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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.

Australia is closing in on 10,000 COVID-19 deaths, with calls to increase vaccine booster rates.

Australia nears 10,000 COVID-19 deaths

TEN YEARS ON: Wiradyuri woman and author Anita Heiss signs a copy of her book 'Am I Black Enough For You?' for Jan Roberts at the Curious Rabbit on Sunday. Picture: Madeline Begley

Dr Heiss' new book is an update to her memoir of the same name, released a decade ago in the aftermath of her court victory over Andrew Bolt.

Author Anita Heiss asks once more, am I black enough for you?

SCENE: Darley's Adam Azzopardi is stretchered from the field by ambulance with a liekly broken ankle at Mars Stadium on Saturday.

Ballarat senior football match stops after horror injury

The report on NSW Police points to a "concerning" lack of guidance on tough detention measures.

Watchdog wants NSW police powers reined in

UNITY: Harrybilt Engineering sales manager Daniel Barrett and the team are supporting a campaign against sexual assault in aged care. Picture: Lachlan Bence

Ballarat's Harrybilt stands against sexual assault in aged care

Why these tradies took a surprising stand on an uncomfortable aged care issue

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Close to 40,000 ACT workers on the minimum wage are set to see pay increases on Friday.

3m workers to get welcome reward when they check their pay packets

Carmel West has been the owner of The Turret for just over 20 years. Picture: Lachlan Bence.

A new era on the horizon for The Turret Cafe

'An amazing, wonderful journey': Sturt Street cafe owner to hang up the apron

Heat on North: work place safety concerns at major sports clubs

WIN: Chantelle Zentveld has successfully taken on international fast food giant Subway for unfair work conditions. 

This earns modern conditions under a Fair Work Commission ruling

Ballarat teenager wins 'fresh' award for workers of fast food giant

Energy: Owners of 'Australian' companies are often foreign, an Australia Institute report has found

Government should tax windfall profits of gas firms: report

Female business owners fund a sizeable chunk of the $418 billion that small businesses add to GDP, and they have the capacity to contribute even more. Picture: Shutterstock

Levelling the playing field involves reducing red tape and taking steps to ensure contracts aren't awarded primarily based on existing connections.

Government should award more tenders to female small business owners

Former prime minister Julia Gillard, who chairs the ANU Global Institute for Women's Leadership. Picture: James Croucher

The former prime minister sees potential dangers for equality in the rise of remote working.

Gillard warns over hidden risks in rise of working from home

BIG WIN: Casual chef at Federation University's Murnong cafe in Mount Helen, Louis Green hopes to take advantage of the Victorian Sick Pay Guarantee aimed at providing casual workers a financial safety net if they fall ill. Picture: Lachlan Bence.

Eligible casual and contract workers will get to access up to 38 hours a year of sick and carer's leave at the national minimum wage, fully funded by the Labor government through a new Victorian Sick Pay Guarantee.

Victorian casual workers will no longer need to work while sick in new government scheme

The news has been all bad for workers recently in terms of a fall in real wages. Picture: Shutterstock

The next government could rebalance fiscal policy via a mini-budget not long after the election. Will they?

The next government faces an economic 'call for the wages'

UNCERTAINTY: Healthy Hub and Wellness Centre owners Luke and Stacey-Lea Gibson in 2019. Picture: Adam Trafford 

The future of one of Ballarat's well-loved health and wellness businesses is uncertain, with the building they occupy up for sale and a continuing downturn in cafe patrons.