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• Geelong Advertiser 175th: The ad that helped start the Geelong Football Club | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  A sketch from an early Geelong v Melbourne match.Geelong’s newspaper and its football club have been linked from day one.It was in the pages of theGeelong Advertiseron July 16, 1859, that a modest advertisement called for the first meeting to form a Geelong football club.“Football — Admirers of the above game are requested to attend a meeting to be held at the Victoria Hotel, at half-past seven, on Monday evening, 18th July,” it read.An ad calling to form the Geelong Football Club was published ..

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• Run Geelong 2015 attracts thousands of runners | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  A sea of red at the Run Geelong 6km start line. Pictures: Mitch BearCADEL Evans might have conquered the Alps on wheels times over but he conceded tackling Run Geelong on legs was a mighty different caper.The Tour de France champion has turned to doing a little running since stepping out of the competitive saddle, and learnt a bit about himself.“I’ve got a great motor but a really bad chassis,” he smiled after having posed for fan photos amid throngs.Crowds flock to Run GeelongPreviousNextRunner..

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• First look inside our new library

  

  Bookworms check out the brand new Geelong Library. Pictures: Mitch BearGEELONG bookworms have given the new library and heritage centre their stamp of approval.The colourful building threw open its glass doors to the public on Saturday, after an official unveiling the day before.Guided tours ran every half-hour as scores of people explored the centre’s five floors.There’s something for everyone at Geelong Library, even the littlies.A visitor meets a robot at the library.Crowds flock to be the fi..

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• Waterfront robber cops beach ban

  

  A MAN who used a knife to try to rob a six-year-old boy of his backpack at Eastern Beach has walked from court.Franco Athuai, 31, of Taylors Hill, was sentenced in the County Court on Friday to 10 months’ imprisonment and a three-year community corrections order with a strict conditions.Having already served 10 months in jail for the attempted armed robbery, the former Norlane man was freed from custody with strict conditions including that he no longer visit The Esplanade or beach.Prosecutor Sa..

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• Parish the best Falcon of the lot

  

  Darcy Parish at the family farm outside Winchelsea. Picture: Peter RistevskiTHEY say he hunts the footy like Joel Selwood did as the junior prodigy a decade ago.They say he reminds them of Travis Boak and they point out the common bond he shares with Geelong Brownlow medallist Jimmy Bartel.When talent managers run out of superlatives to describe the way Winchelsea’s Darcy Parish plays, they just freely compare him with modern-day champions.Parish is the Geelong Falcons’ best player and there is ..

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• Tom Hawkins talks about the heartache he still lives with after losing...

  Jennifer's funeral was on the Wednesday in Finley, which was attended by a huge entourage of past and present Geelong players and officials, and an even ...

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• Axl speaks out and it's no joke

  

  Axl Taylor and his partner Jackie Taylor have both battled mental health issues. Picture: Mitch BearAXL Taylor, 48, recounts the numerous hallways of treatment centres he has frequented over the course of his adult life with an unflinching familiarity.“Monash Mother and Baby Unit, Mersey Mother and Baby Unit, Western general psychiatric services, Sunshine psychiatric services, Alexander Bayne Centre Bendigo, John Bomford Centre Bendigo. You name it, I’ve been there.”For a man who enjoys making p..

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• NZ chopper crash victims' bodies removed

  

  The recovery of bodies from a helicopter crash at Fox Glacier is on hold until the weather improves.NZ chopper crash victims' bodies removedThree bodies have been removed from the helicopter crash site where two young Australians, four Britons and the Kiwi pilot died on Fox Glacier.The Australians were Leang Sovannmony, 27, and Josephine Gibson, 29, both from New South Wales - not South Australia as previously believed.The pilot has been named as Mitchell Paul Gameren, 28, from Queenstown.Police..

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• Protesters clash with police in Sydney

  

  Police are out in force in Sydney's Martin Place ahead of rival rallies.Protesters clash with police in SydneyRiot squad officers and mounted police have kept apart two rival groups protesting at either end of Sydney's Martin Place, as tensions spilled over between pro-diversity supporters and the police.The pro-diversity supporters were there to oppose another rally by Reclaim Australia supporters but ended up clashing with police instead.Crowds aligned with the Refugee Action Coalition pushed ..

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• Trump tries to back-peddle on Muslim data

  

  Trump tries to back-peddle on Muslim dataDonald Trump is trying to back away from his support for a government database to track Muslims in the United States, an idea that drew sharp rebukes from his Republican presidential rivals and disbelief from legal experts.Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush called the prospect of a registry "abhorrent".Florida Senator Marco Rubio said the idea was "unnecessary" and not something Americans would support.Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who has largely avoided critici..

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