The gathering for the unveiling of the monument. Photo: supplied.
The gathering for the unveiling of the monument. Photo: supplied. Jack Cook. Photo: supplied. A MONUMENT celebrating the traditional custodians of the Barrington River area was unveiled during a ceremony on Monday, 22 September. The idea for the monument came from the Cook Family of the Barrington Aboriginal Corporation. Those taking part in the event […]
Brigade members Maurice Kellner, Jake Davies and son Jock, Lyn Everingham, Treasurer Robyn Keller, President Barry McDonald, Ryan Perceval, Senior Deputy Captain Glenn Keller and Captain Jo McDonald.
Brigade members Maurice Kellner, Jake Davies and son Jock, Lyn Everingham, Treasurer Robyn Keller, President Barry McDonald, Ryan Perceval, Senior Deputy Captain Glenn Keller and Captain Jo McDonald. Jamie Marquet (grandson of founding member), Brigade captain Jo McDonald and Maurice Kellner (grandson of founding member) cut the celebratory cake. THE Wallarobba Rural Fire Brigade celebrated […]
THREE leading builders based in the Hunter region have been ranked among the largest residential builders in the nation, according to the HIA-COLORBOND® steel Housing 100 Report for 2024/25. The annual report ranks Australia’s top 100 builders by the number of homes commenced. Leading the way with a total of 2,898 starts in 2024/25, NEX […]
Groundswell Collective volunteers have planted 16 tiny forests in schools and parks across NSW.
LIVING in one of Australia’s fastest growing regional areas, Anna Noon was watching in despair as nature made way for sprawling housing developments. “There was a lot of land clearing happening,” she says of her home at Lake Macquarie in the rapidly-expanding Hunter region. “I knew that was leading to habitat loss, species extinction and […]
PICTURE this: you’re 23 years old, and while most of your peers are still navigating university or working out what to do with their lives, you’ve already chosen your destiny. Not fame, not fortune – but Mars. That’s the life of Alyssa Carson, a young American who has devoted almost every waking hour to one […]
Community involvement is being sought to shape the future of the Common.
THE newly-formed Dungog Common Advisory Group (DCAG), also known as “Dungog Voice”, is calling on locals to have their say on the future of the Dungog Common through a limited-time community survey. The DCAG was created to provide a direct line of communication between community members and Dungog Community Projects (DCP), the Crown Land Manager […]
Shayne, Annette, Vicki, Casey, Sean, Kayla and Bonny at David ‘Tax’ Rumbel’s memorial plaque.
THE Dungog Shire Palliative Care Volunteers group has received a number of significant donations from local organisation in recent months. The Volunteers provide a range of free, non-medical services to locals with a life-limiting illness. In February this year, the David “Tax” Rumbel Cricket Charity Shield raised a donation of $3000 for the Volunteers. The […]
BARNARDOS Australia warns that children in regional NSW are bearing the brunt of coercive control, as new crime statistics reveal rural communities are experiencing dramatically higher rates than other areas. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research quarterly report shows regional NSW recorded 170 coercive control incidents from July 2024 to June 2025 compared […]
