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Feeding the hungry

¶ KELLY Bucktin and Father Gerald Tan provide a service that in an ideal world would not be required. They supply free meals two nights a week for Collie community members who are experiencing financial hardship and who might otherwise be forced to...

By Martin Kovacs

Griffin marks Terry’s 50-year milestone

¶ GRIFFIN Coal employees recognised Terry Hunter’s 50 years of service on Monday. Mr Hunter said Griffin had been a supportive employer and paid tribute to the workforce, which he said had proven resilient in recent years during difficult times...

By Bulletin News

Book pays tribute to underground workers

¶ PHOTOGRAPHER John Bylund was on hand to document the final days of Collie’s underground mining operations in 1994. As he recalled, there was a sense of history in the air as Western Collieries gradually wound down its activities. Mr Bylund took...

By Bulletin News

Collie artist’s work on show

¶ COLLIE artist Mavis Lightly’s work will be featured in a collection of women’s art during this year’s Australian Heritage Festival. Her 1962 watercolour “White Camellias” will be on display at Fairview heritage mansion in Subiaco. Mrs...

By Megan Creemers

Monika makes a difference

¶ COLLIE SES manager Monika Nicholson has more than earned the title of “boss lady” over the course of her 36 years with the volunteer organisation. Monika is passionate about the broad range of emergency services assistance the SES provides...

By Bulletin News

Dawn service to be battery powered

¶ THE Collie-Cardiff RSL hopes to see the Anzac Day dawn service next Thursday lit up with the power of electric candles. The battery-powered, reusable candles can be purchased from Plus Fitness for $2 a candle up until 7.30pm next Wednesday, with...

By Bulletin News

Gael follows her faith

¶ REV Gael Varian has followed her faith around the country and the world. It is a path that four years ago led her to Collie, and in this time she has played an active role locally helping those in need. Gael originally hails from Sydney, where...

By Bulletin News

Just Transition expo to educate

¶ COLLIE residents will have the opportunity to learn more about the town’s Just Transition at an upcoming industry expo. Representatives from companies including Green Steel of WA, International Graphite and Magnium Australia will be on hand to...

By Bulletin News

Medals arrive for Anzac Day

¶ JUNE Edwards was determined her great grandson Jye Cook would have something by which to remember his great uncle William “Bill” Beard. Private Bill Beard, the brother of 99-year-old Mrs Edwards, died while a prisoner of war (POW) of the...

By Bulletin News

Greg tells tales, tall or true

¶ GEOLOGIST Greg Joass would be familiar to some Collie people from his time at Griffin Coal or as an occasional consultant to Premier Coal. But some may know him better in his guise as a bush poet and yarn spinner at country and folk music events...

By Bulletin News

Lester Prize returning in May

¶ THE Collie Art Gallery and Lester Prize have again joined forces to bring WA’s premier portrait prize to Collie. A selection of works will include Minjung Kang’s “Silence”, winner of the $20,000 Tony Fini Foundation Artist Prize and Liz...

By Bulletin News

Recognition for volunteers

¶ HARMONY Week celebrations at the Collie Italian and Sporting Club last Friday were the perfect opportunity to recognise the service of Debbie DeAngelis and Anna Papalia. Debbie and Anna were presented life memberships for all the hard work they...

By Bulletin News

Hands on for harmony

¶ AMAROO Primary School students got hands on for Harmony Week Tuesday as part of a project recognising different cultural groups. The students were tasked with putting their handprints on a water tank in bands of different colours, each colour...

By Bulletin News

How Karen was led to the light

¶ IN HER own words, Karen Morgan has always been a creative person. She took after her mother, an excellent knitter capable of making a wedding dress, and developed an interest in sewing at an early age. It is a path that led to a career working...

By Bulletin News

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