IN 1966, Ken and Brenda McDonald packed up their family and headed for Central Australia to work at the Presbyterian Ernabella Mission. With them were their children, Beth, aged 4, and Gordon, 2. More than 60 years later, a former Ernabella child, Kevin Heffernan, now living in Perth, began wondering what had happened to “Ken […]
Gloucester Public School achieving great results. Photo:Facebook
THE Gloucester Public School community was justifiably delighted with this year’s “Check-in” literacy and numeracy results. The Check-in assessment is an annual online assessment for students in Years 3 to 9 in NSW Public Schools, with all students completing a reading test, and year 6 students also undertaking a writing task. The students also undertake […]
The concert band in full flight. Photo: Supplied.
The concert band in full flight. Photo: Supplied. Band conductor Katy Harvey. “I CAME for the sausage sizzle but it was lots more fun”, was the comment of one enthusiastic Gloucester Public School student after attending his first concert band camp. For many years the school has had a basic band known as Windstars where […]
Be quick - last time this program ran, all available washing machines were snapped up within a week. Image: pvproductions on Magnific.
IF you have a top-loading washing machine and are a pensioner, veteran, social housing tenant or part of a low-income household, you may be eligible to trade your machine in for a brand new 8kg water and energy-efficient front-loader for just $250. The NSW Government’s Washing Machine Exchange Program is back with another 6,000 discounted […]
Linda Trudgeon. Photo: Supplied by Linda Trudgeon. Sonja Duncan. Photo: Supplied by Sonja Duncan. ARTS Gloucester is hosting a very special fundraising event on Saturday, 22 August, between 2pm and 5pm in the CWA hall in Church Street. Facilitator Julie Lyford will interview author Maura Luxford and local writers about their journeys as authors, the […]
Aboriginal traditional dancing workshop led by Murrook Culture Centre staff. Photo: Rachel Barry.
Estelle Leishman demonstrating how to use ochre as paint. Photo: Rachel Barry. Aboriginal traditional dancing workshop led by Murrook Culture Centre staff. Photo: Rachel Barry. Uncle Justin Ridgeway sharing the Dreaming story of Yapii the platypus. Photo: Rachel Barry. Uncle Justin Ridgeway with children Connor and Charli during the smoking ceremony. Photo: Rachel Barry. STROUD’S […]
Agriculture minister Tara Moriarty, accompanied by NSW Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Joanne Coombe, addresses the media. Photo: AAP Image/George Chan.
AUTHORITIES have called for calm after Australia’s sixth bird flu case was confirmed at Hawks Nest, with thousands of department staff deployed to the coastline. Authorities insist there’s no bird flu crisis and no need to panic, despite a growing number of birds testing positive to the deadly virus along the Australian coastline. Poultry farms […]
Performers and members of the audience at the 2025 Craven Creek Festival. Photo: Supplied.
EACH year some of Australia’s most outstanding classical musicians make the journey up the Bucketts Way to Gloucester and beyond to Rookhurst, before heading down a dirt track to perform in a near-century-old tin farm shed. It’s been happening since the Craven Creek Music Festival first kicked off in 2013, each year playing to a […]
DAVE Layzell MP, Member for Upper Hunter, has shared the news that the endangered Manning River turtle population appears to have bounced back from last year’s East Coast severe weather event. The storm swamped the MidCoast, Hunter coast and the Upper Hunter in May 2025, causing significant disruption native animals in those environments. Mr Layzell […]
Judges and winners: Marilyn Sanderson, Michael Duffy, Eva Brooks, Alison Gorman, Crystal Syned, Tess Nolan, John Hogan, Deb Pugh. Photo: Charlie Lethbridge Judges, Alison Gorman, Michael Duffy, Tess Nolan. Photo: Charlie Lethbridge THE winners of the inaugural Arts Gloucester Quills and Ink writing competition were announced on Saturday, 13 June. The competition grew from an […]
