Peeps into the Past - May 4 to 10: It’s not that bad

Sunraysia Daily May 11 2025

In 2000 then Victorian Education Minister, Mary Delahunty, said even though there was asbestos contamination within portable buildings at three Mildura schools, they were safe to use. Picture: Julian Smith/ AAP

PRESENTED by Mildura & District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries.

100 YEARS AGO: 1925 GROWTH: A freak parsnip has been produced in the garden of a well-known Red Cliffs amateur gardener, Mr G. I. Picton. This parsnip which was sown last September from seed supplied by Law, Somner and Company, had a hollow crown, and on being pulled out was found to meas...

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