The Coonamble Times
Your Local Newspaper Serving Coonamble & district since 1885
• PHOTO: Fr Thao outside Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church in Coonamble which has become a construction site while repairs and renovation work are undertaken. “I couldn’t believe my …
• PHOTO: Coonamble’s former champion jockey Dennis Firth in 1969 as a young jockey aboard Gay Biarritz in Sydney. JOHNNY Tapp (Tappy) became a household name as Australia’s leading racing …
PHOTO: Under 16s Cougars players were presented with their Castlereagh Cougars jerseys. FRONT- Charlotte Thompson, Anthea Karavas, Hope Smith and Abby ThompsonBACK- Natalie Gallen, Mikiala Thurston, Sharna Forgione and Temia …
• PHOTO: Aboriginal Health worker and artist Kirbie Ewers (left, with colleagues from Dubbo Aboriginal Medical Service) can now pass her artworks on the highway. By MARNIE RYAN FORMER Coonamble …
• PHOTO: Kevin Thurston-Welsh, Nathan Walker (Snr), Jack Kelly, Jack Barrett, Preston Smith, Brian Wallace, Derek Robinson, Mickayla McEwen, Jenni-Leigh Gatt, Joshua Forgione, Thelma Leonard, Shakaye Walker and Kyle Wiggins …
• PHOTO: Recently nominated for the Australian Street Art Awards, the “Pave the Way to Gular Festival” is drawing visitors from all over the country. THE Pave the Way to …
• PHOTO: Coonamble Mayor Tim Horan congratulates Paul Gallagher on his appointment. RETURNING resident Paul Gallagher has been announced as the incoming permanent General Manager for Coonamble Shire Council and …
• PHOTO: This property in Limerick Street Coonamble is now vacant pending a cleanup and renovations. COONAMBLE’s rental market is in a bit of a rough spot at the moment …
• PHOTO: Rugby Development Officer Mark Pitts and Gulargambone’s rising star Tallis McEwen. TALLIS McEwen (16), a proud Gulargambone boy, has been selected into the New South Wales under-17s Rugby …
PHOTO: Executive Director of the Charles Sturt University Rural Health and Medical Research Institute Professor Allen Ross, Mr Taylor Clark and Ms Anne-Marie Mepham from Orange Aboriginal Medical Services, and …
• PHOTO: Adda in action! (Photo: Peter Sherwood). A FUTURE women’s rugby league superstar Adda Craig, has been selected for the 2023 NRLW Sydney Roosters Development team. Fourteen year old …
• PHOTO: Desperate local farmers offer to help repair damaged local roads. Coonamble farmer Simon Ibbott demonstrates the size of ruts his family need to negotiate each day to get …
