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Werribee State School, No. 649.
Photograph of the Werribee State School No. 649 Committee taken about 1930.
Mr. Crellin was the Headmaster.
[Mr. E.G. Crellin was the Headmaster of Werribee Higher Elementary School not Werribee State School.
Werribee Shire Banner, 10 September 1931, p.5.
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SSW Supermarket in Station Street,
Werribee.Comben's SSW Supermarket located on the west side of Station Street, Werribee.
The business began on the east side of Station Street, Werribee and was then moved to the western side about 1913, taking over that store from the Farmers Co-operative Society.
It was run as an ordinary grocers shop until Alf's death in 1938. His sons Aubrey and Wilfred continued until Wilfred's retirement around 1951.
Aubrey and his four sons continued with the business, joining the SSW group in the early 1960s and becoming a supermarket. Just before selling out, they transferred to the Festival Group.
Peter and Elizabeth Ross started to operate the pharmacy (on the left of the photograph) in the early 1960s. -
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A. Comben & Co,
Station Street,
Werribee.East side of Station Street, three doors north of Denys on the corner of Watton and Station Streets, Werribee.
Aub Comben's first shop, it later became Joe King's fruit shop. The original Comben's store was started by Shadrach Comben, father of Alfred Comben and Bill Comben, in 1897.
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Bull House,
River Street (cnr Rothwell Street),
Little RiverSingle storey Edwardian house, facing the railway line, a typical example of the period. Between the house and the railway line is a row of cypresses. -
Alfred Ernest Comben (1876-1938)
Shire President 1925-1926
Shire President 1935