Churchill and District News Highlights

August 2025

Latrobe Regional Gallery, August 2025

Latrobe Regional Gallery has three featured exhibitions and workshops in this article. read more ...

Country Fire Authority - Churchill Brigade - August 2025 - Lithium Portable Battery Safety

Many portable devices today are powered by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. These types of batteries pose a higher risk of fire than others read more ...

Stamp Matters - August 2025 - National Flags

Each sovereign country in the world has a national flag, looked upon with pride by the whole population. It is the symbol shown to the world of our national identity in all situations where that country is being represented among other countries. read more ...

Rose Garden Festival to return in full bloom in 2025

Latrobe City Council is pleased to announce the International Rose Garden Festival Morwell will return on November 7 and 8, 2025, featuring all our festival favourites read more ...

Looking Back - August 2025 - Hazelwood Halls

In March and August 1890, Morwell’s business centre, largely hugging Commercial Road, was almost totally destroyed by fire. Weatherboard shops and offices were destroyed. There was general agreement that bricks would be a better option in rebuilding what was razed to the ground. read more ...

July 2025

Churchill Community Garden July 2025

Recently the Churchill Community Garden was absolutely buzzing with energy as we hosted the largest working bee since the garden began! read more ...

Congratulations to Janine Hayes OAM

Janine Hayes OAM is the latest Australian skydiver to receive national recognition for her contributions to our sport! Janine has been an icon of our sport for many years and is well known around the country, as well as internationally. read more ...

Churchill & District Lions Club - Defibillator

The Churchill Lions have purchased and had installed an AED defibrillator outside the police station read more ...

Country Fire Authority - Churchill Brigade - July 2025 - Fire Safe Kids

The Churchill Fire Brigade along with a member from Yinnar South Brigade, delivered the Fire Safe Kids program to the Federation University Child Care Centre children and staff when they visited the fire station recently. read more ...

Gippsland Water - July 2025 - Here to help with customer bills

Gippsland Water is encouraging customers to reach out if they need help paying their bills through its Customer Care campaign. read more ...

Looking Back - July 2025 - Down memory lane

History can be unearthed in the most innocuous of places, just when you least expect it. Take a press release from the Morwell Advertiser, Thursday January 23, 1958 read more ...

June 2025

Driven by heart: Gippy Mummas hit the road for Gippsland’s kids

For Donna Lawless and Sue Embrey, the roar of a 1991 Subaru wagon engine is more than just the soundtrack to a bush adventure. Known as the Gippy Mummas, these two spirited Yinnar locals have turned their love of rally driving into a phenomenal fundraising mission to support sick kids at LRH read more ...

Churchill Hotel Fire

It was with a mixture of much sadness and amazement that we learnt of the Churchill Hotel fire which devastated the building read more ...

Churchill Lions turn up the heat on patient care

When you are unwell, a warm blanket is a must-have. For Kevin Hogan the weight of a blanket only added to the physical pain of motor neurone disease read more ...

Stamp Matters - June 2025 - Shell Money

In our culture, we have traditionally used metal coins as the basis for accumulating wealth and as a means of exchange for goods and services, but the alternative in a large number of cultures was the shell. In isolated cases they are still used. read more ...

Churchill Baseball Club - June 2025 - Braves turn pink

In a heartwarming show of community spirit, the Churchill Braves traded their traditional green and gold for vibrant pink in Round 4 of the season, hosting a special Mother’s Day home game against Traralgon and Morwell to raise funds for Breast Cancer Network Australia read more ...

Looking Back - June 2025 - Down memory lane

Previous local history articles in this column have focussed on “the what could have been” rather than what eventuated. This month’s history takes a different direction to pull our minds back to a few memories of the Post Second World War period. read more ...

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