble in front of the old National Bank building to recreate a photograph taken 110 years earlier at the opening of the building in 1909. See more

24.01.2022 The Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre has opened its doors again and has already seen a steady stream of visitors return to relive Nhill’s RAAF days over the last few weekends. Read more- https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5199

23.01.2022 It was a good day on Saturday with both first and second division bowls sides recording wins. Find the results here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5147

22.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, December 12: 1884 - The first cricket Test match to be played at the Adelaide Oval commences. 1884 - The Railway Construction Act, called the 'Octopus Act', authorizing 66 new railway lines in Victoria was assented to. Local lines included in this include the Dimboola to South Australian Border, Murtoa to Warracknabeal, Horsham to Natimuk, and Lubeck to Rupanyup 1915 - American singer and actor Frank Sinatra is born.... 1929 - Edmond John Hogan assumed office as Premier of Victoria, forming the third Labor Government with support of Country Party and Independents, replacing Sir William Murray McPherson. 1930 - The first cricket Test between Australia and the West Indies commenced in Adelaide. 1953 - Charles Yeager becomes the first person to travel two and a half times the speed of sound. 1955 - The first prototype hovercraft is patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell. 1959 - Australian Jack Brabham wins the first of his three Formula One World Driver’s Championships. (He also won the title in 1960 and 1966) 1963 - Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom. 1983 - The Australian Labor government led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Treasurer Paul Keating floats the Australian dollar. 1991 - The Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR. See more

22.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, October 29: 1880 - Bushranger Ned Kelly is sentenced to hang. 1929 - The Wall Street stock market in New York plunges dramatically, sparking off the Great Depression. 1947 - American actor Richard Dreyfuss is born. ... 1954 - Many Jeparit residents return to the town for a week of functions celebrating the Back-to-Jeparit. 1956 - Israeli armed forces push into Egypt toward the Suez Canal, initiating the Suez Crisis. They would soon be joined by French and British forces, creating a serious Cold War problem in the Middle East. 1971 - Australian cricketers Matthew Hayden and Greg Blewett, are both born. 1982 - Lindy Chamberlain is convicted of the murder of her baby daughter after the child's disappearance at Ayers Rock. 1984 - The new Melbourne Arts Centre is opened. 1998 - Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on mission STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962, 36 years earlier. 2003 - Lech Walesa, former President of Poland visited the Victorian Parliament. 2012 - Work commenced to repair and replace the iconic front steps of Parliament House in Melbourne. Exposure to the elements, gradual deterioration of caulking and lack of waterproof substrate had led to long term water damage to offices below the steps. See more

21.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, November 25: Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. 1803 - William Thorne, son of Sergeant Samuel Thorne, is the first child born to English settlers in Victoria, at Sullivan Bay in Sorrento.... 1844 - Karl Benz, German engineer and inventor of the petrol-driven automobile, is born. 1867 - Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents dynamite. 1880 - Reverend John Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, is born. 1910 - The Royal Australian Navy was created with the passing by the Federal Parliament in Melbourne of the Australian Naval Defence Act. 1949 - ‘Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ appears on music charts. 1949 - Australian Test cricketer Kerry O’Keefe is born. After playing 24 Tests and 2 One Day Internationals for Australia, O’Keefe has become a well-respected commentator, first with the ABC and now with the commercial coverage of the sport and is well known for his unique laugh. 1962 - Carpenter and television personality Scott Cam is born. 1973 - US President Nixon calls for a ban on petrol sales on Sundays. 1984 - Thirty-six top musicians, including Phil Collins, Bono, Sting, Bob Geldof, George Michael, and Boy George, gather together to record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. 1984 - Former Australian Test cricketer Peter Siddle is born. 1989 - David Boon scores 200 in a cricket Test against New Zealand at the WACA ground in Perth. 2000 - Australia defeat New Zealand 40-12 in the final of the 12th Rugby League World Cup. 2016 - Fidel Castro, Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years, dies. See more

21.01.2022 Nominations for the 2021 Hindmarsh Shire Youth Council are now open. Read more here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5146

21.01.2022 A Red Wattlebird spotted in a local garden.

20.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, November 16: 1824 - Hume and Hovell become the first white men to sight the Murray River. 1840 - New Zealand becomes a separate colony, no longer administered by New South Wales. 1855 - Missionary and explorer David Livingstone becomes the first non-African to sight Victoria Falls in Africa.... 1919 - The first south to north transcontinental flight across Australia occurs, with pilots Henry Wrigley and Arthur Murphy flying a B.E.2e aircraft from Point Cook in Victoria to Darwin. The purpose of their flight was to survey landing grounds and map the route for the return flight of Ross Smith in a Vickers Vimy aircraft, following his successful flight from London. 1920 - Joseph Warner of Nhill files a patent with the US Patent Office for a draft attachment for a stump jump plough which improves the implement’s effectiveness. 1920 - Colin Thiele, Australian writer and author of 'Storm Boy', is born. 1920 - Qantas is founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. 1938 - The Waterside Workers' Strike, which earns Robert Menzies the nickname of 'Pig-Iron Bob', begins. 1959 - The original Broadway production of ‘The Sound of Music’ opens. 2001 - British author J.K. Rowling’s star creation, bespectacled boy wizard Harry Potter, makes his big-screen debut in ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’, which opens in movie theatres across the United States. 2010 - The engagement announced between Prince William and Catherine [Kate] Middleton at Clarence House, London. See more

20.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, December 2: 1642 - Members of Dutch explorer Abel Tasman's crew become the first Europeans to set foot on Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). 1697 - St Paul's Cathedral is consecrated in London. 1911 - Douglas Mawson departs Hobart to commence his Antarctic exploration.... 1924 - Dimboola’s Soldiers’ Memorial Hall (below), now the Secondary College’s library, is officially opened. 1932 - The infamous ‘Bodyline’ cricket series between Australia and England begins with the first Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. 1970 - The numbat is officially listed as endangered. 1976 - Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, a role he would fill until 2008. He had previously been Prime Minister of Cuba between 1959 and 1976. 1977 - The first day of Kerry Packer’s ‘World Series Cricket’ was played at VFL Park in Melbourne where barely 200 spectators were present to watch Australia take on West Indies. On an uninspiring first day, Australia were bowled out for 256, although this was a better performance than the official Australia side, which managed just 166 against India in Brisbane. 2004 - The Dimboola Community Bendigo Bank branch opened, with a party in Lloyd Street. 2015 - The Dimboola Courier changed ownership at the end of its fifth year online. See more

20.01.2022 Work is continuing on the upgrade of the railway line between Dimboola to Rainbow, with crews currently working at several locations along the line. Read more here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5148

18.01.2022 Dimboola and District Tennis Association’s round three matches saw rain intervene on two matches as Warrack Gold took over ladder leadership. Find all the results here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5145

18.01.2022 A Victoria Police operation focussing on road safety since the opening of the metro-regional border has returned a disappointingly large number of road users flouting the rules. Read more - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5207

18.01.2022 TOMORROW: Newspaper Collection Volunteers from the Dimboola Lions Club will be going around to collect newspapers for recycling tomorrow morning. Please have bundled papers on the nature strip by 8.30am for collection.

17.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, October 24: 1856 - The Constitution of South Australia is adopted. 1857 - The World's first soccer club, Sheffield FC, is founded in Yorkshire, England. 1889 - Sir Henry Parkes, 'Father of Australian Federation', makes his famous Tenterfield Oration. ... 1929 - The start of the stock market crash that became known as "Black Thursday", which saw the Dow Jones index fall by 12.8%. 1945 - Less than two months after the end of World War II, the United Nations is formally established with the ratification of the United Nations Charter by the five permanent members of the Security Council and a majority of other signatories. 1946 - A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space. 1954 - Malcolm Turnbull, the 29th Prime Minister of Australia between 15 September 2015 and 24 August 2018 is born. 1960 - In the world's worst space-related disaster, 126 people are killed when a rocket explodes on a Russian launch pad. 1988 - The Traveling Wilburys album ‘Volume One’ is released. 1992 - Australia defeats Great Britain 10-6 to win the Rugby League World Cup. 2003 - The supersonic Concorde jet makes its last commercial passenger flight, traveling at twice the speed of sound from New York to London. See more

17.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, December 1: 1876 - Aboriginal stockman Sam Isaacs and teenager Grace Bussell rescue about 40 people from a stricken steamship off Western Australia. 1942 - Ordinary Seaman Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean performs an Extraordinary act of bravery by strapping himself to a gun and firing on Japanese aircraft straffing sailors abandoning their damaged ship. Sheean died when he went down with the ship, but his actions saved many lives. Today the Australian Governor-...General will present the insignia of the Victoria Cross for Australia to the Sheean family, making him the first member of the Royal Australian Navy to receive this award. 1959 - Twelve nations, including Australia, sign the Antarctica Treaty, which bans military activity and weapons testing on that continent. 1987 - Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen is forced to resign as Queensland's longest-serving Premier. 1990 - The final wall of rock is drilled out, to join the two halves of the Channel Tunnel which now links Britain and France under the English Channel. 1997 - Eight of the known planets in the solar system form a rare alignment from west to east. 2004 - Two years after being destroyed by bushfires, Mount Stromlo Observatory in the ACT becomes fully operational again. See more

17.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, October 12: 1823 - Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling the raincoat he had invented. 1838 - Second Governor of South Australia, Lieutenant George Gawler, arrives in the colony. 1891 - The Victorian Government announced a reward of 100 for information on the theft of the mace.... 1915 - The Ford Motor Company under Henry Ford manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile. 1917 - The World War I First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history. 1918 - Australian children's classic "The Magic Pudding" is first published. 1968 - The 19th Olympic games open at Mexico City. 1968 - Australian actor, singer, and producer, Hugh Jackman, is born. 1994 - Contact with the Magellan space probe is lost after it completes radar-mapping of the surface of Venus. 1997 - Singer and songwriter John Denver died in the crash of his experimental amateur aircraft. 1999 - The Day of Six Billion: the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born. 2002 - Over 200 people, almost half of whom are Australians, are killed in an explosion at a night club in Bali. See more

16.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, October 25: 1616 - Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog becomes the first European to set foot on Australia's western coast, and leaves his inscription at Cape Inscription, Western Australia. 1881 - Spanish artist Pablo Picasso is born. 1951 - Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom.... 1980 - AC/DC earn their first pop Top 40 hit with You Shook Me All Night Long. 1984 - Famine in Ethiopia becomes critical, prompting the EEC to donate 1.8 million for emergency aid. 1990 - Nelson Mandela visited the Victorian Parliament after his release on 11 February 1990 from 27 years in prison in South Africa. 2007 - The first scheduled passenger flight by an Airbus A380, operated by Singapore Airlines between Singapore and Sydney, Australia. 2014 - The racehorse known ‘Jeparit’ is born. To date this racehorse has won three races from 27 starts, with its last win at Donald in July. See more

16.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, November 14: 1650 - King William III of England, also known as William of Orange, is born. 1861 - John O'Shanassy assumed office for his third term as Premier of Victoria, replacing Richard Heales who had served just under one year. 1868 - Steele Rudd, Australian journalist and author of "On Our Selection", is born. ... 1889 - New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins her attempt to surpass the fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by travelling around the world in under 80 days. She succeeds, finishing the trip in 72 days, 6 hours. 1902 - US President Theodore Roosevelt refuses to shoot a captured bear whilst on a hunting trip, initiating the creation of the teddy bear. 1908 - Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light. 1939 - The world's oldest dog on record, a Blue Heeler named 'Bluey', dies, aged 29 years. 1969 - Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the moon, is launched from Cape Canaveral, with astronauts Charles Conrad, Richard F. Gordon and Alan L. Bean aboard. See more

16.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, October 11: 1738 - Captain Arthur Phillip, first Governor of New South Wales, is born. 1852 - The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney. 1899 - South African Boers declare war on Great Britain, starting what became known as the Boer War in which many Australians served. Around 200 men and women from the Wimmera and Mallee enlisted of which twelve were killed in action or died of disease.... 1902 - The first cricket Test between South Africa and Australia commenced. Although this game finished as a draw, Australia won the series after winning both of the remaining two matches. 1906 - The Coat of Arms of New South Wales is granted by Royal Warrant. 1930 - The Collingwood Football Club won the VFL premiership for a record fourth consecutive year. 1968 - Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, is launched. The crew of Apollo 7 conducted an 11-day orbit of the Earth, during which the crew transmitted the first live television broadcasts from orbit. 1975 - The epic single ‘Born to Run’ became Bruce Springsteen’s first-ever Top 40 hit, marking the start of his eventual transition from little-known cult figure to international superstar. 1987 - A huge sonar exploration of Loch Ness in Scotland fails to find any sign of the legendary Loch Ness monster. 2000 - The 100th Space Shuttle mission is flown. 2004 - Australian Test cricketer, and St Kilda footballer, Keith Miller, died at the age of 84. See more

16.01.2022 This post is no longer being updated. The Watch & Act message has been downgraded on Monday evening to an Advice message.

16.01.2022 Today’s Total Fire Ban for the Wimmera and Mallee forecast districts has been revoked, however wind speeds of almost 50 km/h continue to be observed at Horsham. Read more - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5211

16.01.2022 Horsham Highway Patrol are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash that occurred north of Nhill last night. Read more - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5237

15.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, November 30: 1835 - American author and satirist, Mark Twain, is born. 1854 - Peter Lalor is elected to lead the gold-diggers in the movement in Ballarat that would lead to the uprising known as the Eureka Stockade. 1874 - Winston Churchill is born. Amongst many other achievements, Churchill oversaw the Gallipoli Campaign as the British First Lord of the Admiralty during the early years of World War One and served as British Prime Minister during World ...War Two. 1878 - ‘Advance Australia Fair’, the song that would become Australia's National Anthem over a century later, is performed for the first time in public. 1920 - The first aeroplane to cross the Australian continent from east to west departs Melbourne. A converted World War I bomber, an Airco DH.4, piloted by Captain Francis S Briggs and J Howard along with the aircraft's owner, Clement John de Garis, who wished to inspect a property he had purchased at Kendenup in Western Australia, took 18 hours, and arrived in Perth on 2 December. 1928 - Australian cricket icon Donald Bradman makes his Test debut, against England in which he scored 18 and 1. 1934 - The English Class A3 4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’ becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching the speed of 100 miles per hour. 1958 - Australian polar explorer, pilot, soldier, geographer, and photographer Sir George Hubert Wilkins passed away. He became the only official Australian photographer from any war to receive a combat medal when he was awarded the Military Cross for rescuing wounded soldiers during the World War One Third Battle of Ypres, and he earned a bar to his Military Cross when he assumed command of a group of American soldiers who had lost their officers during the Battle of the Hindenburg Line. His many other achievements included narrowly failing to be the first to pass under the North Pole in a submarine and pioneering flights over both the Arctic and Antarctic. 1982 - Michael Jackson's second solo album, ‘Thriller’ is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history. See more

15.01.2022 The 2020 Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Awards were announced on Saturday night in a first for Keep Victoria Beautiful: a YouTube live stream. Read more here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5125

14.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, October 16: Today is ‘Restart a Heart’ day - a global initiative to raise awareness and education of CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) in our community. 1793 - Marie Antoinette, queen of France and wife of Louis XVI, is beheaded.... 1837 - The first group of German migrants arrives in the new colony of South Australia. 1863 - Daisy Bates, the Irish-born Australian woman who lived for many years among the Aborigines, is born 1950 - The first edition of C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" is released in London. 1975 - The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget, which began the process that would culminate on 11 November with the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, by Governor-General Sir John Kerr. 1978 - The first non-Italian Pope for more than 400 years, Pope John Paul II, is elected. 1985 - Intel introduces the 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip. 1985 - Casey Stoner, Australian motorcycle racer, winner of the 2007 and 2011 MotoGP World Championship, is born. 1987 - 18 die as England is hit by destructive hurricane winds, dubbed The Great Storm. 1996 - It is reported that thieves stole a set of fossilised dinosaur footprints from a sacred Aboriginal site in Broome in Western Australia. See more

14.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, November 29: 1314 - King Philip IV, who orders the suppression of the Knights Templar, dies in a hunting accident. 1854 - The Oath of Allegiance was stated by Peter Lalor and sworn by miners at Bakery Hill in Ballarat. ('We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties') This forms part of the events that led to the Eureka Stockade rebellion early the following month. 1876 - The Queensland flag is... officially adopted. 1898 - C S Lewis, author of the 'Narnia' series of books, is born. 1948 - Australian Prime minister Ben Chifley launches the first mass-produced Australian car, the Holden FX. 1954 - The Dimboola Fire Brigade outclassed 27 brigades to win the grand aggregate at the Wimmera and Western District Fire Brigades’ Association demonstration that was held on the Horsham City Oval. Other brigades to compete included Ballarat City, Geelong City, Swan Hill, Hamilton, Geelong North, Willaura, Horsham, Kaniva, Warracknabeal, Coleraine, Murton, Nhill, Minyip, and Stawell. 1963 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 1970 - Recreated goldfields town, Sovereign Hill in Ballarat, is officially opened. 1972 - Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game. 1990 - The United Nations Security Council passes 'Resolution 678', authorising military intervention if Iraq does not withdraw its forces from Kuwait by 15 January 1991. 2015 - Australia wins the first day-night Test which was played against New Zealand in Adelaide, adding to their record of having also won the first Test, the first One Day International, the first day-night One Day International and the first T20 International. 2015 - Australian association football (soccer) player James Marston passed away. Marston became the first Australian to appear in an English FA Cup Final when he played for Preston North End in their 1954 defeat to West Bromwich Albion. He also played 37 international soccer matches for Australia, and was manager for the national team for two seasons. See more

13.01.2022 This week's quiz answer is - this is a boiler at the former Bosisto's Mallee Eucalyptus Company site north of Antwerp. Joseph Bosisto, a young pharmacist, opened his first 'still' at Dandenong Creek in 1852, followed by others in the same area. In 1865, businessmen Alfred Fenton and Frederick Grimwade saw the commercial potential of Bosisto's business and became distributors for his product. They formed the 'Eucalyptus Mallee Company' and purchased the Antwerp Station. They... operated a distillery at the site on the banks of the Wimmera River from May 1882 to January 1905, when the plant was moved to Euston. During this period, Bosisto's business and Felton and Grimwade's business merged, becoming J. Bosisto and Co. in 1885. Felton Grimwade & Bosisto's still operate today as an Australian-owned business.

13.01.2022 A statewide CWA attempt to beat their record for the number of scones made at the 2019 Royal Melbourne Show saw 13,433 scones baked across the state, including some by Dimboola CWA members. Read more - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5138

13.01.2022 A Total Fire Ban has been declared for the Mallee region tomorrow, Sunday 15th November 2020. Read more - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5175

12.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, December 14: 1287 - The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, resulting in 50,000 deaths. 1503 - Physician, philosopher and seer, Nostradamus, is born. 1799 - George Washington, first President of the United States, dies.... 1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first European to reach the South Pole. 1922 - Victorian Government legislation, known as ‘The Jeparit Land Act 1922’, comes into force granting a lease for land in Broadway, Jeparit, to the Country Fire Brigades Board and for other purposes. It is rare if not unique that the land for a fire station is granted via its own act of parliament. This act is still current as it covers the land currently occupied by the Jeparit Fire Station. 1926 - Mystery writer Agatha Christie reappears eleven days after being reported missing, with no memory of where she has been. 1930 - The Commercial Hotel in Dimboola was destroyed by fire. 1960 - The first ever cricket Test to end in a tie concludes at the Gabba ground in Brisbane between Australia and the West Indies. 1987 - Australian cricket captain Allan Border scores 205 against New Zealand and in doing so became Australia's highest run scorer in Tests. 1991 - Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest mountain, loses 10 metres from its height after a large rock fall turned the summit into a knife-edge ridge. With subsequent erosion, Aoraki/Mount Cook is now 3,724 metres, which is 30 metres down from its pre-1991 rock-fall measurement. 2004 - The Millau Viaduct in France, the world's tallest vehicular bridge, is opened. See more

12.01.2022 Residents of the Hindmarsh Shire East Ward are being reminded that voting in the by-election closes on Friday. Read more - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5203

12.01.2022 The 2020/21 Dimboola and District Tennis Associaton competition season began on Friday evening with Rainbow hosting Arkona, and continued with the three other matches played on Saturday. Find out who started the season with a win here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5131

11.01.2022 The Blackheath-Dimbooal Bulls continued their perfect start to the Horsham Cricket Association B grade season with a second win in as many games. Find out who scored the runs and took the wickets here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5177

11.01.2022 Victoria’s fire services have today launched a new platform for applying for fire permits and registering burn-offs. Read more - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5204

10.01.2022 Both West Wimmera Warriors senior teams registered comfortable victories in the second round of the Horsham Cricket Association season on Saturday. Find all the scores here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5179

10.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, September 13: 1307 - King Philip IV of France arrests all the Knights Templars, spawning the superstition which surrounds Friday the 13th. 1792 - The cornerstone is laid for the White House in Washington DC. 1884 - Greenwich in London is established as the universal time meridian of longitude.... 1920 - Wireless telephony was first demonstrated at Parliament House in Melbourne in front of Federal MPs and others by Ernest Fisk of AWA where a trial broadcast was heard in Queen's Hall from a private home in Brighton. 1925 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, is born. 1933 - Australia's first traffic lights begin operating in Sydney. 1943 - After entering World War Two as one of the Axis powers along with Germany, Italy declares war on their former Axis ally. 1964 - Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser wins her third consecutive Olympic 100 metre freestyle gold medal at the Tokyo Games. 2002 - Michael Schumacher wins the season ending Japanese Formula One Grand Prix for his record 11th victory of the year and third straight World Drivers title. 2016 - American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. 2018 - The new West Wimmera Warriors cricket teams takes to the field for the first time in the A and B grades in the Horsham Cricket Association. This new team was formed from the teams that previously made up the Nhill-based West Wimmera Cricket Association that had disbanded after the end of the previous season. See more

10.01.2022 Wendy Bywaters has been announced as the successful candidate in the Hindmarsh Shire Council East Ward by-election. Read more - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5220

10.01.2022 The Country Women’s Association has found 2020 to be a challenging year for meeting with members and community members, and for meeting fundraising and charity commitments, but their enthusiasm remains. Read more - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5178

10.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, January 3: 1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. 1521 - Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem, excommunicating Martin Luther, the German priest whose questioning of certain Roman Catholic practices initiated the Protestant Reformation. 1870 - Western Australia adopts its first state flag.... 1888 - The drinking straw is patented. 1892 - J R R Tolkien, author of 'Lord of the Rings', is born. 1907 - A young Charles Kingsford-Smith becomes the first person to be rescued using a new Australian invention; the surf lifesaving reel. 1909 - World-class pianist and entertainer, Victor Borge, is born. 1925 - Benito Mussolini dissolves the Italian parliament and becomes dictator. 1929 - Don Bradman scored his first Test century when he made 112 against England at Melbourne Cricket Ground. 1956 - A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower. 1956 - Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Mel Gibson is born. 1977 - Apple Computer, Inc incorporates. 1996 - The first flip phone, the Motorola StarTAC, goes on sale. See more

09.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, December 13: 1577 - Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England on a circumnavigation of the world. 1642 - Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovers New Zealand. 1802 - Charles Robbins successfully dissuades the French from making a claim on Van Diemen's land (now Tasmania).... 1920 - Francis G. Pease's interferometer at Mount Wilson Observatory is the first to measure the diameter of a star - the Betelgeuse. 1937 - Nanking, the capital of China, falls to the Japanese imperial forces. 1955 - Australian housewife ‘superstar’ Dame Edna Everage, makes her stage debut. 1975 - Malcolm Fraser's Liberal Party wins a landslide 55-seat majority victory over the ALP. 1983 - The 10,000th Act of the Victorian Parliament, The Industrial Relations (Further Amendment Act) of 1983 was assented to on this day. 2002 - The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004. 2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his hometown of Tikrit. See more

09.01.2022 Work on the next stage of the upgrade of the Dimboola to Rainbow railway line will ramp up this week. Read more here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5124

09.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, November 28: 1660 - The founding meeting is held prior to the formation of the Royal Society, which is the oldest national scientific institution in the world. 1843 - Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day - The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation. 1893 - Women vote in a national election for the first time, in the New Zealand general election.... 1919 - Keith Miller, considered to be one of Australia’s best Test cricket all-rounders, is born. 1923 - Mr Tom Parker of Peppers Plain pays 950 guineas, an Australian record, for a Clydesdale mare. 1932 - The 'Dog on the Tuckerbox' statue at Gundagai is unveiled. 1964 - Mariner 4, the first spacecraft to transmit close range images of Mars, is launched. 1979 - 257 people are killed when an Air New Zealand sightseeing flight crashes into Mount Erebus in Antarctica. 1990 - The Conservative Party in the United Kingdom chooses John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as the leader and Prime Minister. 1992 - Painter Sidney Nolan passed away. Nolan spent time in Dimboola during the Second World War. Below is a Nolan mural at the Dimboola Memorial Secondary College. 2012 - ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’, the first of the Hobbit film series, premieres in Wellington, New Zealand. See more

08.01.2022 After seven rounds of the 2020/21 Dimboola and District Tennis Association season, Warrack Gold sits on top of the ladder. Find out how your team went on the weekend here -https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5200

08.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, October 14: 1890 - Future US President Dwight D. Eisenhower is born. Eisenhower is also known as the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II and the leader of the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. 1925 - The innermost sarcophagus of Egyptian king Tutankhamun is opened, revealing the mummy. 1947 - Charles Yeager becomes the first human being to break through the sound barrier.... 1952 - UN General Assembly first meets at its new headquarters in New York 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis begins, bringing the world to the brink of nuclear warfare. 1964 - Martin Luther King becomes the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. 1968 - The first live telecast from a manned US spacecraft is made from Apollo 7. 1986 - The International Olympic Committee decides to stagger Winter and Summer Olympic schedule. Prior to this both had been held in the same year on a four year cycle, and now there is one every two years 1994 - The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Palestinian and Israeli leaders. 1994 - Writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’, a crime drama featuring multiple storylines and a large ensemble cast including John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis and Harvey Keitel, opens in theatres. 2012 - Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumps from a capsule attached to a helium balloon approximately 24 miles above the Earth and becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without the protection or propulsion of a vehicle. See more

08.01.2022 Tomorrow, Tuesday 1st December 2020, has been declared a day of Total Fire Ban in the Mallee and Wimmera districts. No fires can be lit or be allowed to remain alight in the open air from 12:01am on Tuesday 1st December until 11:59pm Tuesday 1st December. (Map accurate at 3.30pm Monday)

08.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, October 15: Today is World Students Day 1582 - Many Catholic countries switch to the Gregorian calendar, skipping 10 days.... 1833 - John Alexander MacPherson, Premier of Victoria between 20 September 1869 and 9 April 1870, is born. 1923 - Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson, Premier of Victoria between 5 June 1981 and 8 April 1982 is born. 1924 - Actor Mark Lenard, best known as Spock's father, Sarek, in Star Trek, is born 1953 - Britain conducts the first atomic test on the Australian mainland. 1954 - Steve Bracks, Premier of Victoria between 20 October 1999 and 30 July 2007, is born. 1966 - Australia bans the Troggs' song "I Can't Control Myself" as "terribly obscene". 1970 - A span of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses killing 35 construction workers and injuring 17 others. 1985 - The Space Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit. 1997 - The Cassini space orbiter, the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn, is launched. 2003 - China becomes the third nation to launch a manned space mission. See more

06.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, January 4: 1688 - English sea explorer William Dampier first lands on Australian soil at King Sound in north-west Western Australia. 1809 - Louis Braille, the inventor of the raised-dot writing system for the blind, is born. 1810 - Governor Lachlan Macquarie takes strong action to restore order following the deposition of Governor Bligh in the Rum Rebellion.... 1840 - The ‘Port Phillip Herald’ began publication in Melbourne, from a weatherboard shack in Collins Street, and it was the fourth newspaper to start in Melbourne. It continued to be published until 1990 when the ‘Herald’ merged with the ‘Sun News-Pictorial’ to form the ‘Herald Sun’. 1898 - Australian fast bowler Ernie Jones became the first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test when he was called by umpire Jim Phillips in a Test against England in Melbourne. 1912 - The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter. 1936 - Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade. 1958 - Leading the New Zealand section of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Edmund Hillary and his party were the first to reach the South Pole overland since Amundsen in 1911 and Scott in 1912 and the first ever to do so using motor vehicles. 1967 - Donald Campbell, the man who broke both the World land and water speed records in the same year (1964), is killed as he attempts another record. 1971 - Richard Chee Quee, the first player of Chinese origin to play first-class cricket in Australia, is born. 1990 - Former Victorian Premier between June 1955 and August 1972, Sir Henry Edward Bolte died. See more

05.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, 2nd January: Today is Science Fiction Day, coinciding with the birthday of science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, fans of this genre are encouraged to watch their favourite movies and TV shows on this day. 1822 - A penal settlement is established at Macquarie Harbour on the remote west coast of Van Diemen's Land.... 1860 - The existence of the theoretical planet Vulcan, between Mercury and the Sun, is announced. 1869 - The world's first traffic light explodes, injuring the policeman operating it. 1878 - The first telephone service in Australia commences when a store on Spencer Street in Melbourne, McLean Brothers and Rigg, talks with an office in Elizabeth Street. 1879 - Australian cricketer Fred Spofforth took the first ever Test match hat trick when he dismissed three English batsmen in successive deliveries during a Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He finished the game with 13 wickets for 110 runs. 1920 - Chemist and science-fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, is born. 1933 - Don Bradman defies the English Bodyline bowling tactics to score 103 not out in the second Test of this controversial series. 1942 - The Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces during World War II. 1944 - Helicopters were used in warfare for the first time by the British Atlantic patrol. 1955 - South Australia's Vice-Regal Summer Residence, Marble Hill, is destroyed by bushfires. 1971 - 66 die in a crowd crush at a football match in Scotland. 1992 - Shane Warne made his Test cricket debut, in the Sydney Test against India. See more

05.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, November 24: Today is National Fairy Bread Day - a day when it is acceptable for adults to enjoy this snack without the fear of being judged. 1642 - Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovers Tasmania, naming it Van Diemen's Land.... 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes his controversial ‘Origin of the Species’. 1876 - Walter Burley Griffin, the architect who designed Canberra, Australia's capital city, is born. 1922 - Flight Lieutenants Briggs and Hepburn inspect Nhill’s landing ground in Moll’s paddock on Dimboola Hill and state that it is suitable for the first official landing ground in country Victoria. 1954 - ‘Air Force One’, the first US Presidential aeroplane, is christened. 1993 - The end of the world, according to the Ukrainian sect ‘White Brotherhood’. 1993 - The movie ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’, starring Robin Williams as a divorced father who disguises himself as an elderly British nanny in order to spend time with his children, opens in theatres. 2007 - Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led Australian Labor Party at the federal election, ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led Liberal/National coalition government. 2012 - ‘Gangnam Style’ becomes the most viewed Youtube video surpassing 808 million views. 2015 - Turkey shoots down a Russian fighter jet after claiming it had flown into Turkish airspace. 2018 - The Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre celebrates its tenth anniversary. See more

04.01.2022 The two senior West Wimmera Warriors cricket teams met with mixed results in round four of Horsham Cricket Association matches on Saturday, with a narrow loss by the A grade, but an emphatic win by the C grade team. FInd all the scores here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5205

04.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, October 26: 1492 - Lead pencils are first used. 1825 - The Erie Canal, linking the Great Lakes of North America with the Atlantic Ocean, is opened. 1858 - Hamilton Smith patents the rotary washing machine.... 1878 - Bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and kills three police officers at Stringybark Creek. 1942 - After four days of fighting, Australian troops break through the German lines during the battle at El Alamein in North Africa in World War Two. 1951 - Winston Churchill is re-elected as British Prime Minister at the age of 86. 1985 - The Australian Government returns ownership of Uluru to the traditional owners. 1994 - Israel and Jordan sign a peace treaty, ending 46 years of war. 1999 - Dr Denis Napthine is elected as the new leader of the Victorian Parliamentary Liberal Party and Opposition leader, following the resignation of Jeff Kennett as leader. 2002 - Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theatre building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels during a musical performance three days before. 2002 - Federation Square in Melbourne opened by Premier Steve Bracks with some of its features yet to be completed. 2003 - Dimboola Hotel is gutted by fire. See more

04.01.2022 The Victorian Electoral Commission is reminding Hindmarsh residents in the North (Jeparit and Rainbow) and West (Nhill) wards that they have until 6pm next Friday 23rd October to return their completed ballot material. Read more - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5132

04.01.2022 The Dimboola Weir - October 2020. Despite some rain during the last couple of months, there haven’t been any significant flows in the Wimmera River for some time.

03.01.2022 The Victorian Government has announced an investment to upgrade the Wimmera Mallee Silo Art Trail which will include significant works at Llew Schillings Silo in Rainbow. Read more here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5181

03.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, October 27: 1728 - Captain James Cook, who charted Australia's eastern coastline, is born. 1838 - The ‘Port Phillip Gazette’, Victoria second newspaper was first published. 1841 - One of the last ships with religious refugees from Germany arrives in South Australia. ... 1859 - Victoria’s second Premier, John O'Shanassy, retired from office, having served 597 days over two terms. His first term lasted only 50 days from March to May 1857, and his second term commenced in March 1898. He would go on to serve a third term from November 1861 to June 1863. In total he held the office for 3 years and 140 days 1897 - St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne was officially consecrated by Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr. 1915 - Andrew Fisher is replaced as Labour Prime Minister by William 'Billy' Hughes, who will advocate a more active role for Australians in World War One. 1925 - Water skis are patented by Fred Waller. 1927 - Criminals Squizzy Taylor and Snowy Cutmore are killed in a shootout at Carlton. 1939 - British actor and comedian and star of ‘Fawlty Towers’, John Cleese is born. 1942 - Australian troops suffer heavy losses, but still advance, during the fifth day of the battle at El Alamein in North Africa. 1962 - Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser becomes the first woman to swim 100 metres freestyle in under one minute. 2011 - The Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine that is likely to be Japanese, in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation ‘Render Safe’; a multi-national operation to remove unexploded World War II bombs from locations in the south Pacific. See more

03.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, November 26: 1855 - The colony of Van Diemen's Land becomes known as Tasmania. 1917 - A raid is carried out, under the orders of Prime Minister Billy Hughes, on the Queensland Government Printing Office in Brisbane with the aim of confiscating copies of Hansard that covered debates in the Queensland Parliament where anti-conscription sentiments had been aired. 1917 - The new government of Russia offers an armistice to Germany and Austria-Hungary which w...ould lead to the end of their participation in World War One. 1922 - The creator of Snoopy and the 'Peanuts' comic strip, Charles M Schulz, is born. 1932 - Don Bradman completes 10,000 runs in first-class cricket in just 126 innings. 1984 - Kim Hughes tearfully resigns as Australian cricket captain after his team lost the second Test to the West Indies at Brisbane. See more

02.01.2022 The 2020/21 Dimboola District Tennis Association season hits off this weekend with the focus on Antwerp as they set out to defend the title they won earlier this year, but seven other clubs will be aiming to stop them. Read more here - https://read.dimboolacourier.com.au/5123

01.01.2022 #OnThisDay in history, November 27: 1823 - Victorian Premier James Service, after whom the west Wimmera township of Serviceton is named, was born. 1880 - Sir Ralph Freeman, designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, is born. 1895 - Alfred Nobel draws up his last will and testament, pledging his enormous wealth toward the betterment of humanity.... 1931 - Don Bradman scores 200 on the first day of the first Test Cricket match to be played at the Gabba in Brisbane. 1970 - Australian wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh makes his Test cricket debut against England at the Gabba in Brisbane. 1979 - The first day-night one-day cricket international is played at the Sydney Cricket Ground between Australia and the West Indies. 1998 - United States nuclear weapons begin being tested for possible year 2000 problems. 1999 - The Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history. 2014 - Cricketer Phillip Hughes dies two days after being struck on the head by a bouncer, prompting the ‘Put Out Your Bats’ campaign (below), which was a way for cricketers around the world to pay their respects to Hughes. See more