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HONOURED: Beechworth Primary School students Hayden Neville and Emily Macaulay had placed the cross for the Unknown Soldier and then laid the school’s wreath towards the end of the service. Anzac Day reports pages 5 and 7. PHOTO: Coral Cooksley.
People’s exhibition opens LINKING past history with today’s modern vibrant community has been at the heart of an innovative exhibition where 10 residents have been matched with historical people and collections. An official opening for the ‘People of Beechworth’ exhibition last Saturday drew a large crowd to see the unique showcase where people have been recorded in history for the future. Manager of the Burke Museum and cultural heritage, Cameron Auty said the exhibition will change over time. He said every-so-often new people and new stories
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will be featured to ensure the exhibition stays fresh by the ongoing recording and preservation of important community stories. “We don’t want people with their stories to miss out,” he said. Mr Auty said the opportunity to undertake the project arose when Indigo Shire Council had been made aware of the Australian Government’s ‘Bushfire Tourism Recovery Initia-
tives Program’ where projects could be designed to reflect on, and strengthen community resilience after the disruption of the 2020 fires. “For the Burke Museum, one of our goals is to connect the modern community with stories from the past,” he said. “At council we want to strengthen our bond with the community, and this exhibition presented a wonderful opportunity for us to do just that.” “Our Historic Precinct Masterplan identified the need for contemporary in-
terpretations of historic stories to drive visitation and we want to use the beautiful heritage spaces of the Precinct as the backdrop for powerful visions of history and community.” Mr Auty said the ‘Pioneers Board’ on display in the museum sparked his interest in untold stories from that time. “I wanted to balance those photos with an inclusive exhibition that showed the full community now and recorded their stories for the future,” he said. Mr Auty said the Burke Museum team has had a
chance to do something fresh and innovative in a special museum. “We wanted to bring a powerful visual experience into the space to show audiences its potential and for the community it is a reflection that it’s their museum,” he said. “Beechworth is a vibrant, diverse and fascinating community and residents can now see themselves reflected in their museum.” “We also wanted to show that history doesn’t stop at 1880 - it’s being made every day.” ■ Continued page 2 4%
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Continued page 2 “For students like Corey Jackson at university or Year 11 student Kane Scott to see themselves on the wall at the museum is a significant moment and inspires people to see that we’re all making history in our lives.” With photos taken by local photographer Erin DavisHartwig, Mr Auty said Erin had captured the essence and personality of featured individuals in her images. “We were happy to showcase her as a local artist as part of the exhibition too,” he said. CFA Beechworth urban fire brigade captain Tracy McVea who spoke about the project at the opening said the exhibition showcased many people who are resilient in their own way. “I hope this exhibition will inspire our community and visitors with it stories of resilience, humour and endeavour which all contribute to making us the vibrant community we are today,” she said. Burke Museum’s collection manager Ashleigh Giffney - a carer of more than 30,000 collection items - said each artefact had a very special history that
ON SHOW: Some of the 10 local residents who are showcased in the exhibition Amandhi de Silva (left), Kathryn Chivers, Terry Walsh, Tracy McVea, James Toole and David Lawrence at last Saturday’s exhibition opening. PHOTOS: Coral Cooksley can now be displayed and shared with the community through the exhibition. “To connect through these objects with the people and those who are coming in to see is something very special for me,” she said. Indigo Shire Council exhibition project officer Holly Barclay said she had become more knowledgeable about Beechworth people through the exhibition. “It’s about building rela-
tionships and getting connections through our work,” she said. Erin Hartwig said she is proud to have her collection of work in the museum. “It’s great to your work in a new contemporary project that has been well delivered and is making history,” she said. “As a Beechworth resident I know many people featured and it’s been a real connection with the community,” she said.
PROUD: Burke Museum collection manager Ashleigh Giffney (left), photographer Erin DavisHartwig and Indigo Shire Council exhibition project officer Holly Barclay at the exhibition opening last Saturday. Amandhi de Silva said she is humbled to be part of the exhibition. “It’s a wonderful exhibition and I love the fact that young people are in it too.” “What we do now matters and people who walk the streets of Beechworth
are making history,” she said. Mr Auty said the exhibition had been funded by a $30,000 Federal Bushfire Recovery grant, as well as a $7,000 donation from the family of Ern Hawking along with staff and fund-
ing support from Indigo Shire Council. “Ern was one of the original Powder Magazine volunteers who saved the building in the 1960s and his children made the donation to reflect Ern’s love of local heritage,” he said.
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10 candidates in the battle for Indi Candidates confirmed to contest federal election By JEFF ZEUSCHNER INDI electorate voters have 10 candidates vying for their support in this federal election. Australian Electoral Commission Indi returning officer, Jenny Essex, confirmed the 10 candidates and conducted the official ballot draw, attended by six of the contenders and around 70 interested onlookers, at St Patrick’s Hall in Wangaratta at noon on Friday. Animal Justice Party candidate Angel Aleksov of Princess Hills is at the top of the ballot card, followed by: Independent incumbent Helen Haines, Lachlan O’Connell (Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party), Stephen Williams (United Australia Party), Beth Stevens (One Nation), Benjamin Gilbert (Greens), Liz Fisher (Nationals), Nadia David (Labor), Julian Fidge (Liberal Democrats) and Ross Lyman (Liberals). Not since 2013, when 11 candidates contested the seat - which Independent Helen McGowan won from Liberal incumbent Sophie Mirabella - has the electorate being offered such a diverse range of choice. Ms Essex said 67 voting stations will be opened across the Indi electorate on polling day, but those wanting to vote before Saturday, May 21 will have access to pre-polling centres in Wangaratta (St Pat’s Hall), Wodonga, Benalla, Mansfield and Bright from Monday, May 9. Speaking at the draw, Dr Haines said the past two weeks of campaigning had only sought to solidify the issues that she said have been front and centre over the past three years of her term. “People really care a lot
UP FOR THE CONTEST: Indi candidates who attended the ballot draw in Wangaratta last Friday were (from left) Dr Julian Fidge, Beth Stevens, Stephen Williams, Benjamin Gilbert, Helen Haines and Nadia David. PHOTO: Jeff Zeuschner about honesty and decency, and they’re also raising their concerns about the rising costs of living, housing stress, aged care, health care and climate change, and a workforce shortage,” she said. “They’re all important issues for Indi.” Liberals’ Ross Lyman, who was unable to attend the draw due to a health forum engagement in Wodonga - where the Victorian Government announced $300m for a new Albury Wodonga Hospital - said he too was hearing key themes across the North East. He said more investment in road, rail, renewable energy, health, education and communications; supporting manufacturing businesses and the agriculture
sector to create more employment; and strengthen the trade and tourism sectors to grow the local economy were all part of his “practical, local plan for a stronger future” for Indi. Labor’s Nadia David, surrounded by supporters at the draw, echoed similar sentiments, and said throughout her door knocking on the hustings over recent months people were “genuinely excited to see someone (herself ) who could potentially be in government”. “Indi has a very good local member who works hard but gets nothing,” she said, believing support for Labor was building and doubling its primary vote (12.09 per cent in 2019) in Indi was certainly achievable.
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Greens candidate Benjamin Gilbert said his campaign would focus on climate change, affordable housing, childcare and increasing taxes on large corporations. He said he was seeing good support for the Greens and “we literally don’t have enough corflutes for all the people that want them”. Liberal Democrats’ candidate Dr Julian Fidge said his party’s stance around personal freedoms, specifically no vaccine mandate, was one of the many sensible policies that was resonating with many in the electorate. “Unlike the LiberalNationals Coalition, we don’t believe market forces should run everything, and we’re not socialist like Labor,” he said.
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation candidate Beth Stevens believes most of her party’s policies will benefit Indi, but said local residents are particularly concerned with the state of the regional health system. “A lot of people do discuss the health situation at the moment, like the Albury Wodonga hospital going into code yellow, the ambulance situation, that’s a concern for everybody,” she said. United Australia Party candidate Stephen Williams said his first foray into federal politics had been prompted by “the madness of the last two years, and the loss of freedom and rights”. The father of six, who has run a successful lawn mowing business in Tawonga
since 2011, said he was “running to get elected” and believed his party and its policies were the “best choice for regional Australia”. Nationals’ candidate Liz Fisher said people, businesses and councils she was meeting with across the electorate she has lived in for two decades, said better roads and infrastructure, mobile reception and communications, with health services, were key concerns. “I know it’s difficult to get an appointment with your GP, sometimes three weeks wait...attracting and retaining GPs, increasing bulk billing services, and keeping telehealth permanent and universal are critical to strengthen health care in Indi,” she said.
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Lest we forget By CORAL COOKSLEY A STRONG crowd of around 500 people has been estimated by organisers for the main Beechworth Anzac Day service on Monday with a big attendance at a moving dawn service too. With the Anzac Day march back for the first time in three years following COVID pandemic restrictions, Beechworth RSL sub-branch president John Eldrid who addressed the crowd with about the significance of Anzac Day and its history had been delighted to see a big attendance for the full traditional Anzac Day service. Among families of departed veterans placing crosses into the Field of Crosses, Wodonga’s Gavin Sinclair who was born and bred in Stanley placed one for his father, National Service veteran Graeme Sinclair. Besides a special time to remember his father, he said Anzac Day is a time of remembrance for all men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice and younger veterans still doing it hard, and to say thank you and pay
homage for their service. For Vietnam veteran and Beechworth RSL member Bob Malone who has many family ties to the army, Anzac Day is a time to remember all those who have served the nation. “I always remember my uncles and people who I served with too and Anzac Day is a good tradition that needs to keep going,” he said. Scott Garden who travelled Cairns to march and placed a wreath for his uncle, WWII veteran and former Beechworthian Bill Kelly. Mr Kelly had moved to Brisbane but returned to Beechworth for Anzac Day services. “It’s been a great honour as he passed last month and I marched with him on many Anzac Days in Beechworth,” he said. Mr Eldrid said community support made the Remembrance Day special too. “It’s about the community as well as many have also lost loved ones, and keeping the community involved
adds to the ANZAC spirit,” he said. This year’s march through the town began at the corner of Church and Ford Streets to the cenotaph in the Town Hall Gardens where the Anzac Day address delivered by Beechworth Secondary College students Zara Warren and Dylan Cockfield focused on the Hoffman family’s history in WW1. College students Steph Shaw and Liana France supported the service as flag orderlies with teacher, Sarah Lockwood giving a rendition of the Australian and NZ national anthems. Salvation Army captain Pauline Middleton delivered the Anzac Requiem and prayer while Mark Stephens gave a rendition of ‘And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda’ after the main address. Beechworth Primary School students Emily Macaulay and Hayden Neville placed the cross of the Unknown Soldier, with a wreath laying ceremony by community, business and service organisations, schools and individuals before the service conclusion.
REMEMBERED: Vietnam veteran Terry Walsh led the march to the Town Hall Garden’s cenotaph on Anzac Day.
ANZAC PROUD: Retired Group captain Merv McDougal who lives in Beechworth had joined the Royal Australian Air Force as a 15-year-old and retired after 33 years where he then served as air attaché with the Australian embassy in France from January 1977 to February 1980. Driven by veteran Dirk Borleis. PHOTOS: Coral Cooksley
TRIBUTE: Beechworth Secondary College students Zara Warren and Dylan Cockfield delivered the main Anzac Day address.
PAID HOMAGE: Salvation Army captain Pauline Middleton (left), Cairn’s Scott Garden with his three-year-old son William, Beechworth Red Cross Branch president Julia Smith with Beechworth RSL SubBranch president John Eldrid on Anzac Day.
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2022 federal election Indi Candidates 2 have you put yourself forward as a Q1 Why candidate, and if elected, what principles would
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What are your three key issues in Indi and what action/policy/plan do you have to make a difference?
govern your representation as Indi’s federal MP?
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Animal Justice Party policies are based on our core values of kindness, equality, rationality and non-violence. We will improve the lives and the future of animals, people and the planet. Our platforms are not based on outdated principles, or economic theories that no longer apply. I support urgent, national action to stop the increasing threat to native fauna and the wider environment and to stimulate local rural businesses and communities.
The global climate emergency needs urgent action to protect all living creatures and ecologies. We support clean, renewable energy and sustainable development, transport and primary production. Government, businesses and communities must work together for a viable future for our people and environment. Our rural community has been hard hit by the pandemic restrictions, especially businesses which rely on tourism, hospitality and retail. I will support urgent funding for economic stimulation for Indi, with local consultation and accountability for successful results. Like most Australians, I oppose the unregulated cruelty of live export, and will support domestic processing of export meat products.
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I’m running again to represent our community as your Independent MP because I strongly believe we need real representation on the issues that matter to us, not someone who just makes up the numbers for party bosses. As your representative, I am governed by values of integrity, transparency, respect, positivity and always acting in the best interests of Indi. I work for Indi 100% of the time.
Stamping out corruption, better health care across the North East and growing our local economy are important issues. In Parliament, I have fought to keep the major parties accountable through a federal integrity commission. My plan to improve health care includes training more doctors locally, waiving university debt for mental health workers who move to the region, properly funding new hospitals, and implementing the recommendations of the aged care royal commission. Affordable housing is key to getting more workers for our businesses and helping locals stay. My plan would help fund infrastructure to open up land to build more houses.
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We have unfortunately been unable to make contact with Lachlan O’Connell, nor had a response from the Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party. We hope he will be able to participate in our remaining Q&A over the next two weeks.
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The destruction of our freedom and rights over the past two years of virus madness and the massive debt that the Federal Government racked up at the same time. I want future generations to enjoy a free way of life like all Australians did prior to the madness. The debt will slowly destroy our economy if not paid back.
Issues affecting to Indi are health, education and cost of living. We need our hospitals and other health services well funded and supported to provide care at all levels across the electorate. In regard to education the UAP will increase education funding by $20 billion in the first three years and abolish HECS fees. The increasing cost of living will be addressed by a regional tax concession of 20% for those living further than 200km from a capital city, increasing the age pension by $180 a fortnight and encouraging businesses to relocate to rural areas.
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I joined politics because I feel we the people have lost our voice. I feel that a lot of major politicians have forgotten the people of Australia. My values and principles are first and foremost honesty and transparency. I was raised with the values of truth and honesty and believe they are one of the most important parts of politics that should be stood by every day.
Three key issues that keep coming up in conversation that I have with people in Indi are Health, Education and Farming. One Nation has individual policies on all these three subjects. Health - we recognise the need to bolster the number of regional doctors, nurses and other critical health professionals and will do so by introducing three year contracts for newly qualified medical professionals and in return pay their HECS-HELP loans in full. I feel all of One Nation’s policies have been created to suit the communities of Indi and Australia.
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We are at a critical point in history. I will be unable to look my children in the eye and answer to them if I don’t do all that I can to ensure they have a liveable planet, a diverse environment and a fair society to live in. As Indi’s federal MP, I would be guided by the Greens’ principles of ecological sustainability, social justice, grass roots democracy and nonviolence.
Through my lived experience with Totally Renewal Yackandandah and Indigo Power in developing up-scalable renewable energy at a community level, I have the knowledge and experience to facilitate similar projects across Indi. To drive investment and employment in Indi, I can use my knowledge and skills as a business owner, employer and manufacturer, to attract and support the development of local, sustainable businesses and innovation. As part of the Greens’ team in parliament I would ensure Indi’s inclusion in the implementation of our plan to build, nationwide, a million affordable, accessible, high quality homes, and ensure renters have real rights.
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I have seen how The Nationals team across the country can get things done for regional Australia, and it motivated me to make sure that Indi has that same voice at the heart of government. As part of that team my passion for community, rural and regional areas will get things done for Indi. I am known for being honest, genuine, respectful and consultative.
Aged Care: Ensuring our record funding for aged care supports keeping couples together and allows as many as possible to age in their own home. Housing: It’s great that people are moving to our region, so we will build more homes in regional Australia by providing 10,000 low-deposit guarantees each financial year for those moving to, or within, regional areas. Connectivity: We invested heavily in regional telecommunications, after Labor did nothing, but there is more to do. Continuing to upgrade mobile towers and fix black spots is vital to give us the ability to work from home in the future.
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My decision to stand cemented during the Black Summer bushfires. To have a Prime Minister on holiday when our country was literally on fire enraged me. We need representatives in government with not only the will but the power and ability to make things happen and I know I can do that as a member of a Labor Government. Simply put, I want to solve problems and improve our chances of a prosperous, healthy future.
Housing, health, future vision. Labor has strong policies on building 30,000 new affordable homes, but better than that we have the track record of establishing strong relationships with all levels of government and this is the only way we’ll solve this housing crisis. I will get better rural health care throughout Indi, not just in the cities. Labor’s plan to protect and fix Medicare is clear. And I have a clear vision for Indi based on Labor values of fair pay for a day’s work, compassion and equality for all and a government that sees us as a society, not an economy.
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FIDGE, Julian
Elections provide an opportunity to lobby government. Eight years ago, I proposed we should have rehabilitation services in regional Victoria. Both major parties adopted the policy, and we now have rehabilitation services in Wangaratta, Corio and Traralgon. I brought $52.1 million to rural Victoria, without being elected. In contrast, while elected, Ms Haines has brought only $6.8 million. My guiding principles are personal freedoms, lower taxes and less government.
Unlike Helen Haines, we have policies. We would reduce taxation by increasing the tax-free threshold to $40,000, increasing incentives to enter the workforce, especially seasonal workers; Decreasing taxation to a flat 20% to reward people for working, and stop punishing people who work overtime; Removing company tax on reinvested profits, to encourage investment and jobs. Personal Freedom: We would allow freedom of speech and assembly; abolish secret tribunal hearings and internet censorship; abolish liability of internet page owners for the posts of other people. A Nuclear energy trial of the safest, modern technologies for providing clean base-load power.
LYMAN, Ross
We face one of the most uncertain economic and geopolitical times in our nation’s history, we need strong leaders in Canberra. Leaders that deliver for our local community, but also play a role in shaping Australia. I’m standing to see better leadership and sound economic management in politics. To ensure governments never take us for granted again. To bring national security experience to government in a changing national security landscape.
Listening to community, I’ve heard a need for infrastructure investment - especially in health, a need to grow the economy, a need to create conditions for private investment in our region, bringing jobs and a strong local economy. My Liberal Plan for Indi will create a stronger future through: Infrastructure investment - road and rail, renewable energy, and importantly, health. Manufacturing – attracting medium and large manufacturers to the region. Trade and Tourism – I will work to open new markets and push for trade deals that benefit our region, promoting the goods and services we produce right here in the North East.
ALEKSOV, Angel Animal Justice Party
HAINES, Helen Independent
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O’CONNELL, Lachlan Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party
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WILLIAMS, Stephen United Australia Party
STEVENS, Beth
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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
GILBERT, Benjamin The Australian Greens
FISHER, Liz
National Party of Australia
DAVID, Nadia
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Australian Labor Party
Liberal Democratic Party
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Liberal Party of Australia
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Chiltern Anzac Day draws big crowd By CORAL COOKSLEY ONE of two organisers for the Chiltern and Barnawartha Anzac Day services, Ian Anfruns, said a cool morning and glorious sunrise greeted locals as they gathered at the Chiltern Cenotaph for this year’s Dawn Service. “The service was well attended, as is the norm, by local residents and interstate tourists and similarly the Barnawartha Service
drew an excellent crowd too,” he said. “The highlight of the day was the parade where veterans, families and friends marched to the Soldier’s Memorial Hall.” Mr Anfrun said this year’s presentation featured the story of PTE Harry Withers whose efforts during WW1 are the subject of a book ‘Harry’s War’ produced by his family and author Max Carmichael. The book was officially
launched on Anzac Day at the old Chiltern Court House. “The 1st Australian Imperial Force played a crucial role in the Allied victory in Europe in 1918,” Mr Anfruns said. “More than 313,814 Australians were deployed into that theatre of the war, and over the period March 1916 to November 1918 they participated in 30 major battles.” “In many of these battles the Australians achieved
remarkable victories, but at a grievous cost and by 1918 46,000 Australians had lost their lives, and around 132,000 had been wounded. Mr Anfruns said every AIF member had been a volunteer including Harry who enlisted as a private soldier in October 1916. “The book follows the events leading to Harry enlistment, his training for war, and the battles he took part in France and Belgium,” he said.
HIGHLIGHT: Veterans, families and friends marched to the Soldier’s Memorial Hall from the cenotaph on Anzac Day.
We will remember them By CORAL COOKSLEY
REMEMBERED: Some of the crowd at the Rutherglen Anzac Day service held on Monday.
Yackandandah remembers the service of the ANZACs By Lincoln Ablett, Master of Ceremony for Yackandandah’s Anzac Day Services. YACKANDANDAH’S Anzac Day services began with a moving dawn service held at the town’s Memorial Park. A haunting rendition of Amazing Grace played on bagpipes, the bugle was played by Chris McCormick, many local horses with their riders lined gates along either side of the park’s entrance while soldiers from Bonegilla’s Latchford Barracks’ Army School of Health formed the catafalque party with a slow march to mount the guard around the Memorial. With a long history of Yackandandah locals serving their nation from the great wars to current serving members, a proud community had been demonstrated by the army of volunteers willing to do
their bit and the local representation for the Anzac Day services every year with this year being no exception. This year, the MC shared the history of the dawn service while the gun fire breakfast was hosted by the Yackandandah Hotel for a gold coin donation. Yackandandah has a strong tradition of marching as a community with local groups, veterans, and was joined by the Army School of Health soldiers with a long-standing arrangement with our local Wodonga brass band. Three local schools also participated with the march well received by hundreds of locals and visitors who lined the street to watch the procession. Ending at the gates of the Memorial Park, preparation followed for the 10am service where Connor Wall recited ‘The Lord’s Prayer’,
the MC recited ‘The Fallen’ and Zoe Stamp recited the ‘Requiem’. Guest speaker the Army School of Health’s Major Michelle “Shelby” Sheather delivered a moving story of four siblings from the Huon family who enlisted and served with the Australian Imperial Forces in the First World War, then shared personal accounts of her own service in Iraq. The Yackandandah School Choir also performed a wonderful rendition of “The Spirit of the ANZACs” and “The Australian National Anthem”, and dozens of wreathes were laid by local community groups and individuals that ended an emotional service. A morning tea hosted by the Senior Citizens Club members followed before the day was closed with a traditional game of “Two Up” at the Yackandandah Hotel.
AROUND 40 soldiers from Bandiana Barracks joined the march that began in the main street of Rutherglen up to the Memorial Gardens for the Rutherglen Anzac Day service held on Monday. Rutherglen RSL sub-branch president Craig Williams said both services had been well attended with an estimated crowd of 300 people at the dawn service and 600 at the main one. RSL member David Martin OAM who had been an Australian Army captain at The Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) from 1968 - 1985 officiated at both services while Mr Williams welcomed guests and public at the 9am service. Each year on Anzac Day, Mr Williams said Rutherglen High School captains delivered a speech at the service on an Anzac Day topic and what the Remembrance Day meant to them. “This year captains Joe Brooks and Riley Welsh delivered the speech,” he said. Rutherglen’s Cyril Cox (Coxy) delivered this year’s Anzac Day address where he spoke about his role as assistant director of security risk assessments to events of significance to Australians overseas at the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department. The role took him to Turkey and the Western Front in France to conduct security risk assessments for ANZAC
Day commemorative events as well as the reburial of Australian soldiers at Fromelles. Mr Cox also spoke about earlier roles in the Department of Defence in Canberra as a security risk assessor as well as an earlier career with former Annett airlines and the Northern Territory Police Force. He moved to Rutherglen in 2019 and his son-in-law is a captain in the Australian Army. Reverend Graeme Wells from St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Father Brian Carey from St Mary’s Catholic Church and Reverend Cannon Scott Jessup from St Stephens Anglican Church also participated in the service. Australian Department of Defence’s Cheyne Truelove from the Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (ASEME) delivered the Anzac Requiem. Rutherglen RSL Sub-Branch Women’s Auxiliary president Rosemary Hince, who had been in the Royal Australian Nursing Corp from 1965-1967, led the Lord’s Prayer. Rutherglen’s Katie Hurley performed the Australian National Anthem at the memorable service. A wreath laying ceremony took place towards the end of the service. Mr Williams recited the Ode with the Last Post played by bugler Captain Harrison Fairbairn from the ASEME.
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Detox Your Home and Paintback are coming to Beechworth Transfer Station CLEANING out unwanted household chemicals from local sheds, cupboards and kitchen sinks is helping Indigo Shire Council residents safely dispose of everyday household chemicals, making homes safer and protecting our environment. Running for more than 27 years, Sustainability Victoria’s Detox your Home events are a free and convenient service for Indigo Shire Council residents to safely dispose of unwanted household chemicals. Common products such as weedkiller, pesticides, cleaning chemicals, cosmetics, and cooking oil are all materials harmful to the environment and should not be placed in kerbside bins or poured down sinks. Partnering with Paintback, Detox your Home events in Indigo Shire Council now also collect paint, making it easy to safely dispose of household chemicals and paint in one trip. Each Detox your Home event collects around four tonnes of hazardous chemicals, keeping them out of landfill and waterways and making homes safer. Common chemicals collected at Detox your Home events include: • Fuels and flammable liquids - turpentine, methylated spirits,
HELPING HANDS: RAR supporters Inga Hanover (left) and Rae Quigley (far right) help visitors at the RAR Beechworth Easter market stall.
Rural Australians for Refugees raise funds to help their mission
BRING IT IN: Shawn Uppal, Indigo Shire waste coordinator, welcomes your unwanted household chemical items. petrol, kerosene, diesel, paint thinners; • Garden - herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers, pool chemicals, poisons; • Household - cleaners, bleach, ammonia, oven cleaner, solvents, cooking oil, cosmetics, fire extinguishers; • Car - wax, transmission fluid, body filler, brake fluid. Paint will also be collected at Detox your Home events held in Indigo Shire Council in partnership with Paintback - Australia’s
stewardship program for safe recovery or disposal of paint. Detox your Home events are staffed by expert chemists who identify and sort the chemicals for safe transport back to a licenced facility in Melbourne where they are processed for reuse or safe disposal. Chemicals collected are processed and recovered or recycled wherever possible. If they cannot be reused in any way, they are safely disposed of. With community safety in
mind, Detox your Home events are now drive-through and contactless, supported by a COVIDSafe plan. Registrations are essential. Register for the next event will be held at Beechworth Transfer Station, 1620 Diffey Road, Beechworth on Saturday, May 7 from 8am to 10am. Register for the upcoming Detox your Home municipality event at Sustainability Victoria’s website: www.sustainability.vic. gov.au/detoxyourhome.
A STALL hosted by Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR) at the Beechworth Rotary Easter market raised more than $1000 to assist asylum seekers and refugees in Afghanistan and Australia. Local supporters from Beechworth, Wangaratta and Yackandandah donated a range of plants, preserves, art works, handcrafts and household goods for sale at bargain prices. RAR Wangaratta/RAR Afghanistan subcommittee member Bernadette Fraser said information about how people can get involved to support refugees and asylum seekers had also been provided. “All money raised will directly help people in Afghanistan and Australia with basic living needs while waiting for humanitarian visas and permanent residency,” she said. “We sincerely thank Beechworth Rotary, local supporters and community members for their generosity and compassion.” For more information about RAR email rarwangaratta@gmail.com or search for their Facebook page RAR Wangaratta.
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Transylvania’s Count Dracula comes to Beechworth By CORAL COOKSLEY AS the mist begins to thickly roll in on wintry nights with street lights casting eerie shadows around the town Count Dracula will stealthily make way to the stage at the Beechworth Soldiers’ Memorial Hall. With just two weeks to go for the first of five slightly blood dripping performances for the play ‘Dracula’ by Beechworth Theatre Company (BTC), the Transylvanian vampire with characters of the world-renowned story will be spring to life. The story has been adapted may times with Scottish poet, playwright, performer and broadcaster Liz Lockhead recent adaption as an interesting rewrite of the original work by Bram Stoker published in 1897 but stays close to the chilling story. BTC committee member and director of the play Elroy Boss said the cast had been rehearsing Ms Lockhead’s version since December last year. “It’s a Victorian era story with a modern twist and we’re taking the liberty to modernise the costumes although still largely inspired by that era,” he said. “It’s an old story but still a relevant one to audiences today.” “It’s a fabulous story and this is going to be much more of a drama than a scary one that will depict more of the characters with their struggle which makes it a beautiful play,” he said. Mr Boss said there will be many character emotions shown and the play will have a little comedy in funny situations but in the end it’s a drama based on a horror story that will
THE CREATIVE JOURNEY: Chiltern artist Kirrily Anderson guest speaker at Mayday Hills Art Society event on Sunday. PHOTO: Georgie James Photography.
Chiltern artist Kirrily Anderson guest speaker at Art Society event By CORAL COOKSLEY
DRACULA DILEMMA: Some of the characters in the play Ian Sinclair with Ainslee Hunter and Karla Florance at a recent rehearsal. PHOTO: Coral Cooksley have a deep human twist. He said many talented people had been drawn to the play from Beechworth, other Indigo Shire towns, surrounding areas and as far afield as Shepparton. “Ten people are in the cast with some acting for the first time with the same number of people working behind the scenes.” “It’s a typical Beechworth gathering with actors and crew from a variety of backgrounds who come together as volunteers in a play for the community as well as having fun themselves.” BTC president and play production manager Janet Tweedie said the play has been a complex one compared to the
last year’s ‘Trial and Error’ “We had one room for the stage set but this one has many scene changes with different places where the action takes place with around 29 scenes all together but with some short ones,” she said. Ms Tweedie said the play will be performed for around two hours. “We chose the play because it was different and we’re not talking about the final twist so people will have to come and see the performance,” she said. Five performances are being held May 13, 14, 20, 21 - at 8pm with a matinee at 2pm on May 22. All general admission tickets $30 through BTC website or through www. stickytickets.com.au or at the door.
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ON Sunday award-winning Chiltern-based artist Kirrily Anderson will be guest speaker at the Mayday Hills Art Society’s regular talk. “My talk will be about my journey as a creative - from growing up in regional NSW to graphic design student and then freelancer in Melbourne to visual artist and street artist with my move to Chiltern in 2017 and how my career has progressed since moving regionally,” she said. Kirrily has exhibited and curated both in Australia and internationally and creates nature inspired work with a nostalgic bent. Influenced by the intricacies of the natural environment, both her work on paper and her murals embrace tiny de-
tails that call the viewer to slow down and see the often unseen. Kirrily’s work locally has focused on public art, installing murals for a number of local councils, schools, festivals and businesses. In December last year she held a successful exhibition at the Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA). The event is open to both Art Society members as well as the general public starts at 3pm. Society premises are located in Kurrajong Way, Mayday Hills near the Asylum Ghost Tours Bijou Theatre. All welcome. Gold coin donation with afternoon tea. RSVP to email bibart@ bigpond.com by close off business today or phone Christine CansfieldSmith on 0412 126 219.
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Kerferd Oration seeks new energy as it reaches 20 years
ALWAYS POPULAR: Even some rain couldn’t deter the crowds at Wooragee Easter market.
Wooragee Easter market big success By CORAL COOKSLEY THIS year’s Wooragee Easter market back for the first in three years after coronavirus impacts drew a bumper crowd despite inclement weather where the event raised an estimated $8000 for Wooragee Primary School. School principal Alicia Odewahn said interest, attendance and general vibe on an otherwise rainy day spoke volumes about what the event meant for the community. “The opportunity to gather, celebrate and reconnect was extra special this year
following on from the impacts and effects of COVID on people and their connection to community,” she said. Significant as both a fundraising and community event she said the school is working desperately to rebuild its purr playground where funds raised are pivotal to the project. “Our new playground has been designed in collaboration with our students and local sculptor Steady Chameleon.” Ms Odewahn said the popular cow poo lotto had quickly netted $2000 for the overall funds raised.
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“A marketgoer in 2019 suggested we have two rounds and that was a brilliant idea as we sold out for the 10am session in three days. “The 1pm session meant market visitors could have their turn securing a number as well and very generous families and their local connections donated the range of prizes.” Ms Odewahn said there were 87 stalls that included a few more this year as well as additional cow poo lotto tickets. “It was an absolute joy in being able to be together again,” she said.
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Eric Bogle to perform in Beechworth RENOWNED Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle will be performing at Hotel Nicholas Beechworth on Friday, May 6. Bogle was born in Scotland in 1944 and emigrated to Australia at the age of 25. Perhaps best known for his signature song, the anti-war anthem ‘And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda’ back in 1971, he has received numerous accolades including ARIA Song of the Year, MO and the National Folk Festival awards as well as a UN Peace Medal and The Order of Australia. Bogle’s songs cover a wide range of subjjects and themes, including comedic songs (“The Aussie Bar-B-Q”), protest songs and serious songs about the human condition such as ‘Now I’m Easy’, an evocative ballad about the long, hard life of the cocky - the farmer. He regularly tours in the USA, Canada and Europe, as well as his adopted homeland of Australia. Bogle will be performing a variety of folk songs at Hotel Nicholas offering substance
April/May - seven days a week QUERCUS BEECHWORTH - GROW FREE: sharing stall with fresh produce, seeds and flowers. twine, pots, trays and stakes, gardening tips and recipes. Take what you want and give what you can. Available at the Quercus Beechworth community garden shelter - 23 to 30 Ford Street. Saturday April 30 BEECHWORTH OLD CRANKS MOTOR CLUB: ‘Drive Back in Time’ 12 noon: BBQ lunch at Old Railway Goods Shed. $10 per car. Available for visitors followed by a run to a local point of interest; 4.30pm: Cruise Back in Time street cruise. Vehicles more than 25 years old welcome to join in. Enquiries visit www. beechwortholdcranksclub.com or E beechwortholdcranksclub.com QUERCUS BEECHWORTH. Repair Café. 10am to 12noon. Oregon Hall. Cnr Ford and Church Streets. Sunday May 1 BEECHWORTH OLD CRANKS MOTOR CLUB: Main event - ‘Show and Shine’. Police Paddocks. 7am start. $5 entry per vehicle. Gold coin for spectator entry. Sponsors choice trophies to be won. The historic Crossley engine in Wallace Park will run over the ‘Drive back in Time’ weekend too. Monday May 2 U3A: ‘Dancercise.’ 10.30am -11.30am. Find the joy in moving, exercising then relaxing. Have fun doing warm-ups, aerobic movement, cool-downs and relaxation to the fun music of our favourite decades.
BE ENTERTAINED: Music legend Eric Bogle is coming to Beechworth. and class from early songs to his new releases which he said will be both stirring and striking. Dinner will be available on the night from 5.30pm followed by his performance at 8.30pm. Bookings are essential and tickets are $45pp Tickets can be purchased by calling 5728 1051.
No previous dance skills needed. Sessions run by Jenny Reed at the Beechworth Railway Station, Harper Avenue. Bookings essential. Non-members contact courses. indigo.u3a@gmail.com. U3A: ‘No Rules - Fibre Art and Embroidery.’ 2pm-4pm with Jennifer Cowie. The course covers fabric dyeing; painting on fabric; applique and fabric layering; updating embroidery skills. Beechworth Railway Station, Harper Avenue. Bookings essential. Non-members contact courses.indigo.u3a@gmail.com. Visit the website at www.indigou3a.net to check out other Indigo U3A activities. Friday May 6 Beechworth CWA: Street stall for Mothers Day. Beechworth Kiosk. 9am until midday. Usual CWA items including baked goods, jams and chutneys, scones, jam and cream and gifts for mum. Make sure you’re in the draw for the Mother’s Day raffle too. Saturday May 7 BEECHWORTH FARMERS MARKET: 8am12pm. Great variety of fresh, local produce and craft. Grab a bite to eat from one of the many food stalls. Cnr Church and Ford Streets. Sunday May 8 RUTHERGLEN FARMERS MARKET: 9am -12:30pm. Regional produce. More than twenty-five stall holders. Everything from artisan breads, to seasonal fruits and vegetables, oils, jams, preserves, local honey, artisan wares and so much more. Douglas Street.
REWARDING CAREER: Stanley’s Anne Duncan loves meeting people from all walks of life, helping in a crisis and using her expertise to make a difference.
Supporting each other important after COVID ANNE Duncan was born in Melbourne and spent most of her formative years in the north east suburbs. She loves the vibrancy of Melbourne but after her son was born, the family decided on a whim to move to North East Victoria where Anne describes the shift as a typical tree change. They moved to Stanley in 2009 just after the fires. What’s your job? I’m a registered nurse (RN) and I say that proudly after the last two years of the pandemic. I work as a nurse practitioner candidate at Albury Wodonga Health and hope to graduate this year. My specialty area is the older person. What brought you to this role? I started my career as a perioperative nurse at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. It was challenging and exciting work which I enjoyed. I had the opportunity to travel to Vanuatu and the Federated States of Micronesia as part a volunteer surgical team early in my career. This was a life changing experience and opened my eyes to different ways of living and working. When we moved here I started work at Albury Wodonga Health and changed my focus to community nursing. This lead to an amazing opportunity, enrolling in nurse practitioner studies which I hope to finish this year. What do you love about your job? Meeting people from all walks of life, being able to assist in a crisis and apply my expertise to make a difference. I advocate for older people to live the life they want and try to optimise their health to achieve that goal. There is never a boring day that’s for sure! What do you do in the community? At the moment study and work are all consuming but I am about to embark on a bike ride in the Kimberleys in Western Australia in May which is a fundraiser for childhood cancer. What’s the most important current community issue for you?
Anne Duncan, Stanley The mental health and wellbeing of the community as we recover and adjust to living with COVID. What would you do to solve, change or improve that situation? I feel as a small community we have every opportunity to support each other - I see it all the time. It may mean reaching out to those who are struggling. It’s easy to do. In particular our youth and older community members as they have been particularly affected. What’s the most important current world issue for you? Preserving habitat and biodiversity for a healthier planet, our legacy to those who come after us. If the person you would most like to meet came to Indigo, or was already here, who would that be and what would you show them? I have just been to the LUME exhibition and feel so inspired by the work of Vincent van Gogh. I would love to show him the tranquil walking trails and autumn colours of the Stanley Plateau. Why would you show him that? I think the beauty of this region would inspire him to paint and I would love to see his interpretation of this rural landscape. What book are you reading? I have just finished ‘The Four Winds’ by Kirstin Hannah. This novel is set on the great plains of Texas in the mid 1930s. The book is about resilience amidst drought, poverty and hardship. Resounding similarities to the struggles people face today.
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District Nurse Coordinator Full Time Location Negotiable
The District Nurse Coordinator is to provide clinical leadership in our organisation and the community through the development and implementation of an integrated and comprehensive District Nursing Service across the Alpine Shire. The District Nurse Coordinator will give effect to leadership, innovation, improvement and the pursuit of best practice services. The role will include the operational management of the service, including supporting human resources, change management and ensuring safer care outcomes. The District Nurse Coordinator demonstrates a high level of knowledge of clinical practice, coordinating professional and collaborative health services consistent with the clinical, strategic and operational objectives of Alpine Health. :hhZci^Va FjVa^ÒXVi^dch! H`^aah :meZg^ZcXZ 5HJLVWHUHG 1XUVH 'LYLVLRQ $3+5$ UHJLVWUDWLRQ 'HPRQVWUDWHG H[SHULHQFH LQ OHDGLQJ D WHDP WR IRVWHU WKH exchange of ideas and broad participation in the achievement of service plan objectives 'HPRQVWUDWHG H[SHULHQFH LQ SODQQLQJ DQG PDQDJLQJ VHUYLFH delivery, including; budgets, financial management and activity reporting ([SHULHQFH LQ XQGHUVWDQGLQJ DQG UHVSRQGLQJ WR FRPPXQLW\ need (QTXLULHV WR (PPD *K\V RQ emma.ghys@alpinehealth.org.au
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Chomping on edible cups for Earth Day By CORAL COOKSLEY THE chance to chomp on an edible cup caught Chiltern’s Lily Donaldson by surprise last Friday. “It made my day to come in to Beechworth Bakery, a place that I know so well as I grew up in Beechworth, and to see they had taken this initiative,” she said. “I didn’t even know these cups existed. “I’m studying environmental science and am a huge sustainability advocate and to come here and find out they’re doing this with the idea to eat your cup or plant it later has been wonderful. “It really makes my heart sing and to know that proceeds are going directly to an environmental organisation that plant trees. “It just gets better and better.” Beechworth Bakery marketing manager Lanie Rock said using the Good-Edi edible cups had supported Earth Day to reduce
waste footprints on the planet. “Each cup sold meant two new trees were planted by the TreeProject that received on 100 per cent of proceeds,” she said. Ms Rock said the cup - completely vegan made from oats and grain - stayed crispy and leak-proof for eight hours even with hot liquid in them where once finished could be eaten. “They taste good, it’s a great concept and if customers like them we will be very happy to have the cups available all the time as we think they’re awesome,” she said. “If you don’t want to eat your cup you can just pop it in your compost or throw it in the green bin where it will break down naturally in less than two weeks and faster than a banana skin. “You could even use it to plant seedlings in the garden. “Eating or composting your edible cup means less waste going to landfill as every year in
YUM: Chiltern’s Lily Donaldson munched on an edible cup for Earth Day last Friday. PHOTO: Coral Cooksley. Australia, one billion takeaway cups end up there.” The Good-Edi cups are made by a company in Melbourne from locally sourced ingredients.
The Earth Day movement began in the United States more than five decades ago with a mission to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide.
Letter to the editor TRANSPARENCY and accountability at councillor briefings INDIGO Shire Council holds a briefing meeting for councillors every Tuesday. At the moment they are confidential. A notice of motion to make these meetings open to the public and live streamed was discussed at the council meeting on April 26. It was decided to carry it over to the next meeting on May 17. The details can be found on page 67 of the April meeting agenda: https://www. indigoshire.vic.gov.au/Council/CouncilMeetings/Agendas-and-minutes Indigo Shire residents interested in more transparency, openness, and accountability on the part of council should read the proposed motion and make their feelings known to Council before the May meeting. John Harvey, Beechworth
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Spectacular rescue executed By RYAN MALCOLM A WOMAN was airlifted off Mount Pilot on Monday afternoon, after she suffered back injuries from falling eight metres down an embankment. Emergency service crews flocked to the site just before 10am, with CFA, FRV, Victoria Police, SES and Ambulance Victoria members executing a high-angle rope rescue before the woman was transported to the Alfred Hospital via helicopter. First Lieutenant Travis Nicholson of Beechworth CFA said the rope rescue took crews approximately two hours to complete. “Crews were up the mountain for probably three and a half hours - the woman was flown to Melbourne with back injuries is the information I got,” he said. “The chopper landed up on Mount Pilot and the job went off without a hitch.”
Got News? Let us know about it! Contact Jeff Zeuschner on (03) 5723 0107 or e-mail jzeuschner@nemedia.com.au MAKESHIFT LANDING: A medical helicopter landed on top of Mount Pilot to safely transport a female patient to the Alfred Hospital on Monday. PHOTO: Josh Kardol
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Sunday’s Monthly Medal winner Peter Smith.
Ladies golf championships begin THE ladies held their first round of their Club Championships with a good field of 12 competing. The daily winner was Gail Smith (21) with 73 nett, runner up was Glenda Marshall (18) 75 and third was Nada Guyatt (30) on a countback
from Deb Tully (25) both with 76 nett. In the Club Championships Glenda leads A Grade with 93 from Gail Smith with 94. In the B Grade Nada Guyatt has the lead with 106. Remember that Sunday
Golf is a 11:30a for 12noon hit off. And Wednesday golf is 8:30am for a 9am hit off and as with Sunday is open to Men and Women. It was a beautiful day for golf on Sunday. The scores were just as
good (well from a few). Peter Smith had the round of the day winning by two shots with 82/17/65. Runner up was Graeme Cordy with 81/14/67 on a countback from Jamie Dolny with 84/17/67. We also had a prize for the least putts, which Graeme
Cordy won with a very minimal amount of 22. Four of the five nearest the pins went off with John Sherritt taking out the prize on the 3rd, Jamie Dolny on the 5th, Peter Smith on the 10th and Jamie Dolny again on the 17th.
This Sunday we are hosting handicap pennant at Beechworth, there will also be a Stableford event. The other handicap pennant side plays at Myrtleford and the Scratch side takes on Yarrawonga at Wodonga on a do or die Semi final.
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