100 YEARS AGO: 1925 SHOWCASE: Dan, the Giant Russian Boar Hound, who will be on exhibition at the Mildura Carnival, was proclaimed throughout Russia as the largest dog on earth. These types of dogs were very useful during the Great War. They were great workers in harness and pulled mountain guns over hills and through forests where horses could not go. Being as docile as a lamb, any child that ...

50 years ago the intersection of Eighth Street and Deakin Avenue in Mildura didn't have traffic lights, there there was not plan for them either. Picture: Ben Gross