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BRAG saddles up for refit

11:14 AM | On Saturday members of the Braidwood Regional Arts Group gathered the newly purchased White’s Saddlery Building to celebrate and start the planning for the refit of the building.

News - General

It’s nearly Showtime

11:13 AM | The Braidwood Show is on Saturday 3rd March and Schedules are now available at the newsagency, chemist, Landmark, the community Bank, and Braidwood Rural.

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Cortona Reaches Agreement with Objectors to Dargues Reef Mine Development

01 Feb 12 | Australian gold company Cortona Resources Limited (ASX: CRC) announced to the ASX on Tuesday 31st January that “it has reached agreement with The Coastwatchers Association Inc and South East Region Conservation Alliance Inc. These groups formed the second and final group of objectors to the development approval granted in September last year for Cortona’s 100%-owned Dargues Reef Gold Mine (Mine) in NSW.”

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Geraldine’s big day out

31 Jan 12 | BUNGENDORE SHOW

Sport - Athletics

An "inspiration"

31 Jan 12 | Braidwood’s Citizen of the Year Midge Stalker was described as “an inspiration” by Braidwood’s Australia Day Ambassador Warwick Nowland. The two time World Endurance Champion Motorbike rider was obviously delighted to be presenting 101 year old Midge with the Australia Day Award and hearing of her decades of community activity.

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SCA joins forces with police to stop illegal access

31 Jan 12 | The Sydney Catchment Authority (SCA) is joining forces with NSW Police to clamp down on illegal access in the Braidwood district. SCA Group General Manager Operations Fiona Smith said there had been an increase in illegal activities in the area around Braidwood over the past few months.

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OAM to the ‘Mayor’ of Majors Creek

26 Jan 12 | Mr Brian McDONALD from Majors Creek has been awarded a Medal (OAM) Of The Order Of Australia In The General Division in the Australia Day Honours for his service to the community over many decades.

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Campdraft weekend Results

25 Jan 12 | The weather was kind for the 2012 Braidwood Campdraft which was held at the Showground over the weekend of 14/15 January. The event was a great success and thanks to much larger donations of cattle the two day draft was back to the size it was eight years ago.

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Australia Day 2012 in Palerang

25 Jan 12 | Planning is well underway to celebrate Australia Day in Captains Flat, Braidwood and Bungendore on tomorrow 26 January 2012. The main feature of the celebrations is the presentation of awards for Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the Year in each of our main towns.

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New plans for Anglican Parish

25 Jan 12 | New plans for the Anglican Parish of Braidwood were announced at last Sunday’s service. Bishop Stuart Robinson started the service with the announcement which had been determined by the Archdeacon, the Clergy Appointment Board, and the Parish Council, to leave the search for a new rector in abeyance for a short time ad extend the term of the locum, the Reverend Peter Lord.

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Oallen Ford Bridge bid for upgrade

25 Jan 12 | Despite an agreement from five local councils (Goulburn-Mulwaree, Shoalhaven, Upper Lachlan, Yass and Palerang) to conduct a study into the favoured route for Main Road 92 west of Nerriga, an application for funding to upgrade the Oallen Ford Bridge will proceed to full application stage for the $200 million Round Two of the Regional Development Australia Fund (RDAF).

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Food paper serves a feast

18 Jan 12 | Communities in the South East were served a feast rich in ideas with the release of a Discussion Paper on the future of local food recently as part of the South East Food project initiated by Sustaining Our Towns and SCPA-South East Producers.

News - Business

Overkill

18 Jan 12 | More than twenty saplings along the northern entrance to Braidwood have died or are in severe stress from liberal use of herbicide by council contractors.

News - Business

Little Jilly Singers

18 Jan 12 | The Little Jilly Children’s Choir for children aged 7 to 14 will be starting up again on Monday February 6th.

News - Business

Fishing Club Presentations

18 Jan 12 | The Braidwood Fishing Club held its 2011 Presentations in mid December at the Braidwood Services Club.

Sport - General

Campdrafting weekend

17 Jan 12 | Over the weekend several hundred campdraft enthusiasts ascended on Braidwood Showground for the annual Braidwood Campdraft. New campdraft yards had been constructed in December by volunteers. | GALLERY: Braidwood Campdraft

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Facelift

17 Jan 12 | The Braidwood Literary Institute is receiving a facelift as painters move up the building this week.

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150th anniversary of Majors Creek Picnic

15 Jan 12 | The 150th New Year’s Day Picnic celebrations were held on the Majors Creek Recreation Ground over the New Year weekend.

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Australia Day celebrations

11 Jan 12 | Palerang Council is once again planning celebrations in Captains Flat, Braidwood and Bungendore for Australia Day on 26 January 2012. The main feature of the celebrations is the presentation of awards for Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the Year in each of our main towns.

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