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SPORT ON THE BARCOOMagpies put up strong ght for semi nal The Blackall Magpies bowed out
of the 2011 Central West RugbyLeague competition after a hardfought minor semi-nal against the
Ilfracombe Scorpions on Saturdaynight, going down 22-8.
Blackall elded a very strong but
not full strength side, missing theservices of Matthew (Bear) Bailey,
Clayton O’Brien, Tim Ludgate,Matthew Wemyss, Trent (The
Big Man) McKinlay and Mitchell
Horsten, all unavailable due to
injury. The Magpies went into the game
full of condence and with a vocal
group of supporters backing them,showed the home side from thekick off it wasn’t going to be a walkin the park.
At half time the score was 8-all, with Brett Hayman scoring a try,Matt Mclane converting and then
kicking a penalty goal just beforehalf time. The second half didn’t start quite
so well for the Magpies. With apenalty count stacking up againstthem and the bounce of the ballseeming to go the Scorpions way,they put on two lucky but quicktries that put them on the frontfoot. To the Magpies’ credit they never
gave up and the contest was as
physical at the start as it was at theend of the game. The Players’ Player award went
to Brett Hayman who again hadan excellent game. Nigel Hartley,Gavin Wemyss and Paul Allen also
played strongly.Every player to wear the black and
white this season showed pride andpassion in the club and their town,and can hold their heads high andlook forward to a bigger and betterseason in 2012.
Magpie players and committeemembers were grateful for thesupport of sponsors, volunteers and
supporters throughout what was avery successful rst season back in
the central west competition.Special thanks went to coach
Ralph McLeod and partner Kim,
tness trainer Bruce Trickett and
team manager Ben (Banjo) Avery,
without whom there would be no
The Blackall Magpies were in ne form for the central west rugby league seminal on Saturday night.
Coach Ralph McLeod gives the Magpies a pep talk during half time at theweekend’s semi nal.
Jeremy Barron runs the ball up for the Magpies in their semi nal.
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I NDEPENDENTTHE BARCOO
Blackall’s own community newspaper
In brief....
Small convoyIt was a small but
determined turnoutwhen the Convoy of NoCondence left Blackall onSaturday morning with only11 vehicles taking part in
the national protest for that
stage of the journey.....Page 3
Eight projects have
received funding in thelatest arts grant round fromBlackall Tambo RegionalCouncil.
Arts funding
August 26 2011 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 Contact: [email protected]
....Page 6
Magpies defeatThe Blackall Magpies
fought to the end, goingdown in last weekend’s
minor semi nal to theIlfracombe Scorpions 22-8after a very physical, hardfought game.
....Page 16
Digital televisionThe Blackall Tambo
Regional Council has
resolved to apply for alicence to rebroadcastdigital television in Tambofollowing a meeting heldlast week.
....Page 11
In brief....
Art on lmThe public art symposium
being held in Blackall thisweek will be captured onlm with Alice Springs videotechnician David Nixonstepping behind the camerato document the event.
....Page 5
Wagon trekNext week Blackall will
get a taste of history whena eet of wagons leave theBlackall woolscour to makethe trek to Slygo stationnear Jericho to raise moneyfor Angel Flight.
....Page 8
Artists converge on Blackall
Lesley Heatley, William Eicholtz, Robert Bridgewater, Louise Campbell, Fred White, JoyceCrombie, Robyn Adams, Natalie Billings and Jean Barr (Crombie) gathered at the site of GrassMud Flood earlier in the week.
Art is the word in Blackall this week, with the town playing host to artistsattending the Symposium on Public Artin the Non Urban Context being held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
A symposium marks the rst time
public art in the bush has been examinedby artists, cultural workers and policy
makers and will explore the value andsuccess factors of large scale public artin rural areas, with presentations fromsome of the artists who created Blackall’spublic artworks, including NatalieBillings, Bodo Muche, Milynda RogersRobert Bridgewater, William Eicholtz andFred White.
Artist Natalie Billing said she thoughtthe symposium was a wonderful event for
rural Queensland.“To have that sort of exposure to
contemporary art in a rural area is justfantastic,” Ms Billing said.
Symposium spokesperson Robyn Adamssaid the symposium would hopefully helpdraw attention to the role of public art inregional areas.
“The whole thing is about exploringdifferent ways that art can tell ourstories,” Robyn said.
In advance of the symposium, visiting
artists created ephemeral sculptures atthe Barcoo River as part of a collaborative
creative project entitled GrassMudFlood,
using natural materials such as mud,grass and sticks on Tuesday andWednesday.
Artist William Eicholtz said working ina natural environment was going to be a
different experience and would hopefully
have a positive effect on the artworks.
“We’re going out of our studios andinto quite a different environment,” Mr
Eicholtz said.“We thought we would bring the project
right down to the source so that it gets us
close to the water, the mud, the grass,”he said.“It’s hard to know how big it will be
because we’re hoping there’s some sort of community involvement in our project.”
continued on page 3
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From the Editor
The pace of life has acceleratedover the past few weeks with
many varied activities, successes
and problems as well. I have
to apologise for the absence of my letter in last week’s edition.I believe I had a gremlin sitting
on my shoulder and it becameapparent I would be stopped atevery turn.
Travelling to Brisbane early last
week the chief executive ofcer,
manager of works, consultingengineers Brandons and Associatesand I attended a conference withthe Queensland ReconstructionAuthority in support of our ood
damage claim. The submissionis a substantial document which
has taken six months of intense work to complete and observe all
the guidelines set by the QRA. I would like to congratulate the staff of Brandons and Associates, TheBlackall Tambo Regional CouncilChief Executive Ofcer Ken Timms,
Manager of Works Les Edmistoneand our entire workforce for theirdedicated attention to detail in thecompilation of the submission.We await the outcome of the
assessment by the QueenslandReconstruction Authority.
On our return to Blackall we were able to meet with TimothyMcNaught of the National WaterSecurity Plan for Cities and Towns
Funding Canberra. Tim wasmaking a visit to several regions
in western Queensland who werethe recipients of funding for water infrastructure upgrades. The work is well underway withChris Buckley Plumbing having
gained the tender to complete theupgrades of water mains withinBlackall to ensure the integrity of our water supply.
A community forum was heldin Tambo to gauge communityinterest in the rebroadcast of digital television and emphasise
the necessity signing up for theVAST System as time is runningout to register for the subsidy which has been made available by
the Commonwealth Government.
To date no licences have been
issued to Local Government to
rebroadcast.I was able to meet with the
intrepid truck drivers who were on
their way to protest in Canberra. There were no great numbers of
people who were able to join theconvoy. For those who made the
journey however, I am sure their
actions were an inspiration andapplauded by all who attended the welcome barbecue. Our thanksand good wishes went with them
on their long journey from PortHeadland to Canberra. The Symposium on Public Art
in Non Urban Contexts is aboutto get underway. We are indeedfortunate to welcome artists RobertBridgewater, William Eicholtz,Fredrick White, Bodo Muche, Jenny Scott, Richard Moffat,Natalie Billings, our very own
Bob Wilson, Milynda Rogers andindigenous artists from Birdsville
and Bedourie, Joyce Crombieand Jean Barr. I am sure all willrekindle their ties with Blackalland our community while theyare in town. It will be a pleasureto have a conversation with all
those attending and to be able toshow the unique place in WesternQueensland in which public arthas placed us.
It is great to hear of the latestCreative Pathways news … check
out the notices for September 15from 10am – 2pm when the team will be holding Adult Creative
Pathways Workshops. You couldeven learn to dance!
--Jan Ross
FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK
Sometimes it’s a frustratingexperience to receive a letter to the
editor. On occasion I have opened
the envelope to nd an interesting
letter that provides a fresh
perspective on a local issue, which
is just the sort of thing that I amvery happy to publish. However,
this happiness at receiving such
interesting letters is stopped short
when I discover that the author
has failed to provide their name
with the letter. It is the policy of the Barcoo Independent that Ihave to be provided with the name
of the letter writer, otherwise Iam unable to print it. If the writerrequests anonymity, I am morethan happy to provide it, but they
must disclose their name to me.
It is rather annoying to beunable to publish letters to theeditor just because the writer hasfailed to comply with our policy.I would ask anyone consideringsubmitting a letter to remember toprovide their name and a contact
phone number, and to state whether they wish to have their
name withheld.
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SPORT ON THE BARCOOMartial arts a hit with the kids
Freddie Turner, Chelsea Schrag and Georgia Hansen were having a greattime at last week’s martial arts session.
Martial arts is proving a hit with
Blackall students with around 40students turning out to sessionsheld at St Joseph’s Primary Schoolon Wednesday afternoons.
The sessions are part of theActive After School program
and are being run by Constable
Joey Abbot and parent TerrieDonnelly.
All Blackall primary schoolstudents are welcome at thesessions, which encourage
students to play sport after school, with cricket session available on
Monday afternoons.
Blackall students roll with the punches as they learn basic martial arts skills aspart of the Active After School program.
On August 21, the Pacic golfer
and Taylor Made four ball best was played, with players fromas far away as Hughenden andQuilpie. This was the rst time
this event was held in the westand the number of players wasabove average with the event likely
to become permanent.L McNamara and J Walker were
the winners with 51 points with
runners up R Robinson and SRobinson at 47 points on a countback. Third was R Butler and D Batts
47 points, fourth M Hancock and
A Williams, fth K Choyce andG Schluter with golden hole JWalker, pin shot number 7 GSchluter and pin shot number 17L McNamara. The members’ draw was won by
J McCarthy who was not present.
Next week the Central West Open
will be held at Tambo Golf Club
With hit off at 8am, members of
the public are welcome to attend
to watch the best golfers in the west vying for this championship.
Golf games for September 4 are
yet to be announced.
--Albert Ross
McNamara and Walker win Pacic golfer
Do you have resultsor information tocontribute to thesports section?Contact Victoria
Nugent.(07) 4657 6966
Social netball has becomea weekly event, joining social
basketball as a regular xture on
the Blackall sports calendar.Netball players of all skills levels
from age 13 upwards are welcometo join the free sessions beingheld at the Blackall State School with the next one on ThursdaySeptember 1 from 5:30-6:30pm.
Social basketball continues tobe played on a Monday night, from5:30-6:30pm with a steady level of
interest.Social soccer will be played next
Wednesday evening from 5:30-
6:30pm with a ag football session
also planned in coming weeks. The sessions aim to get peopleactive by enjoying team sports in
a social environment with exible
rules.
Social netball
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Blackall TamboRegional Council
Regional ArtsDevelopment Fund (RADF)Round 2 Grant Funding
Closing date 28th
October 2011
TheRADFprogramisfundedbybothArtsQueenslandandBlackallTamboRegionalCouncil
andisaQueenslandGovernmentinitiativewhichsupportsdevelopmentof theartsand
cultureatalocallevelthroughoutregionalQueensland
TheBlackallTamboregionalCouncilinvitesanypersonororganisationinBlackalland
TambotoapplyforRADFgrantfundingtohelpwiththecostof culturaldevelopment
projectsoractivitiesfortheperiod30th
November2011to30th
June2012.
FundingisavailablethroughRADF for
DevelopingRegional skills,
Buildingcommunity cultural capacity
Interest freeartsloans
Cultural tourism
Contemporary collections/stories
Regional partnerships
Concept development arts policy development and implementation
ApplicationformsandguidelinesareavailablebycontactingtheRADFLiaisonOfficer,Alison
Completed application forms to be forwarded to:
Mr Ken Timms
Chief Executive OfficerBlackall-Tambo Regional CouncilP O Box 21BLACKALL QLD 4472.
Forfurtherinformationcontact:BTRCCouncilRADFLiaisonOfficer,AlisonShaw,POBox21,Blackall.Qld.4472.Phone:0746216600Email:[email protected]
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Only 11 trucks and other vehicles
left Blackall as part of the Convoy
of No Condence on Saturday
morning, bound for two days of protest at Canberra this week.
While small in number,organisers said they had received a
lot of support along their journey.“People stopped us all day to
pat us on the back, and I justhaven’t stopped talking,” said
Peter Whytcross, organiser of theconvoy that originated at Port
Headland and travelled through
the Northern Territory into westernQueensland.
He said the action, organisedby the Coalition of Industries andsponsored by the National Road
Freighters Association, has beenborn out of dissatisfaction in the
minority federal government.
Issues such as the carbontax introduction, the now-liftedban on live cattle exports to
Indonesia, and the inability of thegovernment to govern in its own
right motivated 11 convoys from
all parts of Australia to make thetrip to Canberra to voice their
frustration.No-one from Blackall took part
in the convoy but a number of
signatures were gathered fora petition calling for a freshelection. They were presented before a
meal held at the showgrounds,organised by Sally Campbell.
She said the people she spoke to
felt disillusioned.“Everyone sits round saying
they wish someone would dosomething,” she said. “When Iheard that people were organisingsuch a long drive and putting so
much effort into it, this was my way of helping.”
Sally said she thought thecurrent government had forgotten
what life was like for countrypeople and were wasting money.
“Certainly none of it is going onour roads where it’s needed, orrural health and education.”
Blackall-Tambo mayor Jan Rossaddressed convoy participants
on Friday night, describing theiractions as inspirational.
“You have our concerns and our
thoughts with you,” she said.--Sally Cripps
Small convoy turnout at Blackall overnight stop
A small group gathered at the Blackall showgrounds onSaturday morning to wave off convoy participants fromWestern Australia, the Northern Territory, Hughenden andRichmond.
Sally Campbell hands over a petition to Convoy of NoCondence leader Peter Whytcross at the Blackallshowgrounds on Friday night.
Public art symposium underway in Blackall
Visiting artists Joyce Crombie and Jean Barr created a rainbowserpent on the bank of the Barcoo with an Aboriginal man sculptedby Natalie Billings.
continued from page 1
“It’s very ephemeral work on the river and will be challenging but I think the people of
this area will be receptive to it.”
Visiting artist Milynda Rogers said she
thoroughly enjoyed the project and working
in the outdoor environment.
“I haven’t had a chance to get out into
nature for ages, so it’s been great to just get
out into the sunshine,” Ms Rogers said.
The week will conclude with a free
community art party on Saturday night
which will feature a large ground canvas for
the community to help paint, an animated
performance called ‘Grandfather Remembers’
and a barbecue dinner catered by Blackall
State School students.
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WHATS ON in 2011
AUGUST
25-27 Symposium on Public Art in the Non-Urban Context
26 Blackall State School Arts Showcase
27 Public Art Party
30 SDE Blackall Sports Skills Day31 Woolscour Tour & Bush Dinner
31 Woolscour Mid-Week Market Day
SEPTEMBER
1 Wool Wagon Trek Departs Woolscour
3 Annual Flower Show
3 Saturday Night Tour & Woolscour Bush Dinner
6 Wool Wagon Trek Arrives Slygo
12-15 Creative Pathways Workshops
13-14 WesTech Barcaldine14 Shockwave Community Debrief
16-18 Back to Blackall Weekend
16- 19 Tambo Teddy Bear’s Picnic Festival
17 Community Markets
23 Blue Light Disco
OCTOBER
8 Community Markets
8 Blackall Hospital Auxiliary Springtime Festival
14 Blue Light Disco15 Blackall Races
15 Elvis Presley Tribute Show
28 Anglican Ladies Guild Street Stall
29 Outback Tourism QLD Awards
NOVEMBER
4-5 Gallery Day
5 Halloween Trick or Treat
5 Halloween Blue Light Disco
7-8 SDE Blackall Swim Camp
12 Dance Blackall Annual Concert
26 Blackall Races
26 St Patrick’s Christmas Fete
27 Christmas Tree Fesval
DECEMBER
16 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club Members’ Christmas
Party
24 Christmas Eve Mardi Gras, Blackall
24 Christmas in the Park, Tambo
31 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club New Year’s Eve
Costume Party
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Jade Amy Muir, born 11/06/11 to rst-time
parents Emily Aylward and Richard Muir, weighing in at 8lb 8oz and 52.5cm long.First grandchild for Margaret Parker and RhettBellert, and second for Barry and Jenny Muir.She’s a little bit of sunshine,
With a smile to light your days,
She will steal your heart and
Keep it with her warm endearing ways,
She’s our precious little daughter,
With a sweetness from above
Who will fll our years with laughter
And our lives with lots of love
NEW arrival
The Blackall State School has been busy this week preparing for its arts showcase evening
this Friday night at the Cultural Centre. The event combines last year’s Arts Appreciation
Night and the school musical into one evening
with students set to showcase their talents in the
elds of visual art, ICT, dance, home economics,drama and music.
Students have made the costumes, backdrops,
props, posters and programs and have been
working hard rehearsing and perfectingtheir character roles, dances and musicalperformances. The doors will open at 5:30pm when the student
art exhibition, accompanied with light musicalentertainment will commence. Free nibbles willalso be provided at this time.
The next portion of the evening will kick off at
6:30pm with a Dr Seuss themed musical “GuessWhat’s in the Box?”
Entry will cost a gold coin donation with abarbecue dinner to be provided by the Blackall
State School P and C after the musical.A bar will operate throughout the evening and
chips, popcorn and fairy oss will be available
for purchase. The evening will conclude with a student disco,
which will operate from 7:30 – 9:30pm.
Blackall State Schoolshowcases student talent
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25 –27August
SATURDAYCOMMUNITYARTPARTY
ShortStreetPaintthecanvasfrom5pm
Comeseethelocalsin“GrandfathersRemember”
Assemblefrom5:30pmtocatchthe6:00pmsharpperformance
BBQ dinnerwithBlackallStateSchool
FRIDAY&SATURDAYTalkingaboutgreatpublicartinInteriorQueensland
Sculptorsandartistswilltalkabouttheirandourstorieswithpublicart
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REGIONAL SYSTEMATIC INSPECTION PROGRAM
Blackall-Tambo Regional Council is undertaking a Systematic Inspection Programpursuant to Section 134 of the Local Government Act 2009. The SystematicInspection Program will assess all properties within the towns (as defined in therespective Administration Local Laws) of Blackall and Tambo for the following:
1. Compliance with Blackall-Tambo Regional Council (Keeping and Control of
Animals) Local Law No 2 Part 2 – Keeping of Animals and Part 3 – Control of
Animals;
2. Compliance with Blackall-Tambo Regional Council Local Law No.3 Part 3(Overgrown and Unsightly Allotments);
3. Compliance with the Building Act 1975 Chapter 8 Swimming Pool Safety.
The Systematic Inspection Program will run from Monday 5 September 2011 untilFriday 30 September 2011. Authorised Officers of the Council will visit all premisesdetailed above between the hours 7:00am and 7:00pm on and including all daysbetween Monday and Saturday.
A copy of the Systematic Inspection Program can be viewed (or purchased for $15)
at any office of the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council in Blackall or Tambo.
Powers of Entry under the Inspection Program (extract from the Local Government Act 2009)
1101 Power of entry under approved inspection program(1) Subject to subsection (2), an authorised person may enter a place under an
approved inspection program at any reasonable time of the day or night.(2) For a building or other structure, or the par t of the building or other structure,
used for residential purposes, subsection (1)—
(a) applies if entry is made to monitor compliance with the requirements for a budget accommodation building under the Building Act 1975 , chapter 7; but
(b) otherwise does not apply.
KL TimmsCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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The touring exhibition of the prestigious 2010Queensland Regional Art Awards, ‘Our Place’, willland at the Grassland Art Gallery in Tambo from 27
August – 25 September.Curated by Francis Parker (former Curator,
Contemporary Australian Art, QAG) this impressive
exhibition features the diverse art work of 24 of the
nest emerging and established artists working in
regional and remote Queensland. The theme for 2010, ‘Our Place’, asked artists to
explore their relationship to place and the elementsof environment, people and experience that dene
this bond.Community Facilitator Ofcer of Blackall-Tambo
Regional Council Alison Shaw said she was thrilled
that exhibition was able to come to the region.“This touring exhibition shows regional and remote
artists in their best light” she said “and provides a
wonderful opportunity for them to show their workto a wider audience”.
“It is also great opportunity for our community tosee the work of other artists from other communities who chose to live and work in regional Queensland.
The Queensland Regional Arts Awards is ahallmark event produced by Flying Arts which for 40
years has been providing arts development services
throughout regional and remote Queensland.Executive Ofcer of Flying Arts, Stephen Clark,
said he was very pleased that the tour of ‘Our Place’
was taking place in the Tambo.“The visual arts are thriving all round the state”
he said ‘and the Grassland Art Gallery is a shiningexample of how regions go about supporting
the development of the arts and artists in their
communities”. The ofcial launch of the exhibition will take place
at the Gallery at 6pm on Friday 26 August. There will a number of guest speakers including
the winner of the 2010 Queensland Regional ArtAwards, Gabriel Smith.
For further information about the exhibition and toRSVP to attend the opening contact Alison Shaw on(07) 4621 6600 or email: [email protected].
For more information about the Flying Arts programcall Sarah Barron on 3844 7211 or email: projects@
yingarts.org.au
Iconic art exhibition for Tambo
Winner of the 2010 Queensland Regional Art Awards
Gabriel Smith will be a guest speaker at the launch of theQRAA Our Place exhibtion at the Grassland Art Gallery nextFriday.
Art symposium to be captured on lm
Video technician David Nixon at work lming for thedocumentary of the art symposium.
The public art symposiumbeing held in Blackall this week will be captured onlm with Alice Springs video
technician David Nixon
stepping behind the camera
to document the event.Mr Nixon is an experiencedvideo jockey and technician
and has been hired tocapture video footage
of the symposium, theGrassMudFlood creationprocess and the Blackallpublic artworks.
Mr Nixon is currentlya virtualisation project
ofcer at Desert Knowledge
Australia and has previously
worked in freelance lm
production, createdtelevision commercials,
lmed corporate videos for
tourism companies and worked with artists.
Mr Nixon said he moved
away from television
commercials in favour
of creating videos for
tour companies afterbecoming disillusioned withadvertising.
“I didn’t feel I wasgenerating any good karma while I was working intelevision, trying to get
people to buy things that we basically don’t need,” MrNixon said.
Mr Nixon said he washappy to be lming the
Blackall art symposiumas it combined two of hislming interests, travel and
art.“It was plain to me that art
can be central to tourism,”Mr Nixon said.
“I wholeheartedly agree with the concept of puttingart into the landscape.”
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Projects including visual
arts, professional development,
workshops and an interest free artsloan are among the eight projectsin the latest arts grant round fromBlackall Tambo Regional Council.
“In this round of funding from theRegional Arts Development Fund
(RADF), a partnership between
the Queensland Government and
regional councils, we will see visual
arts development in Blackall and
Tambo with workshops by tutors Jenni Kelly and Julie Hutchings
presented by the Blackall CulturalAssociation and Tambo ArtsCouncil respectively,” Mayor Jan
Ross said. The Tambo Arts Council will
also present a workshop in glassfusing and slumping with localtutor, Alison Shaw. Textile arttechniques will be developed
during a workshop taught by JulieLatcham and facilitated by the Tambo Arts and Crafts.
Alison Mobbs and Marie Messer will both be assisted to participatein the Sing Australia NationalGathering in Sydney in October.
This opportunity will enable themto develop their skills as choir
leaders and participants.St Patrick’s Church in Blackall
will be employing mosaic artist,Claudia Williams to work with
the community to develop a seriesof mosaic stepping stones as acreative documentary of family
and community stories.A group of photographers from
Tambo, Country Clikky Chicks were granted an interest free artsloan to develop a calendar ready
for the tourist season in 2012. The committee noted during
their assessment that four of theapplications were funded for alesser amount than requested. Two applications had requested
funds for items not supportedunder the RADF guidelines andtwo applicants were requiredto increase the cost of their workshops to participants to bringthem in line with other activities
held in the region. One application was unsuccessful in this roundand the committee has askedthem to revisit the application
and to resubmit in the next round which closes on the 28th October,2011.
Minister for the Arts RachelNolan said RADF was Australia’sonly locally-delivered regional arts
grants program.“In 2011-2012, the Queensland
Government allocation to RADF
is $2.047 million with another$1.5 million from 55 Queenslandcouncils, meaning more than $3.5million is available for arts projects
across the state,” Ms Nolan said.“From its beginnings in 1991,
RADF now supports more than3000 arts and cultural projectseach year in communities across
Queensland. The Regional Arts Development
Fund is a partnership betweenBlackall Tambo Regional Counciland the Queensland Government
through Arts Queensland tosupport local arts and culture. The successful and long-running
RADF program gives communities
the exibility to shape their own
arts and cultural priorities.
Funding for local arts projects
Preparations are ramping up for the second Tambo Teddy Bears Picnic, to be held in September fromSeptember 16-18.
Following a successful event last year, the Tambo
Tourism and Business Association (TTBA) decided to
expand the family friendly activity into a three day
festival.
With a grant from the Regional Arts Fund, workshopsin lantern making will be held the preceding weekand will culminate in a oating lantern parade at the
Tambo dam on Friday night.
The evening will see Tambo youth and the Bluelightcommittee running a disco on the dam bank and thePony Club arranging the catering while over seventy
lanterns oat on the dam.
Saturday morning heralds the Tambo Arts andCrafts market day in the Tambo Shire Hall wherethere will be a variety of stalls selling locally made
craft, morning tea, a cent sale and rafes.
In the afternoon the Tambo Teddy Bears Picnic will be held with games, novelty races, teddy bear
parades, and the Tambo Teddy Bear Challenge. TTBA’s new jumping castle will be ready for action,
the Remote Area Family Service will have children’s
activities, there will be fairy oss and show bags for
sale and there may even be a couple of life size teddy
bears.Picnic basket lunches can be pre-ordered from
Fanny Mae’s or people can bring their own rug and
picnic to set up under the tents for the afternoon. The committee is holding a supper dance that
night with music by DJ Curly, a bar and a nger
food supper provided by the CWA.
Sunday morning will begin with a community walkalong the refurbished Coolibah Walk, and continue with a fun sports activity day at the Tambo Sports
Club. The Tambo Golf Club will have its Tambo Teddy
sponsored monthly medal internal club competitionin the afternoon starting at 12pm.
For more information or to participate contactRichelle Johnson on 0429010377 or Sharynn Briggon 46 546099.
Tambo prepares for annual Teddy Bears Picnic
Fun abounded at last year’s Teddy Bears Picnic in Tambo.
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The Blackall Tambo RegionalCouncil has resolved to apply for
a licence to rebroadcast digitaltelevision in Tambo following a
meeting held last week.Over 50 people attended the
digital TV conversion meeting
held in Tambo last Thursdaynight with councillors, businessowners and residents discussingrebroadcast options and theViewer Access Satellite Television
(VAST) system.
In the recent budget, councilallocated $80,000 to go towardsthe provision of digital television in
Tambo, with the consensus fromthe meeting that council shouldapply for the necessary licence.
CEO Ken Timms said there
were lots of questions at themeeting with many people stillnot fully understanding howthe VAST system would work, with the majority in favour of
rebroadcasting.Mr Timms said applying for a
licence was only the rst step in
nding a solution to community
concerns.“Until we get the licence approved,
it is useless going out and buying
$80,000 worth of equipment,” Mr Timms said.
If the council rebroadcasts thedigital signal, residents will receive
only ABC, Seven Central, Imparja
and SBS, compared with the 16channels available using the VAST
system.One concern raised at the
meeting was the idea that if thecouncil were to apply for a licenceto broadcast from the tower as
they do now, the residents wouldlose the right to apply for the
Satellite Subsidy Scheme (SSS)
associated with VAST, but it wasclaried that an application would
not affect individuals’ eligibility for
the scheme. The SSS is only available to one
subsidy per residence and only till
2 October 2011 even though theswitchover is not until December
2013.People with more than one TV
who go to the VAST service will
have to install additional cabling
and set-top boxes at their ownexpense while the scheme is notavailable to businesses.
Anyone moving to Tambo after
the cut-off date will have to pay
the full cost of installing a whole
system themselves if they wish toreceive television.
Anyone moving out of town owns
their system and can take it withthem with concerns raised thatthis may disadvantage teachers,
police or others professions whoare constantly being transferred.
Eligible households whoreceive the subsidy will pay a
predetermined co-payment of $220 directly to the installer who
will then be paid $550 by thescheme.Surrounding shires that have
applied for rebroadcast licenceshave not yet received them,
while a business in Tambo that wrote to Federal Minister forCommunications Stephen Conroy waited three months for theAssistant Secretary, TechnicalImplementation, Digital Switchover
Taskforce to reply.
-- Victoria Nugent and DaphneCartwright
Tambo raises digital TV concerns
Claire Maree McGrath26/8/2008
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Sue Doyle was born in Brisbane in the middle of the rst World War. She was the youngest child
and second daughter of Mary Christina Campbell(nee McKellar) and Joseph Campbell, Erinvale,
Augathella. Sue was proud of the fact, that she wasa direct descendant, on her father’s side, of JamesRuse, the rst person to successfully grow wheat in
Australia.Sue’s early years were spent at Erinvale. She
received her schooling at the Augathella convent.
When the Sisters of St Joseph opened the convent
at Augathella in 1928, she was one of the very rst
boarders. This began her close association andfriendship with nuns of all orders, which lasted allof her long life.
Sue met Alex Doyle, when he became bogged in agully on the road not far from the Erinvale homestead.
They married in Augathella in April 1939, just vemonths, before World War Two broke out. The rst
few years of married life were spent at Winton, whereAlex was building tanks on the stock route for theIrrigation Department. After Alex’s machinery wasrequisitioned by the Australian Army, Alex and Suecame to Blackall to live. Alex bought Hilltop (Mt
Edinburgh) in 1943.
Sue became an active member of the Blackall
community, being involved with church and school.
She enjoyed a game of tennis. In 1950 Sue and Alexbuilt their house in Shamrock Street, which was
where Sue lived and raised their family of ve sonsand a daughter. The Shamrock Street house was herhome for almost 60 years, until she moved, rst to
the Barcoo Retirement Village, and then to McLeanPlace.
Sue and Alex rst went overseas in the 1950s. They
were on a Dutch ship travelling to Japan, through
Indonesian waters, when the Dutch lost control of Indonesia. Sue was a great traveller. As well as Japan
and Hong Kong, she visited Europe, the British Isles,
North America, New Zealand and Fiji.In 1966 Sue took over the management of the
Blackall Picture Theatre. In her very capable way she
managed the theatre for the Doyle family until it wassold in 1981. During these years she got to knowthe young people in Blackall very well indeed. Her
nickname at the time, “Flashlight Susie”, says it all!
Sue took up bowls. She bowled well and was avalued member of Blackall’s Auxiliary Club until she
was over 90. She travelled all over the west to play,
especially to Tambo, due to her family connections.Her son Peter tells a story that he was in a pub in Tambo one day when a fellow came up to him andasked if he was Peter Doyle. “Yes,” Peter replied. “I’ve
something to ask you,” says this chap. “Is that little
old grey-haired lady, Sue Doyle, who comes overhere playing bowls, your mother?” “Yes, that’s her.”replied Peter. “Well,” says this fellow, “Could you tellher to stop coming over here and beating the crap
out of us!!” As Peter said, his mother was always a
competitive player, who liked to do her very best.
Sue was a past president of the Blackall CulturalAssociation. Leather work and furniture restoration were her preferred crafts. She was the SchoolsLiaison Ofcer for the Blackall Arts Council, meeting
and greeting, with tea and home-made biscuits, allQueensland Arts Council Schools performers. Shedid this until she was 90. She delivered Meals on
Wheels to the old people, when she herself was over
80. Her fruit cakes were legendary.Sue loved meeting people. She could work a room
better than most politicians. In the church communitySue used her social skills to advantage, welcoming
and introducing herself to anyone she didn’t know.Her life was not without tragedy. Sue’s two younger
sons predeceased her, Chris in 1978 and Mark in1991. She was widowed in 1996. Sue’s Christian faith was always her source of strength and resilience.
Sue is survived by three sons, Peter, Terry and
Bevan, daughter Jenny, 17 grandchildren and 18
great grandchildren.
--Sally Cripps
Susan Bridget DoyleOctober 27, 1916 – July 14, 2011
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St Joseph’s Primary School wasselling cakes for a cause last week when the Year Six and Seven
students ran a café on Wednesdayafternoon.
Parents and staff donated cakes,slices and biscuits for the café
which the students then sold attheir Caritas Café which ran from3-3:30pm.
All money raised went tothe Caritas East Africa CrisisAppeal which aims to provide
supplementary feeding, food relief
and clean water to drought and
famine stricken countries in east
Africa.
The appeal is run by Caritas
Australia, the charity St Joseph’s
supported as their Lenten project.
Afternoon tea for a cause at St Joey’s
Phoebe Allpass, Kayla Carter and Will Parry were hard atwork running the Caritas Cafe.
Charlie Schutt and Tim Hansen were enjoying some of the treats available at the cafe.
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Wagon trek to leave Blackall next weekNext week Blackall will get a
taste of history when a wagontrek departs from the BlackallWoolscour on Thursday to travel
to the Outback Pioneer Centre atSlygo near Jericho. The Townsville and District
Pleasure Harness Society will betravelling from Blackall to Slygo to
raise money for Angel Flight.Prior to the group’s departure,
a market day will be held at
the Woolscour on Wednesdayafternoon, followed by a bushdinner, with the group headingout at 8am the next morning. The group will consist of
wagons, horse riders and walkers with an estimated 30 people and12 horses, as well as a group of
support vehicles.
The convoy will drive the wagons
20 kilometres each day, travelling
along the railway corridor, as wellas part of the Blackall JerichoRoad, before their arrival at Slygo
on September 6. Townsville and District Pleasure
Harness Society president BarbaraField said the event would use
the original route used by wool wagons in the late 19th and early
20th century.“It’s a modern version of a
historical re-enactment to a point,”Ms Field said.
Ms Field said the trip wasan opportunity to preserve the
region’s history and the grouphoped to get the chance to hear
stories from Blackall residentsand local property owners.
“A lot of living history is still
there,” Ms Field said.“We’re hoping to record a lot of
that history.”Ms Field said she hoped the trip
would get a lot of support from
the community and successfullyfundraise for its cause.
“We’re trying to raise as much
money as we can for Angel Flightas they do such good work out
here.” Trek participants will enjoy
authentic experiences such ascampre dinners provided by a
camp cook and sleeping in swags
under the stars.
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One day the alps of Italy, thenext the Blackall Woolscour – it is all in a day’s work formembers of the MG Car Clubof Queensland, who passedthrough western Queenslandon the weekend.
Thirteen classic cars,ranging in age from a 1933model to one built in 1978,plus ve support vehicles
were on a 3000 kilometre journey around northern NewSouth Wales and parts of Queensland to celebrate thefth anniversary of the Darling
Downs chapter of the club.Spokesman Trevor Watkins
said there had been lots of
interest in the cars along the way.
“We like to show them off and people like to come alongand look at them,” he said.
“Our aim is just to enjoyeach other’s friendship, andhave adventures in our old
cars.” Three of the oldest MGs on
the tour spent time in Europelast year, rallying in Italybefore driving to Abingdon in
England, where the cars aremade.
Ross Kelly of Brisbane said
his 1933 746 cc superchargerace car had a top speed of 142 miles per hour, or 230kilometres per hour.
He and his fellow travellers
proceeded at a much moreleisurely pace through Blackall
on Saturday. They took in a tour of theWoolscour before making their way west to Longreach.
-- Sally Cripps
MG classic car club visit
Thirteen MG classic cars were on display at the Blackall Woolscour on Saturday morning as part of their outback tour.
A small crowd gathered for the Vietnam Veteran’sDay memorial last Thursday evening. Photocourtesy Denise Dallas.
Blackall celebratesVietnam veterans
A small crowd of around 30 peoplegathered last Thursday evening to mark
Vietnam Veterans’ Day and commemorateservice of those veterans who served in
South Vietnam.
Locals and tourists gathered for theceremony held at Memorial Park, withHarry Kitching M.M reading the ode.
Veteran from the 12th eld regiment
Norm Weston laid the wreath with two otherlocal Vietnam veterans, Ron Kent and Peter
Dallas also attending the service.
After the ceremony the group enjoyed abuffet dinner at the RSL hall donated byKaye Wood.
The evening also featured a surprise
performance from country music singer,
Graham Rodger, who has been performingat the Blackall caravan park.
Mr Rodger donated his services on the
evening, playing songs he had written
about the Vietnam war.