The Cobar Miners Memorial grabs your attention as you drive into and out of town and it’s also grabbing attention further afield as a finalist in this year’s 2021 Sus-tainability Awards. This year’s finalists represent the innova-tion, talent and foresight which continues to drive the Australian architecture and design industry […]
After close to six years of planning, the Cobar Miners Memorial Concept 2.0 is now set to go ahead. The community-driven project, headed up by local Barry Knight, proposed to erect a memorial to miners in the heritage Park at the eastern entrance to town. The project received significant community […]
For its 50th anniversary present, Cobar’s museum is getting more than just a facelift, it’s getting a new life. A community party at the Great Cobar Heritage Centre will be held to mark the occasion next week. The building was erected by the Great Cobar Copper Mining Company in 1910 […]
Cobar Shire Council has received more than $1.8million to fund four local projects under the NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communities program. State Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries was in Cobar last Thursday to hand over the $1,853,247 in funding which he hopes will breathe new life into community and local […]
Cobar Shire Councillors last week voted unanimously to contribute $85,000 to the Cobar Miners Memorial Project. Chairman and instigator of the memorial project Barry Knight was hard pressed to wipe the smile off his face last Friday afternoon, a full day after the decision was made at last Thursday’s Ordinary […]
The Cobar Roosters Senior Football Club president Chris Deighton is definitely an attention seeker after having recently announced that he will run from Nyngan to Cobar, a distance of 130km. Deighton is planning to run the whole 130km in just one day (after next year’s footy season) with two charities, […]
Best friends Jordyne Brilley and Tiana Jones have decided to shave their heads which they hope will help out two worthwhile causes. The 11-year-olds are shaving their heads to raise money for the Cobar Miners Memorial and their hair will go towards making wigs for children with cancer. The pair […]
Cobar Miners Memorial committee chairman Barry Knight is hoping there will be a good roll up for the Night to Remember Miners Memorial Service this Friday night. The Cobar Weekly caught up with Mr Knight last week and the Miner’s Ghost to find out about this new event that’s been […]
The Cobar Miners Memorial Project has missed out on funding in the current round of the Building Better Regions Fund. The successful applications of the fund were announced earlier this month with the construction of the Miners Memorial application sadly not on the list of projects to be funded. The […]
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