Vince and Paul would like give a big end-of-year shout-out to our wonderful network of schools, museums, and historical societies, and to each of the amazing communities that have been involved in yet another big year of History Here films
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A familiar name and for many a familiar face in our Region, and rightly so... Bernie Huxtable is a remarkable man who has done many remarkable things, at 90 years old, he sat down and shared some of his experiences with me describing his life as ‘constantly exciting.’
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Alex Rezko is the longest living resident in Huntley, she was just six years old when her family moved from Eastern Europe.
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UNDERWORLD – a stunning new exhibition of police mugshots from the 1920s opens at Orange Regional Museum at 6pm this evening (31 October).
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The 19th Century was a period of great unrest in Ireland as the people bristled under English rule. But half a world away, in the colony of New South Wales, those fighting for an Irish Republic found a staunch ally and wealthy supporter.
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It was one of the most violent chapters in Australian rural history: The fight to overturn the longstanding ban on wide-toothed shearing combs in the early 1980s saw shearing sheds and pubs become battlegrounds and for four years the wool industry was thrown into chaos.
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What do you put in a small wooden box 12.5cm x 18cm with a round-hole in the front and the hand-drawn image of a bull on one side and “Calare 89” on the other?
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Two-thousand-and-nineteen is a milestone year for the historic Springside schoolhouse as the local progress association prepares to celebrate 140 years since classes began.
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This weekend local railway enthusiasts have two opportunities to get out on the tracks in heritage rolling stock with the Lachlan Valley Railway (LVR) running daytrips to Bathurst and Dubbo.
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“It is a very nice-looking gun, if you think of guns as being pretty,” says local black powder shooter Kelvin Moss about his dream gun, the 18th Century Jager Rifle.
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Once you pull on that first thread of your family history, it quickly becomes an all-consuming occupation, says local historian Liz Edwards.
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An international web-based broadcast that involved short films, made by students from Central West schools, and themed around the activities of the infamous goldrush-era, bushranger Ben Hall and gang, has won the prestigious Museums and Galleries National Award (MAGNA) for Orange Regional Museum.
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A good yarn!
Editor: Reader Jenny Roberts dropped some “old stuff” into our office recently and among it, I found this short story. It’s from Horses and Horsemen back in 1965. I enjoyed reading it, I think you might too. Thanks Jenny!
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Please enjoy these images that Orange resident, Janelle Bowler brought to our attention recently.
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Young community leaders and young people with strong family military connections are encouraged to apply for this year’s Kokoda Youth Leadership Challenge (KYLC).
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Last week, year six students from Catherine McAuley Primary School teamed up with ‘The Project Zone’ creating a short film about Sir Neville Howse
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On June 15, 1862 one of the most daring acts of bushranging in Australia’s history took place near the village of Eugowra.
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Local artist Ted Lewis was recently involved in the commissioning of works depicting the duties and trials of the Forbes Mounted Police 1862-1865.
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Orange Mayor Cr Reg Kidd praised local author Robert Bartlett for his ‘passion for Orange history’ at the book launch of Orange and District - A History in Pictures 2
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