In the days of the early settlers, Australia was developing locality by locality, parish by parish, church by church, and St Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, Narrabri was one of them, now celebrating 130 years from 1893-2023. The mayor of Narrabri at the time, Mr G...
The mayors of three North West councils have joined forces to call on Senators to oppose the federal government’s Water Amendment (Restoring our Rivers) Bill 2023 and pushback on water buybacks. The proposed bill seeks to amend the Water Act 2007 and Murray Darling...
Boggabri Golf Club is only a small club, however, the local course hosts some of the best sand greens in the north west and is producing some very talented golfers. To boost their numbers, the club held a free family ‘come and try day’ on Saturday. The call was...
Narrabri resident Nola McNamara has been doing some reminiscing of late. Looking back over the years, it is clear the McNamara family has made a huge contribution to sport in Narrabri and the north west district. The family have been recognised for their dedication in...
Gun Boggabri golfers Kathy Davis and Gwen Hardy are set to take on some of the best golfers that NSW has to offer later this month at the Keno Let’s Play Ambrose state final. The Keno Let’s Play Ambrose is a two-person ambrose event aimed at club golfers that...
The local market looks to have stalled around the current support/resistance zone for now. The US S@P 500 index has now spent three days above the down trend channel with some price resistance ahead of it as we move further into the strong year end seasonal pattern....
University of Sydney Plant Breeding Institute’s (PBI) Rebecca Thistlethwaite took out a top five spot in the ABC Media Residency Program, among some of the best and brightest in sciences, humanities, and the arts. In September, Dr Thistlethwaite travelled to the ABC...
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, will conduct an airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey of the Narrabri region using a helicopter for a two-week period in mid to late November. The survey is part of a CSIRO Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research...
Narrabri District Cricket Association’s representative first XI continued their sensational start to the MA Connolly Cup campaign with an emphatic 156-run victory away from home against Moree on Sunday. Two weeks after they kicked off the season with a dominant...
Police arrested a 30-year-old man for firearm offences after executing a warrant at a property in Pilliga on Tuesday. Officers from Oxley Police District were joined by the Western Region Rural Crime Prevention Team as part of Operation Yowie. Operation Yowie is a...
Narrabri Art & Craft Society’s Artist of the Month for November is famed local artist Graeme Compton with an exhibition titled ‘A Taste for Dragons’. There will be a special event held at Art & Craft’s monthly Verandah Saturday, to be held on Saturday,...
Revellers enjoyed a night of dress-up, cocktails and canapés at Halloween celebrations held at the Tourist Hotel on Saturday, October 28. With the theme of the night enthusiastically taken up by attendees, there were some outstanding outfits on show....