WIN News -1995
With only a small staff compared to most TV stations at the time, by the 1990’s WIN / STV 8 were certainly producing an outstanding news service. Here’s a sample of a few stories, as Kim and the team present the bulletin on September 13th 1995.
Dareton Police Station
As part of looking back over 100 years in the life of Coomealla / Dareton, here’s some STV8 news footage taken across a decade on the subject of the Dareton Police station. Originally located in a house, renovations were carried out in 1983 and our first news story gives us details of that renovation to […]
London to Sydney Car Rally
In 1968 the first London to Sydney Car Rally was held and STV8 news cameras covered the action at one of the check points along the route. Cars roll in under various states of repair after their journey through Europe, Asia and finally Australia, a trip totaling 10,373 miles (16,694 km). Cameraman Kent Smith remembers […]
The Coomealla Nursery
With the opening of the Soldier Settlement blocks, by the1950’s as Dareton – Coomealla continued to grow, the demand for good quality cuttings to plant up new blocks was great. So in cooperation with the CSIRO, a Plant Nursery was developed. This great film taken by EV Whyte, shows the various stages of creating this […]
Clearing the Land
From the early days of settlement across the Mallee, the first task has always been to clear the land, originally with horse power, then steam power and finally using the power of the mighty tractor. Frank Jenner created this film clip, most probably back in the 50’s, where we see the various stages of clearing […]
Henley on the Murray – 1970
Easter is just around the corner and so this news clip is set to take you back to Henley on the Murray 1970. To start with a few Rowing Club members busy themselves for the upcoming event and then we take a look at the Miss Henley competition. If you look closely you’ll see Ysonde […]
Harness Racing
The STV8 tape archives contain many reels of Sporting History. Discovered recently were three clips from Harness Racing events around the district in 1986 held at Wentworth, Ouyen and of course at No1 Oval in Mildura. In the first segment from a meeting at Wentworth, you’ll hear the golden tones of Max Thorburn calling the […]
Street Rods
Something for one of Sunraysia’s special interest groups. Colorful News footage from 1986 of a Street Rod display at Timmis Speedway. A concrete strip laid down by the Street Rod guys in the middle of the circuit allowed them to run “Go Whoa” events. Some great information has been supplied by Roger Trinne since this […]
Drying the Fruit
For many of those who follow our posts these scenes will be very familiar. At this time of year right across Sunraysia, long days of hard work were put in by the families on the blocks, along with many others from town who came to lend a hand. Taken on two different properties, this news […]
Chaffey Secondary College
In 1993 a WIN TV news story featured classes at Chaffey Secondary College – formally Mildura Tech School. From 1990 a decision had been made to educate years 7- 10 at one campus and years 11 & 12 at another. Chaffey Secondary College was allocated the year 7-10 students and Mildura Senior College, formally the […]