Tag: Australia
Strong future for Fox & Lillie Rural
With a long family history in wool, Fox & Lillie Rural are committed to their future in the New England, with the official opening...
Research project confirms shortcomings in services
They say you should never look a gift horse in the mouth – but Prue Capp believes they just might live longer if you...
Good old fashioned common sense
Tony Windsor has been doing an excellent job in adding some good old fashioned common sense to the Government’s reform agenda and making sure...
Chief Justice to give law lecture
Chief Justice Robert French will discuss the topic of "statutory interpretation and parliamentary intention" in a public lecture at the University of New England...
Recycling windfall
Armidale Dumaresq Council (ADC) has received $10,000 from The Coca Cola Foundation and the Keep Australia Beautiful Organisation, as part of a grants program...
Is the Brown Street problem solved?
Mick Reed recently gave a new interpretation of how Armidale’s oldest streets were named. Previously many writers had suggested that the surveyor, John James...
Weed Attack
Every gardener looks forward to spring and the warmer months but it can be a blessing in disguise. For this is also the time...
Watercolourist presents painting workshop
Renowned watercolourist John Caldwell will be presenting a two-day workshop in painting and drawing to coincide with his current exhibition with James Rogers that...
Relocating/closing of Visitor Information Centre
I have been a guide on the Heritage Bus for several years and have, therefore, met many different people from Australia and overseas. Many...
Who named Armidale’s streets?
When my weekly column commenced in June 2010 there was a focus on who Armidale’s streets were named after. Week after week we looked...
Threatened Species Day
Threatened Species Day is held in Australia today, September 7, every year. It commemorates the death of the last Tasmanian tiger at Hobart Zoo...
History Week EATs out
History Week 2011 will be celebrated in Armidale and brings to the table the edible, appetising, tasty history of food. Who ate what and...
