Wiradjuri elder and youth mentor, Ralph Naden from the Ralph Naden Cultural Centre at Balladoran (near Gilgandra) and his young dancers provided entertainment at Cobar’s NAIDOC Week celebrations in Drummond Park last Thursday. The almost 77 year old, who was the recipient of an Order of Australia medal in 2019 for his volunteer work with youth, put on a great show which included an explanation of the symbolic meanings of each dance move. Children and adults from the audience were invited to join in. Local Ngiyampaa elders, Tyrone Griffiths performed a smoking ceremony and Elaine Ohlsen delivered a Welcome to Country as part of the day’s celebrations. Representatives of 10 local service providers were involved in organizing the day which offered a variety of art and craft activities, games, food and information stalls.
Among the new teaching staff welcomed at the Cobar Primary School this year are: Ros Fraser (who has been teaching for 17 years and will be joining Gold Team in 1/2LR. Ros will also be taking on the role of Digital Classroom Officer); Jade Dillon (who has come from Canberra […]
For the first time ever in Cobar High School’s history, two Year 12 students in one year have been named Dux of the School. Joseph Neale and Braydee Mackay topped the same number of subjects and had equal assessments scores this year. ▪ Contributed
Another 6.6mm of rain on Sunday and 27.2mm up to midnight on Monday has added to our already record rainfall for the month of October. The Bureau of Meteorology reports Cobar’s total rainfall for the month of October was 210.8mm. This rainfall record well and truly beats Cobar’s previous record […]