Berringa Community News Spring 2023
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3 Halls Project Launch In July a ceremony was held at Bethanga Hall to celebrate the first sod being turned on the Three Halls Project. The project is funded with a Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grant won by Bethanga Landcare, the Berringa Peninsula Community Network, Landcare Victoria Inc., and the Bethanga, Talgarno, and Granya Halls Committees.
Granya townships pushed the need for the refurbishment of their community halls, to ensure that there is a genuinely safe community area to come to in an emergency event.
TVN On-Country Managing Director, proud Wiradjuri man, Jebb Hutchison, introduced Duduroa Dhargal Aboriginal Corporation, Elders Uncle Alan Murray and The community has partnered with TVN On-Country Pty Uncle Phil Murray who led the Welcome to Country and Ltd, a Wodonga-based Indigenous construction Smoking Ceremony to wish the project great company, to carry out the work. TVN On-Country is success. We heard from speakers Jim de Hennin, Vice committed to closing the gap between Indigenous and President of the Three Halls Committee, Jane Carney, non-Indigenous employment rates. It provides work the Chair of Landcare Victoria and Dr Helen Haines experience, training, education, and employment for MP, Independent Federal Member for Indi, about the youth in the construction industry. It is providing free importance of town halls in each community. Dr Haines project management of the 3 Halls Project as part of its recalled being at Granya Hall during the bushfires and commitment to rural and regional communities witnessing first-hand the number of locals utilising the recovering from the devastating bushfires of 2019-20. facility. Representatives from the Bethanga, Talgarno and Continued p2