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St Albans, pictured in 1973, when it had an 80 per cent migrant population.

I grew up in Melbourne’s west. We knew it wasn’t a nice place to live

In many ways the west never existed. We weren’t united by anything other than a vague geography and the discriminating gaze of those on the other side of a bridge.

  • John Weldon

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St Albans, so long a rough diamond of the west, is beginning to shine

It has welcomed successive waves of migrants. It is home to a beloved market and foodie strip. And it’s just half an hour from the CBD. It is St Albans – and proud of it.

  • Melissa Cunningham
CCTV footage shows teens running prior to fatal stabbing of 14-year-old boy in St Albans on Monday night.

Boy, 14, died after being hit by car then stabbed in ‘targeted assault’

Victoria Police have described a horrific assault in St Albans in which a car struck a teenager before two men with knives and face-coverings got out and stabbed him.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Ashleigh McMillan
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I live in St Albans, and we’re not all criminals

People seem surprised that I returned to St Albans to start a family, but I love the suburb and the school where I teach.

  • Amra Pajalic
A man has died following a stabbing in St Albans on Friday night.

Three teens arrested and released after fatal St Albans stabbing

A 32-year-old man died in hospital after being stabbed during an altercation in St Albans on Friday night.

  • Ashleigh McMillan
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Underrated and overlooked: Seven of Melbourne’s unsung suburbs

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A man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in St Albans last night.

Man charged with murder faces court after body discovered in St Albans

A 76-year-old man has been charged with murder after the death of a woman police say was known to him.

  • Ashleigh McMillan

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