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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

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STEM studies

Cobar Public School students last week participated in a STEM workshop at the school organised by the Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association. Students heard talks by industry role models and participated in different activities exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics. ▪ Photo contributed

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Donations to community groups

Khan’s SUPA IGA Marshall Street store manager Matt Carey presenting donations from the supermarket’s Community Chest program to representatives of two community groups on Monday, Cobar Junior Rugby League (represented by Abby Fairfull, received $500) and the Copper City Men’s Shed (represented by Tony Punzet and Gordon Hill who collected […]

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CSA Mine achieves major milestone in mill project

CSA Mine’s mill replacement, a huge logistical project which involved the coor-dination of various parts sourced from around the world, recently reached a ma-jor milestone. A 500t crane lowered the first of the mine’s new grinding mills into place on site over the weekend. The new mills have been designed […]

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Help is at hand for LBV

Among those providing care for the residents at the Lilliane Brady Village (which is currently in lockdown due to a COVID outbreak) is Enrolled Nurse Kathleen Newman (helping out from the Cobar Primary Health Care Centre), NSW Health Registered Nurse Judith Manning from Wellington and Lilliane Brady Village staff member […]

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Community support for local STEM students

Generous community support will help a group of Cobar High School students to compete at the Science and Engineering Challenge Regional Championships in New-castle. Funding from the Peak Gold Mine and the Rotary Club of Cobar, along with the NSW Department of Education (Regional Industry Education Partnerships program), will help […]