Fiji became a republic, Coffs Harbour became a city, and a dozen eggs cost 65 cents. The oldest person in Australia, Miss Carol Mockridge, died in Geelong at age 112 and Pat Cash won the Wimbledon men's singles tennis championship.

A little closer to home, Melea Walker won a sports award for dancing, Heath Brown was selected for surf skills camp and a new division for junior and senior surfers was introduced.

A few moments in the history of the Great Lakes have been pulled out from the archive and put together into a slideshow of stolen moments, do you see any familiar faces?

What were you doing in 1987? Did it make the paper?