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Local Aboriginal corporation to manage a Cobar site

A local Aboriginal corporation has recent-ly been appointed as the Crown Land Man-ager of a government-owned property in Barton Street. The Department of Planning and Environ-ment – Crown Lands has appointed the Ngem-ba, Ngiyampaa, Wangaaypuwan, Wayilwan Aboriginal Corporation (NNWW Aboriginal Corporation) to manage and use reserve land and buildings at […]

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Cobar’s Poppy Fence officially opened

Cobar’s newly installed Poppy Fence on the Open Cut, which pays tribute to the 600 people (approximately) from Cobar who enlisted to serve in World War I, was offi-cially opened on Saturday. The idea for the fence came from locals Bar-ry and Ginny Knight with Barry the driving force behind […]

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Family Fun Day

Joe Jeffery with Holly Drady, Abby Farrell and Charlotte Mitchell at the barbecue at the Murdi Paaki Family Fun Day at Drummond Park last week. The event featured live music, food, kids activities and giveaways delivered by the team from Murdi Paaki Services Tenant Support and Education Programme in partnership […]

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NAIDOC celebrations

St Johns School held their NAIDOC Day celebrations last Wednesday at the school. The school welcomed Cobar High School staff and students as well as other visitors who helped with making a collaborative flag painting with handprints, a sea of hands (pictured above), Johnny cakes, flowers and learnt about traditional […]

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Cause for celebration

Local musician Kahlia Martin provided entertainment at the Services Club on Friday night. Kahlia is pictured above with Holly and Emma Clarke who were out celebrating Holly’s 21st birthday. ▪ Photo contributed