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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

1984

“On 1 February 1984, the highly controversial Medicare system was introduced. It established basic
health care for all Australians.”

“With this historic initiative, all Australians now have a new, simpler and fairer health insurance
system.” - Prime Minister Robert Hawke, 5 March 1984

http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/medicare

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“In April 1984, Vic Kernick, Footscray’s first busker has died. He was 68. During the 1930s he became
a top amateur boxer, training at Mc Leod’s Gym, Wearing Street, Footscray. During his five-and-a-
half years in the RAAF from 1941 as a gunner and aircraft mechanic, his boxing prowess won money
for many Air Force types in the Pacific area.

Late in the Depression Mr Kernick and his brother Wally, became well known for their paper stand
opposite Woolworths. They also made extra money as possibly Footscray’s first buskers, standing
outside Coles, in Footscray. “

In April 19, Advance Australia Fair was proclaimed Australia's national anthem

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider