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The Russians are here! | Brimbank & North West

Summary by Star Weekly
Williamstown amateur historian Barb McNeill is Star Weekly’s history columnist. This week she writes of the panic that spread through Williamstown and surrounding suburbs in the 1850s when residents thought Russian invaders had arrived to pillage the colony. In 1854, Melbourne’s main topic of conversation was the Crimean War and the brutal atrocities of the Russian Army. When the conflict began in 1853, Melbourne became very wary of Russians. Af…
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Star Weekly broke the news in on Saturday, May 24, 2025.
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