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Narrabri Red Cross celebrates its 100th birthday
Narrabri Red Cross celebrated the 100th anniversary of Red Cross, and the Narrabri branch’s own 100th anniversary, with a birthday lunch at Narrabri Bowling Club on August 15. Narrabri branch members...
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Local stories of Great War sacrifice in a new history
The stories of the men from the north west who fought and died in World War 1 have been chronicled in a new book by former Narrabri resident, Gunnedah author Ron Maclean. Ron, a former editor of The...
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NHS Students support Daffodil Day
Maitland Street was awash with daffodils on Friday as high school students joined seasoned volunteers to raise almost $2800 for the Cancer Council. It was a fantastic community effort that will help...
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A blast of steam from the past coming to Narrabri
The old North West Mail is a distant memory for passengers who once boarded the steam train for their journeys to Sydney and back. But memories can be renewed and a new generation can see, and climb...
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Car rental companies are unhappy with airport fees
Car rental companies operating out of a transportable building adjacent to Narrabri airport terminal are ‘taking issue with payment of fees for provision of a dedicated counter for their business’,...
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Contents destroyed, home gutted in Boundary St. fire
A fierce house fire in Boundary Street completely gutted a young Narrabri couple’s home and destroyed their personal effects and house contents on Monday morning. Community sympathy has been extended...
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Narrabri Shire welcomes its newest citizens
Three new Australian citizens were naturalised at a small ceremony during last week’s Narrabri Shire Council meeting. Usha Kuthiroyodan, Haritha, who is Usha and Vinesh Kumar’s daughter, and Kiran...
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Title fight put Narrabri on world boxing stage
For the non boxing community, the recent world title fight night at Narrabri’s The Crossing Theatre may have passed almost unremarked. But not so for local, Australian and world boxing fans. The...
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Year 11 High students visit press room
Narrabri High School Year 11 English Studies students visited The Courier on Monday as part of their course. Pictured right, Mikeul Hughes, Michael Doherty (teacher), Tamara Atherden, Lexie Dean,...
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Community rallies for a devastated family
“It all happened so quickly” said Stacy McInnes, reliving Monday morning’s fire which destroyed her Boundary street home. “You couldn’t light a fire in a fireplace as fast as the house went up.” Stacy...
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Narrabri stop on 3000km ride
Four horse riders on a challenging 3000 kilometre charity fund raising trek from Longreach, Queensland to Tasmania, stopped over at Narrabri on Friday night. The riders camped at the Kaputar Road turn...
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Virgin airlines coming for Narrabri appraisal
Two Virgin Australia senior executives will come to Narrabri next week for discussions with council, business and industry to explore the launch of a Virgin air service to Narrabri. The mayor, Cr...
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All aboard for a journey back to the days of steam
Virtually every old, and not so old, local railway man and rail enthusiast, was at Narrabri railway station on Friday to see the 36 class steam locomotive 3642 chug in on Friday. They were joined by...
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Fr Max Davis announces his retirement
St Francis Xavier’s parish priest, Fr. Max Davis, has announced he is to retire in January. The news was greeted with regret by Fr. Max’s parishoners and friends, however, as Fr Max explained, a...
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Students’ projects on display
Narrabri High School Industrial Technology students again created some interesting and finely made pieces for their HSC projects this year. The works of 12 students were on display at Betty Berriman...
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Open day for RDA
Narrabri Riding for the Disabled (RDA) held its first open day on Monday. The day at Narrabri Showground brought disabled riders and their instructors, parents and friends together to enjoy the day to...
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Cattle sales give $750,000 injection to local economy
The importance of the Narrabri stock selling centre as a key plank of the district economy was reaffirmed with yesterday’s Narrabri sale results which saw $750,000 injected into the district economy....
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Students ready to collect for Legacy
Each year, Narrabri High School student volunteers take to the streets of Narrabri to collect money for Legacy. Students will again be out seeking donations, tomorrow, Friday, from 9am to noon....
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World leading research will be showcased at Field Day
The I.A. Watson Grains Research Centre, an internationally recognised hub for northern and Australian grains research, will present the achievements of its programs and future research directions at...
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High School SRC busy with fund raising for our local charities
Narrabri High School SRC has embarked on a major fund raising effort for community groups and charities this year. Three charities have been beneficiaries of the SRC activities so far. The SRC...
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