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Students Reunited

Sophie Baldwin Former students from Barham High School spent a weekend reminiscing and catching up at a recent school reunion. Around 50 students from the 1973-1978 cohort attended the reunion, which was organised by students Gerard Smith and Debbie...

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Local Rescues Enhanced with New Appliance

The Cohuna Fire Brigade has a new appliance that will improve the services the brigade provides to the district. The new Hino rescue appliance was delivered and presented to brigade members on September 19 and replaces the Isuzu appliance that has...

Kirstin Nicholson

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FightMND Cake Stall

Members of Cohuna and District Progress Association (Progress) held a successful cake stall on Friday morning last week to raise funds and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The stall follows the success of last year’s visit by the...

Kirstin Nicholson

Letters To The Editor: October 17, 2024

The Koondrook & Barham Bridge welcomes any member of the public or organisation to respond to articles or current affairs in the “Letters to the Editor” section: The Koondrook & Barham Bridge is your voice! Just remember that all...

News

Police Report - October 17, 2024

Victoria Police GANNAWARRA At about 3pm on Sunday, October 13, police intercepted a vehicle on Mead Street, Cohuna. Police found that the 38-year-old male driver had a suspended driver’s licence. Police found a quantity of methylamphetamine in the...

News

Frock up For Cancer

Around 1,815 Australians are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, and as symptoms can go unnoticed and due to lack of an early detection test, around 70% of cases are diagnosed when the cancer is in the advanced stages, having already spread to...

News

Improving connectivity in Wakool and Moulamein

Murray Irrigation Ltd Farmers from the Wakool region have been provided with an update on efforts to improve their communication and connectivity. At a recent forum organised by Murray Irrigation Ltd, representatives from Telstra and NBNCo travelled...

A Chat With

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A Chat With - Shirley Sartori

“Father fished a lot. We had a cow called ‘Dolly’, who we used to milk, and we grew most of our own fruits and vegetables...” For as long as I have been conducting these Chat With interviews, I have wanted the opportunity to sit down with...

29 Aug 2024

A Chat With - Dorothy Corner

“I came home from school one day and Mum said to me ‘you start work on Monday at the hospital, working as a cleaner.’” Since first seeing her face just a few months ago, I have been intrigued by the quiet lady who sits in the corner with...

15 Aug 2024

A Chat With - Yvonne Murphy

“We were taught to dance at school and used to go to the local social at the church. Later on, it was Moonee Ponds Junction Dance. I wasn’t really much of a dancer; I’d go there to socialise!” I know you should never pick favourites, but...

01 Aug 2024

A Chat With - Marjorie Robinson

“We certainly had our jobs to do. I remember we had a huge passageway that needed to be regularly swept, which was usually my job, collecting and chopping the wood, collecting the eggs...”

27 Jun 2024

Sport

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Sport

Cricket Girl Power

Koondrook Barham Cricket Club’s Lana Farrant and Tayla Lewis participated in the Under 15 Girls Cricket NSW Youth Championships, Country Youth Championships, which was a T20 girls competition held over three days in Singleton from October 8 to 10...

Bowls

Wakool Bowling Club: October 17, 2024

That’s round one done and dusted and it was mixed results. Div. 1 headed over to Cohuna Golf and played on some very slick greens that certainly tested the early season form of all players. We got two rinks up, but unfortunately, that wasn’t...

From Council

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From Council

Have Your Say

Council has this week endorsed a draft Employment Lands Strategy and is now calling for public feedback. The draft Strategy offers a summary of the issues and opportunities associated with ‘employment land’ (areas that are generally zoned for...

01 Aug 2024

From Council

Let’s talk about the weather

Gannawarra Shire residents are being encouraged to join a conversation about the impact of extreme weather events as part of a Let’s Talk About the Weather program. Council is working with Make a Change Australia and various local partner...

01 Aug 2024

Galleries

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Galleries

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