Stroud House was built in 1832 to accommodate AACo Commissioners. Photo: Supplied by Dr Jonathan King. Glen Burcher, Dr Jonathan King and Geoff Dawson rehearsing for the 11 November re-enactment. Photo: Supplied by Dr King. ON November 11, 1826, Robert Dawson was on a mission to find land suitable for breeding sheep to supply wool […]
WHEN asked at what point she decided to become a novelist, Susannah Glenn replied: “That’s easy. “I was sacked, and they paid me a lot of money to go away”. Glenn was Gloucester Library’s featured author for October. Her recent second novel, Without a Trace, follows her first book, Between Husbands and Wives, published in […]
DEAR News Of The Area, YOUR regular correspondent, John Blackbourn, wrote at length (The Write Direction, ‘Dreadful decisions’, Page 12, 22/10/2026) about his abhorrence of recent judicial executions in the USA. My only information about these comes from the usual news reports, highlighting the prolonged suffering of the condemned through technical problems and, in one […]
Dungog Railway Station is set to have its platform resurfaced as part of works scheduled for the rail corridor. Photo: Brian Sirman, Facebook.
COMMUTERS and other users of Dungog railway station may notice maintenance or improvement work being carried out between mid-November and mid-December. NOTA has previously reported on the much-delayed plans by the NSW Government to replace the existing XPT trains which service Dungog, although no date has been announced for the introduction of the replacement fleet, […]
Elyssa Keen, who appears on the cover of Karamea House, looks out over the valley towards Gloucester during the book cover shoot. She now plays Sara in Critical Juncture, which will be filmed in Gloucester in January. Photo: Anne Keen.
IN January, a local cast and crew will gather in Gloucester to film Critical Juncture, a short drama produced by Anne’s local production company, Treechange Films. It follows 18-year-old Sara who, raised in a close-knit religious community, loses her closest friend and finds herself caught between the only family she has ever known and a […]
Three of the players in Stroud 1826, from left, Kevin Hutchins (Captain John MacArthur), Ted Halpin (James MacArthur), and the play’s writer-director, Anne Frost (Elizabeth MacArthur). Photo: Supplied.
STROUD 1826 is a play written and directed by Stroud theatre maker Anne Frost for Stroud’s Bicentenary. Frost grew up in Stroud before moving to Newcastle to become a Home Science teacher. After three years of teaching, she decided to pursue the theatre, working in Theatre-In-Education, primarily with Freewheels Theatre. Later she established her own […]
Current national junior race walking champion Audrey Russell is one of the best young prospects produced by Raymond Terrace Athletics Centre. Photo: Raymond Terrace Athletics. RAYMOND Terrace Athletics Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary Jubilee this year. The centre has produced an array of track and field champions during a proud history that has spanned […]
Birpi comedian Andy Saunders performing at Dungog RSL Club. Photos: Supplied by Dr John Squires.
Birpi comedian Andy Saunders performing at Dungog RSL Club. Photos: Supplied by Dr John Squires. THE auditorium of the Dungog RSL Club was packed on Saturday night as the people of Dungog and surrounding areas enjoyed a night of deadly hilarity — mixed with a little education. Biripi comedian Andy Saunders brought his unique style […]
Rae and Will are bringing their simple but sophisticated family-friendly show Masterpiece to the James Theatre on 7 November. Photo: Supplied by raeandwill.
Rae and Will are bringing their simple but sophisticated family-friendly show Masterpiece to the James Theatre on 7 November. Photo: Supplied by raeandwill. Marcel Cole’s show SMILE played Muswellbrook and Singleton last week. Photo: Supplied by Marcel Cole. A NEW regional touring initiative is delivering performances to the stages of smaller communities through Alive in […]
