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VIDEOS: On Remembrance Day, we reflect on the sacrifices made by those who risked and gave their lives to protect us.

Remembering Australians at War | Video

Remembering Australians at War

Massive crowds gathered for the Ballarat dawn service. PICTURE: ADAM TRAFFORD

Watch the dawn service, flick through the photos and read the stories.

Anzac Day dawn service in Ballarat 2015

SQMS John 'Jack' Woodland Loomes, service number 438, served in the 4th Light Horse Regiment in WW1. 

Grandsons of Bendigo ANZAC veteran Sergeant Jack Loomes share their fond memories of the early enlistee who served in War World 1.

From country lad to a Light Horseman

Before last year's dawn service. PICTURE: JEREMY BANNISTER

The Courier will broadcast the 2015 Anzac Day dawn service in Ballarat live on Periscope.

The Ballarat Anzac Day dawn service live on your phone

WODONGA: Three horse riders tracking the journey their forefathers took to enlist in World War I passed through Barnawartha and Wodonga yesterday.

Tracking their forefathers’ path to war

Marjorie Cameron from Laurieton will be in Gallipoli for Anzac Day.

NINETY year old Marjorie Cameron from Laurieton is preparing for the trip of a lifetime.

Anzac legend: “Ernest would have been very pleased for me.”

Respect: Nancy Sedgwick with a photo of her father, Les Lee, who served in World War I. PICTURE: KATE HEALY

AS AUSTRALIA prepares to commemorate the Anzac centenary, the Sedgwick-Lee family has paid tribute to their own family members who fought in WWI. 


Family tribute to soldiers

Brothers in arms: Surviving World War II Eighth Battalion veterans Jack Oliver, George Addlem and Stan Phillips at their annual reunion on Sunday.
PICTURE: KATE HEALY

A TRIO of surviving Ballarat World War II diggers shared their war stories on Sunday. 


World War II diggers share their stories

RESPECT: Phoenix P12 Community College students Amber Barker-Lovett and Jayke McPherson attach a poppy to one of the plaques along the Avenue of Honour. PICTURE: JEREMY BANNISTER

DRIVERS travelling along the Avenue of Honour would have seen plenty of industrious students on Monday morning. 


Poppies to commemorate all soldiers

POPPY AVENUE: Haddon and District Lions Club member Chris Rigg with one of the 3000-plus poppies that Phoenix P-12 Community College and Ballarat Specialist School students will place at memorial plaques on Ballarat’s Avenue of Honour. 
Picture: Jeremy Bannister


About 3000 poppies will be attached to plaques on the Avenue of Honour on Monday.


Poppies  for all avenue plaques

Recognition: Marg McPhee, Bev Hardenberg with Zac, Lee Crawley with Duke, and Lyn Maniz with Jax. PICTURE: LACHLAN BENCE

THE ultimate sacrifice paid by animals in war will be commemorated this Anzac Day in Ballarat. 


Animals, too, paid ultimate sacrifice during battle

Medal mystery: Wendouree resident Danny Forde found a World War I medal belonging to an English solider. Picture: Kate Healy

A WENDOUREE resident is searching for the descendants of a World War I English solider after he discovered a lost war medallion years ago.


Search for medal family

CLIFFORD Polkinghorne (tree No. 307) was born at St Arnaud, but was a 23-year-old farmer from Scott Parade in Ballarat when he enlisted on October 5, 1914, and joined the 8th Battalion. 

Hero dies ‘in the very front line’ of battle

Art Galley of Ballarat director Gordon Morrison and gallery board chairman Vicki Coltman prepare for the exhibition opening. Picture: Justin Whitelock

A POIGNANT tribute marking the centenary of Gallipoli and the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II will be unveiled at the Art Gallery of Ballarat this weekend.

Art gallery tribute to Australians in wartime

Light horse trooper: Cameraman Matt Leiper and BBC correspondent Phillip Mercer interview Warrant Officer Gary Chandler. PICTURE: KATE HEALY

CRESWICK’s Anzac spirit will be on show around the world in the lead-up to the Gallipoli centenary. 


BBC in town for Anzac  centenary

FORMER Ballarat actor Aaron Glenane stars alongside Sam Worthington in a new mini-series.

New Gallipoli miniseries tells the story of Diggers from Ballarat

THE Creswick Museum will portray stories of the Anzacs at its newest exhibition.

Creswick Museum to share Anzac stories

Tree No. 203: Gordon Crocker was among those who joined the AIF soon after the outbreak of World War I, when he enlisted on August 24, 1914.

Anzac Day centenary: Shrapnel claimed young accountant

UNTOLD stories of Ballarat’s World War I servicemen and women have been revealed for the first time.


Research unearths Diggers’ untold stories

Centenary of the Gallipoli landing at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. A girl places a poppy in the poppy wall at the Shrine. Photo Justin McManus

The commemoration of Anzac Day at the Shrine of Remembrance.

Anzac Day at the Shrine of Remembrance

Poppies placed on the Roll of Honour, after the Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Saturday 25 April 2015. Photo Alex Ellinghausen

Photos from the National Dawn Service at the Australian War Memorial.

Anzac Day 2015: National Dawn Service 

Discover new people, places and perspectives.

Test your skills with Crossword, Sudoku and Ultimate Trivia.

Hairy day of delight for Ballarat Heritage Festival

City of Ballarat trenching work on Learmonth Street on 10 May 2022. Photo: Lachlan Bence

'Slow-death': council accused of damaging heritage protected trees

Ballarat's weekend in sport mega gallery | May 28-29

Todd Finco, right, and Chris Quinlan celebrate a springbank goal. Picture: Adam Trafford.

Springbank continued its red-hot form as the Tigers handed Dunnstown its second loss of the season

Tigers remain unbeaten, Creswick on the board | CHFL round 7 wrap, ladder

ON TRACK: Earlier this year Lee Kernaghan released The Very Best of Lee Kernaghan - Three Decades of Hits, which coincides with the 30th anniversary of The Outback Club, followed last month by Live at the Deni Ute Muster.

Lee Kernaghan reflects on Albury roots to coincide with 30th anniversary album

How Lee Kernaghan, a restaurant piano man, shot to stardom

Festive catch: expert forecasts potential COVID-19 disaster over holiday season

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Alison Daddo's honest account of her experience with menopause is intriguing. Picture: Supplied

Every woman will go through menopause so why don't we talk about it?

We all go through 'the talk' as teens. Let's not be scared to have another one

Enlivening, enlightening detail is Rappaport's forte.

Fascinating story of old-world Russians in Paris

A resident wears a mask while passing the graffiti of nurses fighting against new coronavirus on June 16, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Picture: Getty Images 

This book is a reminder of what people endured in early 2020.

Stories from first days of COVID

Vesna Goldsworthy: 'Freedom is not just something that comes in a plastic wrapper on a Western supermarket shelf'. Picture: Liz Seabrook

The life left behind in Vesna Goldsworthy's novel is not the one usually conjured in the Western imagination of communist rule.

A brave step to the West for love

Hannah Gadsby, not gruelling but funny. Picture: Getty Images

Ten Steps to Nanette

Oates certainly knows how to twist the tensions in her engrossing stories.

Twists of tension, violence and downright dread

Ruth Wilson uses her re-reading of Austen's six novels as a framework for memorable moments in her life.

All the ways to read - and re-read - Jane Austen

Patricia Highsmith. Picture: Getty Images

Highsmith had an overwhelming belief in her writing.

Diaries of a misanthrope filled with darkness

A poignant tale of failure, redemption and hope

Canberra author Marion Halligan has been writing about her daughter Lucy for 18 years. Picture: Keegan Carroll

We live through the events and memories of Lucy's life. We feel a mother's anguish and pain.

A way to keep love on the page

RE-WATCH | CHFL round 7 live stream: Creswick v Carngham-Linton

Enchanted with autumn leaves: Buninyong Primary School pupil Seth Edwards

Celebrating Sunday's National Botanic Gardens Day

Empire expands: The Royal Oak's Dean Mangion and Gigi Milone are set to reopen Black Hill's Queen's Head Hotel later this year. Picture: Luke Hemer

Fresh faces and enthusiasm ahead of historic pub's reopening