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World’s best Sandown launched with fanfare

05/07/2025

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To mark Dandenong Star Journal’s 160 years of publication, PHILIP SALAMA-WEST is taking a then-and-now look at the people, places and events that have formed Dandenong’s modern history. This week, the spotlight is on Sandown Racecourse, which opened to great acclaim as a world-leading exemplar…

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