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Library Matters

Children have been enjoying ‘Lego Friday’ activities at the Barham Library. The program runs on Fridays from 3.15pm to 5pm. Each week, a new challenge will be issued, including teamwork, colour swap, imagine and estimate. Duplo, Lego and Sluban...

Joan De Bont

14 Jul 2022

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If There Were Two Forks in the Road, We’d Take the Spoon – Part 7

Joan and her husband, Bas, are on the road, seeing the sites of Australia in their caravan. Joan has shared her travel journey for our readers. In the southwest of Western Australia lies the timber-milling town of Pemberton, established in 1913. The...

Joan De Bont

14 Jul 2022

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The Grainger Connection

Percy Grainger was a composer and pianist born in 1882 whose legacy is generally associated with his piano arrangement of the folk-dance tune ‘Country Gardens’. Bruce Grainger of Barham, retired primary school teacher and keen golfer, modestly...

Joan De Bont

07 Jul 2022

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If There Were Two Forks in the Road, We’d Take the Spoon – Part 6

Joan and her husband, Bas, are on the road, seeing the sites of Australia in their caravan. Joan has shared her travel journey for our readers. When travelling, the best-laid plans are subject to unexpected changes, and flexibility and a sense of...

Joan De Bont

30 Jun 2022

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If There Were Two Forks in the Road, We’d Take the Spoon – Part 5

Joan and her husband, Bas, are on the road, seeing the sites of Australia in their caravan. Joan has shared her travel journey for our readers

Joan De Bont

23 Jun 2022

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PS Canally

Barham resident, Anne Grainger, was recently in Morgan, South Australia, and spotted a paddle steamer moored at the port. When she looked at the information on the board, she was surprised to read that the 28-metre side-wheel paddle steamer was...

Joan De Bont

23 Jun 2022

Joan de Bont

Library Matters

If There Were Two Forks in the Road, We’d Take the Spoon – Part 7

The Grainger Connection

If There Were Two Forks in the Road, We’d Take the Spoon – Part 6

If There Were Two Forks in the Road, We’d Take the Spoon – Part 5

PS Canally

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