BendigoWeekly ISSUE 1126 FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2019
Kids go wild in Jurassic world TYRANNOSAURUS rex, brachiosaurus and triceratops made their way to the Discovery Centre for a dino party yesterday. Youngsters dressed up as their favourite dinosaurs or palaeontologists to explore the lives of one of the world’s most curious reptiles. The morning featured a range of dinosaurthemed activities ranging from a dino disco dance to a planetarium screening to view the night’s starlit sky and the dinosaurs that lie within it.
ROAR: ‘Toby’ the T-Rex with Harriet McGhee and Sarah Hooper of Bendigo.
OPEN ARMS
By NICHOLAS NAKOS
WORLD Refugee Day took on a special significance in Bendigo last night with the inaugural Refugee Week Business and Employee Recognition Awards. The awards recognise community members and businesses who through their diversity and inclusiveness, have made Bendigo’s refugee community feel at home. Federal member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters said the refugee awards highlight the success of and
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Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN
Awards celebrate refugee contribution
dispel the myths about refugees in Bendigo. Ms Chesters visited a site in Eaglehawk yesterday to urge the community to donation to the ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign. Bendigo’s Karen community is running the campaign in the hopes of receiving donations to help build a three bedroom temporary home for refugee
families resettling in Bendigo. The home would enable people to settle in and start to learn about Australian culture, before moving to other accommodation. “This is such a worthwhile campaign and something that I’ve seen develop over time, that’s why this week I’m making the pledge to buy 10 bricks,” Ms Chesters said. “More than 2000 Karen refugees
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have made Bendigo their home and we have a number of people from Afghanistan and South Sudan settling here as well,” Ms Chesters said. “The fact that more people are moving to Bendigo means we have greater diversity in our community, Our strength is in our diversity.” The Karen community are also looking for English teachers for as
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little as one hour per week. “If you’re interested in volunteering, this is a great way to help newer members in our community integrate and contribute,” Ms Chesters said. The site at 20 Pine Street, Eaglehawk, owned by the Karen Culture and Social Support Foundation, will be home to a three bedroom house, communal dining space, Buddhist monastery and car park.
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