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Telling Ned’s story JOANNE Griffiths recalls a time years ago when she raised a question about Ned Kelly with her father Paul and grandfather Walter. For the three generations present the Victorian-born colonial era horseman who became a bushranger and in 1878 was outlawed was great-grand uncle, great uncle and uncle. “It was something that for the family was quite raw – and still seems so in many ways,” Joanne says. “When it came up you could see the pain in their eyes. “It was something that just wasn’t discussed.” But for Paul Griffiths – the grandson of Ned’s sister, Grace – things have changed as the distance has lengthened since Ned’s conviction and execution in 1880 for murdering policeman Thomas Lonigan. “If they brought it up it was different,” Joanne says. “As time moved on Dad became more open. “He’s always had a real love of history of the area and a love of the North East – ‘the most beautiful place in the world’,” she says. “I remember him in early 1990s, when I was studying at the National School of Art in Sydney, and bringing up the idea of the family telling Ned’s story, but he said – ‘What do you do?’. “The whole thing was in the public arena.” Generations had suffered, says Joanne.
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By JAMIE KRONBORG There was what seemed for so long for the Kelly family an unhealing wound, even into the third generation. “There were lots of supportive people but there were others who moved in from outside who had particular views about the story,” Joanne says. Then, what for years had been a private, quiet family was forced into the often disturbing glare of publicity when the Victorian institute of Forensic Medicine confirmed in 2011 that remains exhumed from Pentridge Prison in Melbourne in 2008 included those of Ned Kelly. “We didn't know about the DNA testing (to be performed) and suddenly there are the remains on TV,” Joanne says. “My father was so upset. It just became a free-for-all. It was such a terrible situation. “We had to fight to get (Ned) home (to Greta) and give him the Christian burial that he wanted and that our family wanted to give him.” It took two years. “It took a real toll on my father and it completely changed our family," Joanne says. In the wake of the reinterment Paul Griffiths faced major health challenges and now needs full-time care. “It’s time for some healing,” Joanne says. continued page |
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GARDEN PROFILE
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Garden makeover GARDENS are constantly growing and evolving. Little trees grow into big trees, small shrubs mature and some plants expire. Ideas change, new plants become available and with changes in planting trends and designs, some areas may become a little boring or outdated so why not refresh an area with a garden makeover. This need not be a major renovation, but it is amazing what can be achieved in a day or weekend. Friends of mine embarked on a project to change the narrow garden bed between the driveway and house. As the block is sloping, the garden bed is situated in a retaining wall made from second hand railway sleepers. The bed itself is only about a metre and a half wide, and stands about a metre high on the driveway side, with two sets of steps down to the driveway. The side nearest the house is level with the house and the narrow concrete path that runs the length of the retaining wall, about 20 metres. The retaining wall was erected about 10 years ago and planted with small book leaf conifers and edged with dwarf nandinas. A watering system was installed at the time of planting and the bed was mulched with pine bark. Some 10 years on and the book leaf conifers had grown to around two
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What’s in your garden: Lots of bulbs, salvias, roses and many deciduous trees. The vegetable garden supplies us with broad beans, spinach, cauliflowers and herbs. The excess I take to our monthly swap meet at our Community Garden. What do you enjoy about gardening: There are lots of birds. We have a visiting kookaburra each day that feeds out
of our hands. The garden is so filled with plants we have few weeds and “love the mowing, a great hour planning what to do next�. Favourite plant/spot in your garden: Picking the roses. There are always enough flowers in the garden to fill vases to put inside our home, the Sparies Hoop and Sally Holmes roses last bout a week inside.   Water saving/
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metres in height and width, growing out over the pathway, making it unusable and the poor nandinas had long gone. Time for a makeover. In a day, the trees were removed and the soil refreshed with organic matter, gypsum and soil conditioner. Standard lilly pillys were planted either side of the two steps and dwarf nandinas were planted close together along the centre of the bed, to eventually form a small hedge - a theme that continues to the front gardens. The area was then topped with small river stones. As a finishing touch, the concrete was washed with a high pressure hose, new potted plants were introduced, the timber trim around the windows and pergola painted a brilliant white and the wooden gates refreshed with a new coat of oil. Makeover complete. Happy gardening.
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FEATURE STORY
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Hair loss in your pet IT is well known that the thickness of your dog or cat’s coat can change with the seasons, and with the weather getting warmer, you may notice your pet shedding its hair. However, sometimes hair loss in your pet, also known as alopecia, can be abnormal and a sign of disease. Hair can be lost by various mechanisms, some of which can be reversed and others which are more permanent. Hair loss can occur due to: self trauma like scratching, licking or chewing; damage to the hair follicle; abnormalities with hair growth; scars. There are many causes of hair loss, some more familiar than others. Hair loss caused by self trauma may be due to flea or mite infestations, or an allergic skin condition. Other skin infections, such as ringworm, may cause patches of hair loss without any signs of scratching.
Hair loss can also be caused by hormonal imbalances, such as Cushing’s disease or hypothyroidism. However, with these endocrine diseases, hair loss is only one of many symptoms which may be present. The distribution of hair loss can sometimes be a clue as to why your animal is losing its hair. Hair loss can be localised to one or multiple sites on your pet, or it may be more diffuse across the whole animal’s coat. While some cases of hair loss may be easily treated, in other cases hair loss may be a symptom indicating a serious condition. If you are unsure about why your pet’s coat may be looking unusual, visit your local veterinarian. Wangaratta Veterinary Clinic
PETS CORNER LOLA, a two year old, female greyhound that is black and white in colour, is this week’s pet of the week at Wangaratta RSPCA. To see more animals up for adoption at the Wangaratta RSPCA, visit the shelter in Connell Street or phone (03) 5722 2874.
AMBITIOUS PROJECT: Joanne Griffiths is looking to establish the Ned Kelly Centre. INSET: The remains of Ned, together with those of other family members, are buried in unmarked graves at Greta Cemetery.
Two weeks ago – on the anniversary of Ned Kelly’s November 11, 1880, execution and with the blessing of what Joanne calls the Kelly ‘elders’ – she announced an ambitious, multi-million dollar project to develop in the North East what will be known as the Ned Kelly Centre. A leading international law firm has helped her to create a not-for-profit public company registered with the Museums Association and Collections Victoria. “We’re trying to engage the best of the best to help us,� Joanne says. “We’ve got a fantastic team working behind the scenes. “We’re not trying to change
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history or make things up (about Ned Kelly). “We’ll be trying to put the story in a really factual way because, at its heart, this is about history and education. “We hope it’s going to be one of the largest attractions in Victoria if we can bring it off.� Joanne says that her brother, known in the family as Anthony X, went to visit their father just after the announcement. “Dad had just seen me on TV in an interview about the Ned Kelly Centre,� she says. “If I can put another smile on his face and get this happening I’ll be very happy. “The vision goes far beyond my lifetime. “We want it to give back to the
community in a very positive way.� Joanne says that anyone interested can participate in the centre because it is a public, noncommercial entity. She would love the centre to be in a position to buy Beechworth’s old gaol – where Ned was imprisoned for two years of his 25-year short life – which goes to auction on Friday. “I’ve been lobbying everyone I know,� she says. Joanne says the centre would also welcome contact from people with stories or items related to the Kelly heritage. Contact can be made via www. facebook.com/nedkellycentre, email info@nedkellycentre.com. au , or mail to PO Box 784, North Melbourne, Victoria, 3051.
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GOT A PHOTO FOR CATCH OF THE WEEK? Send in your fishing photos along with your name, contact number, size and type of fish and where you caught it to... kwilson@ nemedia.com.au Phone: 03 5723 0135 NICE BROWN: The author caught this brown trout on the weekend in a small rural stream with plenty of streamside vegetation shading the water. This fish, and a few others, were caught fly fishing with a small black, bead headed nymph.
Warm water no good for trout LAST weekend I fished a couple of trout streams. Both were small, rural streams that cannot sustain too much fishing pressure, hence the fact that I have not named them. One fished really well, and the other, which fished really well a while back, seemed to be in a fishless state. Just by dipping my fingers into each stream, I could feel a definite difference in water temperature. One was quite cool, and one was much warmer. The cooler stream has a lot of vegetation along the banks, mainly by way of willow trees which shade the water. The warmer stream is void of vegetation for much of its length, and despite the decent flow of water, was just too warm for trout now that we
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are experiencing days in excess of 30 degrees on a more regular basis. No doubt the trout are there, but they’re most likely sitting at the bottoms of the deep holes sulking. If you are heading out trout fishing in the near future, make sure you find a stream with cooler water. At the moment, look for either the upper reaches of the small streams which are often quite overgrown, or look for the streams with dense vegetation along the banks shading the water. Exposed streams are slowing right down now.
The Ovens River upstream of Bright is one of the coldest waterways in the region, and as a result it fishes well for trout throughout the entire nine months of the open trout season. I have had a few reports from up there recently, but none of them have been glowing. The feeling I get is that it is ticking over slowly and consistently but is not booming. It’s a similar story over in the Kiewa River. I did get one good report from the Mitta Mitta River of quite a few trout being caught by a fly fishing friend of mine, who said the water was flowing very high at 8000ML per day and it took him a while to work out how to fish it, but once he did he had good success.
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ENTERTAINMENT
YOUR HEALTH A LOOK at the events leading up to the Taliban’s attack on Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls’ education followed by the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations. Malala is a young Pakistani female activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The title refers to the Afghani folk hero Malalai of Maiwand, after whom her father named her.
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HOT flushes, sleeplessness, body aches, weight gain, skin itchiness, dryness, allergies, breast tenderness, headaches, fatigue, mood changes and heavy or irregular menstrual bleeding… here is why. Leading up to menopause when hormones change as they naturally should, your body will have to find a new balance in its hormonal partnerships. Think of it like this: you have raised your children to young adults and they move out of home. For a while it feels unsettled and strange. This is pretty much what your hormones are going through, some are checking out while others are changing to find the balance point again. While most focus goes on Estrogen and Progesterone – the hormones that reduce when we reach menopause - there are more key players taking part. The hormone see-saw begins. What many people do not know is that all hormone glands are on a see-saw with other hormone glands, so here are some of the effects hormonal change can have on your entire body. Thyroid: weight gain, hot and cold temperatures. Pancreas: blood sugar regulation, sugar cravings, bloating from carbohydrates. Adrenals: fatigue, anxious or racy feeling, heart palpitations,
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november 25 - december 1 | 2015
WINE TALK
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Crossing the Ovens, 1824 HUME and Hovell crossed the Ovens River. In his journal Hovell called it “as pretty a spot and as valuable as any I have seen since leaving home… I have named it the Ovens, in compliment to Major Ovens”. They had no difficulty crossing the river. They saw Mt Buffalo and named it, and caught a glimpse of Victoria’s highest mountain, the snow-capped Mt Bogong, in the distance.
METHOD Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, and line a baking sheet with foil to place the lasagna pan onto to avoid dripping. Using a 12 ½” x 9 ½” (roughly) baking dish, add about 1 cup of the Basil Cream sauce (recipe last edition 18/11/15) to the bottom of the dish as a coating, and then add four of the cooked lasagna noodles over top of the sauce; next, add one cup of the basil cream sauce to the noodles, and spread out with the back of a spoon or a spatula to coat evenly. Next, add two cups of the baby spinach leaves in a nice, even layer, and then 1¼ cups of the ricotta cheese, in small, even dollops over top. Next, evenly add ½ cup of the mozzarella cheese and ¼ cup of the cheese blend, and then about half of your blanched, bite-size asparagus pieces and about ¼ cup of the crisp pancetta; sprinkle on a pinch of the salt to give the vegetables a little extra flavor, being careful not to add too much. Then repeat the layering process by adding another four cooked lasagna noodles over this, and press down gently to compact it a little bit; add another one cup of the basil cream sauce and spread out evenly, and add the remaining two cups of the baby spinach leaves, evenly; add the remaining 1¼ cups ricotta cheese in small, even dollops, then another ½ cup of the mozzarella cheese and ¼ cup of the cheese blend, then the remainder of the asparagus pieces and another ¼ cup of the crisp pancetta (reserve about 1 tablespoon of pancetta for garnish), and again, a little pinch of salt over the vegetables. Finally, add the 4 remaining cooked lasagna noodles over top, pressing down again to compact the lasagna, and add one cup of the basil cream sauce, smoothing over evenly again; add the remaining ½ cup mozzarella cheese and remaining 1¼ cups cheese blend evenly.
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Sunday 6th December, 2015 2.30pm - 4pm at the Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre The Choir will be accompanied by Glenise Williams on The Steinway Ruth HillNoble is our Musical Director Please join the Choir after the concert for a cup of tea/coffee and Christmas cake. (Gold Coin Donation)
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QUAILS are just the cutest little birds. Whether they are chirping and fluttering about in the long grass, or lying on their backs, snuggled up together in my baking tray, they are definitely very cute. When I look at them with their little legs akimbo, I feel quite nice about wrapping them in prosciutto blankets, rubbing them with butter and popping them in the oven. But my foolproof tip for ensuring the birds remain succulent when barbecued, is to steam them gently for a few minutes beforehand. Then you let them cool, butterfly, and marinate them in a little olive oil, garlic and lemon juice before whacking them on the coals later in the day. You end up with a Greekstyle dish which has charry bits on the outside but is guaranteed to be cooked
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ON THE MOVE: Most dairy farmers say their labour needs have not declined.
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ictorian farmers are more likely than those in any other state to invest in labour in the coming year, according to research from Commonwealth Bank. It’s bi-annual Agri Insights survey - of 1600 farmers - found 11 per cent of Victorian farmers plan to increase the roles of family members in their business this year, while 12 per cent will hire more contractors and nine per cent will increase their use of consultants. The survey shows Victorian farmers are continuing to look for employees even as technology changes the way their farm businesses operate. Across the state, 57 per cent of farmers say they need as much labour as
ever, with the number rising to 67 per cent among dairy farmers and 64 per cent among horticulture producers across Australia. “These results are encouraging and demonstrate even as technology evolves, there will always be career opportunities in agriculture,� said Darryl Mohr, Commonwealth Bank’s general manager of regional and agribusiness banking for Victoria. “Where we will really see change is in the types of jobs available, with results showing that farmers are looking for more highly skilled and educated employees. “This will require continued investment in specialist agribusiness and farm management courses
through universities and niche education providers.� According to the research, Victorian farmers are more likely than the national average to be seeking staff with skills in animal husbandry (24 per cent in Victoria compared with 21 per cent nationally). They are also looking for skilled machinery operators (17 per cent) and shearers (13 per cent). Victorian farmers predict robotic and automated machinery will be among the technology used in future, with 15 per cent expecting to see robotic tractors, 10 per cent expecting to see more robotic dairies, and 13 per cent saying farm mapping and auto steering will be more commonplace.
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Motor Mechanic required FULL TIME We are seeking a motor mechanic to join our busy workshop in Harrietville. Specialising in local car servicing and maintenance on a variety of different vehicles. Roadworthy tester, diesel and tuning specialists and motorcycle servicing. Attention to detail is a must. If you have a passion for all things mechanical and are reliable, motivated, and have a high standard of skills please send your resume and references to the following. Must have current driver’s licence. Qualified persons only apply. harrietvilleautomotive@gmail.com
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Christmas is coming, how fat is the goose? IT is getting to that time of the year when the retailers (and the banks) start rubbing their hands with glee as to how much we will place on our credit cards over the next month or so. I trust that you have been putting away something each week toward your Christmas expenses. Some 40 years ago Credit Unions and Building Societies were big on Christmas Club accounts and we in the North East are fortunate that we have a Credit Union that still offers a Christmas Club account, with the funds available between November 1 and January 15. There are no minimum balance restrictions and you can choose the amount you wish to deposit so if you haven’t before, maybe this
important to you, not just on the day, but in the weeks ahead. Before going on a splurge, think back as to whether what you spent on last year’s gifts was worthwhile and how much food was left over? Were you and your family living on leftovers for the next few days and nights? If like my house the answer is yes, then consider what to forgo to keep down the costs. Keep in mind that often the best memories of the festive season are usually spending the special day with people you care about, preparation of a meal together, lazing around and catching up with all the family news. Make sure you have a conversation with those you are going to share with, don’t be frightened to tell them that you
By KEN CLARKE, WANGARATTA CERTIFIED PRACTICING ACCOUNTANT
kenclarke11@bigpond.com would be a thought for 2016? For those of us that have to rely (hopefully) on our savings to pay for the additional costs associated with the festive season, I assume that every purchase you make is one of reasonableness and not one of trying to compete with the “Jones’s”. Often overspending is the product of feeling pressure to meet other people’s or even your own Christmas expectations. Keeping things in perspective means working out what is
have a limit on how much you will be spending on presents and even suggesting they may make a contribution to the food and drink. If it is a large gathering of say 20 or so, a Kris Kringle may be a way to go. Try as much as possible to make it a cash only Christmas. Research shows that people who draw a weekly amount in cash, after a few weeks will have a saving of some 20 per cent as they reduce their spending. Think of all the things that you can do to reverse the cycle. February is always a bad month because of all the things we have done over the holiday period. I know when speaking to business owners they say February is always a quiet month. Just think what you have to
do without as you try to recover your equilibrium, like staying at home all the weekend, not offering the kids takeaway or having pool parties. Try and limit the damage, go without your coffee on the way to work for a month and any other discretionary spending on clothing and the like should be curtailed. If you have spent up big on your credit card, see if it is possible to have a re-draw on your mortgage, as the interest will be a lot less than the credit card. And, if this has been a problem, approach your financial institution and get the card limit reduced to something you can afford. I hope you see the light before it is too late and you worry yourself sick about where the next meal will come from.
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