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IT’S quite ironic that a man who drove a taxi cab for 26 years of his working life has clocked up 77,000 kilometres running and jogging around the streets of Moree. On Saturday morning, 80-year-old Moree marvel Ronny Clissold proudly pencilled in that number in a tiny pocket diary after running five kilometres at Moree [...]
Heywire Grants
THE Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal is inviting not-for-profit organisations to collaborate with local young people in remote, rural and regional communities to design and deliver local solutions that respond to the issues that matter most to Australia’s rural youth. Earlier this month, more than 30 young people from across rural Australia attended a week-long [...]
Birthday Bash
ONE year of creativity, community and colour at Jule Jarner Studio in Moree will be celebrated tonight at Social Co House on Balo Street. The free community event at 5.30pm includes the launch of Jule Jarner’s exhibition How You Choose to See It at Social SEEN Gallery. “The night marks one year since opening the doors [...]
Our Community
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Moree and District Historical Society celebrated Moree Plains Museum’s first birthday on Easter Saturday last year, with locals and visitors spending a glorious autumn morning strolling through the historic facility’s fascinating exhibits and picturesque grounds. The historic Lands Office building on Frome Street was gifted to the society in 2019 when Moree Plains [...]
Oz Day 2026
JAI and Ekta Sharma’s journey from Amritsar in northern India to the black-soil plains of Moree began 10 years ago. They left their homeland armed with confidence, hope, plans for a new future in a new land, and quite a few butterflies. Jai and Ekta completed their journey at Jellicoe Park on Australia Day when [...]
Our Community
THE long history of Moree Vehicle Restorers Club entered a new chapter recently, when the club made large donations to three well-known local groups. The Vehicle Restorers Club, formed nearly 50 years ago, presented Moree Homes for the Aged, Moree branch of the United Hospital Auxiliary and newly-formed group, Moree Mighty Hoopers, with a combined [...]
Oz Day 2026
MECHANIC Corey Scriven, a member of Masons’ Moree Lodge Courallie, has been named Young Citizen of the Year at the Moree Plains Australia Day awards ceremony, held at Jellicoe Park last week. Corey, who works at Hill Fitzsimmons Moree and is a much-welcomed face in his role as an NRMA roadside service provider, received the [...]
Lions’ pride
THE Melvin Jones pride of lions grew by four last week when a quartet of Moree Lions Club members were recognised for their long service to the global organisation. Steve Long, Col Arthur, John Appleby and Brett Farlow were awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship Medal – named in honour of the Lions Club founder – [...]
Oz Day 2026
WHETHER it happened last century or the century before, Moree and District Historical Society research officer Michael McNamara is the go-to man for the answers. And he created his own chapter of local history on Monday when named Volunteer of the Year at the Moree Plains Australia Day awards ceremony at Jellicoe Park. Mr McNamara [...]
Oz Day 2026
NINE new Aussies were freshly minted in Moree on Monday when they proudly said ‘g’day, mate’ at the Moree Plains Australia Day citizenship ceremony at at Jellicoe Park. Deputy mayor, Wayne Tighe, and general manager, Natalia Cowley, welcomed the shire’s newest citizens from India, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Ireland, Estonia and Germany. “This ceremony marks [...]
