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On Fire - feature photo

On Fire

BARRY'S CORNER: We burned the highway to put out the fire. I was known as the bloke who burned the highway and my crew named me: ‘Barry Backburn’.

17 October, 2025

Despite no previous experience, Hayden Pollack was a dab hand at the sheaf toss, winning the novice handicap at the Australian Sheaf Toss Association's national championships.

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Crowds flock to celebrate 137 years of the Warracknabeal Show

Year 7s Caidin Lambert, Lillia Sharp, Paige Williams, Madeline Lee, Abby Brassington and Eli McCarthy.

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Gold coin bargains at Horsham College's Book Fair

Natasha Kuchel as Puck and Ebony Hart as Peaseblossom.

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Local stars bring Shakespeare to Horsham

Warracknabeal-born historian John Schubert has published The Other Kavels, a landmark book uncovering the lives of the first Prussian religious refugees to Australia and their deep ties to the Wimmera and Mallee.

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The Other Kavels reveals hidden history of early Prussian settlers

In good faith - feature photo

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In good faith

The sisters' quarters at 60th General Hospital, Hortiach, near Salonika, where a number of the members of the Australian Army Nursing Service were employed.

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Thora Augusta McLennan

Flower shows make it easy - feature photo

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Flower shows make it easy

When locals saw a tractor parked out the front of the pub, theories spread quicker than mice in the header shed.

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The Man in the Corner: Three cheers to low gears

Rodney Vincent will perform in Warracknabeal in November.

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Vincent to bring Good Times show to town

Wingless winner Michael Conlan in action on Saturday.

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Conlan, Roycroft claim chequered flag in Blue Ribbon opener

Warracknabeal Golf Club's multiple stableford event, sponsored by Venita and Brian Walder, has been won by Wendy Hewitt and Janice Midgley.

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Hewitt and Midgley on top in stableford

Ambulance Victoria has encouraged locals to sign up as GoodSAM responders to help facilitate good survival rates from cardiac arrests by using a nearby automated external defibrillator until professional medical help arrives. The call is part of this month’s ‘Shocktober’ campaign and sessions are being held in Murtoa and Horsham.

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‘Shocktober’ call for more local responders

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