Tag: Australia
Highest honour for local boy
Former Armidale man Peter Yeomans has been awarded the country’s highest honour for a serving Police Officer, receiving the Australian Police Medal from NSW...
A Special Connection to Country
It is refreshing in this time of technology and slick representations to come across a perfect marriage between the subtleties of watercolour and a...
Historic Aboriginal Debutante Ball
Ironically, the establishment of Armidale in 1839 as the government town was the result of massacres which happened elsewhere in the 1830s. For instance,...
Welcome: Armidale installs its new Anglican Bishop
The Installation and Commissioning of the Right Reverend Richard Alexander Lewers as Anglican Bishop of Armidale took place last Wednesday in St Peter’s Cathedral....
Socks pulled up for prostate cancer
It is a men’s disease that many are too proud to talk about — but five local business owners and a schoolboy rugby team...
Game is over
Earlier this month, specialty retailer GAME Australia announced its voluntary administration. On Friday, the company’s accountancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), confirmed that, as a result,...
Walking together
Bridging the divide between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians and continuing the conversation towards understanding took place at the Armidale Arboretum on Sunday, with the...
Snobbery is not a desirable trait
Surely the writer of “Anzac Day is divisive” isn’t serious? Our national day is January 26!
Anzac Day is our day to show gratitude to...
Helping hand
The annual Scholarship Presentation Ceremony at the University of New England is one of the most important events on the University’s calendar. This year’s...
The measure of a person is what lies in the heart
I refer to the letter from Jay Nauss (Independent, May 9).
While I agree with his distaste for ‘dirty politics’, I found his scenario...
Looking For Love in All the Wrong Underpants
1. What can people expect from your show Looking For Love in All the Wrong Underpants?
A fabulously intimate dinner with new friends, a bloody...
It always begins with the first step
Local Armidale woman Sarah McFarlane-Eagle will be taking the first step of her 1700km walk from Armidale to Melbourne on Tuesday, May 29. The...
