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1894 | The railway reaches Jeparit
 The coming of the railway was usually a grand occasion for any community, often marked with banquets, dignitaries, and parades, but for Jeparit, when this occurred 130 years ago on 19 June 1894, it was a little more low-key. 1920 | Jeparit War Memorial unveiled
 The Jeparit community gathered on Broadway on this day in 1920 to witness the unveiling of the district’s memorial to those who enlisted and fell during the Great War. Dimboola’s fallen Gallipoli heros
 Fifty-six of the names on the Dimboola town Honour Rolls represent those who volunteered for service overseas in World War One from the district who did not return. 1888 | Drain Lake Hindmarsh?
 Lake Hindmarsh is Victoria’s largest natural freshwater lake and is appreciated as a valuable natural asset for recreation and its natural beauty, but there have been some unusual proposals made over the years to put it to other uses. Remembrance Day | Survived the War but nearly not the return home
 Many Australians enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force during World War One, seeking excitement and adventure, and they found it in lots of different places. 30 years since the last Dimboola passenger train
 After one hundred and eleven years, the last regularly scheduled passenger train service out of Dimboola departed early in the morning of Saturday, 21 August 1993, thirty years ago this. Vietnam Veterans Day
 The Battle of Long Tan, in Phuong Tuy Province, South Vietnam, on 18th August 1966 has been adopted as Vietnam Veterans Day in honour of the 47,000 Australian troops who served during the ten-year war, of which 520 were killed in action or died of wounds, with 2,400 wounded. History | Jeparit World War One German Dugout
 The surprising discovery was made in late May 1916 of a German dugout in the sandhills north of Jeparit, similar to those found on the Western Front in France and Belgium. Tarranyurk Hall Centenary
 The Tarranyurk Public Hall was officially opened one hundred years ago this week, and while it no longer serves its namesake community, it still fills a useful role. Anzac Day 2022 | Dimboola’s first Military Medal recipient
 The first Military Medal awarded to a ‘Dimboola lad’ was recommended at the end of February 1917 for brave action near the northern French town of Flers.
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