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History
MOREE was thrown into turmoil in December, 1947 when Matron Margaret Geddes was unceremoniously sacked from the local hospital. All hell broke loose as the town closed ranks around Ms Geddes, who was appointed matron in 1945 after serving four-and-a-half years in the RAAF Nursing Service. Ms Geddes was discharged from RAAF duties as a [...]
Our Community
THE Lions Club in Moree was founded in 1954, and will next month celebrate 70 years’ active service to the town and district at a special lunch at Moree Services Club. The November 16 midday event marks seven decades of fundraising and community engagement by a local organisation formed when Jim Wilde and Alf Sadlier [...]
History
MOREE’s rich rugby league history is punctuated with myriad stellar seasons and unforgettable highpoints. The 1970s was an incredible period for The Big M – a defining decade that produced 16 grand-final wins across four grades. Fifty years later, the unstoppable Moree Boars are rewriting local rugby league history. The Boars this season are playing [...]
History
IN the 1950s, getting to class at Pallamallawa Public School was considered a bigger task than actually undertaking a day’s learning. Kids would be up at dawn to get chores done. After breakfast, and a lean one at that, they’d line up at the front gate and jump on a horse-drawn ‘school bus’ as it [...]
