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History
STEVE Francis staggered from the burning building, choking and coughing. The 48-year-old shearers’ cook saw dozens of people milling around, watching helplessly as the Rowena Hotel burned to the ground. There was nothing the onlookers could do to save the wooden building. Rowena, a small farming village about 25 miles south-east of Collarenebri in north-western [...]
Agriculture
CAROL Mudford, renowned mental health advocate and founder of non-for-profit organisation sHedway, has been named state winner of the 2025 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award. Carol was up against two other finalists for the award – Dimity Smith from Tamworth, founder of GRO Rural and GRO Events Group, and Katelyn Wall from Nemingha, co-founder of award-winning [...]
Moree Arts
World-renowned pianist, Simon Tedeschi, will perform at Bank Art Museum Moree, launching a huge Moree on a Plate weekend. Tedeschi, one of Australia’s most celebrated classical pianists, will deliver an intimate solo concert showcasing his ‘masterful technique’, with a repertoire including Schubert, Debussy, Chopin, Gershwin and more. Tedeschi will perform on the gallery’s baby grand [...]
Our Community
MUNGINDI St Joseph’s Primary School Year 6 student Theodore Landman is a young bloke passionate about military history. And late last year, 11-year-old Theodore drew on that passion to create an inspirational wartime piece of art he exhibited during Mungindi Anzac Day commemorations. The seeds of a project that would take more than six months [...]
Moree on a Plate
NOTHING quite beats sweets after a sumptuous meal or a treat when friends drop by for coffee and a chat. Roberta Muir, Moree on a Plate’s celebrity presenter at this weekend’s food and wine festival, loves cooking, eating and sipping fine wines, and she travels the world in search of all three. She says dessert [...]
Sponsored Content
MOTHER’S Day is just around the corner, and Steve and Casey O’Hara at Geoff O’Hara Electrical Discounts in Moree – part of the huge Furniture Zone buying group – has a million-and-one gift ideas for all those one-in-a-million mums. “If you’re planning on being mum’s favourite on her special day this year, we can help [...]
Rugby League
MOREE Boars ladies tackle team ran in 12 tries and seven goals against a gallant Wee Waa Panthers outfit at Boughton Oval on Friday night, with referee Matt Roberts calling the mercy rule 10 minutes from full-time. The 62-nil cakewalk in front of a huge home crowd gave the Moree ladies their third win on [...]
The Golden Triangle
LEANDRO Ribeiro is used to breaking records. The Brazilian-born jockey has been riding the picnic circuit in New South Wales for five years and rarely a meeting goes by when his name isn’t hoisted into the winners’ frame. In that short time, Ribeiro has ridden 171 winners – not a bad effort, given the limited [...]
Northern Tablelands
Anzac Day is one of the most important dates on our calendar. It was excellent to see respectful and large crowds attend services across the region. I ventured to Armidale’s dawn service and then Guyra’s main service where both communities turned out in force to show their respect and pay tribute to our servicemen and [...]
Regional News
THE largest class of NSW Police Force recruits in 11 years graduated the Goulburn Police Academy on Friday, with 302 new probationary constables set to start work in communities across New South Wales on Monday. The new officers will help bolster the force’s frontline capabilities by providing more boots on the ground to fight crime [...]
