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Historic heritage listing
Beechworth’s Administrative
AN INCREDIBLE display of community collaboration has seen Beechworth’s Administrative Precinct added to Australia’s National Heritage list by the Federal Government last Friday.
Federal MP for Environment and Water
Tanya Pilbersek made the announcement and said the listing recognised the heritage significance of the precinct.
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“The Beechworth Administrative Precinct demonstrates the principal characteristics of an Australian gold mine administrative centre and has outstanding value to the nation as the location of a rare Chinese Protectorate Office,” she said.
The town tells the national story of the 1850s gold rush in North East Victoria with its historic buildings in the precinct having outstanding heritage value.
The Precinct with many of its original buildings including the Telegraph Office, Courthouse, Old Beechworth Gaol, Gold Warden’s Office, Chinese Protectorate Office, Sub Treasury Gold Office, and
Town Hall.
The suite of buildings joins Australia’s list of natural, historic and Indigenous places of outstanding significance to the nation, including the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru and the Port Arthur Historic site.
Heritage adviser to Indigo Shire Council, Deborah Kemp, worked arduously on the submission along with local historian Jacqui
Durrant, with support from council.
Ms Durrant said Beechworth’s late Bill Wilson had also contributed to the history research.
“Registration is also a win for many community members who worked tirelessly to preserve Beechworth’s heritage over a period of at least half a century,” she said.
“It is the best preserved 1850s gold rush town in the
world, which people don’t always realise.”
Both Ms Kemp and Dr Durrant said Beechworth’s story was unique.
“With Beechworth a gold fields town from the 1850s, within 100 steps people can see 1850s law enforcement from court to gaol and how gold was stored in the sub treasury before armed soldiers took to it Melbourne,” Ms Kemp said.
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Beechworth Secondary College students Sophie Cowan (left) , Sam Pearce, Miles Drumm, Samara Bright and Eli Ryder dressed as their favourite characters for Book Week. See story page 4. PHOTO: Kellie Jones
Local crime writer launches latest book in Beechworth
By CORAL COOKSLEY
A WELL-KNOWN local fiction crime writer captivated a 65-strong audience of book lovers last Thursday evening at Beechworth library.
Beechworth author and playwright Margaret Hickey delivered a talk about her latest new chilling mystery novel ‘The Creeper’.
The new release follows Margaret’s successful books - ‘Cutters End’, ‘Stone Town’ and ‘Broken Bay’ with a Penguin publishing contract for a further three novels until 2027.
Beechworth Books teamed up with the library to hold the event with coowner Charles Dean interviewing Margaret.
The author gave insights into writing processes, her writing experiences, use of landscape for settings as well as into the world of publishing.
The novel is set in the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria’s high country haunted for last the 10 years by the horrific murders of five hikers on Jagged Ridge, until the local detective constable Sally White is drawn into the dark world
by a notorious family.
Margaret said one of the most important aspects about the book is she penned it close to where she lives in Victoria’s high country.
“It is a place I know very well, and I have written about a completely new character which was difficult at first, but turned out to be an absolute joy,” she said.
“I always write from the point of view of landscape, and I always start with a setting that I know well, and usually a landscape that I love”.
Now working on her fifth book set in the panoramic horizons of the Wimmera, the author said she was thrilled to have a contract for a further two books after this one.
“It offers a bit of stability, and it means you can make a living off your writing,” she said.
“It’s rare, I’m very lucky, and I love my craft.”
Beechworth’s Lyn Thomas was excited about reading Margaret’s latest novel.
“It’s the sense of landscape, being in the high country and being a hiker,” she said.
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“Marg brings lovely energy, creativity and fun to Beechworth,” she said.
Beechworth Book’s Charles Dean said Margaret’s passion for writing and love for books shines.
Librarian Julie said the library with Beechworth Books had launched Margaret’s four novels.
“It’s really important for the library to support local authors and Margaret is an incredibly popular writer,” she said.
“People really love hear-
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ing the insights into the writing process.
“They’re fascinated and intrigued by the publishing and the all the steps involved in it gives them more depth and understanding for the books.
“I think supporting a known writer such as Marg Hickey, people are very proud that we have a wellknown author in the district and her books are really enjoyable.
“People love crime fiction.”
Historic precinct added to National Heritage list
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“People can also see how the Chinese were dealt with at that time in the Chinese Protectorate Office - the only one left standing in the world.”
Ms Durrant said following Victoria’s example, the Chinese Protectorate system adopted throughout the British Empire eventually had all associated Chinese Protectorate offices demolished except for Beechworth.
Ms Kemp said Beechworth has one of the earliest town halls in Victoria showcasing how the township in the 1850s had aspirations for a civilised community with its highly decorated interior.
Government had recognised the importance and significance of the Historic Administrative Precinct.
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“It was a raw, rough gold field, yet the beauty of the precinct buildings stood for a future vision - initially a colonial one but also the scene of miners wanting more with votes, land and freedom from British rule,” she said.
“The role of the buildings changed from the 1850s, by the late 1870s the courthouse had early settler and land selection claims setting the scene for Ned Kelly - two stories within 20 years and a change of focus for these buildings.”
Indigo Shire Mayor Sophie Price was thrilled the Federal
“A special thanks must go to Deb Kemp and historian Dr. Jacqui Durrant for their meticulous and exhaustive work in preparing council’s nomination documentation,” she said.
“Timing of this announcement will hopefully enhance Indigo’s place in the Victorian Goldfields UNESCO World Heritage Listing bid.”
Beechworth History and Heritage Society chair Jamie Kronborg said the listing is a testament to the extraordinary, persistent efforts of Beechworth’s people to maintain and celebrate the heart of the community.
“Historian Jacqui Durrant and independent heritage adviser Deborah Kemp, with
the support of Indigo Shire Council, deserve particular recognition for their skill and diligence that helped to interpret the cultural context of our heritage precinct and its significance to the country,” he said.
“Beechworth History and Heritage Society is especially pleased to see the town hall included in the listing.
“Built from 1858, it’s a clear expression by our forebears of their belief in the value of democracy.”
Beechworth History and Heritage, Old Beechworth Gaol, Beechworth Inc and Indigo Shire Council are supporting a community BYO afternoon tea in the Police Paddocks from 3pm on Saturday (August 24) to celebrate the listing achievement, with everyone welcome.
Community buyback of Old Beechworth Gaol pays dividends
ALMOST a decade before it was added to the National Heritage Register, Beechworth’s significant role in Australian history was acknowledged and safeguarded by a group of local residents and social enterprise ACRE (Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship).
Previously under the ownership of two private developers, 19 local families and four philanthropic organisations under the leadership of ACRE took matters into their own hands, raising $2.7 million to purchase the Old Gaol.
At the time the Old Beechworth Gaol was the largest rural town community buyback in the world.
The group were able to protect the Old Gaol, which occupies half the site featured in the Federal Government’s recently announced National Heritage Listing of Beechworth Administrative Precinct.
The Old Beechworth Gaol stands as one of Australia’s most important post-European cultural sites.
More than 25,000 visitors take a tour of the Old Gaol each year, often surprised to hear the significance of the history with the Kelly gang.
Today, the Old Beechworth Gaol is being repurposed as a globally recognised cultural tourism destination and education centre for social entrepreneurship, creative industries and communityled rejuvenation.
ACRE’s co-founder and chief executive officer, Matt Pfahlert, said the group were proud to support the precinct in its National Heritage listing bid.
“Working together with Indigo Shire Council and Heritage Advisors, the listing is a culmination of efforts by local people over many years,” he said.
“It was thrilling to receive acknowledgment and congratulations from the Federal Minister Tanya Plibersek.”
“As the highest possible preservation and conservation protection nationally, this is an incredible milestone that wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of locals to save Old Beechworth Gaol.”
CAPTIVATED: Local fiction crime-writer Margaret Hickey loved sharing details about her craft with the audience at the launch of her latest novel in Beechworth last Thursday.
ENJOYED: Oxley’s Andrea Howell (left), Milawa’s Maree Parker and North Wangaratta’s Roanne Reynolds from the Warby Ranges’ Book Club with Beechworth Book’s Charles Dean and author Margaret Hickey at last Thursday’s book launch.
AVID READERS: Beechworth’s Andrea Browne (left), Yackandandah’s Janne Oborn, author Margaret Hickey, Beechworth’s Lyn Thomas, and Michael Browne at last Thursday’s book launch in Beechworth.
BUYBACK: Locals combined to raise funds to buy the Old Beechworth Gaol to preserve its significant cultural site.
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Volunteer projects up for KAB state awards
By CORAL COOKSLEY
THE Golden Horseshoes Festival
is one of seven Beechworth volunteer projects shortlisted for this year’s Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria sustainability awards.
The long running annual event held over the Easter long weekend draws huge crowds for an actionpacked time of family fun while promoting the town’s history and heritage.
The festival has been judged in two categories with more than a week’s online judging, including interviews for local shortlisted entries which finished last week.
The event shortlisted in the heritage category is joined by Indigo Shire’s Beechworth Historic Courthouse Kelly Trials Exhibition, while both the festival and mountain bike club Beechworth Chain Gang with its junior ride program have been listed in the social well-being category.
Among other finalists are Beechworth to Bridge (B2B) for its annual three-day wellbeing walk in the community category and Kerrupjmara Meats and Wadeye youth butchery project with a purposebuilt butchery trailer for training young Indigenous people from the Northern Territory in the Indigenous Culture category
Indigo Shire Council’s ‘Our Climate Platform’ is in the Energy
ENTERTAINING: Hung Ling Lion dancers captivate crowds at the annual Golden Horseshoes Festival with the event short-listed for this year’s Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria sustainability awards.
category while Wooragee Primary School is in the Young Legends category with its initiative of Farm Gate Fertilisers.
With entries organised by long standing local town committee members Iris Mannik and Anne Wilson, Iris said 11 projects in 10 categories had been entered with the seven selected.
“This is amazing and our community comes to the fore every year,” she said.
Anne said projects across the categories showed diversity of volunteers and Beechworth and Wooragee communities.
“Beechworth and Wooragee communities should be proud as the projects are showcased to the rest of the state in the
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awards ceremony,” she said.
“It also a chance for communities to network at the awards with an exchange of ideas.”
Golden Horseshoes Festival committee secretary Heidi Freeman said volunteers strengthened the community.
“To keep our town recognised as a unique heritage offering, we will continue to stand out as not only a stronger marketing brand, but also a continuous sustainable product and a place of belonging to those that uphold the importance of heritage respectfully for future generations,” she said.
Ms Freeman said the award shortlisting recognised the value of festival volunteers who like to give their time with skills and efforts to help
GAINING SKILLS: Wadeye’s Peter Dumoo with Beechworth’s Luke Brock outside the purpose-built trailer in Beechworth for training with the project listed in this year’s KABV awards.
businesses and families enjoy a free event.
“The festival helps celebrates the town’s history and traditional Easter festivities,” she said.
Ms Freeman said the festival with thousands of visitors spends dollars boosting the local economy as well as having the event promote a social wellbeing aspect for those who participate.
“The weekend aims to give positivity and social connectivity to the townsfolk,” she said.
“It pulls people together with a strong feeling of community working together for the benefit of allboth young and old.”
With entries from across the state, winners will be announced at a gala event in Melbourne in late October.
Local road safety to be addressed at Beechworth forum
By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN
POLICE within the Wodonga Police Service Area are encouraging locals to have their say on road safety concerns this Monday at Beechworth.
The free Road Safety/Road Policing Community Forum welcomes local services and community members to talk with police about road safety issues and what is important in the community.
It will be held at Beechworth Servicemen’s Memorial Hall and will run from 10am-12pm on August 26.
The forum will explore topics including road trauma and road safety data, details of operations and good news stories.
The state’s rising road toll will also be a point of discussion, with 183 lives lost on our roads so far this year, which is five more lives lost on roads at this time last year.
In 2023, Victoria recorded its highest number of lives lost on roads in 15 years with 296 people killed, with a significant number of lives lost on rural roads.
Registration is a must in order to attend the forum, and you can register by sending your details to: Jenny.Lewis@ police.vic.gov.au.
Questions may be asked to the senior police panel in advance using the link: https://app.sli. do/.../7hq49bMgaHikW2ZH3NmaLk/ live/questions.
The following day, police in the Wangaratta Police Service area will host a similar forum in Wangaratta.
Local secondary college celebrates Book Week
By CORAL COOKSLEY
BEECHWORTH Secondary College (BSC) teachers joined students in dress up fun bringing their favourite book characters to life on Monday to celebrate this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book Week.
Rapunzel, Dr Seuss characters, military personnel from war stories, Sodapop from ‘The Outsiders’, crayons from ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ were among students’ colourful characters by while teachers took on characters including Wolverine, Molly Weasley and Professor McGonagall.
Local fiction crime-writer Margaret Hickey captured the interest of the college’s keen poets and writers in a workshop, while some students had baked book characters for a
cake competition, won by year eight student Matilda Coleman with a delicious Cookie Monster.
Prizes were handed out for the dress up competition.
The fun event organised by English head teacher Allie Baker with her teaching team drew interest from all staff, with most joining in the themed dress ups.
Allie said the aim was for BSC students to be the best readers and writers and communicators they can be, and to see literacy for its integral role in their lives and future careers.
“Good writers are good readers,” she said.
“Reading opens the world for young people and English teachers are always wanting our young people to be finding their next book and finding the next opportunity to
read and write.
“We want BSC students to see that reading is something that will benefit them now and forever and our Book Week is about celebrating how reading is for everyone.”
Allie said years seven to 12 students were encouraged to join in the annual event with a boost in numbers and activities this year.
Students hunted for hidden ‘Wally’s’ in the school grounds in a new ‘Where’s Wally’ competition.
On Tuesday nine panelists from a variety of local industries answered question from students, who described the role of reading in their personal and professional lives.
This year’s Book Week with the theme ‘Reading is Magic’ kicked off on Saturday and ran until today.
Closing the digital divide
THE Rural Women Online initiative is aimed at helping women in North East Victoria break through the digital divide with free resources.
From Wednesday, September 11 to Sunday, September 15, Rural Women Online will be delivering free workshops, talks, and one-on-one tech support to help women navigate the digital world with confidence at Yackandandah Public Hall and Community Centre.
Award winning author, Anna Krien, will feature as the keynote speaker, discussing digital access as a human right, exploring the risks and rewards of digital connectivity, and discussing what this means for the experience of community.
Executive director of the Victorian Women’s Trust, Mary Crooks said recent research shows rural women face significant barriers to online participation, including access, affordability, and ability.
“Things like a lack of NBN connection in regional areas can prevent rural women from getting started on their digital journey, but fear and shame can perpetuate the problem as women are often judged harshly for their perceived lack of technical abilities,” she said.
“Our Rural Women Online project will help address ability-based barriers by providing opportunities for women in rural Victoria to build their digital skills in a safe, non-judgmental way.” All sessions are free, but booking is essential. For more information or to book your spot, call 0404 248 765 or visit https://ruralwomenonline. org.au/.
EAT YOUR VEGGIES: Harvey Rivett had fun dressing up as his favourite book character from Broccoli Boy.
LOCK AND LOAD: Oliver Paull had fun dressing up for Book Week
COLOURFUL CHRACHTERS: Ruby Brough (left) as Rapunzel with the Iguana ‘Pascale’ she crocheted herself, Humanties teacher Finn Pederson, English teacher Sarah McKay both as Where’s Wally and Eli Ryder as Once-Ler from “The Lorax” embraced Book Week at Beechworth Secondary College with the students. PHOTOS: Kellie Jones
Advocating for community’s youth
TWENTY-four-year-old Phoebe Cougle was born in Wodonga and has lived in both Woolshed and Beechworth her entire life.
What do you do workwise?
I work at the Yackandandah Star Hotel bartending/serving and am also on placement at Gateway Health Wangaratta with the Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect Centre. Gateway Health is based in three locations – Wangaratta, Myrtleford and Wodonga and provides community health and wellbeing services to individuals, families and communities across North East Victoria and parts of southern New South Wales.
What do you love about your work?
I love bartending because you meet so many new people and it’s an exciting, fast paced work environment plus we have a lot of amazing musicians come and play.
I love my placement because I feel part of something that’s genuinely really helping people and their families.
I’m learning a lot to help my studies and have found out just how amazing Gateway and their services are.
I’ve had an interest in mental health for a long time and am studying a Certificate IV in Mental Health at GOTAFE in Wangaratta. What do you do in the community?
I don’t currently have a lot of free time to volunteer unfortunately, but if I did, I would love to get out there with some youth support
groups and learn from the next generation. Is there an important community issue that you think needs addressing?
The lack of youth activities and programs within Beechworth.
What would you do to solve change, improve that situation?
I think we need to re-evaluate what money goes towards in our beautiful town.
I think we need to step up for the youth and take our focus away from the pubs and bike tracks for a minute - the local pool could be updated, the skatepark too and I think there is great opportunity to run more youth-based programs that are actually catered to what kids and teens want to do as well.
What do you see as one of the most important current world issues?
The spike in violence against woman and domestic violence happening right now, including across Australia, and the men who are committing these acts need to be held accountable. There needs to be more awareness and education on the matter.
If the person you would most like to meet or knew, came to indigo shire (past or present), or was already here, who would that be, what would you show them, and why?
Honestly that person is my partner - showing him all the beautiful places around Beechworth is always so nice.
Going for picnics at Woolshed Falls in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park (around 10 min-
utes out of Beechworth) is our favourite place. What book are you reading?
I am currently reading ‘A Court of Thrones and Roses’ in a series by American author Sarah J. Maas. It is a sci-fi/ fantasy book that follows a 19-year-old girl named Feyre and her journey. The author has written several books and has sold more than 38 million copies with her work translated into 38 languages.
Local history enthusiast takes on new role
By CORAL COOKSLEY
A LOCAL history buff with a long connection to the Burke Museum has taken up the president’s reins of the museum’s fundraising group.
Friends of the Burke Museum member and a past secretary Daniel Goonan said he looked forward to working with the friends committee in his new role to help advance plans in supporting the work of the culturally significant museum.
The move follows Kate Sutherland not seeking reelection to the position at the group’s recent AGM after three years in the job, while now helping the committee in continuing to drive fundraising efforts as secretary.
“We should all be very proud of the Burke Museum as we believe it to be the oldest regional museum in Australia,” Daniel said.
Daniel said the group’s
aim is to help preserve history and cultural artifacts in the museum’s collection as well as contribute to future acquisitions relevant for Beechworth such as the acquired world famous Falck clocks hand-crafted in the town in the mid-1800s worth thousands of dollars.
With fundraising efforts by the Friends of the Burke Museum and a generous donation from the Melbournebased Copland Foundation, the museum managed to raise $15,000 for the clocks purchase two years ago.
“If something big comes up suitable for Beechworth we hope to have enough money in the bank for acquisition,” he said.
Daniel said the committee would like to see more young people join the group by holding events with engaging guest speakers.
The recently elected president said he had previously worked at the Burke Muse-
um for almost 14 years, with most of that time helping with research as well.
“I started as a tour guide and being able to show people around your own town for a living is just a dream job helping them to enjoy their stay as well,” he said.
In developing a variety of talks for fundraising events, Daniel said last year local resident Rob Orchard spoke about his time working on the 1979 Mad Max film as the chief car mechanic and stuntman as well as a decade of work on jet engines as a licensed aircraft maintenance engineer.
“It was a fascinating talk that catered for a younger audience, and we hope to introduce more like that as it was so successful,” he said.
“We organised the event together with the Beechworth Old Cranks Motor Club and and assistance from the Beechworth Film Society.”
Daniel had also been one of
four guest speakers at the first Ian Jones memorial charity and fundraising event held by Friends of the Burke Museum two years ago.
The late Ian Jones (1931–2018) had made a significant contribution through his work in journalism, film and television in recording Australian history, and was particularly recognised as a leading authority on the Ned Kelly story.
When working at the Burke Museum, Daniel had a close working relationship with Mr Jones for more than a decade through research.
Living in Beechworth all his life, Daniel has always had an interest in local history and genealogy.
Phoebe Cougle
PEOPLE PERSON: Beechworth’s Phoebe Cougle loves bartending and work in mental health at her Gateway Health Wangaratta placement.
▶ HISTORY PASSION: Friends of the Burke Museum’s new president Daniel Goonan aims to help include younger audiences to future fundraising events.
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Finestra exhibition opens at Art Gallery on Ovens
AN exhibition of paintings by resident artist Marie Salinger has opened at the Art Gallery on Ovens.
A multidisciplinary visual artist who lives in Wangaratta and works from her studio in Beechworth, Marie says her creative practice incorporates painting, printmaking, collage and photography.
She says her work echoes the organic qualities of nature and explores the notion of transience and the interconnectedness of all life forms.
Many of the paintings in this exhibition, called Finestra, incorporate monoprints created using found objects from the local environment.
This is Marie’s first solo exhibition at the Art Gallery on Ovens and Finestra extends on her recent exhibition at the Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA).
Finestra is the Italian word for window, and Marie says these works offer glimpses into her worlds both real and imagined.
The works depict the landscapes of North East Victoria in macro and micro ways; looking to the vast ranges and plains as much as to the cracks between granite and the carvings of scribbly gum moths, often layering this imagery in a single painting.
“My interest is not in a visual representation of the landscape but in deep contemplation and distillation
STALLS GALORE: A variety of local makers and small businesses including Neralle Keesing from Been Sewing and Embroidery, will have a stand at the Creatives of Wangaratta and Surrounds indoor market which is held on the fourth Saturday of every month at the CWA Hall next of King George V Gardens.
of the emotions and feelings of a place,” she says.
“My landscapes are reflections of my inner world rather than references to a specific place and are deeply personal delving into the places where art, nature and healing intersect.”
See Finestra at the Art Gallery on Ovens in the laneway off Murphy Street on Monday, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 4pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 10am until 2pm until September 2, with entry free.
Beechworth golfers in top form before sandgreen championships
By DYLAN POOL
LAST Sunday there were eight players that fronted up for a stableford round in perfect conditions.
We welcomed George Ward back from holidays up north and Hollie Goodwin and Zoè Gephart joined in as well.
The scores weren’t as good as the weather, as Zane Howard returned the best score with 33 points, runner up was Andy Croome with 31 points and Dave Clark claimed the last ball with 30 points.
Next to follow were Hollie Goodwin, Zoè Gephart,
Jamie Dolny and Phil Pelgrim all with 29 points and George Ward with 26. Nearest to pins went to Hollie Goodwin on the 10th and Andy Croome on the seventh.
Also on Sunday three men travelled to Avenel for their Tournament.
The course was honestly one of the best conditioned sand green courses you could ever play.
If you are around that way, do drop in for a game.
Dylan Pool made it two tournament wins in a row after his win at St James last week, by taking out the A Grade Scratch with
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a great score of one over 73 to win by two shots. Graeme Pool with 33 points and Jacob Howard with 31 points were by no means disgraced in the field.
Last Wednesday there was no comp at Beechworth as most of the women travelled to Bright to join in their comp.
This weekend Rutherglen are hosting their tournament, with the women on the Saturday and the men on the Sunday.
There is a good number of women going on Saturday.
If there are any men that aren’t going to the Victo-
rian Sandgreens at Dimboola, please head over to Rutherglen if you can. There is information on their Facebook page, or the NEDGA Facebook page, or contact Dylan or this page if you want to go. As mentioned, good luck to the eight Beechworth members who are going to Dimboola and playing this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Bring some t rophies home.
If anyone is still around and can’t make it to Rutherglen, there will be golf at the usual Sunday time of 11:30am for 12noon at Beechworth.
By WILLSON MACK
THE Murray Bushrangers played their final game at Norm Minns Oval for 2024 and put on a fine show.
Despite the Bushrangers having only won two more games than Western Jets this year, they made light work of their opponents in a 94-point drubbing.
Remarkably, Murray Bushrangers trailed the Jets by nine points at the first change and then only led by five points at half-time but piled on 16 second half goals to two to salute 23.13 (151) to 9.3 (51).
North Albury key forward and draft hopeful Josh Murphy booted six majors in the win, while Shepparton’s Riley Onley and Jack Whitlock were outstanding.
The seventh-placed Bushrangers now face Bendigo Pioneers in their last game of the home and away season before a potential finals tilt.
PRIME POSITION: Andy Croome tees off at Beechworth golf course on Sunday, scoring an admirable 31 points on the round.
CLASSY: Riley Onley was excellent in the win.
BIG BAG: Josh Murphy kicked six majors in the Murray Bushrangers’ big win over Western Jets. PHOTOS: Melissa Beattie
ORGANIC EXPRESSION: Resident artist Marie Salinger says the works in Finestra offer glimpses into her worlds both real and imagined, and they are on display until September 2.
Bushies’ face elimination
BEECHWORTH’S senior side have their backs against the wall as they face elimination against Thurgoona on Sunday.
Needing to win to secure a top three finish against the Bulldogs in the final round of the regular season last weekend, the battered and bruised Bushrangers were no match for the redhot Thurgoona, going down 5.7 (37) to 14.14 (98).
Following an even opening term, Beechworth could only muster one
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goal after quarter-time at Baarmutha Park in a stifling defensive display from the Bulldogs.
It was the second straight loss by 10 goals or more for Beechworth, who after spending most of the season in the double chance spots, find themselves ill-affording of a loss which would end their season.
Beechworth will be eager to welcome back Riley Stone, Kayde Surrey and Lachie Armstrong this week after missing Saturday’s clash with injuries.
The Bushrangers have also had their depth tested with the absence of defender Tristan Lenaz in recent weeks, who is currently overseas.
Finn Jakobsson and Degan Dolny have performed admirably in filling the role while midfielder Hamish Malsem
has hit form at the right time of the year.
Taking Beechworth’s place in the top three were Kiewa-Sandy Creek, who now face a grand final rematch in the first final against Chiltern.
The loser of that game will play off against the winner of the Bushrangers and Dogs the following Sunday.
Yackandandah had locked up top spot heading into the final round and have earned the week off after ending
the regular season with 16 wins on the trot.
The Bushrangers will be entering their third straight finals campaign at Sandy Creek after returning from finals wilderness in 2022.
Sandy Creek hasn’t been a happy hunting ground in Beechworth’s previous two finals series, with just one win from five tries at an average losing margin of 56-points.
The other team set to represent the club
throughout finals will be the under 17s, who will play before the seniors on Sunday against Rutherglen. The thirds will enter the game as favourites having beaten the Cats by 55-points in their last meeting a few weeks ago, despite Rutherglen getting the chocolates over Beechworth earlier in the season, winning by eight-points.
First bounce in the under 17s will be from 10:20am with the seniors to follow at 2pm.
