History coverage
Golden Anniversary
A snap decision in the 1950s to move from the city to the bush and take up a life on the land near Collarenebri was the start of a Moree real-estate legacy that endures to this day. Maybe it was a Banjo Paterson moment for John Atkins. One minute, he was sitting in his dingy [...]
Freedom Ride
MOREE Plains Shire Council has partnered with Moree Local Aboriginal Lands Council and community representatives to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Ride. Gathering from 9:30am on Wednesday, February 19 at Moree War Memorial Hall, the entire community is invited to march through the CBD to Moree Artesian Aquatic Centre. Once there, Elders [...]
Freedom Ride
THIS month in 1965, the Moree Bore Baths made headlines around Australia for all the wrong reasons when a group of Aboriginal children were refused entry. A busload of university students, led by Charles Perkins, arrived in Moree the previous day to witness first-hand the appalling living conditions of Aboriginal people and the racism and [...]
Nashos
TODAY, on National Servicemen’s Day, Australia honours the thousands of men who served as National Servicemen, or “Nashos”. Whether stationed at home or deployed overseas to locations including Borneo, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and Korea, Nashos played a vital role in protecting the nation. They put their lives on hold, and on the line, [...]
History
SINCE 1788, there have been countless incidents of violence inflicted on Australia’s First Nations People. Collectively referred to as The Frontier Wars, this covers massacres, wars and resistance. While the true number of deaths will likely never be uncovered, more than 10,000 people were killed in massacres and some of the most notorious were in [...]
Recent History
THIS week 18 years ago, four crew members walked away uninjured when a Westpac Rescue Helicopter from Tamworth crash-landed near Warialda. On board were pilot David Davies, aircrew officer Jamie Yeo, Dr Chris Trethewy and critical care paramedic Stuart Harris. The chopper was on its way to a serious motor vehicle accident involving multiple people [...]
Local History
MOREE Plains Shire Council and Big Sky Libraries has published the first edition of Stories of Our Town, a Moree local studies journal. Stories of Our Town, a Moree Community Library publication edited by local studies and digitisation officer Adam Mitchell, is available in print or online in PDF format, and features snippets of history [...]
History
BILL McKechnie was a giant of a man, and his big frame and big heart cast big shadows across the north-west during a lifetime of commitment to the Moree district. McKechnie was a civic leader, loyal to his town. He was a council alderman in the 1940s and endorsed as Liberal candidate for Barwon in [...]
History
WHEN NSW Railways boilermaker Terry Slick and a couple of mates, Bill Bartlett and David Boyce, knocked off a train from Moree railway sheds, the intended joyride went off the rails when the engine, hauling two trucks, broke down near Gurley, blocking the line. Late at night on Saturday, January 20, 1945, the men crept [...]
History Razed
RESIDENTS and firefighters tried heroically to save the Royal Hotel at Gurley late Thursday night when the historic building – the hub of the village – was completely destroyed by fire. The Newell Highway was closed in both directions as Moree Fire and Rescue NSW crews and rural fire services from across the region battled [...]
