SCIENTIST Hans Brunner, who helped exonerate Lindy Chamberlain, died last week on Thursday, 25 April.A large portrait, that he has referred to as representing “the other me”, has been entered in this year’s Archibald Portrait Competition.The 95-year-old sat for the portrait for Frankston South artist Lulu Clifton-Evans in a project she said was designed to portray his significant contribution to Australian culture, science and yodelling.Brunner and Clifton-Evans met with the now Chamberlain-Creighton in a Melbourne hotel last October to show her the portrait of Brunner with a microscope and his book on animal hair analysis that was written years before…
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TWO men have been arrested after an alleged theft, assault, and car chase through Carrum Downs and Frankston last week.Police allege that a group of people inside a stolen Mini Cooper stole petrol from McMahons Road in Frankston at around 10.30pm on 25 April. The group were involved in a theft and assault at a restaurant on Hall Road in Carrum Downs about half an hour later, police say.Police say they spotted the car in Frankston at around midnight. They deployed stop sticks, but the car managed to evade them and drive onto Karingal Road.The Mini Cooper allegedly drove on…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough A SHOCKING fatality occurred at the railway crossing, between Baxter and Somerville, on Monday night, when Mr. Alfred Field, 45, market gardener, of Mornington, was killed, and Mr. John Twyford, 60, an orchardist, of Somerville, was seriously injured in a collision between a goods train and a motor truck, in which they were travelling to the Melbourne market.It appears that Field, who owns the motor truck, had been engaged by Twyford to convey a consignment of apples to Melbourne, ready for Tuesday’s market.The engine, which it is said was travelling tender first, struck the motor truck…
INDIGENOUS musicians and storytellers will be celebrated at a McClelland Gallery event next month. Celebrating First Nations will take place at McClelland Gallery on 18 May. Didgeridoo artists the Ganga Giri Band with the Djarlo Dance Group, musician Charlie Woods, Trudy Fatnowna Edgeley, and harmonic singer Carissa Nyalu are set to perform on the afternoon.McClelland Gallery director Lisa Byrne said “all First Nations communities and all families and friends of all ages and cultures are invited to enjoy the performances, check out the market stalls from local creatives, and participate in this unique and inclusive experience which will be an…
THE Nepean Special School has received nearly $500,000 for upgrade works.Existing brick paving at the school will be replaced with concrete to improve accessibility. The $499,446 for the project was allocated through the federal government’s “schools upgrade fund” grant program.Dunkley MP Jodie Belyea said that “upgrading pathways to improve accessibility for students is a particularly important project for Nepean Special School.” “The Australian government’s schools upgrade fund is making a real difference to schools, teachers and students in my electorate of Dunkley and across Victoria,” she said. “Whether it is funding to build new classrooms, or replacing paving, everyone wins…