Text Box: Coonamble: www.coonamble.org Central NSW: www.centralnsw.com Tourism NSW: www.tourism.nsw.gov.au NSW Events : www.events.nsw.gov.au Gulargambone: www.gulargambone2828.com Coonamble Photos: www.coonamblephotos.com.au two eight two eight: http://web.mac.com/gulargambone2828 Regional Events Live: www.regionaleventslive.com.au Text Box: PO Box 249 COONAMBLE NSW 2829 Phone: (02) 6827 1936 Fax: (02) 6822 1626 E-Mail: tourism@coonambleshire.nsw.gov.au WEB: www.coonamble.org/TourismIndustry Text Box: The Coonamble Shire Tourism newsletter is produced by Coonamble Shire Council to involve community and industry in the development of tourism in the shire. The Tourism Development Manager will provide the secretariat, distribute a monthly newsletter and form teams and team leaders as required for specific projects Forthcoming projects include New Coonamble Pad Maps, Coonamble Heritage Brochure, Quambone promotional material, and a new Coonamble Shire brochure. For further information call (02) 6827 1936 or email. Text Box: Coonamble Shire Tourism Task Force Text Box: Links Text Box: The Coonamble Shire tourism task force is an initiative of Coonamble Shire Council Text Box: Coonamble Convent. Date unknown. Contributed by Paula O’Connor. Copyright Reserved. Courtesy Sedg White Text Box: XXX Text Box: In the Past Text Box: Flooded Coonamble Creek, 1910-Could be Pages Terrace and Eurimie Creek. Submitted by Paula O’Connor. Copyright Reserved. Courtesy Sedg White Text Box: Headlines from the December Coonamble Times 20 years ago– December1977: 1977: Late night shopping in Coonamble every Thursday until Xmas 21/12– The Plaza Theatre is screening ‘Donald Duck Goes West’ for the Christmas Holidays. 30 years ago– December1967: Shire President P.H. Cullen elected for 10th term in office Clergy to seek help of Prime Minister Holt to assist the dozens of Aboriginals who have been forced to move to the Castlereagh Riverbed. Recent survey show 67 Aboriginals are living in the soon to be closed camp site and 186 are living in town Town saddened by death of prominent townsman Mr Bede Mooy. As he did every night Mr Mooy was checking the shop whilst his wife waited in the car. When he did not return she found him suffering a heart attack. Mt Mooy was a former Mayor and Chair of the Warrumbungle National park Trust. For over 40 years he has also been the manager of Messrs Hermann and Co Pty Ltd, Coonambles oldest retail trading store. 50 years ago— December 1957: Coonamble Sydney airfares will rise if a proposed takeover of Butler Air Transport by Ansett goes ahead. Currently you can fly to Sydney via Tooraweenah in one and a half hours. Phone A.R. Henderson for bookings on 566 or after hours on 308 Council has voted to proceed with a public library for Coonamble and has told it will be costly as a minimum of 6000 books will be needed to start. Surprising result in the cricket with Quambone defeating Gilgooma Courtesy of the Coonamble Times & Coonamble Archives Text Box: Industry Happenings Text Box: The organizing Committee of the 2008 Coonamble Women’s Gathering will be meeting on 12th January at the joint chairs house. For more information visit www.coonamble.org/WG and contact one of the committee 29th January– Gulargambone Working Party Meeting, Gulargambone CDEP