Coffs Coast Advocate

Long-serving librarian looks back on 40 years

Any high school student, parent looking for some holiday distraction or keen bookworm knows Ms Dowling

03rd Sept. 2019 10:09 AM

CATALOGUE OF MEMORIES: Maryborough librarian Robyn Dowling will retire on September 6 after 40 years of service.

It's a feast of festival fun

MARYBOROUGH'S most magical day will culminate eight days of workshops, activities and entertainment with A Day in the...

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26th June 2019 4:06 PM

DRESSED TO RACE: Kiah, Aaliah and Kayli Skuse (from left) from Maryborough in last year's Mary Poppins Festival nanny race.

Workshop tips from pro writer

THERE is never a silly question according to Australia's most popular children's author Jacqueline Harvey

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26th June 2019 11:06 AM

MASTER CLASS: Jacqueline Harvey will hold writers workshops at the Maryborough Library.

Butchulla storytime to be held at Maryborough Library

COME along to the special Butchulla language story time, set to be held at Maryborough Library next week.

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28th March 2019 9:03 AM

RECONCILIATION MURAL: Butchulla dancers Bulimbi Page, 3, Sharaya Barney, 6 and Nadine MucKan, 24, in front of the new Stockland Hervey Bay mural painted by Butchulla artists and local painter Akos Juhasz.

Aboriginal elder speaks on culture and preservation

NEW insights into Aboriginal culture will be unveiled by Elder Glen Miller at Maryborough's Lunchtime Wildlife Talk.

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16th March 2019 6:03 AM

Butchulla Mens Business Aboriginal Association President Glen Miller with members Darren Blake, Eddie Jackson, Rod MacDonald and Mark Singho are protecting traditional hunting laws in their native country in the Great Sandy Strait and Fraser Island.

Protected wildlife find ideal home

MARYBOROUGH grazier Lindsay Titmarsh has made a home for some threatened species and will share his stories and knowledge...

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28th Nov. 2018 5:11 PM

TOUR GUIDE: Lindsay Titmarsh is the first person in Queensland to be granted a commercial licence to host walking mangrove tours.

Trees topic of importance at library wildlife talk

The topic concerns everyone, that being the function and necessity of trees.

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15th June 2018 1:06 PM

OUR TREES ARE NEEDED: Maryborough's local birdlife - especially the ever-present galah - enjoyed the recent rain and the revitalisation of the trees in town that the rain brought.

Full house expected for Maryborough first wildlife talk

THE first wildlife talk to be held in Maryborough by ardent conservationist Alan Peebles will be held at the Maryborough...

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16th Feb. 2018 11:02 AM

WELL KNOWN: Councillor Robert Garland and Sara Gerdsen are looking forward to Alan Peebles' (centre) first wildlife talk in the Maryborough Library.

Fraser Coast's budding authors win with big ca$h

TRAVIS Martin's love of writing and books has won him first place in Australia's richest writing competition, the Mary...

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18th Oct. 2017 10:10 AM

The Proud Marys Association's 2017 Mary Poppins Literary Awards, Maryborough Library - First place getters Travis Martin, Racheal Thiry. Jemair La Estreich, Grace Quinn-Hennessy and Chelsea Martin.

Experienced orchid grower to talk tomorrow at Maryborough Library

Find out everything you need to know about the exotic nature of the orchid.

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24th Aug. 2017 3:08 PM

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