Inverell Shire Council has appointed Preston Connors and Yoorana Delaney as community representatives on its Aboriginal Consultative Committee for a two-year term following the close of nominations. The Aboriginal Consultative Committee was established in 2014 and...
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St Carlo Acutis Relics Arrive in Inverell
Sacred relics that have toured the world will arrive in Inverell tomorrow and be on display at Holy Trinity School tomorrow and Sacred Heart Catholic Church over the weekend. Saint Carlo Acutis was an English-born Italian Catholic teenager and computer programmer...
Deepwater Railway Station Set for New Community Use
The Deepwater community is set to see one of its most recognisable local landmarks brought back into active use, with Glen Innes Severn Council approving a three-year Licence to Occupy for the Deepwater Progress Association at the Deepwater Railway Station. The...
Nominations Being Called for NAIDOC Awards
The countdown is on for NAIDOC Week 2026 celebrations in Inverell and Tingha with the community being urged to nominate someone for a NAIDOC Week Awards. There are 10 award categories with the main awards being the Aunty May Yarrowick Award, male and female Youth of...
Inverell SES Host Leadership Conference
An influx of SES volunteers and staff from as far as Boggabri, Tenterfield and Liverpool Plains came to Inverell over the weekend for a two-day leadership conference at the Inverell RSM Club. Special guests including Acting Deputy Commissioner Nic Hogan and Acting...
Library Secures $62,000 for Modern Upgrades
Uralla Library users will soon have a new and modern space to work in with a $62,000 grant secured to purchase and install two enclosed pods. The funding was secured through the State Library of NSW Public Library Infrastructure Grants program which is aimed at...
Myall Creek Massacre Commemorated
A crowd of around 400 consisting of locals and visitors attended to pay their respects and observe the day at Sunday’s Myall Creek Massacre Memorial. Attendees gathered to commemorate what occurred, on the afternoon of 10 June 1838, with descendants of both the...
Commemorating the Myall Creek Massacre this weekend
Hundreds of people will head to Myall Creek this weekend to commemorate the 188th anniversary of one of Australia’s darkest events, the Myall Creek massacre which commemorates the unprovoked massacre of at least 28 indigenous women, children and old men by a group of...
Inverell Couple Prepare to Take on Drover’s Run Again
The husband wife duo of Mitch and Tanya Orchard are once again preparing to take their place in their 4th Drover’s Run for the Westpac Rescue helicopter in August. This year’s Run will commence in Nyngan before taking off to Wilcannia, the Flinders Rangers, South...

