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Bringing the Kelly trials to life

By CHLOE JAENICKE

VISITORS to Beechworth can now immerse themselves in history at the newly opened Beechworth Courthouse Kelly Trials Exhibition.

The $1 million exhibition uses a combination of traditional museum displays, multi-media presentations, original artefacts and signage to explore not only Ned Kelly’s committal hearing, but also the 40 plus trials and hearing that took place during the Kelly outbreak of 1878-1880.

The opening took place on Monday, April 29 and was attended by 40 invited guests, including Noeleen Lloyd - a descendant of Kelly Gang member Steve Hart and of Ellen Kelly.

“It’s incredible, they have done the story proud,” she said.

There were also many other guests who had close connections with the courthouse building.

“Bob Simpson and Leo Nette from the community group Friends of the Courthouse, who originally saved the courthouse and opened it as a volunteer run museum in the 1990s, witnessed their tremendous legacy taking on a new lease of life,” Indigo Shire Council tourism manager, Susannah Doyle, said.

Ms Doyle said the exhibition was created by the council’s tourism and museum team in conjunction with Convergence Design.

“Council’s tourism and museum team developed the project scope and brief for curation through research and story development and design as well as a new website to support the exhibition,” she said.

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◆ EXPLORING HISTORY: The exhibition allows visitors to explore the history of both the Kelly trials and the courthouse at Beechworth.

VET CORNER Buyer beware

SO you want a new puppy or kitten to join the family, a cute new addition to love and adore?

But what should you be looking for and how do you ensure you know what you’re getting yourself into?

We see many clients with new pets who have selected a breed that is not suited to their lifestyle, for example, a really active dog kept in a small yard and not run every day, a large and strong dog with owners who are unable to control it, or a dog that is known to have common medical problems for which the owners are unaware and unprepared for.

We see clients who spend a fortune on their new puppy and then can’t afford the care needed for general preventative health measures or to resolve issues for which that breed is prone, including stenotic nares, skin disease, musculoskeletal issues, or cat flu for example.

So, what can you do?

• A good tip would be to try and meet the parents of the puppy or kitten you’re thinking of getting.

What conditions are they kept in?

What is their temperament like?

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Have they had any health issues in the past?

• Have a chat with your local vet, they will usually know the common issues with most breeds and give you some insight into what you might be getting yourself into.

• Speak to others who have owned the same breed.

There are forums on the internet (potentially biased), that could be a good source of information.

• There are many trusted websites that you could look at, for example the RSPCA has a smart puppy and dog buyers guide, that can give you things to consider when buying a puppy and bringing it into your home.

Before buying a pet it is your responsibility to do some research, then you can make an informed decision, be adequately prepared and hopefully enjoy many happy years with your new family member.

This Day in History, 1926

AN INVASION OF CHILTERN

CHILTERN put up the barricades on this day in 1926 against an invasion of gypsies.

Five car loads of gypsies pulled into the main street and invaded the shops, handling merchandise and magically making solid items disappear into thin air.

As the Chiltern shopkeepers saw their stock vanishing before their eyes, the police were called, the gypsies were physically ejected, the shutters went up, and the Chiltern shops were closed until the magicians were safely out of town.

GONE FISHING

Fishing for late season trout in our local rivers

THE Victorian trout season closes in about five weeks time and the last few weeks of the season can often provide quite challenging fishing.

As the brown trout prepare to spawn, or even begin to spawn, they will start hitting lures out of aggression rather than hunger.

Lures than mimic food items are often ignored, so too are baits such as worms.

At this time it is often worth fishing with a long skinny minnow style lure, which to a trout would pose a real threat.

Often the trout will just follow the lure out of the area, escorting it away.

Sometimes though, the hormonal brown trout will strike the minnow out of aggression, resulting in a hook-up.

If you are fishing in a stream that has both brown trout and rainbow trout, such as the Ovens River upstream of Bright, you might want to try a large minnow lure to target the brown trout or a bright orange soft plastic to target the rainbow trout.

Sometimes persistent casting into one spot can help to make this happen.

Larger lures will look more threatening, so don’t be afraid to upsize.

Rainbow trout which spawn later in the year than brown trout (July/August) will often move in behind the spawning brown trout and feed on their eggs.

I call these “nest raiders”.

If you are fly fishing, a glow bug will help you catch the nest raiders while still giving you a chance at a brown trout. Remember, the brown trout are striking out of aggression, but the rainbow trout are just feeding.

Something to remember is that not all of the trout in the stream will spawn, so regular lures and baits may catch non spawning trout, particularly small immature brown trout or, as stated, rainbow trout.

◆ GOTCHA: A brown trout caught on a 70mm jointed minnow style lure in a North East Victorian stream last week.

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How to do more with less…

YOU’VE no doubt heard or experienced firsthand the significant increases in building costs over the last two years caused by material supply chain issues, trade labour shortages and increased interest rates.

Many of us have had to descope or put renovation or building plans on hold, which can be challenging and frustrating when a new baby is on its way, or you’ve nearly broken your neck tripping over the barbie campervan that’s parked in your living room due to a missing playroom.

Fortunately, for today’s construction cost conundrum, I’ve worked with many schools and non-profits where scopes and budgets are notoriously misaligned.

What this has taught me, is how to do more with less.

In my opinion, embracing this as a design challenge can lead to solutions that are innovative, sustainable, more comfortable and cost effective.

In embarking on a do more with less approach, there are three key things that we recommend.

Firstly, audit your house or building for under-utilised or unused spaces.

We recently worked with a primary school who, as part of a refurbishment, told us they needed to build-on three new classrooms.

Upon touring the building, we discovered a beautiful second storey piled high with student readers and costumes.

We rehomed the books into a new library area, the costumes into a shipping container and repurposed the whole second storey into a state-of-the-art learning centre, for a fraction of the cost of building three new classrooms.

It was amazing.

Our second tip is look for

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ways to build less by making spaces or elements multi-purpose and multi-functional.

Can a kitchen also house a dining area, can a dining area also house a home office?

Our third tip is to create an efficient plan.

Often, spatially efficient designs take more time to resolve but, in my opinion, they work better and feel more comfortable.

Things like, minimising circulation and applying good rules of thumb for kitchen and laundry layouts can achieve the desired

operational outcome with less space.

And finally, the only thing we do recommend that you do more of is storage.

A lack of storage can lead to clutter, making a space feel small and disorganised.

Plenty of wall cupboards will help you keep the floors clear and ensure Barbie has somewhere to park her camper when the day is done.

For more advice or help with your building needs contact us on 0408 300 106 or email kim@chaulk.com.au.

◆ PERFECT SPACES: Kim Mickelbourough has learnt how to do more with less from working with Frankston Primary School.

◆ OPTIMAL DESIGN: You can create a great looking space with multi-purpose design.

Bringing the Kelly trials to life

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“From the Convergence team Dr Deborah Rechter led the curatorial development, with Jenni Klempfner leading exhibition design.”

Throughout the process of curating the exhibition, Ms Doyle said they learnt many interesting facts from experts on the subject matter.

“During the exhibition development council coordinated a full week of consultation in Beechworth’s historic town hall,” she said.

“We heard fascinating insights and histories from a whole suite of subject matter experts and stakeholders; including Kelly Gang descendants, Victorian Police historians, the Victorian Police Museum, the Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin, heritage architects, law historians, Kelly historians and collectors, Beechworth Friends of the Courthouse representatives, tour guides

and capital projects and asset management council staff.”

Ms Doyle said these consultations were imperative to creating the exhibition as they guided how the story was told.

One of their key aims was to make sure the courthouse building was an integral part of the exhibition.

“We ensured the courthouse building was the hero of the exhibition and that is was allowed ‘room to breathe’,” Ms Doyle said.

“We made sure the courthouse story from construction in 1858 to closure as a courthouse in 1989 after 131 years of operation be told, as the courthouse bore witness to the gold rush, Kelly outbreak and the evolution of Beechworth township and community.”

The exhibition tells the story of the courthouse, which has been preserved and managed by the In-

digo Shire Council and is currently on the State Heritage Register with National Hertiage listing currently being considered.

Ms Doyle said as the exhibition was being created, great care was taken into ensuring they did justice to the courthouse’s story.

“It has been important to use primary source material and focus on the people, the humanity within the story, rather than mythology and legend,” she said.

“Kelly Gang descendants and police historians have been instrumental in ensuring this outcome.”

Some of the artefacts on display included: an original Ned Kelly death mask, courthouse documentation and records showing detail of key Kelly outbreak hearings, and a replica of Kelly Gang member, Dan Kelly’s armour.

“Dan Kelly’s distinctive armour is

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on display next to the original Japanese armour said to have inspired the armour that made the Kelly Gang so unforgettable,” Ms Doyle said.

Many school groups and Probus groups have since explored the exhibition and Ms Doyle said they all had positive reviews.

“School groups and Probus groups have enjoyed it with different aspects appealing to different groups,” she said.

“One school group were fascinated with the desk mask; others said the multi-media show was just superb.”

Ms Doyle said she encourages anyone who would like to learn more about Beechworth’s history in a contemporary way to visit the exhibition.

“Everyone will learn something and soak up the atmosphere of Gold

Rush law and order, stand where Kelly Gang members and family faced the law of the time and gain a sense of how the Beechworth township and community were forged,” she said.

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◆ ORIGNAL ARTEFACTS: The Beechworth Courthouse Kelly Trials Exhibition features many artefacts from the famous Kelly Gang’s trials.

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ADMINISTRATION OFFICER

Part time (12 hrs per week)

The Wangaratta Uniting Church is seeking applications for the position of Administration Officer.

The successful applicant will provide clerical and administrative support to the minister and congregation relating to general office operations, property, finance and social media. The Administration Officer will work closely with the Minister, Church Council and various groups within the cluster as well as community groups.

To apply for this position please email: ucwang@bigpond.com and a Position Description will be emailed to you. Closing date: Friday, May 17, 2024. Please note applications will be assessed before this date.

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CATHEDRAL COLLEGE WANGARATTA

A school of the Anglican Schools Commission (Inc.)

The College seeks applications from suitably experienced persons for the following position:

Assistant Business Manager

Please refer to our website for more information. Enquiries regarding the position can be directed to the Business Manager, Ross Moore, at rmoore@cathedralcollege.vic.edu.au Applications are to be forwarded to the Human Resource Officer, Ms Noeila Araya at recruitment@cathedralcollege.vic.edu.au by 5.00pm, Monday May 13, 2024.

Cathedral College Wangaratta is a Child Safe School and an Equal Opportunity Employer

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New release has heart and hope

POST-apocalyptic worlds are a mainstay setting in middle grade and young adult fiction, as they appeal to readers who are finding their way in their own worlds, and imagining what may be ahead for them.

Western Australian author Bren MacDibble has tapped into this with her new novel, ‘The Apprentice Witnesser’, which was released just last week.

Following up 2022’s ‘The Raven’s Song’, which she cowrote with Zana Fraillon and which was an honour book in the 2023 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards, ‘The Apprentice Witnesser’ tells the story of a young orphan named Bastienne Scull.

Bastienne lives with the local Witnesser of Miracles, Lodyma Darsey, who investigates ‘miraculous events’ and spins them into stories she tells at the night markets.

The pair live in a small village populated by women and girls, as men and boys have retreated to the hills to escape a sickness sweeping the world which apparently affects the male immune system; they return only occasionally, when they’re told the sickness has passed.

Basti can’t remember a time before ‘the big collapse’ - “when the climate got hotter, the cities washed into the sea and the pollution and diseases took out most of the people”.

However, her little world is full of wonder, intrigue and unexpected adventure, and she knows that miracle-hunting is a lot like mystery-solving.

She uses ‘old tech’ - an Instax camera - to take photos which capture “all the good

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moments, the kind moments, the moments of care and love that - if you add them all together - make a life sweet”.

After Lodyma’s husband and elder son died from the sickness, she sent her teenage son Osmin into the hills to live with the mountain men.

Now, 10 years on, she doesn’t know whether he’s alive or dead, and she’s taken Basti as an apprentice to fill the void of her lost family.

One day, two young boys arrive in town asking Lodyma to go on a mysterious mission to a monastery, and when Lodyma and Bastienne arrive, what they discover will change their lives.

In the tradition of novels set in post-apocalyptic worlds, ‘The Apprentice Witnesser’ is full of hope, as well as courage, resilience and family.

“In this book, I wanted to

explore a society that had been remade mostly by women,” Bren said.

“A society based on community and care, where women felt safe to live and travel alone.

“Men in this book are rare visitors. Boys are treasures. The people in this village may be living in the ruins of our world, but they have made good lives by leaving the complications of consumerism behind and embracing their connections to the land and each other.”

* We have two copies of ‘The Apprentice Witnesser’ (RRP $17.99) to give away to lucky readers, thanks to publisher Allen & Unwin.

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning, simply email skerwin@nemedia.com.au and tell us why you would like to read the book.

Communicating between long-term partners

LONG-term interpersonal relationships involve fostering open communication to build trust, mutual respect and commitment. What happens if one partner begins to develop a hearing loss?

As Wangaratta Audiology approaches the start of our 27th year of service to the community of Wangaratta and its outlying areas, I have been reflecting on the nature of communication of the many long-term partners who visit our clinic.

It has been both a privilege and a pleasure to assist so many of our clients who are in longterm relationships to communicate better.

When people have been together for many years, even decades, they have developed unique ways of communicating with each other, verbally as well as through facial expressions and gestures.

These routines usually developed early in the relationship at a time when their hearing was likely to be better than in later years.

They could talk to each other from the next room, and it was even possible to hear the con-

versation easily at family functions or when going out for a noisy dinner with friends.

Both partners sharing equally in the conversation helps each to recall the key details later (“What time did they say?”).

When one person in a longterm relationship develops trouble hearing, it can make talking to each other harder.

Imagine if your partner could not hear you well.

You might find yourself compensating by speaking louder and repeating what you saidand sometimes even what someone else has just said.

Frustration and misunderstandings on both sides can develop.

The person with a hearing loss might feel left out or stop joining conversations as much, leading to isolation and even affecting how close they feel to their partner.

Although this can sometimes cause arguments or tension in the relationship, with patience and support from both sides couples can find new ways to communicate.

It might mean learning new strategies, such as gaining the

other person’s attention or reducing background noise. It may also be time to investigate the possible benefits of hearing aids. Will hearing aids be helpful in significantly improving the communication experience for both partners, fostering understanding, connection and mutual support?

Hearing aids allow the individual to actively take part in social activities and conversations with their partner and others.

This helps prevent feelings of isolation and ensures they maintain an active role in their relationship and social circle.

Working together, a long-term couple can keep their relationship strong, even with the challenges imposed by increasing hearing loss.

At Wangaratta Audiology, we welcome the participation of our clients’ partners because we recognise that they are part of the entire process of improving communication.

If you would like to discuss questions brought up by this article, please contact Wangaratta Audiology on 03 5722 4433.

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