Local News

Jul
04
2025
By Eve Chappell
Our Local History – Stannum Bush Nursing Hospital

Our Local History – Stannum Bush Nursing Hospital

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On May 15, 1937, The Glen Innes Examiner ran this report from the Inspector and Organiser of the Bush Nursing Association: "...Nine miles from Deepwater lies the township of Stannum, tin mining being the main industry. "This part does well when water is plentiful, and the price of tin is high, otherwise the men are out of work with all its serious consequences. "The police patrols of Deepwater and Torrington each have over 1,000 people without a medical officer or even a trained nurse. So Stannum makes a good centre [for a Bush Nursing Hospital] for these districts, nine miles…
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Jul
03
2025
By Michael Burge
Local Publishing Company Takes High Dive

Local Publishing Company Takes High Dive

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The High Country Writers group is an informal gathering of wordsmiths who started meeting at The Makers Shed in Glen Innes. Now, the results of their labour are set to be launched by a new publishing imprint. The group initially started meeting in mid-2019 at the original Makers Shed, a small corrugated-iron shop at the southern end of the high street of Glen Innes. In 2024, the group moved with the business to a century-old former butcher shop on the New England Highway at Deepwater, at the heart of the traditional lands of the Ngarrabul people. Participants from Glen Innes,…
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Jul
01
2025
By Annette Bain
Not Just for Bookworms: Glen Innes Library

Not Just for Bookworms: Glen Innes Library

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Today’s public libraries have much more on offer than traditional reading materials like books, not that there is anything wrong with books of course! Increasingly libraries need to re-imagine their offerings to maintain their relevance to readers of all ages and their contribution to a community’s cultural and learning opportunities, as exemplified by new offerings at our own Glen Innes Severn Public Library. Over the past 12 months Glen Innes Library has increased its number of visitors and members by 16% and 7% respectively. In fact, it continues to be a big year for the Library which is currently celebrating…
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Jun
30
2025
By Megan Redfern
Community Profile – Wrap with Love

Community Profile – Wrap with Love

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A chance meeting on a train nearly twenty years ago lead to the establishment of a Glen Innes chapter of Wrap with Love.  Apparently, the person involved asked another passenger what they were crocheting.  When the other passenger told them what they were doing, the Glen Innes resident felt that Glen Innes could become a part of this process.  Glen Innes Wrap with Love started off with two participants.  And so it has continued in an unbroken stream from then until now. The participants of Wrap with Love meet on Wednesdays between 11-3 in the Library Meeting Room.  They crochet…
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Jun
26
2025
By Newsroom
Budget Confirms Funding for Glen Innes Hospital Upgrade

Budget Confirms Funding for Glen Innes Hospital Upgrade

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The NSW State Budget, handed down on Tuesday 24 June, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to the redevelopment of Glen Innes Hospital. Of the $50 million total project budget, approximately $11.1 million has already been spent — likely on planning, design, and early works, including the demolition of the old nurses' quarters. A further $6.2 million has been allocated for the 2025–26 financial year to continue the project’s rollout. Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan welcomed the funding, saying the region had fared well in this year’s budget compared to other parts of regional NSW. “The Northern Tablelands has fared…
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Jun
25
2025
By Carol Harris
Wether Trial Still Delivering for Wool Producers

Wether Trial Still Delivering for Wool Producers

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The Northern Tablelands Wether Trial has once again proven its value as a benchmarking tool for wool producers, with the 2022–2024 trial wrapped up and results now available. Held at the Glen Innes Agricultural Research and Advisory Station, the trial continues a tradition that began in 1979, evolving alongside the industry while staying grounded in its core purpose: to help producers evaluate and improve their merino flocks. Over three years, 24 teams of wethers were run as a single mob and assessed annually for wool and carcass value. The trial provides participants with side-by-side comparisons under uniform conditions, allowing them…
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Jun
24
2025
By Newsroom
Glen Innes High Shines at Science and Engineering Challenge

Glen Innes High Shines at Science and Engineering Challenge

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Glen Innes High School students have impressed at the recent Science and Engineering Challenge regional event in Inverell, placing first on the day and securing second place in the Northern zone—a region that spans from north of Newcastle to the Queensland and South Australian borders. The Science and Engineering Challenge is a national STEM competition run across New South Wales and beyond, designed to inspire Year 9 and 10 students by immersing them in hands-on science and engineering tasks. Each participating school enters a team of 32 students, who work in groups of four to complete a series of problem-solving…
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Jun
23
2025
By Newsroom
One Meeting, Two Outcomes: Council Cancels Its Own Pay Decision

One Meeting, Two Outcomes: Council Cancels Its Own Pay Decision

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A plan for Glen Innes Severn councillors to take a pay cut and donate the savings to a local charity was approved—then overturned—all in the same meeting. At the 19 June council meeting, councillors first voted in favour of reducing their pay to the lowest level allowed by law and giving the difference to the Glen Innes & District Community Centre. The plan, proposed by Cr Scott, would have seen nearly $43,000 donated over the next year to help support local people doing it tough. The original proposal was for councillors to be paid about $3,400 less for the year,…
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Jun
22
2025
By Shirley Jones
Always a Torrington Girl: Alma “Betty” Trewhella

Always a Torrington Girl: Alma “Betty” Trewhella

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Betty was born on the 8th of August 1931 in the miners’ cottage her father, George Junior Trewhella, had built on The Dutchman in Torrington, NSW. Bush nurse Grannie Finnegan delivered her and was delighted that she was born with a caul covering her, such a rare birth was said to ensure the child would have good luck throughout her life. Betty’s life was full of challenges, yet she believed that Grannie Finnegan’s prophesy proved valid. Her grandparents had a cottage on the other side of the paddock and grandfather, George Henry Trewhella, ran from his cottage with the scales…
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Jun
21
2025
By Annette Bain
Gallery – Winter Solstice at the Australian Standing Stones 2025

Gallery – Winter Solstice at the Australian Standing Stones 2025

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June 21 is the Winter Solstice - the shortest day of the year with the longest noon shadow of the year. Locals and visitors gathered on an ideally sunny day at the Australian Standing Stones to observe the solar noon shadow which is the ‘longest shortest noon shadow of the year’.  
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