NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Emergency Management, Peter Thurtell APM visited the Duck Creek fire ground last Wednesday following the devastating blaze which swept through Pilliga Forest last year. Dep Com Thurtell was joined by Officer-in-Charge of the Narrabri...
Narrabri Old Gaol Museum is filled with fascinating memorabilia gathered from locally and much further afield and many of the exhibits depicting life of 100 and more, years ago. One of the items which could be perhaps revived today, and is on display at the museum, is...
Narrabri residents Gordon and Helen Cain celebrated the happy occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary at the On Lee restaurant on Saturday, December 16. Joined by sixteen family and friends, some from the original wedding party, Mr Cain spoke on behalf of the...
From The North Western Courier, January 13, 1964: The marriage took place between Helen Marjorie, only daughter of Mr and Mrs VR Tomlinson of ‘Clifton’, Bellata, and Gordon Kenneth, youngest son of Mrs A Cain and the late WE Cain, ‘Merleville’, Narrabri, on December...
It’s wonderful to share the success of the annual Community Christmas party hosted by the Centacare New England North West Narrabri team at the Narrabri Aquatic Centre on Thursday, January 4. With over 200 community members in attendance, it was a fantastic event,” a...
Narrabri District Cricket Association’s 2023/24 season Coates Hire Namoi Super Slog T20 competition regular season came to an end following one match on Friday night and three more on Saturday. The ladder standings from after the completion of the first four rounds...
The 2024 soccer season will bring with it a new look and new opportunity for senior players in the Narrabri Shire as plans to field a Namoi United team in Northern NSW Football’s Northern Inland Premier League competition were recently confirmed. The status of the...
Ron Rees is a true blue, and passionate Boggabri citizen who has devoted his entire life to his family, farm and community. Ron Rees was born in Nurse Carter’s hospital in Boggabri on December 26, 1933, to parents Julia (aka Molly) and Hurtle Rees. Hurtle Rees’ first...
By Zelda Morris I’m known for allowing plenty of time when catching a plane or train so it was a good hour early for the XPT when I strolled onto the Newcastle suburban platform bound for Narrabri. As it was still a bit chilly in the morning air, I headed for the only...
Jess Barraket and Fiona Livingstone are bringing a lifesaving suicide-prevention workshop called safeTALK to the Narrabri Community. Through their organisation, Find Hope, Fiona and Jess came together with the common goal to provide collaborative suicide prevention...
If ever the need arose to lay out a true paper trail from Wee Waa to Narrabri, the opportunity to do so is at The Courier. “We have surplus reels of newsprint which an organisation or individual may be interested in having,” explained The Courier managing director...