A photograph of Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser meeting a group of anti-dam protestors in Warragul in 1983.
The Prime Minister spoke with a group of about 20 protestors holding "No Dams" signage for several minutes whilst visiting the town on February 15.
Supporting Liberal candidate for McMillan Gregory Ross, the Prime Minister was also photographed speaking with local children at the old Warragul Outdoor Pool site prior to entering the West Gippsland Arts Centre for a community forum.
The Gazette reported that about 200 people welcomed him.
Questions from the community focused on the unemployment situation, closer economic relations with New Zealand as well as the Franklin Dam project in Tasmania, a controversial issue across the federal election.
Gazette editor Col Murray noted the Prime Minister's visit may not have added great benefit to Mr Ross' campaign, writing in an editorial piece that he was "pretty much shoved into the background with the PM's presence".
"Invariably when a dominant figure enters an electorate, it is that person who gets all the exposure and the local candidate merely trots along in the background hopefully basking in the glory," he wrote. "Mr Fraser's stature (physical) overshadows almost everyone and his high office (pun not intended) tends to make him a more formidable figure."
Malcolm Fraser was Australia's 22nd Prime Minister. He began his term as caretaker Prime Minister on November 11, 1975 after Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam's Labor government.
The Fraser Coalition government was returned with the largest landslide of any federal election a month later, and remained in office until 1983.
Mr Fraser was the youngest ever member of parliament when he began in 1955 at the age of 25. He served 28 years in federal parliament.