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Fitness, community, and sunshine at 2025 Numurkah Fun Run

THE 2025 Numurkah Fun Run was a resounding success on Sunday, bringing together the community in a spectacular display of spirit, energy, and support. The event attracted a fantastic turnout, with participants of all ages and abilities coming...

Dominique Cosgriff

04 Mar 2025

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Local looking forward to new challenge

BORN and bred on a wheat and beef farm near Wunghnu, as a descendent of one of the early settlers (Twitt) in the region, Jennifer Rodger is a genuine local. Like so many country kids, Jennifer stretched her legs for a while, living in Melbourne and...

Dominique Cosgriff

29 Jan 2025

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10,9,8... countdown is on to 150th

IT’S taken us 150 years to get here, but there’s now just 9 days left before celebrations acknowledging the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the towns of Numurkah and Wunghnu on February 8, 1875. Initially facilitated by the Numurkah and...

Dominique Cosgriff

28 Jan 2025

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Firies awarded for extraordinary service

VOLUNTEER fire brigades are one of the most revered organisations in country towns, and for good reason. Regardless of the time of day, or, so often, night, CFA members drop what they’re doing and rush to the rescue, never knowing what they’ll...

Dominique Cosgriff

09 Jul 2024

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Numurkah remembers the Anzacs

THE Numurkah community gathered last Thursday to honour those who have served our country in the military, with hundreds gathering at two Anzac Day services at Numurkah Memorial Park. The first service was held, as is traditional, at dawn, with...

Dominique Cosgriff

30 Apr 2024

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St Joseph’s presents its leaders

LAST Friday, February 15, St. Joseph’s Primary School celebrated the beginning of the school year with a Community Mass. During the service 35 boys and girls were presented to the school and wider congregation and asked to state their intentions...

Dominique Cosgriff

20 Feb 2024

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Remembrance Day 2023

LAST Saturday, around 100 locals and representatives of local community groups attended Numurkah’s Memorial Park to pay their respects to all Australians who have served their country in the armed forces. The event was emceed by Numurkah Returned...

Dominique Cosgriff

14 Nov 2023

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The legacy of our Vietnam Vets

A CROWD gathered at the Shepparton Memorial Park to pay their respects to Australian Vietnam War veterans last Friday in honour of Vietnam Veterans Day. The memorial service marked the anniversary of the battle of Long Tan and this year also...

Dominique Cosgriff

22 Aug 2023

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Numurkah police running at full steam with new faces

NUMURKAH police station is running with a renewed energy, with two new members having joined last week, and another on the way. The two new members are Sergeants Rebecca McDonal and her colleague Jake Sinclair. Both Rebecca, who has most recently...

Dominique Cosgriff

22 Aug 2023

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World Down Syndrome Day

LAST Tuesday, March 21, “World Down Syndrome Day” was celebrated at St. Joseph’s Primary School Numurkah. Middle school students took part in the ‘Lots of Socks’ initiative to promote and raise awareness of Down Syndrome, not just in the...

Dominique Cosgriff

29 Mar 2023

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Show us a great day out

THE place for cars is on the street, and Melville Street was lined with some of the best, and most unique, cars you’ll see anywhere on Sunday when Show Us Ya Wheels came back better than ever with a major change of venue. Having previously been...

Dominique Cosgriff

19 Oct 2022

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Time for a change of pace for Glenda and Ray

AT the age of 76 years and 11 months, and after 34 years of keeping bakers’ hours, you’d think Ray Kelly from Strathmerton Hot Bread would be looking forward to a lie in, but, on the contrary, the ‘R’ word is not in Ray’s vocabulary. “I...

Dominique Cosgriff

11 Oct 2022

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New generation learning about local history

A NEW generation of locals is learning about the past of Numurkah district thanks to a newly introduced subject at Numurkah Secondary College. Local History was introduced as a subject this year to allow students to explore the many different...

Dominique Cosgriff

11 Oct 2022

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Next generation of Lions join the pride

THE Lions Clubs of Numurkah and Nathalia have joined up to ensure the next generation of members with the formation of the Numurkah District Leo Club. Leo Clubs are a project of Lions Clubs that encourages youth to serve others in their community...

Dominique Cosgriff

27 Sep 2022

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Something for everyone at Lodge fundraiser

FACILITIES at Numurkah Pioneers Memorial Lodge may be well past their use by date, but, alongside the dedicated staff, one group continues to work tirelessly to ensure the residents have everything they need to make life at the Lodge a great...

Dominique Cosgriff

27 Sep 2022

Numurkah Leader

Bus fundraiser smashes goal

THE campaign to rise funds for a community aged care bus has smashed it’s goal to the point where two buses will now be purchased. The initial goal of $90,000 for the purchase and fit-out of a wheelchair friendly minibus was reached and breached...

Dominique Cosgriff

20 Sep 2022

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The Numurkah Show is back

AFTER two years of interruptions the Numurkah Show is once more back on the calendar ! One of the town’s oldest and most beloved institutions will return on Wednesday, October 19, which has officially been declared a public holiday in Numurkah...

Dominique Cosgriff

06 Sep 2022

Numurkah Leader

Vietnam war remembered

DURING the ten years’ of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War - our longest military engagement of the 20th century - Australians fought in scores of fierce actions. But it is the anniversary of a battle that took place in a rubber...

Dominique Cosgriff

23 Aug 2022

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Back in town and cherishing a change

CHERISH Brews & Bites Coffee Shop has a new chef, but he’s far from new to the local food scene. When Paul Dicker started his career in food 23 years ago it was as an apprentice chef at the Tocumwal Golf Club; in the years since, he’s also...

Dominique Cosgriff

23 Aug 2022